St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-04

cerned in the preparation of the BOOM
erang; and, more than this, they know,
and did know yesterday, that every
statement made by the GLOBE and
MeSsrs. Campbell and Doran can be
proven to the satisfaction of any jury
that can be gathered together in
circulars were mailed to promi-
nent lrishmen in all parts of
the state last Friday evening. and
that this was followed up by the dis
trihution of another Republican cam
paign dodger at the doors of the French
Catholic churches in this city Sunday
furnishes convincing proof that the Re-
publican managers were behind the
Whole scheme and paid the expenses of
the JOB.
DOran's Scathing Response.
Last evening Mr.. Doran wrote the
following scathing reply to Chairman
Heatw0e'S letter:
ST. PAUL. Nov. 3. 1901. P. Heatwole,
Endicott Block City.-Dear Sir: Your favor
OF this date, replying TO a letter addressed by
me 10 Tams BiXby is at hand. am glad to
know that the Republican central committee
would not be so careless as to risk the loss of
SIS, 900 by the offer which was so recklessly
made in the Pioneer Press this morning;
English language TO consider that your COM
mittee had made such an Offer inasmuch as
that paper announced that by producing GER
tain proof and placing it i'll The hands of Mr..
BlXby the parties supplying such proofs
would receive S25, 900.
1t seems strange that any newspaper should
assume TO speak for your committee. and |
can only account for it, if in fact it did do So
on the ground that it Was issued only twenty
four hours prior 10 The election and might
thus escape challenge until SO late that the
exposure of their .,luf could not hurt them.
While accepting your statement, and con-
graduating you in not being desirouS of stalk
ing any money on the issues, | cannot agree
with you as To the ''puerile and childish in
cldent. 1t was an incident alike discredit-
able and diSgraceful to its authors, and am
not surprised at the concern i'll repudiating
IL. presume very few would care to father
it. have not charged against you or others
OF your committee ever holding q meeting
and authorizing the preparation of such cir
presented to them for their approval. The
charge which have made is,
that the circulars in question were
brought TO your committee rooms by Howard
in sealed envelopes; that rams BiXby had
knowledge of The contents of the envelopes
and that they were addressed to parties in va
rlous portlons OF the state under the dlrect.o
and supervision of his clerks. You say that
you had no knowledge of the writing, print
ing, publication or circulation, and you do
not believe any one connected with The COM
mittse was concerned in 1t. You also say
that you do not believe that any member or
employc of your committee would have taken
the responsibility of issuing such circular
without consulting the committee. / do not
know II 1t is OF any great interest to the
public what you might believe. The ques-
ton is, are the facts as stated? The
charges are not against you as chairman
of the committee, as to authorizing and cir
culating the circular, but that Mr.. bixby,
secretary OF your committee. had knowledge
M aud to1 tbn oir
of the circular. 1t is not surprising under
the circumstances, therefore, that Mr.. BiXby
should have handed my letter to you for
reply: II would, however, have surprised me
me with an affidavit, attached to your letter,
denying that he (Mr Blxbyj had any hand
in the matter. When he furnishes such affl-
davlt to ME or to the public, it will be ample
time for me 10 take further notice of what
you term challenge, but which in
reality is q meaningless juggling of words. 1
note your remark in concluding YOUR letter
that you are willing TO make an affidavit to
the statement you made: as the statements
are confined TO your belief. such an affidavit
would be entirely safe, but in no way re-
sponsiye to the charge. 1t will be noticed
you do not say Mr.. BiXby is willing to fur
nlsh an affidavit contradictlng my charge.
Allow me to suggest in this connection
that if the charge make is not true, and as
you are undoubtedly very desirous of avoid
ing the responsibility for this nasty
do so by having Mr. Bixby make all
affidavit and then let the proper persons
connected with the st. Paul Dispatch com
pany make an affidavit to show ''conclus-
lvely that the circulars in question were not
printed at their establishment. and the
charge for the same not charged to Gov.
Merriam, and let Howard and Bacon make
an affidavit. each denying that they or
either of them conveyed the circulars. either
in or out OF the envelopes. from the Dispatch
otlce OF printing rooms to the Endicott
building, as charged. aud that they did or
did not take them 10 Minneapolis on Friday
afternoon or evening, and mail them there.
as | charged them with doing. If the
parties above referred to will make the affi-
davits as suggested they should do SO. If they
desire to convince the public that they are
not guilty Of the acts / charge them with.
will agree TO furnish the next grand jury of
Ramsey county with some information that
will be decidedly Interesting for some of the
parties concerned, but have no fears that
any such effort rs suggested will be adopted
by your committee, or any connected with it
or Gov. Merriams canvass. They will have
TO be cOntented with your denial of your
personal connection with il. and your denial
as TO the others. and Dave Clough's exhibi-
ton of profanity, but l am sure the public
will not acluit you on the showing you have
made. Yours truly, NJ. DoRAN.
Chairman Campbelfs final word on
the circular to the Irish-Americans is as
follows:
/ think the public will not fail to notice
that the Republican state central committee
and Republican newspapers have utterly
failed to take the only proper means within
their power to MAKE even The semblance of
denial of their guilty completely in connec-
ton with the now notorious circular ITO the
Irish American Voters of Minnesota II
will occur, l think, to all reasonable people.
that denial of the facts, as CHARGED by my
self and others, should be in the form of aft
davits by Mr.. Bixby Howard, Bacon, and the
Dispatch Printing company. If the parties
have named will make their affidavits of de-
nal there would be an opportunity for their
prosecution for perjury; hence we have moth
ing but weak denial from Mr.. Heatwole of
his personal knowledge of The matter. and
Ciough's disgraceful profanity. The Dispatch
is exceedingly cute in its efforts to charge the
circular upon me. When they neglected to
deny that they printed it, as | charge it to be
O fact, that is beyond dispute that they
printed them for Gov. Merriam. I will only
ada that know that every charge l have
made against the Republican committee,
Howard, Bacon and the Dispatch Printing
company IS true and cannot be successfully
denied, ana leave them to the reprobation
of their fellow citizens.