The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-08-15
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
Seventeen Congressional Seats
i'm Dispuie-Aiif from South
ern Districts.
Republicans in Every Case the Com
plainants-Usual Charges-In.
limitation and Fraud.
Evidence Of Western Ingenuity in the
Construction Of Fraudulent
Ballot Boxes.

WASHINGTON, ASS. 12.-There are
seventeen contested election cases await
ing the action OF the next congress, all
Of which have been brodght by Republi-
cans. OF this number three are located
in each of the states of Virginia, West
Virginia and Mississippi: two in Ala
bama, and one eatA, in Indiana, South
Carolina. Maryland, Tennessee, Florida,
and Arkansas. There were two addi-
ticnal cases, swelling the total number
to nineteen, hut these have been with
drawn by the contestants.
One OF the cases, which will furnish
the most sensational evidence is that Of
Naddcll, Jr, Against Wise.
in the Third Virginia district. Waddell
says in his letter preferring charges
against Wise that besides acts of intimi-
dation there was suppression of votes by
ordinary means, which is the burden of
all the petitions of contest. Wises men
are charged with challenging ignorant
voters with silly questions to kill time,
by which means but a few of the Repub-
lie Ms were allowed to vote. as the COM
ing of sum- down closed the polls on
them. Waddell then held an independ-
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those deprived OF the privilege during
the day. This action was, of course, il
legal, and the results got from it cannot
figure in CAUSING the seat to be given to
him. On The other hand Wise charges
Waddci;S me- with having circulated
bogus election ti:'i~c.3 Of the Democratic
party, WILL ii. ..;.:.:e OF Wise ommitted,
thus intending - GIVE the voters.
Promised to &C. Ngoonshjuers
The i. wei :ra,lrge to be developed
and proven - 49, .7e Of Henry Bowen
VS.. john 4. Huc,y,..an. CT the Ninth Vir-
GiHi& 3.,.,.2t, IS rat the Democrats
promised t. ,,.u.,~, the illicit distillers
in their rla"-- o. :. mess in the noun
tainou5 IcmiNHc II ley would vote for
Buchanan. - we'd the ma jority of
the & i.C,o ....,
In - ~,e" - naghan VS.. Hooper,
Cf me c". ,issippi district, in
tUH !Grl''' ''.. q. cOntestee, "every-
thii'".': 1t seduction
liz. .I:.. g.. = The other cases were
very ..I.if.--I' ii ,clude intimidation,
purchase an ii. .essiOn of votes. The
testimony is very verbose, and in the
case of Goodrich VS.. Bullock. of Florida,
two boxes of tickets which
Were SunHen in Il Lake
of the Second district have been sent to
this city, and are now awaiting exam
ination by the committee. The attempt
to get. rid of them was due to the fact
that they contained evidence of fraud.
Another interesting silent witness to
irregularities is an interesting looking
tin box from Western state, W bich has
rounded lid, and the opening into
which tickets can be dropped, can be
made very deceptive by being sur
rounded by tin jacket which will al
low the ticket to enter the drop or fall
down It's side unseen by the voter, &C
cording to the will of the person deposit
ing tickets. These boxes will be brought
before the committee. and together with
the balance of the mass of evidence will
have their weight in deciding the issue.
Most of the cases are ready for the COM
mittee on election, the testimony having
been printed.
In the Wise Waddell case the testi-
mony covers 900 pages of closely
printed matter, and some of the cases
will make 1900 pages of printed testi-
mony. The entire number of cases will
embrace over 10000 pages of printed
matter for the committee to wade
through.