The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This is the committees findings on
the charges preferred against Secre-
tary James Healy, of the board of
school inspectors, by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company and Me-
lady & Casey, and they were formally
presented and received at a special
meeting of the board held yesterday
afternoon.
No comment whatever was offered.
Inspector Fischer, the chairman of the
committee, read the findings; the
board received them and discharged
the committee, and, following this ac-
ton, adjourned.
Ordinarily, the report of the commit
tee, yelled as it is in as far as refuta-
ton or substantiation of the charges
are concerned, might be viewed in the
light of a "whitewash," but Mr.. HeaIy
did not accept it as such.
HeaIy Is Satisfied.
II told them 1 did not want any
'whitewash, he said at the close of
the meetings, land 1 am entirely salts
fed. 1t is fair in every respect"
The charges of unfairness and dis
elimination date back two weeks ago,
when, at the annual meeting, repre-
sentatives Of the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company and Melady e.
Casey, wholesale paper dealers, entered
a formal protest against the re-elec-
ton of James Healy as secretary.
The grievance Of the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company was based princi-
pally on the alleged holding up of a lot
as further evidence of discrimination
by Mr.. Healy, attempted to show
where Mr.. Healy had erased their name
from a requisition calling for some
physical apparatus goods, and substi-
tuted that Of Noyes Bros. & Cutler.
Melady & Casey's charges were based
on alleged discrimination also, they
contending, by an unfair tabulation of
bids, the Kerwin Paper company had
been given contract for paper that
was rightfully theirs, and that later
Mr.. Healy had approved a bill for So
when the KerWin company's bid was
Sc.
Charges Indignantly Denied.
How far these charges were substan~
tiated, or what refutation Mr.. Healy
offered, will probably never be known
outside the investigating committee,
as the public was carefully excluded
from all meetings. Not even a steno-
graphic account was taken.
Mr.. Healy admits that some of the
business formerly given the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company was d.
verified to Noyes Bros. & Cutler, he be-
ing told to do so by members of the
COo4 Ills ciltSCICO Tic OOOh COIllpd-
n.y. so Mr.. Healy's friends say, and his
scalp was sought for. AS to the hold,
ing up of the cOmpany'S bills, this was
at time when the boards finances
were under a cloud, and more than one
creditor had to bide it's time.
AS to the charges made by Melady &,
Casey, Secretary Healy made indig-
nant denial and countered them with
charges of unfair dealings by the COM
pany in which short count and inferior
substitution of goods were the princi-
pal features. AT the hearing it was
said the charges and counter charges
were extremely bitter and the chair
man was compelled to interfere a num-
Der of times between the opposing
companies. The Kerwin Paper COM
pany and Melady & Casey were at one
time professionally connected and the
dissolution which followed made them
rivals.
Fight Between Rivals.
Indirectly the city purchasing COM
mtttee, which consists of Mayor Smith,
City Treasurer Bremen and the presi-
dent OF the common council, were con-
nected with this transaction, for 1t was
by their action that the Kerwin Paper
company captured the contract for tot:
let paper. Melady & Casey, however,
accused the secretary of making an
unfair tabulation, and later adding to
the tndignity by approving a bill for
3 cents a pound when they say 1t
should have been 6.
AS one of the members has insisted
on stating ever since the charges were
made, the whole thing is a fight be-
tween rival firms and possible slight
discrimination in favor of one, with
the result that the other was angered
Some goods are purchased on the open
market without the formality of bids.
and this aided in bringing about the
bad feeling. The committee that made
the investigation stated that no money
loss had been suffered.
The election of secretary will not
be held until April 1. Mr.. Healy's re-
election is probable, but the firms who
have preferred charges against him
are leaving no stone unturned in their
efforts to head it off.
George P. Jones, better known as
Jones of Rock" a resident of Rock
county, but of late a student at Ham
line college, is understood to be a can
didate for the job if Mr.. Healy fails to
land. 1t is known that he has been
trying to interest Mayor Smith and
some of the members of the board in
his candidacy.
EAID WE TIED nHAxY