Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-11-09
ROSTER JOB SUIT .
SUMMONS SERVED ON COY. PECK AND
ATTY.-GEN. O'CONNoR.
ALL THE PARTIES IN INTEREST ARE
SILENT.

| ClaTN are the ueIc uuduIs III an dEllOu
brought Nv the firm Of Tracy & Gibbs
to recover the sum Of $500 WI p
McFail is also one Of the plaintiffs, and
the bankers and mi.lers doing business
in ibis city and stoughton under the
name Of Dow ere made party defead
ants.
The summons and complaint were
served on GOV. PECK and VIM. Clancy
il the state capitol to-day. Atty
Gen. O'Counor was not IN the city, or
could not be found. so thol the interest
ing documents could not be left with
him. But he will not be neglected. 1t
is understood here that Col Clark was
found in pur nanco Of bis duties as
general manager of the transformed
administration organ in Milwaukee,
which was the cause of most Of the
trouble before it was transplantsd, and
duly accepted service of the summons
THE SECRET ROSTER CONTRACT.
The suit is about that secret roster
contract and the financial complications
growing out of it. John M. DIN is
attorney for the plaintiffs and proposes
to try tie case entirely without any
regard to the newspapers, fof be has
neglected to file the complaint in the
court clerks office and is rs reticent as
clam concerning the matter. Gov.
/ PeekacInoWiedged thal ne had accepted
service Of the papers in the suit, but
declined to talk about It any further 10
d reporter Mr.. Clancy went 50 fer as
10 express sense Of qualification that
the mattor would not be ct before the
public in ITS true light. but was not
disposed 70 expedite the matter of en-
tightening The public to the extent Of
allowing peep at his copy Of the com
plant. The complaint IS a ponderous
affair, judging from the exterior. 1t is
the usual type-wrilten document OF the
modern attorney and apparently con,
sists OF many pages Of legal sized pa
/ per Its contents may be IN part sur
missed by those readers OF the Sentinel
who have followed through the details
OF the roster lobbery as already pub
lished IN these dispatches with the
assistance Of little more information
which can be given in brietexplanatory
notes.
now THE SUIT ORIGINATES.
The finn Of Tracey Y Gibbs IS engag-
cd IN the printing and publishing bnsi-
ness in this city aud was to have done the
press work 81 the rosters which were to
have been printed by MI McFail under
that secret contract which the COVER
nor entered into with him as manager
and publisher Of the local administra-
ton organ. The Madison Times. The
singular fact that Tracey and Gibbs
are sueing together with McFail instead
of against him is easily understood by
every body who is aware that Mr.. McFail
was merely the figurehead of the state
officials interested in the roster con-
tract, who found it necessary to SEEM
ingly dispose of their interest in the or.
gan before entering into contract with
the organ outfit as state officials. Mr..
McFail was thrown up in the air with |
the other outsiders after the contract
was cancelled to avoid a conflict with
the state printer and an exposure in the |
courts. The complaint, if it ever gets
into court through the failure of the de-
PENDANTS to confess the correctness of
the allegations by paving the $500 |
will show that the plaintiffs al.
lepe that the defen lant, that is the
governor. his private secretary the at.
torney-general and his assistant. CON
spired to defrsud the plaintiffs. and did
sscure money from them thereby.
through the medium of the roster con
tract. II win alleoe MIGHTY lot If |