The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-26


What further do you know about him -
~ short while after thai went up
20 Mr. Merlwether's office 10 see him about
another matter. AID there found Butler
and Judge Valiant waiting 10 see Mr.
Mertwether. as they Informed me. After
waiting long time I saw that Mr Ac-i-
Wtthcr was quite busJ. and AZ 1 left B-tler
LEFT. tCo. leaving JudEe Valiant there. lie
went down in frcut OF the Wainwright
building and met Tom Barrett and oitO
Stifel. As Butler vent 20 his buggy Tom
Barrett told him that he wished TO speak
TO him. He waited In his buggy for sudse
valiant"
Did you see Colonel Butler at any other
time regarding this matter: DID he speak
10 you about it on any other occasion!
7 saw him come back to your Office that
same day, later"
when Colonel Butler had made his first
statement to YOU about his desire 20 see
me- did he say anything that would md
cate that he had already seeI me-
NO. He Indicated that he had not seen
you icsauss he a-kld II you ~ese IN the
city. lie said: i have been trying TO see
Meriwethcr. He Is in town. Is he not.
called up over the telephone. and whoever
answered said you were busy
was the door open or CLOSED that LED
into M private office when you caiiet-
'.You did not hear what said7"
NO sir
when the parties who we're IN my pri-
vate cfiice left. what did you see then IN
reference to Butlerg Did you come into ny
private Office
Mr.. Lehman took up the erOss-eHamIna-
tion. asking:
1T was one. two or three days previous
to this article appearing IN TIE Repnolie-
BUTLER AND MERIWETHER
WE'RE IN CONFERENCE
The article about Buffers being up
yes. happened to be in his once three
times"
..Then there are three times that You
know OF Mr.. Meriwether and Mr. Butler be-
4nE n conference
Mere these three occasions on the same
day."
~bSd Mr. Butler 20 to Mr.. Meriwether's
= a.; wnez / went there found him.
IN the course OF your stay Ar. Butler
went into ar. MeriWetner's private ONCE
After ne LETT and went doWnStairs you
also went downstairs.
..And- there you saw Torn Barrett and
Otto sifsig Nere they apparently or basi-
no. Mr. Stifel seemed 70 have been pass
ing by and Stopped 70 say hello he stopped
rs How low long after this was i, tha, you
again saw Nr. Butler in Mr. Aeriwether's
i couldn't tell exactly. It was the same
aThe second time did he 80 into AIR. AIer-
enee with nimE'
Yes. sir
And again you did not know what took
plsse at this conference
The third time Mr. Butter called was on
the same day, and you did no; know wheth-
er or not he had private conference with
Mr.. MeEiwether=
But when you left Mr.. Butler was stl:
there and apparently waiting for Mr.. Meri-
wetherg'
Has the Public Ownership party an Ex-
ecutiNe Committee in this city
Yes. sir"
Lee Meriweiher William 4. Branden-
burger. !. :. koWalsbi Doctor James NJ.
Bell. and. l believe. Martin Sweeney. ! be
heve that IS the CITY Committee. but do
You are the nominee Of tho party for
Sheriff o. the City OF st LouisT'
DO you know whether the committee Of
the Public Ownership party made an agree
msnt in writing with the Republican Com
mittee or the Republicans with respect 10 q
fusion or the two parties IN their Nominees
foE Office at the coming e,etion-'
AGREEMENT WAS MADE
FOR CITY OFFICES
I have never saw such document.
know there had been an agreement made
on the city offices. As Tar the State Of
nces were concerned. was under The i'm
precision that the Public Ownership party
would probably put the Republican Candi-
dates for the supreme bench on taeis tick
et. but about any. agreement, l don't know.
l believe that an o1er was mad OF S2.59e
cash 10 be paid 10 the Public Ownership
party II they would put some Of the State
The nominees Of the Republican partyT'
Yes. sir.
1t was signed BY hr- Akirs. and. think
Il was signed by him as chairman CT the
Republican ,s. state commi,ses; si. ,,,r,
When 1 saw it?"
1T was in the hands Of some one who
belonged to the State organization OF the
Public Ownership rarty.
Does Mr.. AieriWether belong to the State
orgauizatiOnT'
I believe he does"
ing is?"
who had u was reading Il. and got Up
and locked over his shoulder as he was
reading IT. made the remark that did
not approve Of anything that was a matter
You wished to make the fusion on the
basis OF the distribution Of the offices be-
tween the parties, leaving TO the Republic
an party the nominees for State Offices
and 10 the Pebble Ownership party the
nominees for city offices. very largeiyE
Il told them that IL was my endeavor 10
Eet some city Offices and ! would do what
could with the men on our ticket. regard
less OF financial consideration.
Had you at this time been nominated
for the ONCE Of Sheriff.
Yes. sir
You made particular reference 20 the
ONCE Of Shertn going 10 the Alnicipal
Ownership party. did you not. Mr. Bosy!
BoGY ANXIOUS TO
RE ELECTED SHERIFF..
Yes. sir. that Is the Office was most in
terested in In fact. I am convinced that
I am the best OF the three candidate and
that the best thing for everybody would be
my election"
Both Mr. Meriwether and NJ. Lehman
ccmpiimented Mr. Bogy onfse frankness
in stating his ambition 10 herin- Mr.
Lehman then continued interesting
What division. Alr. Bogy. In the course
Of this deal, was TO be made OF the legis-
the Senate and House OF Representatives of
thc Missouri LEGISLATURE
About that 1 krow nothing. excepting
that vas consulted good deal by dtneT-
be put on our ticket that we thought Ne
could elect wanted meE who would
pledge themselves before a notary 20 a
promise to repeal the Neson and police
.syyas Mr.. Kerens mentioned IN any way
for the United States Senator
wien did you last see that writing that
81 couldn't tel the day. only saw Il
once / simply saw Il over the shoulder OF
the man who Fgas Teadins II ] saw the
signature OF Akins. and my impression is
Shsi, Il Sss sls5sS 59,;tes Ss o. the hs-
ssTf also offered s. so for the support Of