St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-28
0ORAN AS HYPOCRITE
How He Has Posed in the
Council as Truly Good,
BUT GUILTY or MALFEASAHcE.
By Taking Contract to Supp
ply Wood to Election
Booths.
NE rs LIABLE TO IMPEACHMENT
For This and for Furnishing
Fuel Without Bids.
NICE MAN FOR MAYOR! !!
BUT GUILTY or MALFEASAEcE
ne rs LIABLE TO IMPEACHMENT
NICE MAN foa AAy0a !

The hypocrisy of the Republican,
party never had a better representative
than its present candidate for mayor OF
st. Paul. Il am holier than thou" II
Its perpetual refrain, and F. b. Dorau
has been its principal piper for the lasl
two years and now leads the band. 81
ingenious has he been in the manipuia
tion of the directors baton that 1t seem,
almost pity to create a discord in the
harmony. From the date OF his election
to the assembly t~o years ago his courst
has been one continued effort to adver.
tise his Hanifold virtues. 1t is a well
known fact that the anti-pool room
ordinance had been under consideration
for some time before this blatant res
reformer saw fit to give it his support
and it was only when he foresaw the
defeat of motion virtually condemnins
Mayor Wright for the reinforcement
OF the law that he assumed the father.
hood of that measure.
The same spirit instigated him when
in apparent holy horror. he threatened
to Introduce supplementary report in
the Franklin investigation. He wat
in fear ana trembling least his col.
leagues on tnat committee of inyestiga-
tlon should be too lemient in their YER
dict. His righteous soul was over.
Whelmed with the sense Of degradation
arising from the knowledge or suspicion
that he had associated in public lif,
with a man who had not the same Off.
cial purity of heart as himself. So CON
vlnced was he that no one understood
the gravity of the situation in tile des
gree that he did that he had his supple-
mental report published. although ex-
pressing verbally his satisfaction with
the repor. OF the committee. What
sublime> Indignation, what all abhor-
renee OF the very appearance of evil ia
breathed from every line and permeates
every paragraph! One would imagine
that the tabled "mantle of purity" had
descended in material form upon the
shoulders of the assemblyman from tne
Sixth ward.
But. alas! What an illusion! Whe
would believe that, even while the burn,
ihS nOldS Vi uOuuuCtdllOu
the presumed wrong-doing of his COLI
league were winging their way through.
out the city, and implanting in the
minds and hearts of the Republican,
party an admiration for those virtues il
loves so much anG practices so little-
who would believe that the immaculate
Doran was himself guilty of malfeasanca
of office, and that he had succumbed to
the temptations Of sum almost exactly
similar in amount to that charged to
have been received by his colleague
franklin!
Horrible thought! Impossible con-
summationl And yet the facts are too
strong for the virtuous Doran. and he
stands today convicted of an otfense
which carries with it the penalty of ex-
pulslon from the branch of the common
council of which lie is member. and
the repayment to the city of the sum OF
$3.50 wrongfully received by him.
Tho exhibits given below explain
themselves. The law is plain. The
offense is self-evident. One is almost
staggered at the brazeD effruntery which
emboldens this man in his attempt to
seize the highest position of trust and
honor in the gift of the citizens of st.
Paul.s
EXHIBIT l.
Voucher 73OS-ExhiDit 19-(St. Paul
City Comptroller's Report for 1888 f,
B. Doran, wood furnished for election
booths, October an November, 1892, $3.50.
EXnIBIT2.
Section %, chapter 3, Nun. Stat, st,
PauI. Charter
mo member of the common council.
member of the board of public works,
or other officer of said city of ST. Paul.
while acting as such, shall, directly OF
indirectly, be a party to. or interested
or concerned in, any contract or Job
with said city Or in any work prosecuted
by It's authority, or i'll the furnishing of
supplies, fuel, or other articles purchas-
able for public use, and any contract or
transaction prohibited as aforesaid shall
be void. and all moneys which may be
paid thereon by said city may be recov-
cred back, and the Office of any such
city officer so offending snail become
thereby vacant upon conviction there.
off,
EXHIBITS.
Again, sec. IA, chap. 8, Nun. Stat,
reads:
'.All contracts for the purchase of
materials or property of any kind for.
the public use of said city, in which the \
value OF such property Or materials
shall exceed the sum of $500. shall be
let to the lowest responsible bidder"
EXHIBIT 4.
No contract was entered into nor bids
invited in the above transaction.
Merely by virtue of his pull as ASSEM-
blyman f. b. Doran received the order
for $3.50 worth of wood. filed it, and
received the cash. And this in distinct
violation of the sections of the munich
pal code quoted above.
The foregoing provisions of the char
ter are necessary and essential safe
guards against the acts of unscrupulous
officials who seek to make use Of their
positions of trust in the furtherance of
their private fortune. And in great
degree they accomplish the end sought,
any evasion being so difficult as to
almost prohibit the practice. But
evasion was not thought necessary
by F. B. Doran.
Relying, probably. upon the almost
solidly Republican, character of the
common council, he boldly accepted the
order. the prospective profit overcoming
any fear of the consequences which
might follow exposure. OF course,
he had no thought at that
tune Of aspiring TO the ofRca