The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-01

and Stadtfeld, thinking they had played
a clever game in the interests Of Chet
Smith But when McIntire got a dress
ing down for his pernicious activity at
the hands of Mayor Kiefer yesterday, he
and his minions were wild with rage.
They determined upon revenge, and,
out of
PURE PERSONAL SPITE,
having admitted Saturday that Moore
had nothing to warrant arrest, they
secured the town for him and last even
ing had him under lock and key.
According to Chief McIntire's own
statement Moore was arrested for not
keeping the promises he Is alleged to
have made Saturday. The chief says
Moore promised to do Certain things"
but did not keep his word. The colored
man was to show up at the central sta
tin yesterday morning to report" ac-
cOrding to McIntire, but did not do So
Then the chief says Moore's friends kicked
up row at the mayors office, so, to get
even, he locked Moore up. The charge
against the colored man is Illegal reg
istratiOn, Ii being claimed that he has
lived in the Fourth precinct of the
Fourth ward only since April IS. Moore
Is in the travelling theatrical business
and has made this city his home for
years. AS soon as he came in from his
last trip he registered, and coterie of
schem!ng, partisan, third-rate Republic
an tricksters are trying to deprive him
Of his constitutional rights. But, accord
ing to Chief McIntire's own statement,
Moore Is not under arrest for viola ting
I any election law, but simply because he
is alleged not to have kept faith with
the tricksters. Moore's. friends tried to
get him out on bail last evening, but
could not succeed. They were burning
TIritI Il fso,o L. =
McIntire and his puppets had forever
turned the negro population against the
Republican party, and that today the ne
grOes of the city would in the most DO
tent manner resent the persecution of
their race by voting Overwhelmingly for
the Democratic ticket at the polls.
MOORE's FRIENDS ON. HAND.
When Moore's white friends learned of
his predicament, they called at the sta
ton to see him. Attorney Fred A. Pike
and Adjt. Gen. George c. Lambert, as
Moore's attorneys requested an audience
with the prisoner, but for time this
was denied. Finally they were allowed
to interview him, and afterwards de-
manded his release on bail. Chief Getch-
ell was communicated with by telephone,
and arbitrarily fixed bail at 1000, which
sum could not be raised last evening. DR..
A. j. Stone accompanied the ATTORNEYS.
and on first sight recognized Moore as a
resident Of this city for several years
past. To his friends Moore declared he
had been continuously in the city since
the first part of last March, denying the
claims Of the police that he had arrived
In town but April 15 His attorneys char
acterize Moore's arrest as an unprece-
dented outrage, and insist that the police
have no right to hold him. An effort
Will be made to get Moore out TODAY so
that he may cast his vote, as he is legal
ly Untitled to do.
Another victim of Chief McIntire's
petty politics was R. H. Readily, a life
long Democrat, who was arrested by
Jake Stadtfeld on the charge of illegal
registration. Mr.. Readily is registered in
the Seventh ward, from 277 Nelson ave-
niue. He says he lives here with rela-
tlVes, having worked at the house all
last winter caring for the steam plant.
He still
MAKES HIS HOME HERE.
he says, and has his trunk and all of
his personal effects at the house. The
police claim Readily has not been at the
| above address for nearly six weeks They
claim to have sent several detectives to
/ the place to inquire for Readily, and that
the answer was always that Readily had
! left the house. Readily claims, however
! that he has been sleeping there in the
basement every night, and insists that
he has a right to vote. He declares his
arrest an outrage, and says it was in.
! stigated because he is relative of a
prominent Democrat, and because the