St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-04
CAR REED TACTICS.
The Australian Law Governs
Not the Actions of the
Opposition.
Three Republican Judges Of
Election Where One Should
Be a Democrat.
The Last Day Of the EXPOSE
tion--Yesterday's Attend
ance $4,000.
The Roller Unpleasantness
Probably Ended--KoesSel
On Trial Now.

Last nights session of the city conn
Gil demonstrated that the Republicans
of Minneapolis intend to use, to the
fullest extent, the machinery of the
municipal government to override the
wishes of the people, and to perpetuate
the noble retrenchment and reform adj
ministration, which has become pub
lie jest, even if it has to descend to
questionable, nay, unjust and dishonest
practices, in order to compass its OBJ
jects. The action taken by the
council last night on the election judge
ships is of the character denOminated
"getting even." The Republican alder
| men said to the Democratic minority:
1.-Two years ago you appointed the
| judges of election. Now we hold the
upper hand and we
VIII Brook No Interference
on your part. We will appoint one
nominally Democratic judge in each
precinct, but we would have you dis
tinctly understand that we will appoint
men who will look after our in
terestS." AS matter of fact,
Republicans had good-siZed represen
III luC COuuCll bWO dSO dilO
left the matter of judges of election en-
tirely III the hands of the council. The
Republican party never asked the coun-
ell to appoint list of men whose Re-
publicanism could be depended upon.
As it was even. the result was entirely
satisfactory. Now the representatives
of the good. old, honest party. this party
of purity and justice, this party which
has ''saved the nation" every four years
| for over thirty years, and which would,
according TO its panegyrists, have saved
the world from the deluge had it been
| in existence, prepares list of judges
the city. but for itself, and says
| this list must stand. No matter whether
the
Provisions of the Law
have been complied with or not. this
list must stand. The Republican party
makes the law up in this neck of the
woods, therefore, the Republican party,
which is greater than the law, is not in
any way amenable to it.
George n. Marchant's instr uctions to
the Republican aldermen up in the
woods, were Select judges who will
| look after your interests, not the in
terests of the people," All day yes
terday, and for several days preceding,
the Republican aldermen were hustling
for judges of election for such judges
as could be manipulated by the Repub-
licans. They did it effectually. too.
The Australian law provides explicitly
that one of the three judges in each dis
trict shall be representative OF one of
the great political parties-not a quasi
or quondam member of
the party, but representative
! of the party, man known
to belong to the party. Did the Repub-
lican council follow the law? One illus
tration will be sufficient to prove that it
did not, limitations of space forbidding
the detailing Of everyIone.1n the Eighth
| precinct of the Fourth ward, V. O..
Slough was appointed as the Demo-
cratic judge of election. In that pre-
cinct
Lives f. G. Potter.
Republican candidate for mayor. V.
G. Slough has been, ever since the
nominations were made, working for
the election of Potter He has repeat
edly announced himself publicly as a
Republican. There is nothing to prove
that he is identified with the Democratic
party; there is everything to disprove
| it. Yet he is named as the Democratic
| judge of election. That is the way the
Democrats were given the representa-
ton to which they were entitled.
That is the way the Repub-
A GLOBE reporter talked with members
of the council last night before the ses-
sion began and it is certain that there
were fair-minded aldermen enough to
secure the admission of the straight
Democratic list. but they dared not Op-
pose their party in the interests of JUS
tice and speak their sentiments. Aid
BarrOws and Vandewaker were the
only ones who had the courage to ex-
press themselves on the side of fairness.
President johnson, as usual, tool occa-
sion to copy Tom Reeds methods, and
openly interrupted Barrows to say that
council, as the representative body of
the Republican party of Minneapolis,
has put itself
On Record.
Fairness has nothing to do with the
case. If the election doesn't go the
way of the Republicans they plainly in
tend to steal it. Before the session of
the council began the chamber was in
an uproar. In the back part of the
room was small knot of Demo-
city and county committees, who
had come to see what disposition the
council would make of the list of Dem
ocratS prepared by the committees and
submitted for confirmation as judges of
| election. 1t was anticipated, and rightly
| so, that the Republican aldermen would
| undertake to run in men who. while
nOminally Democrats, could be de-
pended upon to favor the Republican
nominees, for one reason and another.
Then there were plenty of Repub-
licans there who anticipated a
squabble over the election judgeships.
A few minutes before 8, President
| johnson raped for order and the roll
call showed thirty-three aldermen pres
! ent. Aid. BradlSh was on his feet i'm
mediately, asking the unanimous con-
| sent of the council for the introduction
| of motion. No objection being offered,
he moved that certain named persons be
appointed judges of election in the III
election districts of the city. AS the
clerk began reading the list of 351
names. Aid. MCGOWAN asked permits
| sion to introduce communication bear
ing on that subject, The communica-
ton came from Bernard Cloutier and G.
M. Foote. chairmen of the Democratic
| county and city committees, and re-
| Quested that subJoined list of III
names, one from each precinct, be &C
| cepted as the Democratic Judges of
election. Although Car johnson
plainly wanted the communication re-
ferred,
1t Was Read,
as was the list submitted by Aid. Brad
ish. Many of the names ON the Demo-
cratic committees list appeared on the
list offered by Bradish, although not
nearly all. When the list had been
| read, Grimes seconded Bradish's mo-
1 ton, and McGewan moved to amend by
substituting the list furnished by Foote
and Cloutier for the Democratic judges
! proposed in Bradish's motion. Then the
| debate started and continued for about
| half an hour. Bradish spoke against
the amendment because forsooth, the
Democratic committee had not been
| courteous enough to call upon the