Evening journal., 1894-04-26
COOLEY is BETRAYED.
Mahaffy Has Transferred His
Support to Finn.
HIS OLD GAME OF HIDE-AND-sBEK

Election Boards We're Packed Against
Finn -Anybody's Fight for the Coroner
ship.
The Goodley, Giuis and Rettew sup.
porters are in great way to-day They
say that ex United States Marshal
Henry c. Mahany is at his old game Of
hide and seek. In short, they accuse
him of having betrayed Goodley and
gone over to Finn, carrying with him as
many of Goodley's supporters as was
possible. They attribute this betrayal
to the influence of Postmaster Stewart,
who is aotueted by the feeling Of any
thing 20 beat Bach and his candidates
There las been no love lost between
Postmaster Stewart and Chairman Bach
for az least two years. Prior to that
time they endured enc another But
when Bach forced Thomas b Smith on
the legislative ticket in the face OF the
postmaster, who was steering stephen
Downey's boom, It was too much for his
political good nature Ever since then
, he has been trying TO force Bach from
: the First District Committee, but has
signally failed.
Films friends are putting a good
deal Of money into this hght for the
shrie rRlty nomination, remarked a lead
ing Republican politician to an EVENING
| JOURNAL reporter this morning "They
are spending dollars where the other
candidates are spending pennies The
only way they expect to carry Finn
| through is 10y the wholesale corruption
OF the voters You need only 60 to Sixth
/ and King streets any morning after 10. 30
o'clock TO see that the Finn men are
enlisting the most disreputable men In
the party. II you had kodak 10 would
make an interesting picture TO the
student Of human nature and political
cupidity
There is no truth whatever In the
published statements that the First
District Committee Disseminated against
Finn In naming the officers TO conduct
the election on Saturday. That story
emanated from Sixth and King streets
The election boards are not packed In
the interest of any man The officers
were elected because of their known
fairness, and regardless Of preference
for any particular candidate Let US take
tho Fifth ward, for example 10 1, a
Republican stronghold. In the eastern
end w w. Knox is inspector. He is an
out-and out Finn man w. II. Pier
son is In the middle district and
Finn expressed himself as being entirely
satisfied with him. Lewis B Morrow 10
inspector Of tho western district. and
associated with him Is James b. Hick
man They we're appointed at the sug-
gestion of Finn and are supposed, OF
course. TO be Finn men. That is onll
one ward, but It serves as an illustration
that no unfair advantage was taken o
Finn If had the list here / could civ,
you many other instances especially IL
the Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
| Eleventh wards Every candidate will
receive fair trestment at the hands OF
the election officers"
"How does the situation look 10 your
"Gllis, Rettew and Finn are IA the
fight Goodley and Taylor will poll a
respectable vote, bnt there Is no likeli
hood that either will prove a winner II
1 were betting would put my money on
Glllis, but should not feel particularly
safe in so doing, for II Finn or Retfcw
poll much Of vote In the rural hun
dreds, one Of them will surely get 10 a.
Gillis's friends are counting on his heavy
rural vote TO offset the city vote fol
Finn and Rettew. II It narrows dowI
to Finn and Rettew | think the latter
will get 10.
"Who is slated for the ooronershlpi'
"There are tenor twelve names on tn,
slate and it would be useless for me {,
try to predict the winner I'll tell yor
on next Sunday morning
1t will be Gillis for sheriff and Std
ham for coroner, said another Republi
can politician. That's the way thl
wind is blowing, and the Finn.Stewart.
Mahaffy. Martin Sterling combination
can't change IT,
They want Stewart Ousted.
Postmaster Stewards advocacy o
Finn may prove more disastrous tC
himself than 10 Finn. The Gil
lis, Goodley and Rettew men ar
trying to bring local Democratic pres.
sure TO bear to have the overly. y.zealou
postmaster removed from ofiise for max
: ing the post Office political headquarter
and 20 crowding the corridors with negr
henchmen that II is almost impossible fol
women TO enter sthe post Office wlthou
} danger Of insult.
It is understood, upon good authority
j that Hugh Mcdonnell, David Stepensol
- and several other Republicans waite,
on Willard Salisbury, Jr., chairman o
D the Democratic County Executiv
) Committee this morning, and furnishes
? him with evidence which would eG2bl
8 him TO use his Influence in Washington
! ! for Stewards removal A number o
Democrats also called on him
It Is further understood that pos
office inspector was here from Washington
= 10 day, and saw for himself the uses {
|, which Stewart is putting the post Office
| Laying In walt for Finn Tips.
8 While Postmaster Stewart, Williar
20 R. Finn Joe Martin and other politician
t we're holding a conference at the FEEDERS
/ Building this morning, the corridor q
the post office was lined with negroes
6 Seventeen were counted in.the corridor
D on the steps and in front Of the building
{ besides a number of white heelers.
q About noon there WAS a great crowd @
\ politicians on the postoffice steps and 1
T the corridor. They became so obnoxiou
{ that Janitor Brinckley, by orde
from Collector Townsend, had {
order them out. But even that di
. not have much effect This afternoo
:. many Finn workers were seen comm
= from Postmaster Stewards Office wit
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