St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-01
RANK RASCALI7Y
Republican Frauds on the
Registration Fully
Shown Up.
Deliberately Corrupt Efforts
to Rob the Ballot in
Advance.
A Dishonest Scheme Exposed
Under the Oaths Of
Accomplices.
The Gang at the Head Of the
Present Republican
Campaign
Responsible for an Infamous
Outrage on a Peoples
Rights.
Criminal Proceedings in Store
for the Ringleaders Of
the Scheme.

"Here, Mr.. Williams, sign this
paper" was the salutation given At
torney Fl. L. Williams on Tuesday by
"Shell" Blakeley, of the Fourth ward,
said to be Col. E. HI. Milham's successor
on the Republican city committee, as he
laid on the attorneys desk a list OF
something over $50 names of men duly
registered as voters in the first precinct
of the Third ward.
'What is this you request me to
sign?" asked the careful and methOdi-
cal attorney, as he tried to look over the
long list.
The youthful and over-enthusiastic
planned that it was list of voters the
Republican committee desired to have
erased from the registration lists In
that precinct Of the Third ward. He
further volunteered the information
that all Mr.. Williams was to do was to
swear solemnly that he knew that every
one of the $50 contained Oh the list was
not a resident of the precinct. and
therefore not qualified voter. This
apparently seemed very simple and
proper request to ''ShelP' after his few
weeks schooling in the camp of the
disreputeble gang who are managing
Col. Kiefer's campaign; but it was not
so regarded by the careful lawyer and
business man.as young Blakeley learned
when MIR. Williams slowly and de-
liberateIy said:
81 can not do anything of the kind.
I do not know whether these men are
entitled to vote in that precinct or not
and certainly shall not sign an affidavit
DISTINGUISHING host of men under such
circumstances"
Willing Tools Found.
Blakeley departed, and the agents Of
the Republican committee took on
fresh hustle, and late in the day another
man was secured who made the
affidavit requested of Mr.. Williams.
and this was placed in the hands of the
registry board of the precinct. The
Judges glanced over the list, and seeing
thereon the names Of many legal voters
personally known to them to have
registered and to be entitled to vote,
they deliberately refused to entertain
the matter at all.
This ended the scheme of the trick
sters as far as the disfranchisement of
voters in the Third ward went. But
this same scheme was tried on IN the
Fourth ward, and in the Sixth. In the
former it was partially successful, but
in the latter fiat failure.
But how were the affidavits obtained
for use in the Third precinct Of the
Fourth ward?
They were obtained by means as GRIM
inal and as dastardly as are the designs
of the Kiefer gang, in case of their sue
cess next Tuesday. In yesterdays
Henry Johns secured the affidavit of E.
L. Lott, in which the latter, on oath,
deposed that he personally knew that
each and every one of over 200
registered voters were not resi-
dents of the ward. When Mr..
Lott placed his name on the document
he did it as favor to his friend Johns,
and afterwards said that he knew
nothing about the men whose votes
Johns had procured him to swear away.
Well, when Mr.. Lott recanted the
schemers saw that their game was up
unless the affidavits Of two men who
would .stick" were secured, and the
schemers again set to work. Two in
offensive livery employees OF Aliens
livery stable
We're Secured
to go up into Henry Johns law office,
where tour or five of the ''gang" were
found. Without having read the names
OH the long list prepared by the Re-
publican committee, or even knowing
what theyswere signing, man now in
charge of the Republican headquarters
certified that the two livery employees
swore out the following affidavit:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF RAMSEY.
G. Otto Dix and A. E. Kingbury, being sew
orally and duly sworn, each for himself says
that he is a duly qualified elector of the
Third district of the Fourth ward in the city
of ST. Paul in said county.
That the following persons, whose names
have been inserted in the registers of quail
fed electors by the board of registry in and
tor the district aforesaid. are not qualified
electors eff said district, and that their names
are unlawfully on said registers.
Here followed list of 254 voters, and
the affidavit ended as follows:
C. OTTO DIX,
A. E. KINGSBURY.
Sworn and subscribed TO before me this
23th day of April. A. d. 1890.
FRANK NJ REED,
[seal.] Notary Public.
But how about the facts in the case?
How were these affidavits obtained?
The story is told best by Albert E.
Kingsbury. one of the deluded livery
employees, who is as sorry as man can
be that he allowed himself to be used as
tool by the designing individuals in
charge of the Republican campaign. 81
did not KNOW" said Mr.. Kingsbury,
s.what I was signing. and l took no
oath; indeed, this man Reed left the
room before / signed the paper"
But here is an affidavit from Mr..
Kingsbury taken yesterday, which
graphically tells the whole story:
Kingsbury's Own story,
STATE OF MINNESOTA. So
County of Ramsey, %
Albert Kingsbury, being duly sworn doth
depose and say That he is twenty-six
years of age, native of the state of Wiscon-
sin, and has resided in st. Paul for little
more than two wears last past; that he has
resided in said city of st. Paul at No. 356-
Ceaar street for the past three weeks and is
still residing there: that he is employed at
Aliens Sixth street livery barn as cab
driver, having his stand at the Ryan hotel.
That at about half-past 3 O'Clock on the
evening of April % driver named Otto Dix
came to this deponent at the barn and asked