The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

'-r ~ 800 q
before. voted for four candi !.
did not vote for attorney. n
Geo. Hanphries. horn ii Ena y
land, came to Nechs spring Of
1895; worked on farm near therein
1896; declared intentions before d.
8. consul at Winnipeg; voted at
Nechc, nobody solicited me o. vote.
II. P. Often testified he was
township clerk Of st. Thomas;
election Of 1894 held in . grader
shed two miles northwest Of city.
In 1895 election at Keeley's hotel
in city. At town meeting Of 1895
voted next polling place to be grad
or shed; during the summer town
ship board voted to hold election at
Keeley's hotel in city; change
made because grader shed was TOO
cold and uncomfortable; the change
was generally known to voters; al
other elections held in the city:
township voted in q different place
from city voters; could not get q
full vote IF township at any other
place than in the city, nearest
school house four miles from city.
DR.. P. G. Donovan was examin.
ed as to the list Of doubtful names
ON the Neche voters list, about
Is in number, of which 6 or 8 have
not been recognized under the
names in the poll book by anybody
up to this time. The DR.. was
chain man of the democratic county
convention and testified to the
manner of nomination at Cavalier.
P. O'Hara testified his son Wal
lace O'Hara is only eighteen years
old. Wallace is about six feet
high and the poll book showed his
name as a voter.
Myrick said he was born
in Canada, was nineteen years old
worked for J. N. Horgan in St.
Joseph, but came with two other
men from Horgan's on election day
and voted; nobody solicited him to |
vote; voted a mixed ticket, voted
for LaMoure aud Brynjolfson and
Jim Turner, only knew Turner;
thought them all pretty good fell.
lows.
Chas. Flora, now resides in Wal
halla. was at Neche election time
and stopped with Jack Young, on
whose machine he had worked
some two months or SO previous;
was with Mayo and MCLAUGHLIN |
ut Walhalla previous winter, work |
ed around through Walhalla and
st. Joseph for summer and fall, at |
different times when out of work |
spent different weeks in Neche,
seven or eight weeks altogether;
left some effects at the Russell
house while out working; did not |
hire q room there while gone; vot-
ed at Neche, considered Walhalla |
my home, couldn't get to Walhalla
80 voted at Neche.
Court adjourned until Friday |
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
j. G. Anderson. Came first to
Neche, 1889. Didn't stop there,
went to St. Joe and stayed year
and a half. Went to Minneapo.
lis: Stayed there until q year last
fall in September. Came to Neche
stayed two weeks, than went to
st. Joseph. Born in Canada.
Declared intentions in Minneapo.
lis two years ago. Was working
at j. N. Horgan's 3, as carpenter q
month before election, Went to
Neche with Donovan and Merrick
and think Chambers was with us.
Found my name on voters list in |
Neche so voted there. Was a vot-
er in St. Joseph township. Had
no permanent home. Started for
Neche when l lett Minneapolis.
Worked for Horgan by the day.
Worked few days after election,
than came to Neche. Nobody got
me to vote. Voted mixed ticket.
Voted for LaMoure and all the
rest straight democratic. Don't
consider st. Joseph my home.
j. N. Horgan testified as to
men who worked for him. Chas.
McKinnon worked two or three
months previous to election, left
in October and went to Neche.
Stayed in Neche until about New
Years. Worked almost every fall
for witness for ten years. Work
ed 8 months in 1895. He was a
Canadian and usually after dis.
charged, stayed in Neche for a
week or so then went to Canada.
Jas. Chambers also worked for
witness in September and Octo.
Der. 1896. He had no permanent
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