The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

were approached and invited to MAX
an arrangement The price put on II
arrangement was out Of the questio-,
for it could not be demonstrated tina,
the push could deliver any votes.
The Cullen managers did not believe
that there were any Democrats in the
Scannell crowd. and they would not
even listen to a propositions.
Things ran along this way until the
courts had declared that there had been
no convention held by the Scannellites,
and that they had no standing before
the law.
Then demand was made on the city
treasury for the money that had been
paid in. McCardy refused to give it
up, on the ground that it had been
paid in to cover the expense Of the fl
ing. Scannell was enraged but he
could do nothing but threaten Nc
Cardy. The Republican managers went
to McCardy and tried to induce him
to ''be good but he thought the money
might be used against himself, and
knew that Scannell would not help him
in any. event. He stood pat.
Then the city committee was ap-
proached-the Republican committee
Some of the members Of that commit
tee were anxious to do any sort of
business that would help Doran, and a
politician, who was afterwards can
| didate for the office of chief of police,
was authorized to treat with the push
| for their support. 1t was drawing
close to election then, and nothing has
/ been done. Every effort to do some
sort Of business for the benefit of the
! organization had failed.
1t was within few days of the cleo
ton when there was a conference be-
| tween the em1ssary Of the Republican
committee and a member of the gang.
! The Republican had been instructed to
| get specific promises and to have them
effective.
The member of the scannen gang
made all the promises necessary, on
the condition that he should be paid
as much money as the claim against
the city for the money paid for the
| filing of the papers amounted to. The
| Republican could not see that the
| goods were worth the price, and there
was a good deal Of trouble in arriving
| at a conclusion. The Republican
wanted certain assurance Of the sup
port that was to be given. 1t took
the form Of writing-at least part
of it,
Then the sum Of $3.50 was paid over
in cash, and the next day the Scannell
crowd came out openly for Doran.
The price was $3.50, and the man who
made the deal on behalf of the gang
was SO lacking in discretion that he
| gave a receipt for the money. The
other man would not deal unless he
had something to show the committee;
though, and it had to be given up.
He might as well have waived the
matter Of the receipt, for it did not do
him any good. He paid his own money,
| and, when there was a meeting of the
committee after election and he pre-
sented his BILL it was turned down.
The members argued that Doran had
such majority that the Scannellites
could have cut little figure; that Doran
would have been elected in any event
They thought that $3.50 was all the
support was worth, and that is all they
allowed the emissary-and he never
got the office he had been promised:
Some Of the other members of the
committee had been touched for small
er amounts. and one Of the candidates
was touched at a very late day for a
considerable sum. But the only amount
that figured in the official deal for the
purchase was $3.50.
The story is likely to be told as a
matter Of court record, IL the threat
ened suit is not averted. McCardy
will be notified that the fight against
him will be made ION the square," I'M
less he will become amenable to reason,
! but he Is in no position to alter the
front he made two years ago, and a
| suit will become inevitable, now that
the Scannellites have made a last
| stand.