St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-15
CASTLES TONGUE WAGs, .
And He Tells What He Knows of the
Alleged Day Conspiracy.

AilcRcU LAY OOuS pr dC1
The GLOBE being unable to find Capt.
Castle, OF the Dispatch, Saturday night, and
having no prize fight on hand, or anything
less moral than the Moody meetings to re-
port, concluded to devote fragment of the
Sabbath to chat on the ''other side'' of the
evening paper row. Capt. Castle was found
at his residence, just preparing TO brace up
with a sleigh ride (or perhaps fee to Canada)
when the GLOBE put in an appearance.
Have you read the statements in the
GLOBE in regard to the Day subscription
books, ETC., made by Mr.. DickersonP' was
Immediately fred at him from the GLOBE
eolumbiad.
eyes, and there is scarcely word of truth
in them. 1t is true that copies of the Dis
patch were sold to the city carriers of the Day
on Saturday afternoon. That's about all the
truth there is hidden in the statement, so far
as it concerns me-"
SHOW did that come aboutl'
son Friday, about noon, Mr.. Hussey,
whom had never before seen or knew, came
to me and asked the price, per hundred, of
copies of the Dispatch to dealers. 1 told him.
He inquired how many extra copies We could
conveniently print for delivery Saturday
afternoon, and / figured it out. He then
gave me an order for that number, payable
in cash on delivery, and 1 accepted the
order aud agreed to deliver them
before ever knew who he
was. He then stipulated for per-
mission 10 bring men and boys down to the
Dispatch Office to receive the papers and pay
for them, 10 which 1 consented. He stated
that he was the manager Of circulation at the
Day Office, that he had created the circulation
and built It up, that he was informed the
paper was TO suspend publication immedi-
ately, aud that he wished, for the time being,
TO preserve the circulation by delivering an
other paper until further arrangements could
be made"
''Were you surprised. at that statementl''
''No, was prepared for it by common ru-
NOR on the street, which had fixed on Satur-
day as the last day of publication, and by the
further fact that during the whole Of the
week preceding different parties connected
with that establishment, in its editorial and
business departments, had been coming to
me seeking employment, etc, aud giving
doleful accounts of the decentralization OF the
concern throughout, its financial straits, and
certain speedy dissolution"
''What about the subscription bookslr
81 never saw or heard of any subscription
books. The system of delivery at that Office
has been different from that OF other St.
Paul papers. The carriers come to the office
every day and buy their papers, like news
boys, and pay for them. Then they collect
of the subscribers once a week l do not
know what kind of lists or books they keep,
if any. That was my previous information !;
that was the way Mr.. Hussey explained it to
me, and that was the way it worked out"
"The carriers came then, and took your
papersr'
''Yes. We commenced printing for them
about o'clock. At that hour a throng of
them came to the Office, paid cash Tor their
papers aud went OIL to deliver them"
"Why did not the Day suspend as ex-
pectedi'
''My information is that Tom. Lowry
came to the rescue at the last moment and
put in $500 to ease up pressing claim of
Gen. Averinl's, and thus tide over the con
Germ for few days.
''Was there any arrangement or 'conspir-
acY' between Hussey and yourself as to the
futurel"
''None whatever. He was very specula-
tive, aud said he only wanted to arrange for
papers Tor one day at time, but that prOba-
bly, 1t would last for several days. As was
lCduy W SCH HAPIAe a. regular pIlCtS 1OI CASH
to him or any one else, troubled myself lit
tie about his future intentions. 1 fully sup
posed the Day had suspended, and 1 had a
suspicion, based on previous in
formation from other parties, that
Il was the Intention of
a portion of the force to reorganize it on a
less expensive basis, aud speedily resume
the publication, meantime holding so much
of the city circulation as it could, by supply
ing the Dispatch during the interegnum. This
was merely suspicion, however"
''You paid nothing to Mr. Hussey, then,
for his share in the transaction!'
''No. He asked nothing, and 1 certainly
should have paid nothing for the poor privi-
lege of selling a few hundred extra copies
for few days, at our very low prices to deal
ers. Neither did he stipulate for or even
hint at any future reward or employment in
the Dispatch, and this confirmed my suspicion
that the arrangement was not to be perma-
nent."
''What do you expect TO do now!"
81 expect to supply any of the carriers who
came TO US tomorrow, ii any, with papers, as
We did on Saturday. l shall make no efforts
and offer no inducements for them to come,
but, if they do come, l shall supply them as
long as our papers and their money hold out.
This is absolutely all the plan have, and all
the arrangement. The carriers may all 90
back to the Day for ought know. 1t will
make small odds. The concern is death
struck, by the confession of all who know its
condition, and it N axes little difference
when decomposition sets in"
''What do yOn know about the concern,
anyhow"
al know il is rotten fraud from top to
bottom, has been from the beginning and
will be to the end. / made it point to look
up, carefully and thoroughly, the antece-
dents OF the gang before they came here, so
as to be able to Judge how much competition
l was to encounter. l sized them ali up, al
though have never seen but two or three oil
them. What learned OF their history would
make rich reading, but it entirely relieved
me Of any apprehension as TO the result OF
their rivalry, aud had no other use for It,
About ali there was that was reIu-
table or decent has left. Their
sheet hiss been failure from
the start. II has not interferreds particle with
the business of the Dispatch. Our circulation,
city and county, is far larger than when Il
commenced, and il this statement is doubted.
1 would be glad to have H. P. Hall, the
founder Of the Dispatch, come and examine
its books aud report. Our advertising pa
tronage is greater than ever before. The
other concern was a gigantic confidence
game on our community, and it did not win.
1t came here heralded as big thing, and en-
dorsed by the malicious Pioneer Press, which
hoped to injure, if not 10 ruin, the hated Dis.
| patch-but took precious good care not tC
put any money in, and soon grew ashamed
of its own progeny. / am prepared to say
from the best information at my command,
that the whole combined capital of its found.
ers did not exceed $4,000; that not one
tenth of the capital (slOO, 00O) of the bogus
company has ever been paid in that at, ne