St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-18
MAKING POOR HEADWAY.
EFFORTS or H0RST'S ATTORNEYS TO
PROVE ILLEGAL VOTING WEAK.
JUDGE KERR SITS ON THEM.

Clty Attorneys Opinion Didn't
Go With the Court-Judge
Kerr Says to Zollman. "This
Is No Place for q Political
Speech"-ItaiiansA Are Entitled
to Vote.
The Wagener-Horst contested eec-
ton case is developing into sparring
match for points between the political
parties as TO informality in voting. All
of yesterday was put in with the hear
Ing of crowd of witnesses as to the
right of certain persons to vote, and the
same course will be resumed today by
attorneys for MIR. Horst.
Witnesses were called yesterday to
show that certain men voted and that
they were challenged. Mr.. Wilson, one
of the judges in the Tenth district of the
Eighth ward, was asked to tell what he
knew about an an Italian named
Ferarro voting there. DR.. Ancker was
asked to testify as to the names of per-
sons in the employ of the city hospital
Oil May l. and to state what men were
tered with their residence at the city
hospital. There. was quite list of
these names, four OF whom were pa
(, tieuts.
Humphrey Warner was put on the
stand to testify as to what men from
tine city hospital he took to the register
ing booths. Judge Kerr cautioned him
that he would punish any one found
guilty OF procuring illegal registration
or voting. even il he had to issue bench
warrants to begin with. Warner testi-
fed that he had taken some residents
of the hospital who were employees to
register. He had taken none others.
Witnesses were introduced to show
that four Italians in the Fifth ward had
voted, and eight Italians in the Sixth
ward. Mr. Johns wanted to know what
would be done in case the Italian inter-
prefer should not correctly interpret the
evidence. Judge Kerr said that he
would take care OF that. The attorneys,
for Horst seemed inclined to the view
that Italians should not have been
allowed to vote. The attorneys for Mr..
WAGNER sought to bring out upon cross
examination that the Italians had been
in the country long enough to learn TO
speak English and to wear American
clothes before they were seen by the
witnesses for Horst last March. One
of the witnesses stated that the Italians
whose votes were intended to be i'm
peached talked good English, and it
would take them five or six years to
learn to speak it. being in their station
of life. One of the Horst witnesses
said that so far as he knew the Italians
might have been in this country hun
dred years before he saw them last
March. They were AmericaniZed in
dress and speech then.
Mr.. Zollman arose to ate that If
these Italians were allowed to vote. 1t
would be as reasonable to bring all Of
Italy over here to vote.
Judge Kerr replied: "This is not the
place for a political speech, Mr.. ZOll-
man."
One of the Horst witnesses testified
that one ballot was taken out Of the bal
lot box and put into an envelope, be-
cause there were too many i'll the box to
correspond to the poll books. 1t was
claimed by the Horst attorneys that the
ballots counted were short by one vote.
/ The ballot was taken out of the envel.
ope and found TO have a cross on the
left of Smiths name, there being no
other cross upon the ballot.
In discussing the CHALLENGES in the
Sixth ward where the Italians were not
allowed to vote under letter of instruc-
tions from Corporation Attorney Cham
berlain unless they could swear that
their families reside i'll this city, Judge
Kerr stated that the opinion was value
less. and intimated that the position
was uutenable.
The evidence thus far has not given
Mr.. Horst plurality of votes. When
that side of the case is ended the attor-
neys for Horst will rest their case un>
der the ruling of Judge Kerr, and the
attorneys for Wagener will take turn
at Illegal voting, i'll case there is an ap-
parent need to do so TO offset the evil
dence for Mr.. Horst.