St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-09
SPLIT HAND SHOWS UP
The Rotten Borough of Cass County
Dumps in 0vsr 100 Majority
lor hcGili,
But the Fraud was so Flagrant That the
Canvas. .ers Throw tAe Return
Out.
The Figures From Itasca - More
wooden-Headed Work in a Du-
iuth Ward.
On the Face of the Returns so far Re-
ceived McGiIl HEs a Majority
of 2,210.
Cass and Itasca Returns.

Special to the Globe.
BRAINERD. Mimi, Nov. S.-The returns
from CasS and Itasca counties were can
vassed this afternoon in the presence of
crowd of curious and interested spectators.
The visiting statesmen of both parties
were present. Gir David b. johnson,
Lieut.. Col. Hill and Adjutant Ward. OF
MINNEAPOLIS, looked after the interests OF
DR.. Ames. and Col. Kerr. of Minneapolis.
repreSented Mr. McGill and his friends.
Two precincts in CaSS county, those OF
Split Hand and Grand Rapids were thrown
Ous on account of infurma;it:eS, the returns
not having been properly certified. The
vote in Split Hand precinct gave McGIll III
and Alues s, and in Grand Rapids precinct
NcGili and Ames Z. There was no OBJ
iect;ons to theSe precincts being thrown out,
and the friends Of both candidates were
perfectly satisfied with the action OF the
beard The returns from ItaSca county as
allowed by the board give Ames 17S votes
and Mc(Iill 26 votes. Cass county gives
McGill PA votes and Ames 103 votes The
two counties combined thus give Ames a
majority of 4l5. The returns for CaSs and
Itasca counties were Of1ic ally canvassed
here in 1Crow Wing county. to which
those unorganiZed counties are attached
for judicial purposes.
SPLIT HAND PRECINCT
of Cass county presented the most import
ant feature. That return showed on its
face l25 votes cast. III for McGiil. 1t was
found daily signed by the purported judges
of election. but the election clerks attest
was wanting and Auditor Wilson and two
justices of the peace re jected the whole poll.
The pretended vote was divided
about as Oh governor on all the two tickets
until Knott for representative was reached.
when he was given the whole l25 votes.
The rejection pleased all Of both parties
who were witnessing the count. Some
minor errors were fodnd in other precincts
of both CasS and ItaSca. ID one OF Ca5s
1S3 votes were found thrown to Braden for
state treasurer and the corresponding vote
given Bobleter for auditor. with the same
changes of the Democratic cand ties
There appeared also two precincts
in CaSs. Pine River and Leech
Lake, where no elections were
held, while in Itasca county several new
precincts appeared located and described
not by name. bat by township, range and
section, and far inland and very remote.
In the case of three OF these the statement
is vouched for that the returns made are in
and that the owner of the handwriting
lives at point thirty to fifty miles distant
from the respective polling localities. Also
in one precinct of Cass county f0rtyfour
votes were recorded as for a. j. White
man for representative in the FOrty-sXth
district. and the same for ID. j. Knox for
the same. while Kendall was also voted for
in the same precinct. AS there could be
but the two candidates. KnGx and Ken
dali. this vote was rejected. The intention
was. probably. to vote forty-four for White
man for senator. The following is
TIE VOTE IN DETAIL
of both counties:
Cass-McGlll PA Ames 103; Rice 213, Frank
lO4: Mattsou PIP jaeger I05; Braden 30. Lund-
burg IL: Clapp 2I5. Ives 100; Vanderburga,
Mitchell and Dickinson 299 each; Jones 2l6
O'Leary 81 and George L. Gardner l9 for
clerk of the supreme court. For judge of
the Eleventh judicial district Stearns and
Mills received 81 each. For congress, Mel
son sic. For Senator, FOrty-siXth senatorial
district Mungler $50. Whiteman %; repre-
sentative, Knox 257, Kendall II. Constitu-
tional amendment. l42 yes.
ItaSca- McGiI 26. Ames IFS, Rice q, Frank
175, Mattsou 81, Jaeger l76 Bobleter 81,
Raehler, ia, Braden %. L indberg III, Clapp
81, Ives l73; supreme judges l92 each; Jones
20. Leary 81: district judges 164 each; con-
gress. Nelson 1S3, Ed Neill l; state senator
Forty-sixth district. Murphy 2S. Whiteman
I50; representative. Knox 1913, Kendall 26;
constitutional amendment, yes, 107.