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Rankest Kind Of TreaChery.
YOUR UNCLE FILLEY'S" MONEY
THROWN BACK INTO HIS FACE
BY lNCoRRUPrIBLE MEN.
Tried to Win Over Delegates by Pay
ing Their Expenses With Ten
Dollar Bills-McKinley Was
to be Thrown.
From the st. I.onis Repuhlic

reached here from the Ninth Congress
sional District Colonel w. NJ. Hahn of
Ohio, the personal friend and adviser
of Mckinley, reckoned without his
host when he said at the dinner given
in his honor at the Mosque by yonr
Uncle Filley the other day that there
was no question as to where "De Ole
Man" stands with regard to the can
didacy of the Ohio statesman.
One of the most prominent Repub-
lican politicians of the Ninth District
was in the city yesterday and to re-
porter for the Republic he told story
of political chicanery that would
seem Incredible to anyone not familiar
with Republican political methods in
Missouri. 1t is claimed that deliber
ate attempt was made by Filley and
his chief lieutenant, Russell, to exert
undue influence over certain members
of the Congressional Committee.
Russell came to the meeting in the
interest of Kretly of Gasconade coun-
ty, the Filley candidate for delegate
from the Ninth District. 1t is now
claimed that money was used to in
fiuence the Rails county delegates to
vote for Kretiy. 1t is a part of Filley's
scheme, the Republic informant says,
to secure the votes of the Rails coun-
ty delegation in order to secure Fill
ley delegate to the National Conven-
ton and thus pave the way to knock
out r. G. Kerens as member of the
National Committee and elect Filley
in his stead.
There were three candidates in the
district for national delegates-A. F.
Mispagel, of st. Charles, 8. T. Sharp,
of Montgomery county, both of whom
are Kerens men, and Kretly, who is
pledged to Filley. In order to elect
Kretley it is charged that the Russell
Filley crowd was willing to sell every
Office in the gift of convention. d.
S. Flagg, of Louisiana, member of the
State Central Committee from the
Ninth District, did not care who the
Montgomery county man was SO he
was anti Filly. 1t was conceded that
St. Charles should have one. This
---~s- 10 ~fsr~roHs from siI- stuart that
there would be fight.
Russell was o member of the Com
mittee on Resolutions and was recog-
nized as a power in the convention
1t was generally supposed that he had
come to the convention with his in
structions from "De Ole Man," anC
: that he would make hard fight tt
I win. The Ninth District is now anC
, always has been an anti Filley section
t of the State, and Russell knew that il
ne wanted to win he would have tt
e work in q few of the curves of thu
P '.Beaumont Sage" which it wa
g thought the boys from the countr.
d could not bat. He tried it, and failed
As a result the politicians from tina
district are denouncing "De Ole Man
as a traitor to the party, and partlcu
d larly to Mckinley, whose persona
/ friend and champion he is claiming t
IL be.
b The story of the deal which Russel
n attempted to make for Filley is bes
3. told in the language of one of the me
a who was there and saw the who'll
1t thing. This is substantially what h
/ said:
J. "Russell arrived at Warrenton di
o rect from st. LOUIS on Monday even
u ing. He probably stopped in this cit
1t to see Filley on his way back trol
as Washington. That night about bed
sr time one of the st. Charles delegate
Is was heard to remark: There is boodl
s. on the ground Tuesday morning
in Just before the convention met for th
er temporary organization, Mr.. Russo
IN took two delegates from Rails Cour
r. ty, p. p. Hummel and w. F. Wybran
es into side room. AS soon as the
Up came out these two men went
a. Frank Buchanan, ex-United Stat'
'y Marshal, who came down with ther
iis and Hummel pulled $40 bill out
no his vest pocket and asked:
~ '''Is this all right?'
e. Buchanan asked: who gave "
lg that?'
d. "Hummel answered.: 'Mr. Russo
nd gave it to me. Mr.. Filley, DE o
ne Man, sent it to me-
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