St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13


Position That Assembly Cand :.
dates Receiving Highest Vote
Are Elected Regardless of Loo
cality OF residence Would
Probably Defeat Arosin.
The canvass of the election returns
by the joint council committee was
practically completed yesterday after
noon. The committeeman present yes
terday at the sessions were Aid. Gull
len, Quehl ANA Markham, and Assem-
|. blymen Van Slyke and Sandell.
The votes in the 1l3 precincts as re-
turned by the judges, mad been all
iabulated by the city clerk. so that all
the committee had TO do was to take
each precinct return aud chtcA tae
figures.
At 5 O'clock the figures were all
checked, and, barring one or two MINOR
clerical errors. there was no change IN
the results. In the Second precinct of
the Sixth ward and the Ninth precinct
of the Eighth ward the judges, evidently
by mistake, instead Of filing with the
city clerk the sheet on which the law
prescribes the returns shall be made,
sent in tally sheets. Some of the mem.
beers OF the committee were in FAVOR of
using the tally sheets returned in the
two precincts in making up the canvass.
claiming they were certainly the best
evidence. Aid. Cullen and Markham.
however, objected To this. The suggeS-
ton was then made that the duplicate
return made to the county auditor from
each precinct be opened III the two
precincts in which tally sheets had been
returned. This was also objected to by
some of the members for the reason
that the law said that the returns should
be filed with the city clerk, and If the
returns from the county auditors office
should be taken they would not be
following the strict letter of the law.
1t was decided to have an opinion
from the city attorney. and Aid. Cullen
visited that official and informed him of
the state of affairs. Mr.. Chamberlain,
however. was not prepared to give au
assistant, Mr.. Chaplin, and would be
ready on MONDAY morning.
1t was finally decided TO adjourn until
Monday morning at 10 O'clock. and the
city clerk was directed to summon be.
fore the committee the judges and
clerks in the TWO precincts at that time,
in order to correct the mistakes they
hal made in filing the returns.
The Republican members of the coun-
ell, more especially those who were
candidates for reelection. are unit in
Claiming that the failure uf the Judges
to make the returns as provided for by
law will have the effect of throwing
out the two precincts. From the talk
made by members of the Republican
city committee, there is no doubt that
all effort will be made to throw out the
two precincts mentioned on the very
tiimsy excuse that tue tally sheets are
not the returns as provided by the law.
Ii the scheme of the tricksters is carried
out it will result in the election, on the
face of the returns, of Pennington for
alderman in the Sixth ward, for in the
second precinct of that ward Hare re-
ceived LOG and Pennington IS, and. as
Hare carried the ward by votes. his
plurality would be swept away.
, City Attorney Chamberlain did not
care to express an opinion yesterday as
TO what he would advise in the two cases
mentioned. but as he has already, with
out any request from the council, writ
ten to the attorney general of the state
for an opinion on the point, it is evident
Ia xx,iI in, hn
the law as laid down to the Republican
city committee.
1t was reported yesterday that a re-
count of the votes in the Sixth ward
might result i'll the finding of sufficient
number of votes for Melady to give him
majority over Arosin. 1t is claimed
that in number Of the precincts in that
ward. the judges, acting on the uli-
official opinion of the city at
toruey's Office, and the administra-
ton organs. when it was found a
voter had marked his ballot both
for Lewis and Melady. did not count
it for either Melady or Lewis. This was
in line with the opinion of the Repub-
lican committee and city attorney, that
only one asSemblyman could be elected
from the Sixth ward, and that to vote
for both candidates in that ward nulli
fed the vote.
The returns, however, showed plainly
that in ORDER to get majority in the
assembly the opinion would have to be
changed, and in the interests of the
g. o. y. it was at once heralded by all
the Republican legal minds that the
nine assembly candidates having the
highest number of votes were elected.
While the exact number of votes in the