The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-03
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having idilSST lVreDuU ttllS ctIucHCc
by counter tsstilHpny, the presump-
he did not do $50 because he could not
do so. He coBeedes thereby the truth
OF every sta temenb made by contest
ants witnesses; and his silence is an
admission of his guilt. 1t is a we'll
understood principle of law that admis-
sions Of guilt may be implied from
acquicscence Of the party, whether it
be acquiescence in-the conduct of lam
guagc of another (Greenleaf on
Evidence, vol. L. Iscc. q, & sec. 1917
If material averment, we'll pleaded,
is passed oven. Dyothe adverse party,
without denial, whether it be by con-
fession, or by pleading some other
matter, or by dcmurring in law, it is
thereby conclusively admitted" (Ibid.
sec. 27.) And in this case the failure
to rebuff or impeach the estimony Of
these witnesses as to bribery, is con-
fession OF the truth of their state
ments and Of the guilt of the party.
Your committee have dWelt at
length upon these four cases, because
they reach home directly to the sit
ting member; but they constitute but
a small part of the testimony showing
bribery.
RAILROAD COMPANY BUYS VOTES
FOR WASHBURN.
At CrOOkston, ia Polk county, the
testimony shows. Up. 223,) that but S.
legal votes were cast, while 258 votes
were returned as cast. AT large part
OF these illegal votes were cast by par
ties at work upon the construction of
a railroad; they were not inhabitants
of the township; they had no right to
vote there. 1t is proved that 30 or 40 of
these were paid for their votes by the
railroad company; their ticket were
furnished them by the agents of the
company; they were Washburn tick
cts, and they all voted for Washburn
The men so paid to vote for Wasburn
were Democrats. They were at work
shoveling dirt around the round
house. Besides these, two hand-cars,
loaded with railroad men, also voted
about sixteen of them.
William Johnson (sec D. 1907, was one
of a gang of II railroad laborers; they
were at work IA miles away from
Crookston, and outside the election
precinct; they had no right to vote at
Crookston, but Is Of them did so vote,
and they were paid for their votes by
the railroad company: the agents of
the company furnished them with
their tickets-Washbur tickets: and
they voted for Washburn; they would
not have voted at all if they had not
been SO paid, Up. 19D.
d. M. Robbins, (p. 3Q, of st. Paul,
had railroad contract to help build
the railroad through Kittson county;
had $50 men working for him Is miles
from Two Rivers, kittson county;
about 100 of these men went with him
on construction train to Two Rivers
to vote; these men, except about 30 or
10 did vote; they were all paid for their
votes the same amount they would
have earned il ,theyn had continued to
work; the railroad company ran the
train for theiE accommodation; the
voting place was railroad car, which
stood on side track; there was no
house at Two Rivers station of any
kind. AS the vote at Two Rivers was
"A for Washburn and for Donnelly,
the bribed voters must have voted for
Washburn, 1t further appears Up. 36),
that the railroad laborers working for
this witness atTamarack River voted
there. These nade'up the balance Of
the 100 votes p6lled at that place.
VOTING IN A CANDLE-BoN."
Dennis Reardond testifes (p. l4N
that he was Onesof gang or more
than so railroad hands that voted be-
tween Middle River and Tamarack
River; at Two Rivers the voting place
was box car, the ballot Boa aras candle
boo: there were no tickets there but
Washhurn tickets! These so railroad
men lived in box cars and were moved
forward as the work progressed. They
were all paid for voting by the rail
road company: many of them were
Democrats. There were no houses in
sight at that place, and of course no
residents of that locality.
This testimony establishes the fact
that at Crooks ton, Tamarack River.
and Two Rivers, there were 1914 votes
cast by railroad workmen. who we're
not residents Of those localities, were
there for a temporary purpose, and
were not entitled to vote; and that
they were all paid for their votes; that
they voted for Washburn, and would
not have voted il they had not bee n
paid.
WHOLESALE CORRUPTION OF TWO
COUNTIES.
We have seen that J. V. Brewer, (p.
244J, one Of the United States land Of
ticers at St. Cloud. Mimi. was furn-
ished with the letter of Charles Ber-
ems to Washburn, in which Berens
offered to sell his vote to Washburn
for $50. 1t further appears that Brow
er received from Washburn, or his
committee, money to visit Berens and
to make a canvass of certain counties:
how much does not appear, as Brow
er's memory is very oblivious of these
details. Brewer admits %. 245), that
he left money at different places in
Todd and Morrison counties during
his canvass for Legitimate political
purposes" that he did this in the in
terest of Mr.. Washburn: and he,
Washburn, knew he was working for
him, (p. 252): he visited five towns in
Morrison county. He considers it per-
fectly legitimate to hire Democrats to
work with their teams in behalf Of
the Republican party. He hired a
number of men in this way; he cannot
remember how many; it may have
been 20 or 100; neither can he recollect
whether he spent $50 or $500 in this
canvass of Morrison and Todd coun-
ties.
ILL.,. "a BAD MEMORY"
This testimony shows that an agent
of the sitting member, acting at his
request, with his knowledge and by
his authority, apd furnished with his
money, or the money of his party.
went out into thecounties of Todd
and Morrison, -120 and $50 miles from
Minneapolis, upon = mission of cor
ruDtion; that he baught up probably
100 voters and spent, probably $500 in
the work: and although the events