St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-04
lie, which again brands the forehead of the
dastards with their crime:
CITY ATTORNEY MURRAY'S AFFIDAVIT.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. !

lie, which again brands the forehead of the
dastards with their crime:
CITY ATTORNEY MURRAY's AFFIDAVIT.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
County of Ramsey. d.
Personally appeared before the under
signed, a notary public in and for said
county, William Z. Murray, who being first
duly sworn, depoSeth and says that he has
read an article published in the Pioneer
Press of Sunday, May 3. 1885, entitled,
Astounding Disclosures, and that every
part and portion of said article, which re-
ferred to him was absolutely false, and
that in place of trying to delay or suppress
the annual reports of the city comptroller
he has always advised the speedy and
prompt publication of the same as provided
by law. w. p. MURRAY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day of May, 1885,
THEo. Z. PARKER, Notary Public.
The second chapter in the Sunday morn
ing dish, which Merriam and his pals served
to the public, accuses the Democrats OF
having a large fund subscribed by gamblers
to carry the city by importation and re-
peaters. This lie was doubtless launched
to conceal the fact that Merriam's cOntiden-
tial adviser and swag dispenser is a motor
ious amateur stud poker gambler and has
promised Johnny Sloan the contract of the
gambling privileges of the city. Mr.. Sloan,
having recently had his den raded by the
Democratic city authorities and being sub
jected to heavy fine, is naturally at work
very vigorously for Merriam, and that he
(Merriam) might profit by that arrange
ment without a corresponding or greater
loss from an exposure he raises the hue and
cry against the Democrats.
Hon. P. H Kelly is chairman of the
Democratic executive city committee and
Hon. Robert A. Smith is the chairman of
the Democratic city committee. These
gentlemen need no introduction in this com
munity, and the following affidavit which
they join in signing will pretty effectually
dispose of the united lie of Merriam and his
newspaper slandererS:
AFFIDAVIT OF r. A. SMITH AND P. Fl.
KELLY.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Ramsey.
Personally appeared before the under
signed, notary public in and for said
county. Robert 4. Smith, chairman of the
Democratic city committee of the city of
st. Paul, and Patrick II. Kelly, chairman
of the Democratic executive committee OF
said city, who, being first duly sworn, each
for himself depOSeth and says that they have
had charge of the campaign funds for the
city election for the Democratic party; that
they have solicited and collected every dol
lar of money which has been subscribed for
election expenses, and not one dollar, or
any other sum, has been solicited or received
from any other than a respectable citizen Of
said city.
That no money has been solicited or re-
ceived from any gambler or disreputable
person: and that all statements published
in the Pioneer Press of Sunday, May 3,
1885 in an article under the head of ''As-
founding Disclosures" in which it was
stated that the gamblers were contributing
money, or had promised to do so to secure
the election of Mr.. Rice, was absolutely
false in every portion.
ROBERT A. SMITH,
PATRICK II. KELLY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day of May, 1885.
THEo. E. PARKER, Notary Public.
The charge that importations and repeat
ers are to be used by the Democrats to carry
the election is answered by the news
reports of the same issue of this shameless
sheet. While editorially blazoning this lie
its news report gives the total registry as
20, 6S3, and adds these words:
''More than 2, 1000 voters have failed to
register, there being at least TWENTY
THREE THOUSAND LEGAL VOTERS in st.
Paul"
AS everyone understands the next to
impossibility of casting fraudulent votes
unless the fraud has been begun in the reg
istry, the liars unwittingly refute their own
falsehood.
No campaign SANDER was ever more in
famous and none ever more etfectually OBJ
liberated. It could not be otherwise where
every word is falSehOOd.