St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-27
ST. PAUL SENTIMENT.
A Roast for Washburn-Genera1
Conviction That No Fraud Elk.

A Roast for Washburn-Gener
Conviction That No Fraud Ex-
lists.
s.A trick of Washburn's" was the gen.
eral expression about st. Paul last
night wherever the information went
that Secretary Noble had ordered re-
count of the city.
ut is very apparent on the face of
the thing" said a member of the citi-
zens' committee. "The frauds in Min
neapOlis were so glaring that recount
was absolutely necessary. So Wash
burn went to Noble and Porter and ar
gued with them this way: TO recount
Minneapolis is stain on her honor
after what has transpired. There have
been some trif1ing Irregularities in st.
Paul, and, if you can, on any pretext,
recount it also, it will relieve the dis
grace of Minneapolis Acting on this
pressure. Noble and Porter yielded. 1T
is simply Infamous. No one knows
better than Porter that there was not a
shadow of fraud in the st. Paul
count. There was no conspiracy, no an
mex, no effort at fraud, and the returns
prove it. The man was simply so weak
as to be influenced by Washburn and
other Minneapolis men. l do not be-
lieve now that any such recount will be
made, and that this is mild bluff for
the benefit of Minneapolis"
Supt. Smith, when told of the dis
patch from Washington, said: 81 do not
believe such a recount will be made.
There are no grounds, not even an ex-
cuse for it. Our work was done simply
under the law, and l challenge Supt.
Porter or any one else to produce one
scintilla of fraud connected with any
one of my men. Mr.. Porter knows
that it would be absurd to recount 100
districts in which there is not even a
shadow of an irregularity, and he Will
not do it. The reform school, of which
there was some little talk, was enumer-
ated by one of his men and not mine.
We had no bureau nor annex with $50
men working three weeks to help out
the census, and there can be nothing
possible On which to hang charge of
fraud. cannot believe this order of a
recount, and will not until it is actually
done."
'sWould you have been notifed?"
'sNot necessarily. My work is COM
pleted and am through with it,"
"If there should be a recount. by
whom would it be made?'
by the census department.. The To-
lal department could not in the nature
of things have anything to do with it."
Aid. 0. o. Cullen, of the citizens
committee, said: $50 far as recount
is concerned, | would like to see one.
because l am convinced it would vindi-
cate us. but certainly dislike recount
on the ground Of fraud. Why, it is put
in fhn Oot0pnru MlnnQ.
apolis, and that is more than anybody
would want to stand. We know very
we'll there is no fraud. and the recount
will show it; but we object to it under
the circumstances, as l say"
F. Driscoll, of the citizens commit
tee, said:
"All 1 have to say is that If such is
| the case it is most unwarrantable out
rage upon the city of St. Paul. | can
| think of no ground upon which a re-
count in the city of st. Paul could be
| Justly ordered, and If this has been done
it must have been effected through the
grossest misrepresentation. speak
from knowledge when l say that the
| enumeration in this city has been as
| Just and fair as that in any other city of
| the United States. The work has been
supervised by man of unquestioned
uOllOI dllu lHICSlltV, UoChCu NY Oou-
mittee of honest and honorable men.
OF course it may be that one or two of
the enumerators, in order to increase
their remuneration, have swelled their
returns to some extent, but as to a pre-
concerted system of padding, it is out of
the question. We knew of the frauds
being practiced in Minneapolis before
the enumeration had been going on
there more than two days, and ever
since that time measures have been
taken to see that our count should be a
fair one."
Detective Mason, who is familiar with
| the details of the census work in both
cities, said he knew there had been not
one specific charge against st. Paul.
| and that this was the retaliatory act of
Minneapolis in making general charges
| to Offset the specific overt acts charged
| against the Flour City.