St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-14
The Editor-Candidate Had a
Bad Opinion of Dave Mar
tin in 1872.
Then He Was a Ruffian, a Re-
peater and a Buyer Of
Votes.
Today He Is q Distinguished
Ally Of Labor's Arch En-
envy, Reid.
Singular Commentary on the
Product OF MIR. Reid'S Pen
in 1872.

The New York Tribune of yesterday
had an editorial headed The Danger
Gus Martini" which caption, as Mr..
Reid might say. is good and true, says
the New York World. In the article,
however, the Philadelphia corruptionist
was called "Mr. David Martini" and the
World and the other newspapers which
have exposed Dave" Martins record
as repeater, briber and political
thug, were told that ''all their talk
aboutsthiS bad man from Philadelphia
is rot"
Dave Martins first public exposure
was in 1872, when sworn testimony.
never contradicted, convicted him of
being paymaster of a gang of election
repeaters, whose dirty work, as several
of the gang confessed. was done at Mar
tins personal and direct orders. In
the New York Tribune of Oct. of that
year Whitelaw Reid wrote of Philadel-
phia politics and the operations of
Dave Martin and those of his ilk as fol-
lows:
"Philadelphia is flooded with New
York ruffianS. who have gone over there
with the purpose of out-voting the peo-
pie OF that city by means of their abom-
Unable machinery. The notorious The
Allen, crony of O'Brien and particular
friend OF Roscoe COnkiing, is among the
leaders OF these stamps; and Whitley
Bob Blacksmith Dam and other well
known DULLES and election thieves are
hand-in- glove with Hartranft'S peni-
Tertiary gang in Philadelphia. This
scandalous plot against suffrage is con-
Quoted by Grant officials"
"Hartranft'S penitentiary gang" as
~ ,lt,, 70 -
included Dave" Martin among It's act
i've members.
Oct. 0 Whitelaw Reid announced
Gen. HartranftS election as governor of
pennsylvania. and related some inter
estlng particulars concerning the means
employed i'll Philadelphia elections at
that time. Most of these details are
familiar to World readers, having been
published in connection with the history
OF ''Dave' Martins life three weeks
ago. The Tribune said:
"Jhe most serious work which ever
devolved upon the people of state rests
upon the citizens of Pennsylvania from
this day. The exalted position of
governor of that great commonwealth
has been given to a man whose char
acter is tainted with fraud and whose
sole prominence arises from the fact
that he was chosen by the corrupt Cam
er0n ring at Harrisburg to do what
| Official work they might require.
There is not in Philadelphia nor in
New DIRK an Intelligent man who does
not know the general process by which
the vote OF pennsylvania was falsified,
and many of them know the details.
The first step was an immense fraudu-
lent registry, which raised the voting
population at one stride from $50, 900 to
about 1000. TO personate the names
thus fraudulentIy Inscribed herds of
negroes were hired in Washington and
In Virginia and gangs of repeaters
under some of the most notorious ruf.
fans i'll New York were engaged to Join
i'll the business. This was of universal
publicity.
"Jhe friends of Hartranft chuckled
and Dragged over it. Weil-to-do citizens
belonging to the Union League club
said no later than last Saturday: We'll
give. Hartranft whatever majority he
needs, whether it be 5000, 10000 or 15,-
00O.' They were better than their
boasts, probably because their need was
greater than their fears. Terrified by
the accounts of liberal gains in the
state. they determined not to be chary
of these votes, and by false voting ana
false counting they scored up the in
credible majority of 10000"
This account Of Philadelphia election
corruption wound up with paragraph
which states the case against Dave"
Martin in almost the same language
used by the World when it told the peo-
pie of New York what manner of man
he is who has taken up his residence in
this city, with the avOwed purpose of
electing Harrison and Reid, if Philadel-
phia methods can accomplish it. White
law Reid wrote in 1879.
"Only last spring the same crime was
carried through in the same city by the
same men. Col. Mcclure was cheated
out of his certificate of election to the
senate by the same foul process. lie
did not submit to the outrage, but ap-
pealed to a hostile body, and by ire
Tragable proofs regained his seat. The
facts brought forward by him in the
form of sworn evidence have never been
gainsaid. He proved bribery, repeat
ing and false counting"
Dave" Martin and Whitelaw Reid
are working together in 1892, and per-
haps these quotations from the Tribune
of 1872 are 'rot."