Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-06-19
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TWO CONVENTIONS. | | | | ! ! !. J
The Morrison County Repub-
.a licans Send Two Sets OF
Delega tes.
One Side For Lee-The Other
for Clough-A Great
s.s Campaign.
Money and Democrats Freely
Used in the Effort to Aid
Clough. ..s

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8 The campaign Of the Clough man
ayers in Morrison county was as
corrupt as 1T was promised to De.
and the methods used IL this city
and county alone t" secure tieiesa tes s
for ClOngh were sufficient to forever
condemn the local leaders W the
Clough move. and forfeit all claim in
Clough can ever have on support,
from free and independent Repnbli-
can voters. The bOast was openly
made months ago that Morrison
county would he carried for Ciough
If it TOOK any amount Of money. It
was a straight money campaign in
Clumgh's interest-open. plain and
avoweJ. The Lee men never feared
the effect Of the money. campaign
among the Republican voters, MS 1t
could effect but IL certain element.
and could never carry the county.
But when money aud AL other
methods had failed TO secure the
strength desired by the Clnugh men.
the illegal and unRepublican plan Of
casting Democratic 1 and transient
votes ia the Republican caucnses was
resorted to. This latter system was
especially prevalent in the First
ward and tile first precinct Of the
Second ward in the city Of Little
Falls. In these two precincts q large
mujority .of the Republican voters
remained steadfast, to Mr.. zee, stnd
in fair Republican caucusesi Lee dele
sgates nnld ~ha ves been chosen be
syOnd doubt. IN the FIRST ard
there were 14O Republican, votes cast
at the last election, yet On Wednes-
daysevening 100, votes were cast at
the caucus. A considerable number nl
Of the Republican voters refused to
take part In the caucus, and at least
7OSOi the votes were cast by well
known and staunch Democrats.
These Democrats voted the Clough
ticket. There were also q number
nf votes Gust for the ClOugh ticket
by men who had no residence In the
precinct. The caucus was g fraud
and q farce, and 90 recognized by
every voter present. Yet with all
the methods Of the Clough crowd
their majority in the precinct was
small. Beyond q question Of doubt
the Lee delegates received 4 large
majority M the Republican votes
cast.
In the first precinct III the Second
ward there were l5O hepuDncans AZ
the last ELECTION. and this year there
were 1917 votes cast in the Republi--t'
can caucus. Here also several OF the
legal Republican residents of the
ward failed to vote. The vote here
was swelled by the Importing OF
river drivers and other transient ts.
and an examination of the former
poll lists shows that about ~ per.
cent Of the votes cast were cast by
men who never before voted In this
precinct. They were imported and
used openly and plainly IN the
Clough interest. and without their
votes and tine votes Of Democrats
the Clough ticket would have been
defeated by q large majority. As
result of the illegal votes the tickets
showed l12 votes Tor the Clough del
egatee and 50 for the Lee delega tes.
The s5 votes cast for the Lee dele
gates was large majority OF the
legal Republican votes cast IN that
caucus.