St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-03
OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH.
Reply to the Disgruntled Repub-
Hcans Contesting the Election.

hep1y 10 the DlSSrunuleu kcpuD-
Hcans ContestinG the Election.
The answers to the appeals of the four
Republican candidates for county Offices
were filed in the office of the clerk of
the district court yesterday by J. ID.
O'Brien and c. ID. and t. ID. O'Brien.
attorneys for r. T. O'Connor. L. ID.
O'Brien, Charles l.. Haas and NJ. F.
kain, the Democratic officers-elect for
clerk of the C urts, county attorney.
register of deeds and county auditor, re-
spt tctively. The answers are similar in
the case of the cont. slant W j. Frea-
ney, for clerk of the courts; NJ. ID.
Mum, for cOul ty attornt y; NJ. j. Bell.
for register of deeds, and Charles E.
Keller, for auditor. They are substan-
italy as follows in each case:
The appellant has not, by reason of any
matters pretended. alleged or stated in the
notice Of appeal and grounds of appeal any
ri nj. power or authority to prosecute the
appeal and the notice ana grounds Of appeal
ale lnsufiicient i'll law and i'll fact to warrant
the appeal or proceedings therein, and the
court Is therefore asked to dismiss the same
Each of the persons admit that they are the
persons stated III the notice and grounds of
appeal as being nominated and declared
elected TO the several Offices named and al
legged that they were duly elected by a large
majority and plurality of duly qualified
electors of Ramsey county, and deny that the
contestants were elected to the offices named
or that they received the highest number of
votes for the respective Offices.
1T Is denied that any legal votes were cast
for the contestants at the general election re-
ferTed to that were not counted, canvassed
and returned for them. 1t is denied that
there were any Illegal or improper ballots
cast for the respective Offices of the re-
spondents, or sthat the judges of election
al the several precincts counted or returned
for them any illegal or improper ballots, or
that The said judges failed To count or return
Tor the contestants any ballots duly or legally
cast for them, or that the judges or any of
any OF them were guilty of any wrongs, omis-
s1ons or Degligence whatsoever in counting,
canvassing and the return of said votes. 1t
Is alleged that all these facts are well known
10 the appellants.
1t is alleged that all the persons named on
the Alliance ticket were duly regularly and
| e lily nominated. and that all the tickets
p.epared for the use of the electors i'll Ram
sey county by the duly constituted officers
aid authorities of the county, as REQUIRED by
law, contained the names of the several AL
/ ance candidates for all the state and county
offices tor which the qualified ell ctors of
Ramsey county desired tG cast their votes 1t
is averred that all the ballots prepared and
cast by the qualified electors within he lin
It's of the city of st. Paul. as provided
by law, were prepared by the.
public authorities, pursuant to law.
IL 10 1iiCA Oy tuS several TeSpOuU-
ents that they are the same persons whose
names appeared on all of said tickets for
county oftlces as the candidates of the Demo-
cratic party for the respective Offices named.
And that the respondents, as such candi-
da;es, and the said offices respectively, were
meant and intended TO lie and were the same
persons and the same offices in oach in
stance. All of which was we'll known and
understood by all Of the qualified electors of
said county.
The several appellants named have
served notice on K. L. O'Connor, r. ID.
O'Brien, Charles l.. Haas and NJ. F.
Kain that they will apply to the district
court for orders in their several cases
to permit them to inspect the ballots
now in the auditors office, with view
OF examining them for the purposes of
the contest. The matter will be taken
up by one of the judges of the district
court at special term, which meets Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock, and the
motion for such orders will be argued.