St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-16
NIGER IN The FENCE
A Diminutive African Turks
Within the Newly Made
Deal
To Submit to a Referee the
Court House Commits
sion Case.
The Deal, Intended a Secret,
Was Disclosed for a
Purpose.
A Coup Very Neatly Planned,
but the Devil Is to
Pay.

The joint court house and city hall
committee met at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. but as Attorney Bigelow had
not submitted his report as to which
committee was legally entitled to sit
and transact business, the meeting adj
journed to next Monday at p. m. The
agreement between Mayor Smith and
Mr.. Sanborn, to leave the contention be-
tween them to a referee for settlement,
lays bare another trick on the part of
some one. When it was decided that
Mr.. BigeIow should act the judge in
the controversy, it was also agreed that
such disposition of the case should be
and ever remain-until decided-the
private matter of those interested. Mr..
Sanborn agreed to this and Mayor
Smith jealousy kept his promise.
The question was referred to Mr.. Bige
low, because Mayor Smith had implicit
confidence in the venerable gentlemen.
both as to his ability to justly and i'm
partially decide, and because he be-
lieved Mr.. Bigelow was above the inf1u-
ence which apparently guided others
upon the same subject. Mr.. Sanborn
suggested Mr.. Bigelow for these reasons
and OtherS-Which belong to the man
ual of Mr.. Sanborn's political tactics.
All was serene on Friday when this
agreement had been reached, but on
Saturday the carcass which had been
submerged in pool of double play and
wicked design, came to the surface-a
CHASTITY revelation to the mayor and his
compatriotS. Itthen appeared that Mr..
Sanborn was the first man to breach the
name Of Mr.. Bigelow as referee. He
urged upon the mayor the wisdom of
such movement and supplemented his
picture by telling the mayor that that the the
new court house committee from the
to Mr.. = Bigelow and abide by
his decision. He cited the name of
Aid. Conley as greatly in favor and
ardently DESTROYS of such a scheme.
The mayor leaned willingly and with
reason to these stories,f and consented
that if the members of President.
Hamm's committee were willing, the
mayor, as representing the county
commissioners committee. would ac-
quiesce. The mayor. all fixed for the
plot so nicely designed, Mr.. Sanborn
if said to have hurried down to see AID,
COnley, and make it all right with him.
In this he partially failed, however, and
took it upon himself to further his
plan. Mr.. Bigelow was induced to I'M
dertake the work, and all went we'll
again until yesterday morning, when it
was evident that some one had broken
faith with the bartering coterie. This
was what followed the story published
in morning paper, in WHICH Mr.. San
born, the Republican leader of the fac
ton, was Iauded sky-high, and the
mayor was covertIy charged with deal
~, h r- 1cfr INV
ETC., to Pat Egan and others as political
liquidation. The article being sprung
against the solemn pledge between Mr..
Sanborn and the mayor, and by a
Republican paper, and lavishly eX-
alting Mr.. Sanborn'S position in
the fight, to the contumely heaped upon
the mayor, is suggestive of practices
typical of one certain and minor, though
obstinate, side of the faction. When
Mayor Smith read the sharp defamatory
inSinuation in the article of yesterday
morning he felt that some one was in
the breach. Aid. Conley is Democrat,
and loyal to the interests of that pOr-
ton of the standing committees upon
which he serves. Aid. YOerg is pillar
of that party against which Mr.. San
born's efforts could not prevail. One of
the aldermen does not hesitate to say
things which Indicate that Mr.. San
born has good and grounded reasons to
expect a favorable result-not casting
any aspersions on Mr.. Bigelow, how
ever. An extraneous influence has
actually been brought to bear upon
the referee, but what its effect win be,
If any, the near future will reveal. The
Democratic, or rather new members Of
the joint committee. are indignant, and
the shrewd stratagem, of sacrifice here
for gain there, will blow up when their
pent up wrath is preeipitated.