St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-02
Col. Allen Gives Capt. Bean
Another Prod in the
Ribs.
1t Was His Duty to. Warn
Ramsey County Tax
payers.
Reform Democrats Meet and
Throw Another Candidate
Overheard.
George Moeller Brands False
hood on the Tale Of a
Dickep.

Col. A. Allen, being Intercepted by
a GLOBE representative concerning the
Dispatch publication yesterday, said:
My communication concerning Capt.
Bean was not meant to have any poll
teal meaning whatever. l did not i'll
tend it in that sense at all. 1t was
purely personal matter between him
self and me. | have no connection
with any gang whatever as alluded to
in the Dispatch, nor have L taken any
active part in politics during this whole
campaign. In regard to any arrangement
between George Moeljer and my son
know nothing, save that he will not be
deputy sheriff in case of Mr.. Moeller's
election. That is purely fabrication
of the basest kind. That | did brand
Bean as dead beat / will admit. did
so from the fact that he allowed the
note which L had Endorsed for him to
go to protest without any notice from
either himself or the bank. had to pay
it and have it in my possession still.
From that day until this have not been
able to see him. and he has been in the
city from the day the note was signed
until the present. AS an honorable man
to a personal friend he should have no
tilted me when the note became due
and saved the
DISGRACE OF A PROTEST..
To what he says about the depot lunch
room l will say that | did lease the
depot for three years for my son,
and admit that il ran behind at loss of
$4,000, and that | did settle up with
his creditors for 80 cents Oh the dollar;
but emphaticaliy deny that | sold out
alta large profit. The depot burned be-
fore the lease expired and | lost all the
fixtures and furniture, with only
slight Insurance. As to the judg-
ments away back in 1860, admit
all that, but let me state that
during the financial crisis of 81 and
'5S | met with heavy losses. as many
others did during that crash. | after
wards went through bankruptcy and
settled those claims and paid what the
law demanded | should. Mr.. McGrath
speaks very differently from what he
did the day before my letter was writ
ten. What he said was in the presence
of three others, whose names / could
mention if desired. Mr.. MeGrath apol
ogized to me to-day, he believing that
my communication to the public would
damage him in his business, as Capt.
Bean might have some friends doing
business with him who might bestow
their patronage elsewhere. | did use
Mr.. McGrathS name without authority;
also that of Mr.. Rogers. At the same
time the latter told me on Jackson
street, near the First National bank.
that when Capt. Bean first came to st.
Paul there were bills for clothes and
borrowed money sent to him from Wis
conSin for collection, and which he was
obliged TO
RETURN TO HIS CLIENTS
do not care to cast any reflections
upon his family. as know nothing of
them whatever. | will leave that for
others to Investigate. He speaks OF his
financial condition. | respect any man
who is honorable, no matter how poor
or humble he may be, which did not
find Bean in his dealings with me. Now
| wish to modify the statement con-
corning Company D. l did not mean
to convey the idea that as a company
they were displeased with his inter-
course with them, but as to several in
dividual members, who were not reti-
cent about giving their experience with
him. | said all that did with a sense
of my duty to the taxpayers of Ramsey
county; not as political shot at all,
but simply to lay before the public the
man as | see and have found him, for
the Judgment whatever it may be-that
they care to render.