St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-14
B0YC0TTlNG BICKEL.
The Political Squabble Over
the City Attorneyship De-
velops Other Disputes.
Big Brewers Endeavor to Dis
cipline the President of
the Council.
Two Of Them Resign From
the Directorate of a
Bank.
William Pitt Murray Has a
Club in Soak for
Holman.

The fight within and beyond the pale
of the board of aldermen over the cleo
ton of corporation attorney has led to
new complications, not of political
character, that threaten to disrupt the
business relations of coterie of capt.
talistS who have heretofore been on the
most intimate terms socially and in
business way. AS near as can be ascer-
tanned, the responsibility for this con-
dition of affairs rests with Alder
man Bicke1. Among the warmest
and most enthusiastic supporters
of William Pitt Murray for reelection
were Aid. Anthony Yoerg, .Jr., vice
president of the Germania bank, of
which Mr.. Bickel is cashier, and
William Banhozer, who is. one of
the directors of the Germania bank.
Aid. Yoerg was elected on the
Republican ticket, but politics cut
ter of the corporation attorney
ship. Being q close friend of Mr.. Muir
ray, he subordiuated politics to his
friendship and worked tooth and nail
for Mr.. Murray. Mr.. =Banholzer did
the same, and aided materially in the
conversion Of Aid. Book, who voted
with the Democrats in the first instance
and betrayed them and his constituents
in the second. MessrS Yoerg and Ban
holZer had no idea that they could bring
enough influence to bear upon Mr..
Bickel to induce him to vote for Mr..
Murray, but they expected that their
business associate would at least give
them and their candidate fair show
and not allow his partisanship to run
away with the good Judgment he had
invariably exercised in business mat
tiers. When Mr.. Bickel in his capacity
as president of the board,
DEVELOPED INTO AN AUTOCRAT,
ruled after the manner of the car of all
the Russias. and declined to heed the
repeated claims of ',foul'' made by Muir
rays supporters there crept into the
hearts of MessrS. Yoerg and Banholzer
desire to slug their colleague in bust
ness. The more they thought Of his
high-handed action the greater became
their wrath. Finally it broke into
storm. There. was: another conference
between Aid. Yoerg and Bickel. MI.
Yoerg spoke his little piece, and closed
by resigning as vice president of the
bank. This precipitated another heated
conference, and then Mr.. BanholZer
caused a general howl by stating that
he would resign as a director.
The GLOBE has it on reliable author
ity that MeSsrS. Yoerg and Banholzer
propose to discipline Mr.. Bickel
by business methods if they cannot
accomplish it any other way. Mr.. Bickel
was interviewed by telephone last night
and stated that neither he nor Presi-
dent Ramsey, of the bank, had official
knowledge of the designations of Vice
President Yoerg and Director Banhol-
ger. Mr.. Bickel declined to make any
statement regarding the matter, prefer
ring a request thai no mention be made
of it.
Neither Aid. Yoerg nor Mr.. Banholzer
would discuss the matter with reporters,
or deny or affirm the report that they
had resigned. In conversation with mu-
tual friends, however, they stated that
it was true. They had no feeling
against the bank, but had had enough
of Blckel. 1t is said that they also in
tend to roast Aid. Fischer through the
medium of their customers by boycott
ting the cigars made by him.