The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-13

Place. and Does Not Wish Judge
Pratt to Go Upon the Ticket
CoIored Element DispIeased With
Treatment Received - Partially
PaciGed by the Taylor Men.
CONCORD, N. H, July 12.-Today's In
outry into the alleged violation of the
civil service law by Senator Gallinger, OF
Concord, N H, developed some sensa-
tional scenes, and a fist fight was mar
rowly averted AS a result of the trouble
Senator Chandler said he would ask the
president to remove Mr. Brewer from the
civil service commission.
Only two witnesses responded to the
invitation of the commissioners to be
present at today's session. They were
Postmasters Henry Robinson. of Concord,
and H. A. Spaulding, of Nashua. Their
testimony was to the effect that cam
paign circulars, asking for assessments
for campaign purposes, had been sent out
Is alleged in the charges.
Before any witnesses We're heard, Sena-
lor Gallinger asked permission to make a
personal statement, in which he called at
tention to alleged untruthful statements
nade in the editorials of a Concord pa
Per, and in dispatches from Concord to a
New York paper.
Following this, the witnesses were call
ed. Postmaster Robinson stated that he
received one of the assessment circulars.
He produced the circular, and gave it to
the commissioners, who filed it away
This incident caused considerable sur
prise. Mr.. Robinson then said that he had
for Of oixri,, = oiT
cular to Senator Chandler, and upon the
advice of that gentleman had sealed it up,
and he had shown it to no one until this
time He was asked to contribute 500, he
said, and he wrote to the civil service
commission asking them as to his ability
TO contribute under the law. He was in
formed that he could not contribute. Cop
les of the correspondence between Mr.
Robinson and the commission were in
troduced as part of the evidence, and Mr..
Robinson closed his testimony by stating
that he did not contribute.
Postmaster Spaulding was chairman of
the Republican state committee in 1896.
He stated that he received one of the cir
culars on which the charges in this case
are based, but that he did not contribute
When chairman of the state committee,
ASSESS
ment circulars which were sent out, but
none We're sent to federal officeholders,
except to senator's, congressman and
judges of the federal courts.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Spaulding's
testimony, the commission took a recess.
THE CIRCULAR
The circular on which the charges
against Senator Gallinger are based was
sent out last fall by the Republican state
committee, of which Senator Gallinger
was chairman. After speaking of the i'm
portance of the issue and the amount of
work to be done the circular continued:
Absent voters must be brought home;
literature must be sent to all sections Of
the country speaking must be maintained
throughout the campaign, while the bills
for travelling expenses of speakers, post
age, telegraphing, printing, etc, will be
large. No help will be received from the
national or congressional committee We
must look to those who are honored by
the party of this state to meet the ex-
penses of this campaign. Knowing the in
terest that you feel in the Republican
success, | take the liberty of asking you
to contribute 5, which sum you can
send by check or money order in the en-
closed stamped envelope to the treasurer
of the Republican state committee at Con-
cord, N. H. Please enclose this circular
with your remittance that there may be
no mistake in the name"
The circular was signed by W. F. Thay-
er, treasurer of the state committee.
LIE PASSED.
The afternoon session brought out a
warm colloquoy between the two sena-
tors. Before the adjournment was taken
Senator Chandler and Commissioner
Brewer had become involved in a dis
pute, which, the senator says will lead
him to ask President Mckinley for the
removal of Mr.. Brewer from the civil
service commission.
No early witnesses were on hand when
the afternoon session was called to or
der, and by direction of Mr.. Brewer, Spe-
cial Agent Wallis read correspondence be-
tween the commission and William s.
Thayer, treasurer of the Republican state
committee in $685. whose name was signed
to the assessment circular. The commits
sion, it appeared, had asked Mr. Thayer
whether Senator Gallinger, as chairman
of the state committee, had directed or
requested the treasurer to send out the
assessment circulars. Second, whether
the committee had taken action by vote
or otherwise requesting the treasurer to
send out the circular. Third, whether the
treasurer acted as citizen in, sending
out the latter, or only as the agent of the
state committee. Fourth, what knowI-
edge Senator Gallinger had of the treas
urer's action, and what connection he
had with 1t. Mr.. Thayer had replied that
he was elected treasurer of the state
committee on September q, 1888, and that
in that capacity he had collected and dis,
posed Of the funds of the committee.
Being an officer of the committee. -
said he, II acted on my own responsible
ity, and am answerable only to the COM
mittee for what did,
In a subsequent letter Mr.. Thayer said
that neither Senator Gallinger nor the
state committee made any suggestions
about the circular, but knew about its
being sent to federal officials
The letter from Louis V. Hoyt, secre.
tary of the Republican state committee
contained statement of Mr.. Thayer and
a letter from Senator Gallinger in reply
to the same statement that the matter
of assessing was never discussed and only
acted upon by the committee. The sena-
tors letter referred to informed the com
mittee that the charges against him were
cOncocted by evil-minded, malicious per.
sons and that the complaints were moi
made in good faith, but for the purpose
of revenge, and were not worthy the at
tention which the commission seemed tc
be giving them. A further letter from
Senator Gallinger stated that he person.
ally "did not at any time Aiscuss with
Mr.. Thayer or suggest to him the names