St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-28
MYSTERY is SOL WE'D.
Sleuths Discover That Dreh-
eT's Campaign Manager
Is No Other
THAN OLD PAL SCAMNELL
Found in a Seventh Street
Place Looking Wise To-
gether., 2
POLITICIANS ARE CONFUSED
Praise for Judge Twohy Re-
manning Steadfast to
His Party.
POLITICIANS ARE CONFUSED

It's all off. The mystery has cleared
away. The clouds have gone. The
fly hobs may Just as well be taken
off the case. There is no furtheruse
for them. The whole thing has been
unearthed. Pat Scannell II is Otto
Dreher's campaign maTagers. 1t was
discovered two nights ago. The mat
ter was not made public then for the
reason that the political sleuths de-
sired to ascertain if amy others were
implicated in tiles plot to soust Prem
dergast. But there were no others.
Just Pat, that's all.
This explains why the friends of
the present city clerk fear that he is
going to lose his position. 1t was this
way: Two nights ago, when the air
was still and the night was dark,
solitary man might. have been seen
walking down Seventh street. He
seemed to choose the darkest, spots
on the streetway. Who and what
was he? There was something mys-
ferrous about his actions. Was he
unearthing something? Wait minute
and we Will see. He crosses the street
toward the California wine house.
Yes, he has nickel to buy beer He
buys it. And he sips it with evident
satisfaction, and turns to gaze on the
gay inmates of the place; he starts
and pales visibfy, What does he see?
Wait, and we'll take a flash at what
it's ourselves Across the room sits
a stout, smooth-faced person who is
evidently buried in thought He looks
like Otto Dreher. Sitting next to
him is another stout individual, whose
neck is deeply sunken between his
shoulders. He has a cigar wedged in
between his molars. Hell looking
wise. 1t is Pat Scannell. The other
says something to him in an under
tone He shrugs his shoulders like
thought again. 81 think it can be
worked" were the words that came
out of his face, passed his cigar and
lit in the ear of the strange man at
the bar.
'.Aha!" he mutters, as he swallows
the foam in the bottom Of the glass,
they are discovered" and he shurries
from the place and retails to certain
of his masters the mysterious state
ment that he has found Scannell look
ing wise, in company with Otto Dreher
at the California wine house. Quiet
settles over the crowd. The case is
serious. 1t merits prompt attention:
Something must be done. They are
at loss for ideas. Some one suggests
a drink across the way. They cross
the street. The drink is. taken. They
reissue into the street and part. Each
goes home. The stuff is off.
s.
There is in st. Paul one man who
in the face of promised disaster to his
position and his future political career,
remained loyal to his party and re-
fused to be bulldozed or badgered.
Few office holders in Ramsey county
have been so harassed and -badgered
and threatened and cajoled, and to his
credit be it said that Judge Twohy re-
fused to stir an inch from the position
he took months ago. He was set upon
by every cheap Republican politician
in the city, and all threatened to have
his office abolished unless he consented
to the appointment. of Tom Conroy, an
Irish Republican. Through all the
storm he stuck at his post, and, as was
predicted by the GLOBE at the time,
the threats were nothing but wind.
The Office was not abolished, and Con-
roy was not and will not be appointed.
Ahern will remain where he is and
deserves it all the more because of the
Republican war that was made on
him. If there were more Democratic
Office holders like Judge Twohy the
party would he better off.