St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-14
HIS VILE MOUTH.
Reardon Opened It and Put
His Foot in 1t the Length
Of His Leg.
THE CASTIGATION HE GOT
From the Members of the AS
sembly Cut Through Even
His Epidermis.
AN UNCALLED-FOR ATTACK
On Van slyke and Seeger
That May Cost Reardon
Dearly in the End.
AN UNCALLED-FOR ATTACK
CRAWFISHED ON VAN SLYKE,
But That Didn't Let Him Out
Of the Uncomfortable
Hole He Was In.

Mr.. Timothy Reardon, after laying
quiet for several weeks past, opened his
mouth again at last nights meeting of
the assembly. and put mis- foot in it
with vengeance this time. Before the
whole assembly and number of spec
tators in the council chamber, including
Robert Seeger. the gasoline contractor,
Mr.. ReardOn openly charged Seeger
with bribing members of the council
during the past ten years. and declared
that he would never vote to award a
contract to Seeger, because he knew
Seeger was crooked.
Judging from the comments made
after the meeting, Mr.. Tim will find it
as difficult to blow the matter over as
he did to eXtinguish the electric light
on the Milwaukee sleeper upon the oc-
casion of his last junketing tour. For
Mr.. Seeger's counsel. who sat by MS
side, was observed TO whip out his pen
Gil and take down every word that MIR.
ReardOn said about his client. Whether
Tins remarks will some day figure in
complaint for SANDER remains to be
seen. Possibly Mr.. Reardon will take
it all back and say he was misinformed,
AS usual, though be was emphatic in
declaring when he made the charge
that he positively knew it to be true,
and knew what he was talking about.
The storm did not gather In the course
of the meeting proper, which was tame
in character. 1t came up Unexpectedly
just as the assembly, having finished its
business, was about to adjourn. AS a
tirst-clasS brisk wind-up it filled the bill
completely. The ild-mannered. gentle
voiced Mr.. Van Slyke started the
breeze that, agitated by robustiOus
Reardon's roar, grew to alarming
proportions and threatened to blast the
regulations OF Mr. Seeger, and even Mr..
Van Slyke. The latter took the floor to
explain, in answer 10 Mr.. Robb's ques-
tlon at the previous meeting, why he,
Mr.. Van Slyke, while a member
of the committee on gas in 1854,
voted to award the contract for
lighting to Seeger. when the records
showed that Seeger's bid was S3 higher
than the lowest bid. MIR. Van SIyke
said that he so voted because Mr.. See
ger offered in his bid to furnish light
for 1900 hours in the year, while the
other bids were based upon only 1900
hours, and were therefore in reality not
as low as Seeger's bid.
Mr., Reardon Immediately jumped up
and denied this statement by asserting
that the contract was awarded to Seeger
on his bid for furnishing the city light
on the schedule plan. and not on the
all-nigbt basis. MIR. Van Slyke in
formed Reardon that he was mistaken,
and that Mr.. Seeger's bid was the low
est on the basis offered, namely, 1900
hours in the year.
By this time Reardon's voice had
swelled to its normal state of loudness
when engaged in a controversy, and
without further ado, he began a TRADE
upon poor Mr.. Seeger. Mr.. Van Slyke
had Just suggested that Mr.. Seeger be
allowed to explain why the contract
was awarded to him, as it had been by
vote of IL to in the board Of alder
men.