The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-09-12

that he would drive the Prussians
into the Rhine and the English into
the sea. While beating it for Paris
after the battle he stopped long
enough to rest his blown horse and
to remark that if Grouchy had
obeyed orders the result would have
been different.
Note The Busy Politician.
There is the candidate on the eve
of the election. In a signed state
ment given to the press he reiterates
the confident predictions he has
made throughout the campaign.
Reports from every precinct in
dictate a tremendous victory tomor-
row." he says. A conservative es-
innate places my majority at 80, 900.
After personal canvass Of the dis
trict in which | have met almost
every voter my final and deliberate
judgement is that my majority will
between 28,500 and 10000. If it
doesn't rain shouldn't be surprised
to see it go to $4,000"
Then Comes Defeat.
At 2:30 o'clock in the morning
when everybody has deserted his
headquarters and the early editions
of the papers estimate his defeat by
$4,000, the candidate reluctantly
tells reporter that while the re-
turns are incomplete and nothing
definite can be known before tomor-
row morning he will admit that the
vote appears to be very close. By
noon of the next day when the re-
turns show that he didn't even carry
his own precinct he tardily comedies
his defeat and issues another signed
statement.
Smells Out Use of Cash.
"a week before election" he says
II became aware that there was
treachery Matching. Precincts that
had been solidly for me up to that
time were turned over to my oppo-
nent by the unlimited use of money.
In those precincts that could not be
corrupted by money intimidation
was used. l want to say. however,
that when the official count is made
it will be seen that the claim that I
was beaten by $4,000 is absurd. |
estimate the majority against me
will not exceed 81, 500"
Lawyer Predicts Success.
After his three hours harangue
to the jury the great criminal law
yer shakes hands with his client and
retires to the corridor where he
gathers the newspaper men about
him.
my client will be acquitted" he
says, ''the jury won't be out ten
minutes. The states case fell flat
and the only reason | put the de-
PENDANT on the stand was to disarm
any possible suspicion the jury may
have had that we were trying to
conceal something. He made a
splendid witness for himself and his
testimony was mistaken. He will
he be free man and in the bosom
of his family before the day is out. "
An hour later the jury brings in a
verdict of guilty and fixes the penal
ty at ninety-nine years in the penl-
tertiary. After the court has de-
MED motions for new trial, stay OF
execution, habeas corpus and writ
of error, the eminent counsel issues
another statement.
Ali, The Jury Was Fixed.
eve have afidavits to prove, v
he says. that the jury was fixed
There wasn't shred of evidence
against the defendant and the yer.
dict shows conclusively that tremen
dous outside influence was used t.
procure this conviction. There il
every evidence of a conspiracy
against my client and at the second
trial, which | can assure you the
supreme court will order, l can pro
mise you sensational plot will b.
laid bare. In the meantime I shall
ask warrants for at least four of the
jurors
FIeeffoot AgWinner Before--.
Just before the race for the CRANE