St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-26
like RATS IN A TRAP.
Colored Reporters Are Wrig-
Cling in the Clutch Of
the Law.
No Amount Of Cunning or
Corruption Will Avail
This Year.
The Election in Gotham Will
Be Full, Free and
Fair.
Blaine Talks to a Large Gath
ering Of Irish-Amep-
leans.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The first arrests
in the ranks of the colored repeaters
were made yesterday and to-day by
Capt. Reilly, of the Nineteenth pre-
cinct. Three arrests have already been
made in the neighborhOOd of Seventh
avenue and Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth streets, the headquarters Of the
cOIored population of the city up town.
The names of those arrested are CouZlnS,
Barrett and Johnson. COuzins and
Barrett were examined at jefferson
market police court before Justice Cor
man, aud committed for trial at the
court OF general session. Their cases
will be sent to the grand jury within a
day, and they will be placed on the cal
endar Oh the following day. Capt.
Reilly, in all the three cases, has
secured evidence that will in
sure conviction. The Johnson
matter will come up for
examination tomorrow at 2 o'clock at
jefferson market police court. and there
is no doubt that it will result the same
as the others. 1t is harder to find the
offenders against the registry laws than
heretofore, because the terror inspired
by the prompt CONJUNCTION of
Gordon has frightened them badly
and caused the imported Repub-
licans to leave the town by
hundreds. The fact is that most of those
men have been closely watched by de-
tectIves since their arrival in New
York. No small part of the agents
trusted by Republican headquarters are
men who are perfectly ready to take
part in exposing the villainouS
schemes. District Attorney Fellows
two months ago set in motion
the machinery OF the law to secure
a pure and free election, and HeSsian
hirelings have been allowed to come
here Just as rats are permitted to walk
into a trap. The arrangements of the
district attorney, United States marshal,
Supt. Murray and Inspector Byrne are
admirable, and everything has worked
lust exactly as desired. No amount of
CUNNING OF CORRUPTION
can affect the fairness of this election
and the money Republicans have
squandered i'll their Hessian forces has
that they have locked up in bets. On
the part of the Democracy, the
working up CT these cases was
intrusted to Assemblyman John
Martin, the sergeant-at-armS of
the national Democratic commit
tee. who cO-Operated throughout
with Capt. Reilly and the police. The
meeting of the County Democracy at
Cooper Union tonight was success
that will rank with any OF the preced-
ing demonstrations of the campaign.
The leading speech of the evening was
made by Congressman Grain, of Texas,
and was devoted exclusively to
the discussion of national is
sues. particularly the relation of
tariff reform to industries and COM
merce. Mr.. Grain is very mnch at home
in New York, having been student at
St..Francis college here and lived in
the city during several years of his ear
lier life. His elOQuence and the eX-
tremely pract zeal character of his re-
marks greatly pleased his audience 1t
is a notable feature of the meetings
of local organizations here both those
that are general in their character eX-
tending over the whole city and the dis
trict meetings. that at every one ma
tiOnal issues on which all Democrats
agree take precedence of local questions
regarding which they are disunited. No
one now questions the fact that the vote
for Cleveland and Thurman will
be greater by reason of the
local contention and the registration
of tomorrow and Saturday will place
this truth beyond all possibility Of dis
pute. The contributions to the national
Democratic popular campaign fund
have been very satisfactory during the
past three days. The committee may
- Il
to match the extraordinary effort made
bv the Republicans through their
USUAL FAT-FRYING CHANNEL.
the Republican league of clubs of
which Foster is president. This latest
begging document of the Republicans
| is like its predecessors of a like nature
and it has only come to light tonight
1t shows that, however much money
| the Republicans have accumulated
| from monopoly subscriptions, they are
| in need of more money and
so placed that they feel COM
PEELED to appeal very urgently
for funds. The preparations for the
| business mems parade Saturday are
| such as to make the condition of the
weather the only question about the
demonstration being the greatest pO-
| Iitical parade ever witnessed in this
! country. The Republicans have practi-
cally run away from the betting on the
| presidential contest. This evening at
the Hoffman house John Null
len, of Brooklyn. offered to bet
$1,000 to $1,000 that Cleveland would
carry New Jersey, and $1,000 to $500
that he would carry New York state,
and $4,000 even on the general presi-
dental result. Capt. William NJ. Con-
nor offered to bet $4,000 to $1,000 on the
general result. None of these bets were
taken. Mr. Miller bet with Republi-
can named Pangborn, $500 to $50 that
| York,