The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-23
Republicans TRY to Shift
Their Primary Frauds
to Democrats
THEIR GAME rs EXPOSED
Campaign Managers Responsible for
Illegal Voting in Fourth Ward
Claim Opposition Did the
Dirty Work.

The Republicans responsible for the
fraudulent registrations and voting at the
primary election exposed by T h G l b e
are in sad plight and making strenuous
efforts tC shift the odium of their mis-
doings to the Democrats.
If they were not pitiful the maneuvers
of the Republican managers yesterday
would have been conical. Their handi-
work exposed, they made the most ludi-
crous attempts to get out from under the
impending avalanche of popular disap-
prevail by taking the list Of Republican
repeaters published in yesterdays G 0 b Q
and charging that the men were regis
tered by Democrats and voted the Demo-
cratic ticket at the primary.
No one will believe the improbable tale
especially in the light of the history Of the
recent political war in the Fourth ward
Republican ranks and the peculiar antics
Of the Republican acrobats Immediately
after the primaries. Caught at their own
game their only defense is the senseless
howl, ''The other fellow did it," which
they have always raised.
Republican Charged Fraud.
Immediately after the primary election
the defeated Republican candidate in the
Fourth ward charged that his defeat was
accomplished by fraud. The ante-primary
fight was full Of sensational features and
the Republican organization after a fruit
less search for a desirable candidate took
as forlorn hope Hart N Cook and went
into the primary to win at any cost.
Ine character of the fight was graphically
outlined by member of the Fourth ward
organization, who has formerly figured
in ballot box trickery by lis statement
that the organizations opponent would
never get the nomination Votes or no
votes"
In anticipation of the defeated candi-
dates demand for an investigation the
Fourth ward organization which was in
control of the records of the primary, set
up their regular biennial cry OF fraud
and 'repeaters." Their vague charges
were made 50 vocifarous that Aid. Huber
became suspicious that they were intend
ed as a veil to cover Republican trfckery
and he offered a reward of $500 for the
conviction Of Illegal voters in the Fourth
ward.
Democrats on Still Hunt.
The Democratic offer of a reward put
a damper on the Republican howl, but it
did not stop the Democratic investiga-
ton which resulted in the partial expose
published by T h G 10 b e. When their
game was exposed to the light of day the
Republicans attempted the most silly sub
terfuge in series of tricks that do small
credit to the political sagacity Of the
A0A@AOOIiA n
organs print the list Of fraudulent voters
unearthed by the Democrats and claim
that they voted the Democratic ticket
and that the Democrats have altered the
records to make them show that the
fraud was practiced by the Republicans.
The questions sane men would naturally
put touching the probability of the Re
publican story seem to have been over
looked by the eminent jugglers of fact
Two or three questions are particularly
pertinent
Did the Fourth ward Republican Or
ganization have control of complete
copies of the Fourth ward primary cleo
ton registration for nearly three weeks?
Did the vigorous investigation OF those
lists which the Republicans pretended to
prosecute disclose any Democratic frauds
or repeating?
If any frauds were discovered by the
Investigating Republicans, why were they
not given to the public or the Informal
ton in the possession of the Republicans
not placed at the disposal of the proper
legal authorities that the fraudulent vot,
ers might be prosecuted?
Why, if the Republicans had proof Of
frauds three weeks ago, was it left to
the Democrats to discover and expose the
crime that has been committed against
the integrity Of the ballot?