St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-18
Republicans Cry Corruption
and Attempt to Buy Off
Election Judges.
Their Organs Creating a
Racket to Cover Lowen-
STEMS Tracks.
Capt. Mathison Explodes the
Latest Roorbaek of Re-
publican Workers.
Rousing Democratic Rallies
Political Announcements
Forthcoming.

The tactics of the miserable and dis
honest clique now in control of the Re-
publican machine of this county are dis
gushing all decent and fair-minded yot-
ers who have read the columns of ealum-
MES that have appeared day after day
in the Republican evening organ of this
city. According to this paper all who
do not fall into line for its candidates are
either fools or rascals; it fails to reeog-
nize that every man is entitled to his
own opinion in politics as we'll as any,
thing else. Under these circumstances
it is not at all surprising that all intelli-
gent and fair-minded Republicans are
thoroughly disgusted with such cam
paIgn. and many of them are ready to
vote the straight Democratic county
ticket.
Yesterday the official organ of the
Republican county committee published
a column of slush in regard TO the ap-
pointment of judges Of election by the
council several weeks ago. Particular
reference was made to the Judges APP
pointed in the Third precinct Of the
Sixth ward, and the accusation was
made that Patrick Miller wac forced to
accept a clerkship to make way for an
other to take his place as judge. This
organ even went so far as to intimate
that MIR. Miller was paid to pull out.
Now the facts of the matter are that
Miller, who is Democrat, was last
spring one of the clerks in that precinct
and this year consented to act in that
capacity again when 1t was found that
no one else could be found to accept it.
The gentleman who succeeded Mr..
Miller as judge, Mr.. Shapery. is Re-
publican, and as matter of fact that
precinct now has two Republican judges
to one Democrat.
Mr.. Miller, who is bright young man,
is highly indignant over this shameful
attack, and did not hesitate to stamp the
entire story as an Infamous falsehood.
II was appointed judge Of election
in the Third precinct of the Sixth
ward" said Mr.. Miller, land resigned
with the consent of the other two
judges when they could find no one to
act as second clerk. / had been in the
latter position several times before, and
they desired me to serve again OH &C
count of the experience l had had.
When L resigned, Mr.. Shapery. Re-
publican, was appointed in my place. 1
never received or was offered cent by
any one to resign"
Thus is another one of the numerous
falsehoOds worked up by Chairman
LoWenStein'S committee diSproven. and
the perfect fairness of the appointments
of Aid. Melady demonstrated in the fact
that Democratic judge was succeeded
by Republican. Of course this Re-
publican may not be of the Lowensteln-
BoleS check-book variety, but. fortu-
nately, the statutes of the state do not
require the appointment of only Repub-
licans who meet with the appreciation
of these distinguished party leaders.
But Mr.. Miller did more than deny
the charges made against him. He
gave the Republican committee some
of their own medicine, again demon
Strating that the Republicans raised
this cry of bribery merely to cover their
own tracks. Here is the serious charge
made by Mr.. Miller against prominent
Republican worker:
Il can prove that Nels J. Ness
offered Henry Kuehne, one of the
judges appointed in the Third precinct
OF the Sixth ward, a sum of money as a
consideration for his resigning in favor
of e. w. McNellis."
This is quite different from the gen.
eral charges strewn around so profused-
ly by the Republicans, and a charge
that must be answered in less that two
days-the time ittook Conrad w. Miller
to deny that he and w. j. Freaney had
been engaged in making votes for the
latter by distributin g the cards of
Charley Haas.
The public is now pretty we'll salts
fed that every yell of fraud by the Re-
publican organization is set up merely
to cover some crookednesS at home, and
the sIush printed in the Daily Roorback
will i'll the future be received with
even less credence than heretofore.
The evening organ Of the Republican
county committee yesterday made the
statement that in the Third, Ninth,
Tenth and Sixth wards of this city
there are precincts in which no Repub-
lican judges have been appointed. Now,
according to the laws of this state the
are entitled to at least one
judge in each precinct and can not be
kept out of that right. If this organ
knows of precincts in which such
state of things exist tits its plain duty to
speak right out and give the facts and
figures to back up its extraordinary
charge.
The voters of st. Paul and Ramsey
county are tired of indefinite charges of
this kind, and it is high time that the
satellites of Chairman Lowepstein either
shut up or make good some of their
ISLANDERS. They know of no precinct in
which the minority party has not at
least one judge. and there are many
precincts in which the Democratic alder
men have named two Republicans and
one Democrat. although the law allowed
them to do just the reverse.
1t the Republican committee knows of
a single precinct in this city where the
Judges are all Democrats or all Repub-
leans, it ought to name it at once.
Candidate Freaney and Conrad W.
Miller have temporarily discontinued
for Mr.. Freaney and
Democratic candidate at the same
time. Register NJ. j. Bell seems
to have called somebody down
rather hard and without much
warning. In this connection it may be
well to remark that, after Two days' de-
Mr.. Miller has gathered him
self together and denied that he was
working ''split'' ticket; but more of
this later.
The Democrats of the First ward are
for grand rally at Turgeon's
hall, 942 Payne avenue, this evening.
There will be host of able speakers
and the meeting will be the
greatest in the history of the First
ward. Hon. John ii. Ives will be pres
ent to entertain his many friends in the
cause of Democracy, and will be fol-
lowed by Hon. o. E. Holman, Judge j.
c. Nethaway and others. 1t will be |
a rally that will amply repay those
Staunch and enthusiastic yvorixerS in tho