The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25
JOHN. S. vANDIvER SUPPLIES THE
ANTI-CHAPEL REPUBLICANS
WITH 1T.
ADDITION TO THE CIRCULAR
THE MEN OPPOSED To THE
SHERIFF..
STORY OF A CONFESSED LOBBYIST
Records show He Was a Deputy
While Handling the $500 He Told
About.

'aThe Missing Link is the caption OF
an addition to the circular that has
been issued by. the Anti-Chapel Re-
Publicans The addition relates to the
meeting in the First ward last week.
q report of which appeared in the
G 10 b e of Thursday. In that report
mention was made of a circular that
was distributed, purporting. to give a
history Of Chapel's efforts to MAIN
tain, through the legislature. the fee
system of his office. The addition is as
follows:
well known in a general way that Chapel
was the chief promoter of the nefarious
scheme to rob the county of more than $780,
600 by repeating the salary bill. The instru-
ments employed by him, now appears In the
following:
We, the undersigned citizens Of st. Paul, do
hereby certify and declare as follows:
/. That we attended public meeting held
81 the corner of Payne avenue and Cook
street, In said city, on Wednesday evening,
Oct q, 1895, at which about 200 persons were
present; that during the progress of such
meeting the connection Of Charles E. Chapel
Republican candidate for sheriff Of Ramsey
county, with the repeal Of chapter 40 Of the
special laws Of the state Of Minnesota for the
year A. D. 1891, and commonly known as
the Ramsey County Salary Bill, was brought
In question; that after certain gentlemen had
IL
arose and addressed the presiding off1cer Of
the meeting, requesting permission to say
few words concerning the Introduction and
passage, in 1893 Of the bill repeating the
aforesaid salary bill; that said Vandiver
did then and there state. among other things
IN substance and effect as follows: That he
was familiar with the details attending the
passage. in 1893, of the bill repeating the
saw putting the office Of sheriff Of Ramsey
11unty on q salary basis; that he had charge
Of the bill, and personally went to Gov
m Inf 0AIraa
Che BILL the time limited by law for the in
Production Of bills having expired; that as
? matter of fact 1t cost only $500 to pass that
Jill; that this $500 was placed in his hands
ND he kept 5000 Of 1t and spent the remaining
goo In setting up wine for the boys" that
T. I. O'Connor, then clerk of the district
/lrt did not contribute any part OF said
800. and was not interested the passage
OF the bill, because by it's passage his fees
were reduced $3.50; that he, Vandiver, was
deputy sheriff under Charles E. Chapel during
part of said Chapels first term of office.
e. That hereupon James Schoonmaker arose
and requested said Vandiver to answer the
your services to secure the passage of this
repeating bill? Who paid you this $500 and
for what purpose? To whom did you pay any
OF the money? And how were the taxpayers
OF Ramsey county benefited by the repeal of
s. That said vandi4ssaf@ s answered such cues
lions as follows: And You, too Judge have
Deen around Legislatures long enough to know
that this is very delicate question to ask a
man where he get his naoney and what he did
with II BESIDES. l have not claimed that
Ramsey county was in any way benefited by
the repeal Of the salary BILL"
CSigned)
George F. Woolsey, ss1 Case street.
-Theo Lunell 81 Payne avenue
"A. Lfndahl. 757 Case street
Chris Ltndahl, 625 Magnolia street
John Peterson, 1927 Edgerton street
DIR. S. w. Robilard.
Fred c. Norlander. 1925 Bradley street.
Peter Larson, 673 York street.
Aug. Anderson, $40 Payne avenue
John H. Wolterstorff 729 Burr street
Charles e. Chapel became sheriff of Ramsey
county on the first Monday in January A. D.
1893. John s. Vandiver was appointed deputy
shenn by Chapel on Jan. 2, 1893, and the ap-
pointment was recorded In the office of the
register of deeds. and he continued to act as
such deputy until after the 18th day of April
A. D. 1893 the. day Aon which the salary bill
was repealed. This man Vandtver at present
can be found almost Aanyy time at the head
quarters OF the Republican state committee,
by which committee he is understood to be
employed, and presumably in the interest of
all Republican candidates for Office. He ap-
peared at the above mentioned meeting with
the Chapel men, who attended for the pur-
pose OF breaking up the meeting, but who,
finding things trife too interesting for them.
decided that discretion was the better part of
valor.
The only persons who could be interested
in the repeal Of the salary bill were Charles
E. Chapel sheriff; R. T. O'Connor, clerk. and
Charles Haas, register. Vandiver says-he
to do with it, thus only leaving Chapel and
Haas. But as between these two, Van was
then Chapel's salaried deputy, and as sure
as and make 4, Van must have been
working while lobbying this bill through
the legislature by setting up wine for the
boys in the interest of his friend and en-
ployer, Charles E. Chapel.
Why was 1t necessary for some unknown
person CD to employ lobbyist and place $500
in his hands with which to lobby through the
legislature any BILL If the same was intro
duced for an honest purpose, and was really
In the interest of the tax payers of Ramsey
county? An echo answers why. And who
was sufficiently interested in flching from
the taxpayers of Ramsey county over $780,
900 to put up this $500? Perhaps Van will
tell us after Nov. g.
Blaine had his Burchard and now Chapel
has his Vandiver. Both friends Of good in
tent, but mighty poor judgment. Burchard
unwittingly defeated Blaine, and Vandiver
now innocently fastens upon his friend Chapel
the repeal of the salary bill. and thereby Svill
bury Chapel on Nov. 8 under an avalanche
of votes east by the defrauded taxpayers Of
Ramsey county. BY order of
Independent Republican Club.
The Palmer-Buckner party left the
city yesterday and were escorted to
Minneapolis, where they were formally
placed in charge Of the reception COM
mittee of that city at the West hotel
Senator Palmer and Gen. Buckner, both