St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-04
MURDER WILL OUT.
How Mayor Pillsbury Was Induced to
Stultify Himself and Break
His Promises.
Cal CLARK, the PrOhibitiOnist, to be Mayor
De FactO if Pillsbury
is Elected.
How the Scheme Was Worked
Pillsbury TO Go to Europe
If Elected.
Going 60 Pieces.


which the Republican party seems to have
been passing since its city convention was
held has allowed secret to leak out, the
revelation of which should have decided
influence upon Tuesdays election. 1t has
been suspected. and hinted at. that IN case
of the reelection of Mayor Pillsbury. that
Cal Clark, the president of the council,
will be mayor defacto during a greater por-
tion of the term. Only until within the
past few davs has what may be regarded as
proof positive of this been developed. Yes
terday the GLOBE received assurances that
leaves no doubt as TO deliberate plot to
force upon the people as their mayor Calvin
w. Clark, the prOhibitionist and narrow
guage fanatic, who would not receive half
the vote of his own party, nor one-fourth
the vote of the people of the city. II he
should run as an out-and-out candidate.
Ii needs no assurance rs to the truth of this
assertion IL a minutes candid thought will
be given 10 the circumstances leading To the
nomination of George A. Pillsbury. Mayor
Pillsbury months ago stated positively that
he would not be a candidate. As the CAM
paign drew near he took occasion to re-
iterate the statement in the most positive
language possible. He announced his de-
cision as irrevOcable to his own friends and
requested the publication of this declination
i'm the GLOBE. At the conference of the
union league club and prominent Republic
cans held at the Windsor hotel he said in
language that could nat be misunderstood
that he would not, under any circumstances,
be a candidate. At the city convention
he mounted the stage and repeated his inten-
tion of declining nomination If it should be
rendered him. saying il would be neither
manly nor honorable" for him TO accept.
he then left the hall, and when one hour
later he was waited upon by q committee,
he withdrew his declination and accepted a
nomination which was rendered by doubt
full majority of the convention. What could
have induced a man of Mayor Pillsburys
standing to have directly and publicly yio-
lated repeated promises and pledges. which
would have been binding obligations upon
any man Of honor? Simply this. He gave
as his reason for wishing to retire from the
Office of mayor. that he was tired and de-
sired TO take
A TRIP TO EUROPE.
This objection was removed by the as
surance that if he was reelected that he
need not serve, and could go to Europe, as
his place would be filled by Cal Clark. He
was assured that it was absolutely necessary
for him to accept the nomination. as Clark
could not be elected 1t was upon this con-
dtion that Mayor Pulsbury yielded. and
apparently stultifed himself by accepting a
nomination which he had declared would be
neither honorable nor manly" for him to
receive.
A little study of the conventions plo-
eeedings reveals how perfectly the scheme
was understood by Clark's friends. who
worked in conjunction with the Pills
| buryites- Just before the noon adjourn
ment one informal and one formal ballot
was taken. II. l.. Gordon, who appeared
| in Clark's interest, opposed the taking OF
the ballots, saying IF we adjourn over fol
dinner / promise you gentlemen that we
shall know something more about
| the situation when We come together at ?
o'clock" His object evidently was to gain
time for an explicit understanding. The
ballots taken in the morning were unde-
cisive. When the convention met in the
afternoon the faces Of several prominent
leaders, (who were afterwards appointed
| on the committee TO apprise Mayor Pills
bury Of his Nomination. were serene, and
they snilingly expressed their certain belief
that Mayor Pillsbury would be the eandi-
date. And iT appears that they knew eX.
aetly what they were talking about The
convention was called to order. Mayor
Pllsbury made his declination speech. "A
ballot was taken which was indecisive. c.
A. Pillsbury received twenty-five votes anC
stepped forward to decline. Col. II. G.
| Hicks. a Clark delegate, for the purpose OF
securing an ovation, proposed that he bt
nominated by acclamation. 1t was carried
Mr.. Pillsbury mounted the platform anC
| declined. Hicks was carried away by hi:
enthusiasm and moved that the declnatioI
be not accepted. He made wrong move
here, and William Henry Eustis took hop
skip and a jump to his side, {
whispered consultation took piac,
and Hicks withdrew his nomination
Gordon then nominated Cal Clark in {
speech in which he conSpicuously referred
To him as the exponent OF the Pillsbury
administration. Another ballot was takeI
and X. b. Langdon, who received 35 votes
arose
JUST AT THE RIGHT TINE
and Withdrew in favor of Pillsbury. TIL,
next ballot was taken and resulted in G.
A. Pillsbury receiving IL votes. which wa
declared to be a majority OF all the votes
cast. The total number of votes cast was
announced to be l4S. whereas the cOnven
ton was only entitled to 141. So it is evi.
dent that the ballot was stuffed. and il /:
quite pTOOdOle anu IN keeping Nlln III,
general line of tactics employed that the
two votes were put in to give Pillsburl
a majority. But miScalculatioI
was made; II is not a majority o
143, so Pillsbury' did not in reality
have any majority. At the same time the
announcement that he had seventy-ont
votes, which was known to be the neces
sary majority for nomination, was suffi-
cient to deceive the convention, and the
''stuffing" was overstocked. A committee
was sent to wait upon AIr. Pillsbury. Cor
don at first declined TO serve on il, but
afterwards, at his own suggestion. was
sent after the committee. The committee
gained from Mr.. Pillsbury an acceptance Of
the nomination upon the understanding
that he should not. ii elected, be required
to fill the office, but could go Il
Europe, and leave Cal Clark
the exponent" of his administra
ton, to govern the city in accordanc,
with his own peculiar ideas. The EXPOSE
of this disreputable scheme 10 force upoI
the people a mayor whom they do not want
needs but little comment. The only way
in which the plot can be successfully
thwarted is TO elect DR.. a. a. Ames mayor
of the city-a man who will attend TO tn,
important duties of the Office himself.
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