St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-18
SALTWATER NEWS.
O'Briecl Makes q Further Gain of
Ten in His Contest.

The enormous change in the vote cast at
the village of Marine, as shown by the re-
count of ballots in the o Brien-Searles cleo
ton contest. IS a subject for universal discus
sion in this city. How the mistake occurred
cannot be explained. Although fraud is
claimed, there is nothing to show for it. The
ballot box was securely locked uD IN the
town hall in the village OF Marine, where no.
body could get at it. When the returns were
sent III from there on the night after election
1t was evident that something was wrong
there. 1t is also claimed that Marine is u
Republican town. and that there could not
have been such large amount of votes cast
for Mr.. O'Brien, Democratic candidate.
This, however, is not criterion. as several
of the Democratic candidates received a plu-
rality in the last election, among them
George II. Sullivan. for county attorney, and
j. n. Castle, for member of congress. An
other thing is that there were not many
straight Republican tickets around
the bd RGs cast we're sTeA' strag gh Re-
publican with the exception of for senator.
70 show how the election was conducted in
this county, the town of Woodbury. may be
taken for an example. The town clerk of
Woodbury. stated Yesterday while on the wit
ness stand that when the votes were counted
on the night after election the judges no.
ticed a mistake in the returns but did not
think 1t necessary or worth while 10 recount
the ballots for so small matter. The recount
O'Brien 1U3, Searles 80, and Richmond 3.
The original and official figures gave O'Brien
loo, Searles 81 and Richmond 3. In every
precinct counted yet there has been an in
crease in favor of Mr.. O'Brien. At Cottage
Grove, according to the official count, Searles
received 1872. recount 80; o Brien received
3D.. recount 81. In the town of Newport the
official returns gave Searles 1874, O'Brien
l39, Richmond 10. The recount gives Searles
1S9, O'Brien 1877, and Richmond 16. The
result of the recount Yesterday gave O'Brien
q further gain of ten votes. To-day the towns
of Alton, Denmark and Oakdale will be re-
counted.
special meeting of the school board was
called for Tuesday evening, but was not
held, owing to the lack of a quorum. The
meeting was called for the purpose of con-
sidering the lack of seating capacity in the
high school building. All OF the seats are
now filed, and twenty-five scholars pro-
NOTED from the lower grades viii begin
going to the high school after Jan. l. The
only way out of the difficulty seems TO be to
remove the preparatory class from the high
school room back to the grammar school
room.
following officers Tuesday evening. Post
commander. B. G. Merry; senior vice CON-
mander, James Mulvey; junior vice com
mander, John Goodrich; quartermaster,
George o. Haskell; chaplain, c. A. Grant;
officer af the day. John Cover; officer of the
guson; sergeant major, Judson McKusick;
surgeon. David Carmichael DR.. 3. g. Merry
was elected delegate to the department en-.
campment
The striking molders at the prison made
public a statement yesterday stating that
when they returned to work last spring Supt
Dixon agreed to remove all convictS from
the floor after the past season. The molders
went to work with this understanding, but
when time came for work this fall Mr.. Dixon
yx-n1 mt IN Qnt md
went out on strike rather than be employed
with conYicts.
The jury in the Staples Flannery action
yesterday brought in verdict for the de-
PENDANT. Mrs L. Staples sued to recover
$500 for attending Mrs. Flannery, who is Ill
with rheumatism The action of A. B.
Stickney VS.. Samuel Mathews ct al. is set fol-
trial to-day in the district court The action
involves deed to valuable pine lands stu
ate IN Northwestern Wisconsin.
Tomorrow evening the ''Deestrick Skule'
entertainment will be given at the Grand
opera house for the benefit Of the free read
ing room. a large number of prominent
citizens are connected with the entertain
ment as scholars, and it promises to be an en-
joyable event,
Prof. James Blake, musical director and
choir mast at Christ church, st. Paul, was
in the city last evening for the purpose OF
forming choral union. A meeting, with
that object in view, was held at Ascension
Episcopal church.
The remains of Mrs Harvey Wilson ar.
rived yesterday morning from San Jose, Cal
and the funeral was held in the afternoon
from the Uniyersalst church. The remains
were inferred in Fairview cemetery.
The Farmers Alliance of Washington
county will hold a meeting at the court
hous9 Saturday afternoon, for the purpose
of electing delegates to the state convention
TO be held at ST. Paul, Dec. 80.
The action of Samuel Wall VS.. The Mime
apolis, st. Paul d Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Company was on trial all day yesterday al
the Office Of Searles & Gail. The case will be
taken up again this morning.
number of witnesses were examined yes
terday in the Durant-Daly election contest
but nothing new was brought to light The
proceedings were further adjourned until
next Monday.
The Rosary Society Of st. Michael's church
will give dinner and supper to-day in the
Wolf block, on Main street. There will also
be a sale of Christmas fancy goods.