The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-22
SCHURMEIER TELLS
ABOUT ATTEMPTS
TO BRIBE HIM
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| summoned to the Office of Attorney
| George w. Walsh, who advised him
| that If he desired political preferment
he had better vote for the repeal Of
the owl car ordinance.
Then he was invited to visit the Of
flee of the Dispatch and get acQuaint-
ed with its managing editor.
This editor, Harry T. Black, Mr..
Schurmeier says, incidentally men
| toned that the owl cars were an evil
| and Mr.. Schurmeier would benefit
! greatly if he would help repeal the
] ordinance.
Later Attorney Walsh, he says, ask
! ed his aid to take off some of the lines
from the owl schedule.
This, he claims, he refused to do, and
the demand for the payment of the
Lennon note followed.
Schurmeier's Statement. :.
81 think I will be able to prove to
| the grand jury when l am called said
Assemblyman Schurmeier last night,
| that these charges that/I am making
are not all rot
THAT 81, 500 transaction is a straight
deal and there are papers to show it as
such, but it's collection at this time is
actuated by pique on Mr.. Lemons part
because l will not help him in repeal
| ing the owl car ordinance.
1T was only through street car in
| fuence that the measure creating the
| downtown park was ever gotten
| through the board and Mr.. Lennon
| knows it. He asked me twice to vote
for the repeal of the owl car ordinance
and said each time that he wanted 1t
repealed to pay off an obligation.
Proposal Made in Hack.
"The first 1 knew of his connection
with the street car company was one
\ xNyn nifaOr h0r in q
hack. Hub he said to me, my troubles
are almost over. 1 have satisfied all
| my obligations arising from the down.
town ball park, but one, and you can
| help me there.
Il was interested, but<he refused to
explain until 1 insisted, saying there
was no need to cross a bridge until one
came to it. He then told me that he
had promised to secure the repeal Of
| the owl car ordinance. l said, don't
count on me, George and the matter
was dropped.
The Saturday before 1 gave my note
to Mr.. Lennon for $1,000 happened to
be at the ball park and Mr.. Lennon told
me that at the next assembly meeting
there would be a measure introduced
calling for the repeal Of the owl car
ordinance. Not with my vote, 1 told
MIN and nothing more was said.
Coming out / met a printer, Miller,
on the Pioneer Press, and told him of
what was on and the next day, Sun
day there appeared in the Pioneer Press
an article telling of the street car
| company's intentions.
That same morning Mr.. Lennon
called me up over the telephone and
took me to task for giving the thing
| away. He told me that Mr.. Goodrich,
OF the street car company, was angry
because of the publication. That day
Mr.. Lennon went to New York, be-
lieve.
mr.. Lennon and myself were always,
great friends until this trouble and he
told me several times that he would
help me with both money and inf1u-
ence In securing the Republican nom
NATION for mayor.
Takes Goodrich In. 3
Why Hub he said one day. while
we were sitting at the store, you can
count on me every time. 1 will put up
S2,5OO, $4,000 If necessary to help YOU
why Cal Goodrich will put I'D $4,000
ii you want him. He will do it for me.
laughed at this, saying that had
hardly been good friend to the street
car company, but he said that didn't
matter. He would fix things all right.
This money 1 borrowed from him
was really to aid me in case 1 intended
TO run for mayor, as it would provide
me with good paying business Be-
cause of the condition of nv fathers
estate, which is now in the probate
court, I told Mr.. Lennon that he would
nave to give me time and he said that
was all right. He said, I will never
push you, Hub, you pay me as you
cam
Ihe next 1 knew of any activity to
get the owl car ordinance repealed was
Wnen L was asked by George Walsh, an
attorney, over the phone to visit him
at his office. Mr.. Walsh lives next to
me and we are good friends. 1 called
the same day at l o'clock and Mr..
Walsh at once began to talk. about INV
reported candidacy for mayor.
Needed the Papers.
Hub he said do you think YOU
nave the papers with you? You know
he continued, some of them are not
exactly with you on that owl car meas
ufe. am getting lots of letters about
the owl cars and think it would be to
your interest to get it repealed He
then said he wanted to aid me in every
way possible and asked me if 1 was ac-
quainted with Harry Black, managing
editor of the Dispatch.
Il said 1 wass not personally ac-
quainted and he proposed to take me
over to the Dispatch office and intro
duce me. Mr.. Black was not there but
Mr.. Walsh learned that he was over at
the Commercial club and at once tele-
phoned him. With that Mr.. Walsh
turned me over to Mr.. Hornick, the
business manager, who, when Mr.. Black
arrived, introduced me.
How He Became Famous.
Mr.. Black told me that he had
heard of me through my owl car meas
ure and laughingly remarked that pub
lie men generally seem to think the
way to reach the good will of the peo-
pie is through attacking the big cor
porations. From this he launched off
into a statement to the effect that the
Dispatch had received a large number
OF letter in opposition to the owl cars
and remarked that If I wanted prefer
ment it would be desirable for me to
give my aid in either repeating it or
modifying the owl car measure. He