St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-04
BEING IN THE
SAME OFFICE WITH sCANNELL
AND BELL.
DENIES THERE WAS A DEAL
THE ALLEGED DENIAL IN THE
PIONEER, HE SAYS, WAS NOT
AUTHORIZED.
NEITHER WE'RE THE WORDS HIS.
George Warren Has Made no At
tempt to Deny the Globes
Story.

story.
F. B. Doran, Republican candidate for
mayor, was interviewed last night, regarding
an alleged statement from him, published in
the Pioneer Press Of yesterday. Mr.. Doran
talked very frankly to the G l o b e reporter,
and as to certain parts of his conversation
his confidence must be respected.
To the direct question, WAS that state
ment an authorized denial from you Of the
meeting in Erwin's ONCE with Scannell and
Bell?" Mr.. Doran paid the senior Republi-
can organ this compliment:
'I have not read the Pioneer Press state
ment, and do not know its terms. Coming
over on the car this morning / heard some
people talking about 1t, but did not pay much
attention. ] had a conversation with the
day, and he asked me IL was not going to
deny any connection with Scannell and Bell.
1 told him thought the story was too alb
surd to need denial. and suppose he wrote
something to that effect"
'Mr. Doran, were you. with Mr.. Warren,
in w. w. Erwin's Office at the time stated
in the G | o b e?"
"I was, but not for the purpose stated.
/ did not know or suspect that Scannell and
Bell were there. AS Mr.. Erwin came into
the room where Mr.. Warren and myself
were. he closed the door between the rooms
and l could not see who was in the front
Bell, the idea is preposterous. / had been
led to believe by several labor union men
that Mr.. Erwin felt very favorable to me-
and went up to speak to him. in regard to
my campaign. He reviewed the conventions
and all their developments, and the fact is
that l came away without mentioning what
was In my mind when I went up there"
Did you know that Scannell and Bell were
there, Mr.. Doran?'
Il did not. Since then Mr.. Erwin has told
me they were in the other room at the time.
but 1t was one Of those strange Condolences
which sometimes occurs that the men men
toned should have been there at that time"
Now, granting that Doran's statement IN
true. these things appear:
Mr.. Doran did not authorize the denia,
published in the Pioner Press and the words
were not his. In fact he did not know at 8
O'Clock last evening what the statement was.
AS Ior Mr.. Doran's statement that the sus-
picion OF deal with Scannell and Bell is
preposterous," there is this to be said
People who desire to see lawyer-especially
d lawyer ike Mr.. Erwin-on any sort Of
business, do not go to his office between &
and o'clock in the evening, unless a pre-
yious appointment has been made. Nor is IT
reasonable to suppose that ScanneII and
Bell would have any civil business of suf-
nclent Importance to detafn them in the pri-
yate room OF great criminal lawyer until
after dark In the evening. Other circum-
stances surrounding the meetings in Erwin g
office are OF character to force the conclu-
sion that the Strange coincidence" alluded
to by Mr.. Doran was not what he tries to
make 1t appear. 1t may be possible that
George Warren, up to any sort of political
skirmishing, induced Mr.. Doran, under false
pretenses, to meet Scannell and Bell II
this charitable supposition be adopted. then
the Republican candidate is an innocent %
whom any ordinarily clever confidence man
could rob of the keys of the city while he
sat in the mayors office.
George Warren could not be seen last
evening, but G lob e reporters have con-
versed with him many times since the ex-
pose appeared. In no instance did he ever
attempt to deny the o b e. 8 statements;
and If they were not true Mr.. Warren would
be one of the very first men to deny them.
"Talk majority" was the order issued by
Col. Sam Lowenstein several days ago. to
the Republican campaign managers and their
paid workers. Representative Ell Warner
was met last evening by G l o Q reporter
and asked for his views of the situation. 81
believe" said Mr.. Warner, "that we will
elect Mr.. Doran and majority of the as
sembly ticket AS to majority or plurality,
| think that Mr.. Doran will have 1,5O0 to
Afr nrrc ruoe
prediction was made but said nothing. Mel
ther did he assent or dissent when Eli ad-
mftted that at least three Of the Democratic
assemblymen will be elected. The peculiarity
| of Mr.. Warmers prediction is that 1t is iden-
tical with the claims being made by all of the
Republican leaders. Fifteen hundred seems
| to be the figure decided on that Republican
| 'rooters'' shall claim; and Democrats will do
well to take every possible precaution against
any schemes which may be on foot to make
such majority show up in the returns.
Democratic candidates and sympathizers
are everywhere on the lookout for Republican
| last-hour circulars. That such circulars are
in preparation there can be no doubt, for the
men who are to distribute them have been
under instruction for several days at the
rooms OF the Republican city committee If
ehSy ciO PuOiiSiy CilCuidtSu the democrats
will simply add to the majority already as
sured for their ticket.
/ Careful inquiry and diligent investigation
prove that the summary killing of the Re-
publican -Scannell conspiracy has entirely
turned the tide Of public sympathy toward
the Democrat Citizens ticket and fair play.
Men who had been told that divided DEM
ccracy meant Cullen's defeat and a vote for
! him would be wasted, are at work with en-
ergy and confidence to make Cuilens major
/ ity so large that Doran will never again
run for public Office.
Several hundred engineers of the city WIN
are anxious that all should be treated alike In
the enforcement of the smoke ordinance have
prepared the following petition, with over 100
signatures of engineers, to the two candi-
| dates now running for mayor, and asked for
an expression on the subject. Following is
| the petition:
We, the undersigned engineers of St.
Paul, respectfully request that you declare
| yourself on the smoke ordinance recently
| passed, and, If elected, what you viii, do to
| enforce the same We consider 1t at the
present time class legislation, inasmuch as q
number of our law-abiding citizens who are
owners OF large plants, have gone to consid-
4 cradle expense in their efforts to comply with
! the ordinance and abate the nuisance by
equipping their plants with snoke-consumine
! devices, whiiesa number Of their neghbors
are permitted to continue in the old way, and
| their chinneys still belch forth dense volumes
of smoke and SCOT. "
/ In reply to the petition, Mr.. Cullen said