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

but did not announce the vote by which
he pretended he was elected. They say fur
ther that DR.. Stone did not take time to
count the vote, and that his announcement
Of the result was contrary to the fact, be-
cause more delegates voted for McCafferty
than for Scannell, and majority of the
twelve delegates elected at the pretended
primaries voted for McCafferty.
Then a yea and nay vote was demanded,
but Scanneu refused to entertain it, and also
refused to entertain an appeal from his de-
cfsion in the matter, but entertained mo-
tion for the appointment of a committee on
credentials and declared the same carried.
After this he proceeded to read the names of
the committee on credentials, reading the
name of L. N. Dion, from the Seventh ward,
and when j. j. Mullen protested that he and
not Dion was the delegate from Dion's pre-
cinct, Richard Bell rushed up and snatched
from Scannell's hand the piece of paper on
which the names were written, scratched out
Dions name and wrote that Of Alex ].
Stone instead. The action of Scannell in ap-
pointing on the committee on credentials a
delegate from the Eighth ward after he had
previously ruled that the delegates from that
ward could have no voice in the convention
until the contest in the ward had been set
tied by the committee on credentials is also
referred to, as Is also his refusal to enter
nan as secretary Of the convention.
Finally it set forth that when a motion was
offered to have the convention adjourn for
twenty minutes, McCafferty asked the chair
man if an amendment was in order, and re-
ceived a reply to the effect that it would de-
pend upon what the amendment was He
moved as an amendment that 1t adjourn for
ever; that he (McCafferty) put the motion,
and it was carried, and Is to so per cent of
@I,A I4Ia ~
E. ]. Darragh makes an affidavit to the
effect that only nine members of the central
committee were present at the meeting of the
committee called by the secretary at the be-
ginning of the campaign, and that no more
took part in the election of chairman and
secretary, whereas it required sixteen for
quorum; that other persons were present
who claimed to have proxies from absent
members of the committee but these proxies
were not acted upon by the committee; that
the call for primaries and the convention was
not decided upon at that meeting, but was
referred to a committee.
James King deposes that 1t has ALWAYS
been the custom of the committee to have
the chairman issue call for a meeting
thereof through the secretary, and that the
only other way of calling meetings has been
on the written request of a majority of the
members of the committee.
George H. Allen and Henry H Fuller make
affidavit to a similar statement, and Patrick
]. Gleason makes affidavit to a statement
similar to that of Mr.. Darragh.
Then comes the
STRONGEST AFFIDAVIT
in the whole lot. 1t Is that of Charles Nc
Donnell Following are the most important
parts of it:
That on or about the S0th daySof March.
A. D. 1895. this deponent had an interview
with one Patrick D. Scannell in said city of
st. Paul. That in and during the course of
said interview said Scannell Claimed and as. g.
sumed to be the chairman of the Democratic
city committee for the said city of St Paul
ana requested this deponent to take charge
OF the affa1rs OF said Democratic party in
said Fifth ward of said city of St Paul. in the
place and stead OF one Murnane, who had
es Deen theretofore member of said city COM
mlttee for said Fifth ward, and who had
heretofore refused to serve on said com
mlttee, and to attend to his duties as mem
Der thereof.
That said Scannell during said interview
told this deponent that If this deponent
would take charge of the affairs of the Dem
ocratic party in the Fifth ward, he, the said
Scannell, would cause this deponent tn he
appointed member from said Fifth ward tn
the Democratic city committee of said citv
OF St Paul, and gave this deponent a certain
lows: ~ AoA
"NoTICE.
The primary for the election of a delegate
OF delegates, to the Democratic convention
or the city Of St.rPaul, Mimi. from the.
ward will be held from O'Clock D. m. tn
?: m, Monday, April 6, A. D. 1896, at.
That at the same time and place said Scan
neil gave to this deponent certain blank
form for an affidavit, which read as follows:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Ramsey.
l. ............ do solemnly swear that
nave posted duplicates of the attached
notice marked: Exhibit "a" In three f3l
conspicuous places in each of the election
districts of the Fifth (5) ward "a districtsl.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
...... day of March, A. D. 1895.
Notary Public, Ramsey County, Mimi
That said Scannell then and there assum-
ing to be the chairman of said Democratic
city committee, instructed this deponent as
follows: -
Don't post those notices; throw them
away. Have somebody make that affidavit
and turn it in"
That this deponent then and there asked
Scannel who would post the notices and
how the primaries would be held and that
said Scannell then and there said to this
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