St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-28
MORE CROW FOR JOSEF.
ELEGANT DISH SERVED UP Fo8 slm
: aa.a LAST MIGHT.
HOW HE WENT FoR nAy1nso Or.

And How Col. Davidson Is Going
= for Him-Taking R-veng, ,s,.
cause the Quadr;laterai Apo
+ tie OF Light 'Sticks"-Col.
jam Demands q Ketraetion-
1t Must Come This Morning
The p. p. Will Doubtless Jump
Down Its Own Throat again.
The Republicans are evidently mad
dened with fear, and in the way OF re-
venge tile Pioneer Press Yesterday con-
tanned violent attack on Col. David
son, who has declined to withdraw from
the mayoralty race at their behests.
The substance of the onslaught was
that while acting as executor of the late
Commodore Davidsen's estate he rented
buildings for saloons and brothels.
The attack evidently made the
"Quadri!ateral Apostle of Light" Slight
ly warm in the collar. and he last night
served due legal papers under the law
against libel, demanding retraction.
Under the libel law retraetion Is not
bar to further proceedings, when
Cu,-
unless it is made three days before cleo
ton.
This is consequently the last chance
for the P. P. to save its neck by coming
out and eating another dish of cruw
this morning, which, it will probably do
with all the ease and grace of man;
who is.accustomed to that kind of diet,
even If lie does not banker after it.
The colonel accompanied his Legal
demand for retraction with two affida-
Wits. The one by himself sets forth
that he was only one Of five executors
of the estate. that three OF them were
non-resideGts of the state, and the work
deyOlyed upon the cOmmodore's son and
himself. The board of directors dele
gated him to handle the sale of prop
erty and nothing else, and the cOmmO-
dore's son to rent and collect for all the
buildings. His affidavit adds:
''This deponent always in meetings of
said board Of executors, and at all times
and places, protested and demonstrated
against the use of said property for any
Illegal, immoral or improper purposes;
and this depOnent further states that in
all his life when he has been owner,
part owner or Interested i'll any proper
ty, he has declined to permit it to be
rented for, used or occupied for any il
legal. immoral or improper purposes.
repeatedly declining to rent his own
property even for retail liquor business.
That wherever he has been agent for
nonresident owners. and has learned
that any property for which ne was
agent, was being used for Illegal. i'm
moral or improper purposes he had
caused the same to be vacated, or has
declined to act as agent therefor"
The second affidavit served on the P.
P. is made by Henry L. Williams, also
Republican and candidate on the Re-
publican ticket for the council. He
sswears that he was attorney for the
Davidson estate, and adds:
II know that Col. James q. David
son, who was one of the executors, was
specially designated to take charge of
selling the properties, in order to real
lZe funds to meet the obligations of the
estate. / know that he did not have
charge of renting the property, OF of
IScollecting rents. or of dealing with ten
ants i'll the various properties. know
that he always opposed, the letting of
any of said properties for illegal, i'm
moral or improper purposes"
Col. Davidson said last night that un-
less the p. p. made the proper retrac-
ton III the morning he should have the
editor arrested today for criminal libel
+ In passing it might be noted that
when the Pioneer Press building was
dedicatediCoE Davidson was the orator
rOf tie OCCASION and master of all the
ceremonies except the champagne.
1t is sad to see such Disbursements
spring up among the GO. p. brethren.