Evening journal., 1890-07-18
MR.. BEALE C0NFESSES.
He SAYS BLAKE GAVE HIM $50 TO
VOTE FOR NEWELL.

I
It-His Startling Letter-Ex-Uouneil-
man Blake Denies it AgAin-Henr O.
Turner's Pointed Views.
The EVENING JOURNAL reprints the
following letter from City Councilman
Aaron ). Beale Of the Ninth ward, at
his request:
I'm reply to the accusation made
against me In the Morning News Of the
10th instant would respectfully say, to
being accused of being boodler:
THE contest between the asplrants
for the city authorship has been very
bitter and one of the most unpleasant
features of my time In Council, and / am
sorry that | was so unfortunate as to be
implicated in 1t, as | had no particular
preference for either of the three men in
the contest. | desire to say for
myself, however, this being the
truth, and nothing but the truth,
and | am willing to take an oath
to that effect. that on the evening Of
July 10, William H. Blake, well. known
politician of the Third ward, approached
me and said II will make you a pres
ent Of $50 if you will vote for my friend
Newell for city auditor To my sincere
regret l accepted the offer on condition
that If he got there by my vote the pres
ent would be mine; If not 1t would be
returned, which it was ia two minutes
after | got my eyes on him without q
word of disagreeable CONVEX
sation. l did not say as
he and his friends have said since,
that promised to vote for Newell, first,
last and all the time. Had l said so
would have undoubtedly done it at all
hazards. This will be borne out by the
fact that promised Samuel B. Knee
one OF Mitchells friends from the Ninth
ward, that would give him a vote, which
did saying nothing about voting for
him any more, as he will testify If
necessary.
Now, as to Mr.. Mitchell's Doodle. In
my behalf, as 1t is quoted; there is not
one word of truth in it. There was never
one cent offered me by he or his friends
/ for my vote. 1t did not seem to be neces
sary for him to offer anything to secure
the position. / can say nothing of the
other members what they got.
| Mr.. Newell may have attributed his
defeat to the other members Of Council
who, as | understand, promised him
faithfully that they would support him,
and not me altogether. AS l said be-
fore, had no preference fer either Of
the three men. Now, as this question
has assumed the attitude it has, 1t be.
comes necessary for me to vindicate my
self as far as possible The friends Of
the different candidates might have
been led to believe by their converse.
tion with me that | intended to support
their friends, but they have been mis-
taken in this case. The almost constant
| pulling, dragging and button holing that
has been done the lost two or three
weeks would almost lead a man to say
anything but did not say positively Yes,
| Iwould, to any one except in the Mitchell
case, and that I fulfilled. Now, in con
clusion, | would cay the public may
draw what inference they choose
from this letter; it does not make any
difference to me. 1t is true what | have
said, and I have a reputation that the
authors Of the article Ia the Morning
News cannot shatter.
Blake Says 'Tisn't So.
In regard to Councilman Beale's state
ment, ex-Ceuneilman Blake says: my
statement which was published in your
paper yesterday was the correct version
of the matter so far as / am concerned,
and the further developments, including
the published statement Of Mr. Beale,
do not affect my statement in the least.
l say that | had nothing whatever to do
with Newell's candidacy for city auditor
and know nothing Of the charges which
are made against me by Beale. ] will not
reply to the article In the Morning
News. have nothing more to say in re
gard to the article containing BeRle's
letter, except think that he did not
act judieiously,"
= would ike to reply, however, to
the editorial which was published in the
Morning News to-day, which contained
illusions TO me- This Is not the first
time this paper has contained such allu-
sions, but this Is the first time / have re.
piled to them. viii give you the true
facts concerning my life in Couaeil, and
the minutes Of that body can be exam.
ined to prove their authority.
while was in Council was chair
man on only one committee and that was
the Fire Companies Committee. The
meetings we held at no time exceeded
eight per month and were often as few
as one or two per month, even at the
time when we We're considering the adop-
ton OF the fire alarm telegraph. can
back this statement by the records
OF City Council. At the time | was in
/ COuuCAA hS CUhlTuhn OF Lne FIRE Commit
tee had no power to call another com.
mittee together. was placed on several
other committees by the various chair
men, and it was no fault Of mine that
they held so many meetings. / was not
responsible for the meetings Of the six
committees on which | had been ap
pointed. On nearly all Of them had been
appointed chairman or q member by the
presiding officer. The Fire Committee
held less meetings than almost any
other committee of Council and less than
any other Fire.Committee which had been
appointed. AS to the people Of the Third
ward not wanting me, did more
work for them than any other
representative they have had made
more improvements In this ward than
any other man. The Morning News has
always published such statements con-
cerning me.
"This is all have to say, and know
no further details concerning the city
auditor matter"
Mr.. Turner'S Foroib1e Views.
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