The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-21
Conflicting Statements as TO Who
Told the Story.
WAREHOUSES; ARE CHAMPING.
Gen. brennan Makes some Interesting
Statements About the Authority of the
Interview and Two Newspaper Men
Tell What They Know of It-Mayor
CarroIrs Paper Had Similar IDter-
view On the 10th Inst

The Democratic state central commit
tee has done many funny things, bat
what it did yesterday in the McNally-Car-
roll episode was the funniest on record.
A meeting was to have been held to-day
for the purpose of hearing Mayor CarrolPs
charges hut for some reason the date
was carried back TO yesterday. Mayor
Carroll was present but Mr.. McNally did
not know Of the change until he was no
titled and arrived late. Mr.. McNally
brought up the matter OF the charges in
which he WAS alleged to have offered TO
make political trade with Col. Arthur
II. Watson, the Republican candidate for
mayor.
According to the most authentic state
ments which eau be obtained there was "A
discussion between Mr.. Carroll and Mr..
M'Nally of some length and finally the
former agreed To drop his charges and ad-
NIT that he was wrong. Then resolu-
tion was fixed up, stating that whereas
Mr.. McNally had been charged, etc, and
whereas Mr.. Carrolps name had been
connected with the charges through GER
tain newspaper interviews, which Mr..
Carroll denied. therefore Mr.. MNaly
was exonerated.
How such aconclusion was drawn from
sucn premises is hard to see.
Very few people have felt disposed TO
be harsh in their criticisms of Mr.. Nc
Nally. He Is generally regarded AS the
flower Of the Democracy In Rhodet Island,
but since Mayor Carroll stirrei up
the matter, people were anxious To
know what WAS In IT,
1T looks as il they were afraid to go
any further In the matter" said Demo
crat who isn't n McNaliy man. The
resolution proves nothing aud Mr.. Nc
Nally ought iu justice TO himself TO press
the matter further"
Who Told the story?
When it became known that the state
central committee had exonerated Mr..
McNally, Democrats who seemed to know
a thing or two about the matter, were
mad.
Last night Mr.. Parker of West Green
wich aud another gentleman went again
20 Mr. Watson aud asked him about the
matter. Mr.. Watson stated to them that
what was published as the interview be-
tween Mr.. Carroll aud Mr.. Congdon and
himself WAS substantially correct.
Mr.. Watson did not care TO say much
TO day when a NEWS reporter saw him.
lie stated that the published interview
between himself and Mr.. Carroll was
substantially correct.
Tnen the point came up ms TO who gave
the original story To the Boston Herald
reporter. Charles A. Lincoln, the ProvI-
dence correspondent Of the Herald, was
seeu, and stated that he got the story from
Gen Brennan, VINO had IL from Mayor
Carroll on the 18th. The next morning
he met Mr. Carroll and he tod him the
story was right except that he had made
a mistake In using the name of Mr.. Nc
Carthy instead of that of Mr.. Covell
MIR. Lincoln also said that Mr.. Carroll
told him that he had given it To John
DYER for the Pawtucket Times because
he could trust Mr.. Dyer, and that he had
also given il TO his own paper, the Paw
tucket Tribune. Singularv enough the
Pawtucket Tribun OF the 10Th had an in
terview with Mayor Carroll which was
substantially the same AS the Herald
story.
Mr.. Dyer stated to-day that Mr.. Car.
roll told him to take the Boston Herald
story and change the name Mccarthy to
Covell, aud he reported those instructions
TO the Times.
Gen. Brennan Talks.
Gen. Brennan said this morning that
Mayor Carroll told him that he wrote the
Pawtucket Tribune story himself.
A member OF the state committee, who
was present yesterday said that Mr.. Car
rolls statement OF the case before the
committee was such that he did not see
how that gentleman (McNally) could ''sit
down by IL.
Mr.. Congdon has always been a friend
of Mr.. McNally's, and thought he had
been maligned, but when he heaYd Mr..
Watsou's story he Is stated To have said
that he thought McNaily would either
have TO resign from the committee or be
turned out
Mr. Spencer, an old Democrat, said
this morning that he had Talk with a
Democrat VINO had something to do with
hushing the matter up beror1 it came to
the committee aud he stated that there
was last spring "A sum Of money sent tC
Rhode Island To be used in the election
1t was necessarily confided TO one .Inar