St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15

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wrong might be discovered. He read
an affidavit by Stephen Collar police
man of Covington, wherein he says that
he has several times recently been ap-
| preached by counsel for ThOebe asking
| him to make affidavit that he had seen
| Carlisle and detective named Harris,
| entering the Office of the State journal
on the evening after election. He had
been told that it might be to his inter-
est to make such an affidavit, and that
IN the event he was out of employment
he could make money by making such
an affidavit. AS inStancing Tneobe'S
lack of interest and sincerity in his own
case, Mr.. Hallam read the affidavit of
Charles a. Findlay, notary who took
the dispositions for The contestant. This
! affidavit says that Thoebe told him he
ana not like to pay out any money in the
matter, that he did not want to go into
II and would like now to get out of it,
The labor people had forced him into
it, but they had not backed him up as
promised. He added that if it had not
Deen for the SlurS cast upon himself and
Wood, to the effect that they had been
bought off, he would get out of the
case. He had intended to send his pa
pers to Washington and let Sypher
make what he could out of the case,
! which he expected would be good
deal. Mr.. Hallam next read the affi-
davit of Speaker Carlisle, as follows:
THE AFFIDAVIT OF j. G. CARLISLE
says that he has carefully read the
statements contained in the affidavit of
Charles Maunder, filed before the COM
mittee on the 9th day of January, 1883,
and he says that the statements con-
tanned in the said affidavit, so far as
they relate TO him, (thiS atfiant), are I'M
true in every particular. He says that
he was moi 1T the Office of the Kentucky
State journal, in the city of Newport,
at any time during the evening of the
Sd of November, 1856, nor has he been
in the said office at any time, either
during the day or evening, since the
congressional election on the I'd day of
November, 1886. Atfiant states that he
did not go from Coyington, or from the
direction of COvingt0n, in hack or car
rlage, or otherwise, to the corner of
ork and BellOne streets, in \ We,
at any time during the said c,e.un,,
nor did he go from said corner north Jn
DIRK street toward the Office OF lion. A.
5. Parry in hack or carriage, or other
wise. at any time during the ID even
ing. Afhant did not see the detective,
Haues, of C0vingtOn, in Newport or
elsewhere at any time during the said
evening, nor did he attend any meeting
or conference at any place, or have any
consultation with anybody on said
evening, in relation TO the
congressional election in said
Sixth congressional district, or in
relation to the result thereof. He says
that at that time he resided with H. E.
Queen on the WaterworkS road south of
the city OF Newport, in the county of
Campbell. state of Kentucky, and that
he was not outside of the house of said
Queen on the evening of the 81 of
November. 1886, at any time after 8
O'Clock, or about 9 o clock. Affiant says
that he never attended any meeting or
conference at any time or place after
the said election to consult about Or to
consider the said election or the result
thereof, or to take any measure to affect
the result thereof. in any manner what
ever, and that he never knew of any
such conference or meeting upon the
part of his friends or supporters, nor did
he ever hear of any such conference OF
meeting. He says that he did not write
any letters or send any kilograms OF
messengers to any part of said district
after the said election, for the purpose
of aScertaining the result or for any
other purpose in connection with the
said election, nor did he request any one
else to do so, and if any letters or tele-
grams. or messengers, were sent by any
one. affiant had no knowledge of it then
and has none now. Affiant says
that the statement made in the
affidavit of George IL. Thoebe that no
tickets were printed and distributed
beOring the name of John q. Carlisle at
said election outside OF the cities of Gov
lngtOn and Newport and their adjacent
suburbs, and at some few points which
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On the contrary, he says that an ample
supply of tickets was printed for each
precinct in the said congressional dis
trlct, and affiant personally sent them
into every county to be used on the day
of the election, except for the county of
Campbell, and for that county the tick
cts were left in the hands of the chair
man of the county executive committee.
to be distributed by him. Nor is it true,
as stated in the said affidavit, that this
atfiant, on the evening of the day sue
ceeding said election, conceded to HOr-
ace CambrOn that he this affiant) had
been defeated for member of the house
of representatives of the Fiftieth con-
greSS, and that personally he (affiant)
was heartily glad of it. AffianJ was not
in the city of COvingtOn ON the evening
of the day succeeding the said election,
but was there on the morning of the
said day, at which time he met the said
CambrOn and had
A SHORT CONVERSATION
with him at or near the corner of Lower
Market and Scott streets. The said
CambrOn, when he met affiant, said:
governor, you are not beaten, are
yOu?' To which affiant responded that
he supposed not, but that the returns
had been received from only a few pre-
clncts in the country and showed that a
small vote had been pOlled, and then
affiant added that if it should turn out
that he was beaten it was perhaps a
very good thing for him personally, as
he had neglected his private business
for ten years and worked faithfully in
congress, and it was about time now he
was doing something for himself. Aft
ant says this is the substance of all the
conversation that took place between
him and the said CambrOn. At that
time affiant did not know and could not
possibly know the result of the said
election. Affiant says that statements
to the effect that the returns from any
of the counties in said district were held
back or delayed for four, five or six days
are untrue. On the contrary, he says
that the poll books and the ballot boxes
were publicly opened and the votes Off
clally counted and certified on the third
day after the said election, to wit: on
the 9Th day of November. 1856, in every
county in the district, except that in the
county of Trimble they were opened by
mistake of the county officers, in the
presence of the entire board of canvass
erS, on the second day after the election
and officially counted, but that
said mistake as to the pro-
per time for the official count was i'm
mediately discovered and thereupon
they were again sealed up and remained
so until the next day, when they were
again opened and counted by the said
board"
Mr.. Hallam next referred to the state
ment that Mr.. Wood, a leading attor-