St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-11
The Returns From the Unorganized Coun-
ties Causing Giford's Friends
Much UneaSineSs.
Votes Sent in From These Counties Will
be Oanvassed According to
Republican Precedent.
Omcial Figures show Macdonald
Has 1,21O Plurality in the
Third District.
Giesen Will Contest Be11's Claim 90
Being Elected Registrar OF
Ramsey County.
Day Way Get There.
Special to the Glohe.

Spec1al TO the Clone.
BISMARCK. Dak., Nov. 1O.-The Jour
nal the Democratic organ, to-day made
light of the claim that Judge Gifford's re-
ported majority of 16, 600 to 1900 might
be overcome by returns from unorganized
counties and unattached territory. A re-
liable and active Democrat. whose position
is an assurance of his being we'll informed,
contradicts the journal by saying to youI
correspondents:
| There's a good deal more in the matter
| than uninformed parties would guess. All
unorganzed counties are attached for Judi
clai and other purposes to the nearest orga-
| nized counties. Other purposes have been
| judicially held to include elections, and Re-
publican precedents favor canvassing and
including the returns from the unorganized
| counties, although the initiative of the cleo
ton in such was not taken by the senior or
| organized counties.
| Fat envelopes marked returns, " from
Mountraille and Flannery counties were re-
ceived to-day by Secretary Mccormack,
and other returns are expected from Bu-
ford, Allard, Wallace, Mckenzie, Williams.
Dunn, Garfield Stevens, Renville and
Wynn counties; also from the unattached
territory between Cavalier and Towner
counties, and also from the western unor.
ganized counties in Southern Dakota, and
iiOuu tOiI ndliSldIl IGSGlNdbiOH. Law
and precedent favor counting such returns
Gov. Pierce will be absent from the terri
tory, Judge Trip will be kept away by i'm.
perative court engagements. and the can
vass will be made by Acting Gov. Nc
Cormack and his secretary. and as Nc
Cormack made Day the Democratic candi-
date, he will not fail to count for him all
votes returned in accordance with law and
Republican precedentS
THE RETURNS so FAR.
Special to the Globe.
ABERDEEN. OAK. Nov. 1O.-L. G.
johnson. chairman of the Democratic ex-
ecutive committee, has official results from
tifty-three counties, which give Clifford
majority of 6,312. The counties to hear
from may increase the majority for Clifford
some. There is a strong probability that
the Republican committee will oppose the
canvassing of the vote from unorganized
cOun ties. fearing the result The state
ment telegraphed from Canton that Mr..
johnson had gone to North Dakota was
without foundation. He has been at
Aberdeen every day since elec-
ton, attending to his duties as
committeeman. His attention was called
to-day to an article in yesterdays Press
stating that the Democratic committee were
preparing to contest Mr.. Gifford's election.
Mr. Johnson stated that the action of the
committee would depend very much upon
the developments of the next few days.
They Intended to have fair count, and
should insist that all votes cast for Mr.. Day
should be counted for him, and that if MIR.
Day had the most votes he should have his
seat, the Republican machine to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.