St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-07
MARKHAM SET A TRAP
For Suckers, but There Was
Not One in the Party Of
Democrats.
BALLOT JUDGES WE'LL HAVE
Republicans Must Submit to
It or Stand the Re-
sponsibility
BALLOT JUDGES WE'LL HAVl
OF BLOCKING THE ELECTION.
Effort to Provide for Ballot
Judges in a Separate Res
Olution Failed.

The board OF aldermen held special
meeting at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and notwithstanding the efforts
Of the Republican members, appointed
Democratic ballot judges to serve in
every election district on election day.
The election judges of the three parties
were also appointed without any
changes, except one or two on the
Democratic list. Aid. Markham delayed
the session nearly an hour with his op-
position to the appointment of the ballot
judges. His grounds of objection were
first. that they were not needed and to
appoint them would be piece of ex-
travagance; secondly, that there was
no money provided with which to pay
them, and thirdly, that to appoint none
but Democratic ballot judges would be
unfair. that the assembly would refuse
to concur aud thus the whole matter
would be tied up there. In order to
prevent this Aid. Markham sought to
have the resolution framed by the spe-
cial committee amended by striking out
the clause
Naming the Ballot Judges.
appointed by both bodies, and the mat
ter of ballot judges disposed of by an
other resolution. But Aid. Hare and
the other Democratic members of the
board saw through this scheme, and by
vote of to A Id. Markham's resolu-
ton amending that of the committee
was lost The original resolution, which
provided for the appointment of
Democratic, Republican and a Popu
list judge OF election. and a Democratic
ballot judge was thereupon adopted by
strict party v0te-7 to 3-Ald. MiIham
having left shortly before the vote. The
only changes in any Of the lists were
In that of the ballot judges. Some 81 x
or seven su0stituttons were made in the
cases of the ballot judges. Otherwise
all the lists are the same as those which
were submitted to the board of alder>
men at the regular meeting last Tues
day night.
When. at the opening Of the meeting,
the list of Democratic judges of election
and ballot judges was submitted, AID.
Hare moved that the list dated Oct. be
substituted for the list dated Oct. l and
previously presented to the board of
aldermen. This motion was unani-
mously carried, and then Aid. Markham
moved that the substituted list be re-
ferred to the special committee On
judges of election. on the ground that
the list had never been considered by
the COMMITTEE.
No Occasion to Refer.
Aid. Ehrmanntraut and Murphy saw
no occasion for reference, land the latter
| moved that the report of the committee
be adopted and the resolution naming
the. judges of election and the ballot
judges be passed. Aid. Markham in
sisted that the motion was out of order,
as the committee had never submitted
report con tanning the names fonpd in
the substituted list. President Brady
declared the motion before the house.
Aid. Montgomery spoke in favor of re-
ferring it to the committee, and Aid.
Markham made another effort to secure
such disposition of it. He maintained
that it contained new names, and that
the chairman (Ald. Hare) of the COM
mittee should not assume to report on
| Ioot Aoo hSESA bCVA
by the committee.
Aid. Milham differed from his Repub-
lean colleagues. He did not see the
use OF referring the resolution. 1t was
not the funeral Of the Republicans.
| Why not consider the board as a COM
mittee of the whole and pass upon the
resolution.
Aid. Markham thereupon withdrew
his motion to refer, and the resolution
came before the board for discussion
and adoption. Aid. Markham furnished
the discussion. He advanced the
arguments already quoted, and en-
deavored to impress upon the Demo-
cratic members the extravaganza.
impracticability and unfairness of
appointing Democratic ballot judges.
The law of 1898, providing for such
officials, was only.
Advisory Not Mandatory,
30 the city attorney had said. Moreover
the council had no right to incur an in
debtedness when there was not enough
money on hand to pay for 1t. Mr..
Markham deplored what he re.
garded as the useless expense that
would be occasi0ned by appointing
ballot judges. But most serious Of all,
the appointment was sure to be tied up
in the assembly, which ls Republican