St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-02
ERRORS CORRECTED.
Col. Davidson Says That He Di
Not Saw Some Things ReDOrted

| Col. Davidson Says That He Did
Not Say Some Things Reported.
To the Editor of the Globe.
know you will permit me to correct
| few inaccuracies and errors in the re-
port of the Eighth Ward Municipal Re-
form club. which appeared in the
GLOBE April l. They are unfair to me
| and very unjust to others. and probably
| arose from lack of knowledge Oh the
part of the reporter of the matters about
which | was speaking.
Your reporter says: "The present ad-
ministration was alluded TO as being in
partnership with the houses of prOstitu
tion." l made 10 such alluslon and no
such charge. spoke OF "our interest"
/ in them 10y reason of their being COM
, PEELED to pay over part of their income
to the city in the shape of fines that
i were not imposed to prevent the bust
ness. but for the purpose of revenue
| only, and made no intimatiOn, aud
intended none, that the adminiStra-
/ interested therein beyond what every
| taxpayer and citizen is Interested, be-
| cause the policy now and for years in
| vogue is to ''bleed them" in the form of
! fines inflicted for purpose of revenue
| and a ''dIvy of profits" and not in good
faith to suppress these houses. The
report also says: "a ratification meet
ing that was held at a disIeputabe house
after the election two years ago was
referred to-" That is very gross
SANDER and wholly untrue. | spoke of
a custom which was reported to have
! prevailed formerly, and l said mo such
| oh q hoaY do
present administration
| Your report says. in speaking of some
! transactions said to have taken place
before the grand july: "Wnen asked
| If the attention of the mayor had been
/ called to the starting of the new dis
orderly house, Mr.. Orieman pulled out
| letter from the mayor in which he re-
fused to close the house." Here
again the report has confused
two separate matters. The mat
ter before the grand jury had
nothing to do with the new house on
| Washington street that was opened
, after the present mayor came into office,
and which Mayor Smith'' had refused
TO permit. 1t was in reference to other
dSOrderly houses that had been per-
mitted to open OH Third street and in
the vicinity of the residence of the gen
tleman VINO was protesting. l stated
that Mr.. Orleman pulled out copy OF
Il letter which he said he had sent tc
the mayor" l made no special allu-
sion to any meeting in the mayors
office, but did refer to different lotteries
OF politicians getting together and at
tempting to name candidates and fore
stall the actions of political conventions.
Ii may he applied to any and all at
tempts of that kind to whatever party
applied. / am reported as saying 1--WE
don't need to buy Ridgewood or Indian
Mound parks" l am quite certain
said "Ridgewood and Phaien parks D
certa lnly intended TO do so, because
Indian Mound park is closed. not Iow
debatable, and 1900 judgments have
been entered against separate prop
critics whose owners have been unable
to pay their assessments.
l hope you viii give these corrections
as wide circulation and as conspicuous
place as the errors and inaccuracies
referred to. Respectfully
JAMES Ii. DAVIDSON.