The herald., 1894-10-18
THE POPUL|STS HAVE A TIME,
Serious Charges Against Their
Candidate for Mayor.
The City Convention Down on the
Republicans.
A Lively Time Over the Water Question
The School Board also
. Bone of Com
tontions -f-.--

EOpuLiebb W Rot uuWu To Tehl DuelDeB
when the city convention assembled
yesterday morning. 1t was an adjourned
meeting from last week. at which sew
eral nominations were made for city Of
fees. among them being E. @. schnabel
for mayor.
Yesterdays convention was the most
sensational OF any yet held by the Pop
ulistio persuasion, and the hall in the
Jones block was crowded by the rank
and file of the party, each ward being
we'll represented.
The sensation Of the convention was
the filing of charges against Mr.. Selma
bel, which may cause his removal from
the candidacy.
The session was replete with exciting
episodes. There was an apparent dis
position on the part Of some OF them to
fuse with the Democrats and nominate
for ths city councilmen who will work
and vote for new water system.
The board of education question also
bobbed up serenely and the convention
positively declined 10 endorse the ticket
agreed upon by Joint committees OF each
party for members of the board OF edu
cation. The convention seemed thor
oughly imbued with the idea tha. the
city badly needs new board OF educa.
ton and an improved water system.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Immediately after 10 o'clock the con-
vention was called to srdsr. Alvs Udell
arose to question OF personal privilege,
and announced that ha had seconded the
nomination OF a gentleman last week
who had been represented to him as a
man OF integrity. The question waa one
that affected the honor OF every man of
the party in this city, county and state;
that he had been approached by mem
bers of the party in this city who told
him that he had made mistake in
seconding the nomination; that he, Mr..
Udell. together with Mr.. Montgomery
and Mr.. Weems had, at tho suggestion
of these gentlemen, made an examinR-
. ton of the records OF the county. They
had found that the court had pronounced
this candidate an unworthy citizYn for
having appropriated goods that BELONGED
to other persons; in ether words, that
he had been guilty OF obtaining goods
under false pretenses that the paper he
was about to present to the convention
had been testified to by Mr.. Woems and
wsn COPY OF the county records.
Mr.. Udell then ead copy OF letter
from Henry Butcher and JAS. j. Hedges,
attorneys for Phil Hollanhach & Co. OF
Louisville, Kv. addressed to Mr.. Selma
bel, and is su ubstantally as follows:
''Ae the eaid Phil Hollenbach & Co.
have rescinded and now rescind the Has
Of said good5 so made es aforesaid to
you on tbe-g grounds OF fraud and mierep-
reeentation made by you to procure the
said sale and to induce the eaid Phil
HoilenbRch & Co. to sell you the said
goods. and which fraud and miHrepre-
eentations for which the said sale is re-
Bcinded.
You stated as fact that at the time
OF such sale 90 made that you were sol-
vent and able to pay for such goods; that
your mother was backing you in your
business of saloon keeping; that our
mother, who was a wealthy woman, was
to advance you money to carry on the
said business and to ENABLE you to make
the necessary purchases to 60 into the
esid business.
That you promised to pay for the
eaid goods. go sold to you. without any
intention OF carrying cut said promises.
"Fhat you knew all the time you pur-
chased the said goods that you would
be unable to pay for them: that at the
time you purchased such goods you did
not intend to pay for them that at the
time you purchased such goods that you
were unable to pay for them.
And hereby on behalf of the said
Phil Hoilenbach & Co, offer to you the
notes given by you in payment OF said
goods. namely, three notes for s206, rs
each payable respectively at four, five
and six months after date; dated on the
Let day of November, 1890, and aleo n
note for s94 30 dated August Is, 1889.
now past due and under protest. made by
you.
"All the said notes being payable to
and held by the said Phil Hollenbach &
Co., also offer to repay you any freight
or other charges paid by you on said
goods. if any, on condition that you re-.
turn to me as attorney, or to the said
Phil Holen bach q Go. the said goods
hereinhefore mentioned ard described.
This, including list of other credit.
ore, brought the amount involved to
$4,000.
At the suggestion of delegate Mr..
Schnabel vacated the chair in favor of
the vice chairman, and Mr.. Udeil con.
tinued until interrupted by Mr.. Fisk,
who said it was nothing new for man
to fail in business.
Prof. Hutchieon wanted to know
why this was SO auddenly discovered if
il had not all been nettled in the courts :?
At this point Mr.. schnabel aeked that
! Mr.. Udell be given ell the time he
needed to finHh. Udell eventually cub.
eided. and Secretary Clark was after
him demanding the copy OF the le.tera
g and affidavit he had rsad,, Udell showed
some reluctance in giving il to him, but
finally Mr.. Clark received the paper
however. and Udell took his seat.
Mr.. Schnabel arose and eaid he would
fight to the death the element who were
trying to down him. II denounce Mr..
Udell as blackmailer for having failed
to cay that the caeea were decided by
the superior court and by the supreme
Z court in my favor. say he is black
mailer. | want to say thas What Mr..
Udell read was the complaint of the
plaintiff. Why did he not read the
other side. My father's death removed
me from business. | knew only the
brewing businass and | followed that
business. The records oi the superior
court have shown decisious in my favor,
go lar as the charge OF receiving goods
: under false pretenses 10 concerned.
II will bring my credtors here to
snow that l have paid 5000 on claims
tnat l WAS not legally bound to pay.
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