St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-29

asked by Miller IL he would be "a delegate.
and when he In turn asked where the pril
mar1es were going to be held Miller replied:
We'll, never mind. We don't have to have
any, ana he told him that he would see
him at Sao'clock the next morning in Robin
son u Rowe. saloan. on Fourth street. De-
ponent met him theretthe next morning, and
when he asked him ifnhe had any credentials
Tor him, Miller hsaid: sYou don't need
them" He toldnhim to be at the Market
hall at 10 o. clock. sEhm the convention would
be called, and thatgit would be all right. De-
ponent went to tho convention. and when he
saw that the convention was illegally organ
lzed he quit. He ysays that he knows that
Z In his precinct. thes Sixth zofs the Sixth
ward, there were mo Democratic primaries
held on the 9Th day pfsApril.
). Is. Covington4Swe that two or three
days prior to April g6, 1896, he Informed
Frank j. Huber Of his intention to put up
candidates for delegates in his precinct, and
said Huber then said: 81 have the delegation
In my pocket You will waste your. money If
you try it, That4at A o'clock in the after
noon of said daysthis deponent4 secured the
key for the polling booth in said Eighth
precinct; that he caused primary to be or
ganized and opened at that place at 5 o'clock
In the afternoon of said day, and that at
said primary so organized and held this de-
ponent and one Jerry O'Brien were elected
delegates to represent said precinct at the
Democratic convention to be held in the Mar
ket house hall, in said city of st. Paul, on
said -7th day of April; 1895. That this de-
ponent and said Jerry O'Brien appeared as
such delegates at said convention on the 7th
day of April, 1896, and acted as such dele
gates until the most of said delegates present
in said Market hall onAsaids day, including
this deponent and O'Brien,
WALKED OUT OF MARKET HALL
in the forenoon of said day.
M. Quigley recites. in an affidavit that on
said 9Th day Of April, he made diligent search
and inquiry for the time and place Of holding
the primaries but was wholly unable to find
the same or any thereof. That about a week
or ten day prior to said 9Th day of April, he
had a conversation with Frank ]. Huber, In
which the latter said: .fThere are too many
Dutchmen on the list. will have to cut
one of them off and will put you on as a
delegate from the Fourth ward,' to which
deponent replied: "You had better not put
my name on there because would be apt to
vote against you. Deponent refused to give
the initials Of his name, but finally said
Huber crossed off one of the names on the
list and put on the name of this deponent
That on said 9Th day of April, about $3.50
O'Clock In the afternoon, this deponent was
present at the polling booth Of said precinct
when one j. F. Maloney caused primary
electlon to be organized and held in said
precinct. That at said primary election so
ORGANIZED and held this deponent and one
'onn crowley wereselected as delegates.
John A. Campbell swears that he was un-
aDie 70 nnd any person who had seen any
primary election notices posted. and he also
corroborates Mr.. Quigley's affidavit as to
the conversation of the latter with Huber.
John Z. Mccarthy is another who was un-
able to find any notices of primary election
IN the Sixth ward, and Charles e. Parks
recites that he was invited by Scannel to
be delegate in the convention. and was
informed that his credentials would be at
the hail for him. This was on April B.
lie accepted, and took part in the proceed
ings until the bolt came
Michael Ringhoff. Alfred s. Hall. e. J.
Darragh, J. T. Maloney, B. F. Vennevitz.
Thomas Lorden, Patrick Kelly Jr., P. ORE
gan, ID. j. Clougherty, John Cunniff and R.
j. Hazard all make afidavits of a SIMILAR
nature, while William ]. Preston, George
F. Umland, P. j. McHugh and Peter Schie-
Der set forth that they were elected at such
primaries as were held in the Eighth ward
but were refused admission to the conven-
tion and their seats given to the ScanneIl
men.
John j. Ryder deposes that he made dill.
gent search and inquiry, as a reporter on.
the G i o be. for notices OF. .sthe primaries,
but was unable to find or hear Of single
one, with the exception Of one that had
been posted inside of barn in the Eighth
ward, and that he interviewed Scannell and
other members of the committee as to the
places for voting at such ELECTION, but re-
ceived no satisfaction ssss1s- eH 4-sss
]. G. Pyle, George F. Clifford and William
Koch make afhdavits regarding the publica-
tion in the G o be, at the request of Scan
nelb of the formal call for the convention.