Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-11-15

Maa, Repub IL lean county Comm co@mitte e
IHecause there have been SO many
:E1seinct of the Third Ward of the city
4E1Willmar on election day when Am
4ficap citizens, legal residents OF Will
lH;deemed advisable to explain the sit
Hilton Just as It exists I can best ex-
Hl1m aby relating my personal relation
tMp, to the situation in the capacity Of
fis,ss. Not "Herding'' Voters
::lMen employed in the Great Northern
dstsrmining their rights as citizens. I
Nttqrney General and meet with the
NRen,. later: In conference with rail
:ffeached regarding the opportunity to
meet with the men. it being distinctly
Understood that there was to be no eff
fprt to "herd' the men or to influence
S.7 Men Have Club
). The men have organized club and
Aaye occ ssao ha meetings w was in
attorney general. The opinion Of the
attorney general was read and the rights
advised that the club had secured the
opinion of an able lawyer whose adj
wise was that all men who, had come
election with the purpose. OF accepting
offers of permanent employment and
were so employed, had lost their legal
Hid come and. had acquired residences
IN Willmar. This applied to all men,
married men as we'll as unmarried men,
who had come here with the intention
of remaining.
s. The Attorney Generals opinion makes
this perfectly. clear. Without exception
the; published decisions of the courts
the polls with the law. the decisions of
the courts and the Constitution of the
United States back Of them and guar
Anteeing their rights.
); There are no doubt very limited
humber Of men who have not estab-
!ished legal residences here, but near
al or OF IN the ne men Wao Worf in the
rights as other citizens of Willmar-
the same right that business men or
professional .ess men or the mayor or the
Sheriff, or the county chairman are
Jealous Of
unionism and nonunionism have alb
solutely nothing to do with those rights.
cause as chairman of political party
committee 1 have privileges in the mat
ter Of the appointment of challengers.
Questions Asked
In a letter to the chairman of the
republican state central committee was
enclosed the following statement and
QUESTIONS. which were submitted to the
Attorney General:
Practically all Of the men have come
from Minnesota villages and farms and
nneearly all of them I'm have been working
"sihgle''' men there is no question nor
about the married men whose familie-
have been here some time. There are
q: while whose orders" for houses or
apartments have been in the hands of
the special agent for thirty days. In
tpally in transit. The only reason the
families Of these men are not here is
that not enough houses or apartments
have been available.
y The question u.s. have these men, by
the evidence of intention to bring their
families here as soon as houses can be
secured established voting residences?
Attorney Generals Opinion
October II, 1922.
Mr.. c. r. c. Baker,
Willmar. Minnesota.
j; Four favor of October 10. addressed
Warded by Mr.. Adams to the Attorney
G9,neral and has been assigned to me for
acknOW Judgement and reply.
:, with reference to the voting resi-
dence of the railroad employees de-
scribed by you, have to say as follows:
ture for the guidance Of election boards
in determining the residence of voters
are. of course. designed to assist, not
clusions. These rules are found in Sec.
418. G. S. 1913. Subdivision 10 thereof
reads as follows:
mo person employed temporarily for
the purpose of cutting timber, or in the
construction or repair of any railroad,
canal, municipal or other work of pub
lie nature, shall acquire residence in
any, district into which he came for
such purpose: but this provision shall
not be held to extend to station agents
or section-men who permanently reside
In such district. In determining the
right Of any person employed by a rail-
road company or upon any public work
70 register or vote. all of the judges
resident of the district and not there
Tor temporary purposes merely; and his