The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31


Council to beat street railway legislation.
This explained the opposition to the Central
Traction and North and South hills until
SNYDER came into the field bidding such
enormous prices.
Who were the Councilmen?r asked Mfr.
Folk.
Cast. Brinkmeyer. Gaus. Kratz. Thinner
You spoke. of having received money
from Mr.; Scullin. How much and when did
4 introduced a bill for Mr.. scullin called
the United Traction bill. The bill was in
tended to head off the Contra Traction bill.
Where did you see Mr.; Scullin?'
How much did he pay you?"
He paid me SIS 900
What did You do with the money!
Il returned il to Mr. Scullin."
KoBUsCH A CONTRIBUTOR
TO INFORMATION.
George ]. Kobusch was another contrib
utor to the public store of information as
to how to Doodle. He was one of the local
capitalists interested with Snyder in the
Central traction bill. Indicted for perjury.
ne turned States evidence at the trial and
assisted materially in the conviction of Sny-
der.
II met Snyder about FIVE years ago and
talked of the possibility of getting a trac-
tion bill through said he. ''The north and
south bill first figured between US. but that
was Killed. Then the Central traction came
up.
~ WIZ bE, y: interested in the Central trac-
Myself. Snyder. John II. Blessing, Eigar
SHALL"
DO you remember meeting at the South
ern Hotel parties interested In promoting
the Central Traction bill?"
Snyder. myself and Tebbetts. / am not
so sure about Marshall"
Was there any other meeting in connec-
ton with it?"
n other meeting of directors; but I
often met Mepham and snyder
with referenct~to procuring the. vote Of
Frederick G. Uthoff on the measure in the
Council?'
Snyder said once at the Southern Hotel
that Uthof wanted $500 o. for his vote"
Did he say he had paid s5O.oNO?"
the total cost of the bill in the Assembly? r.
Yes: but some time after the bill had
passed"
ri he charge you with $4,000 spent for
Kobusch betrayed the greatest nervous
ness and anxiety, but finally answered tina
his memor was not clear on the point.
LIGHTING BILL
A DARING DEAL.
The lighting bill involved the most daring
VA III Viz Ooaaa oPSiatois. E"dlu u
Ter. the boss boodler'' and the safe man."
was then handling the reins. He stood out
for S47. 800. and would listen to nothing else.
The boys" clamored for 5000, and Butler
stood firm. and it was not until citizens
carrying ropes gathered in the Assembly
and threatened violence that the
Delegates yielded to the will of the peo-
pie" But a moment before they so grace
fully yielded they had hearkened to Butler,
who passed from desk to desk. whispering:
'Forty-seven five hundred or nothing"
The lighting bill deal was fully disclosed
during the trial of Emile Hartmann less
Tamblyn related the whole transaction.
Butler said he had been told to com to
me by Charles F; Kelly, said Murrell;
senting the Combine. He wanted to know
what We would do about the bill.
II told him that the combine wanted s75.-
we'd get s47. GOO. and no more.
II returned to the meeting of the COM
bine that evening and reported what Butler
mand for $4,000. Kelly wanted s1oo. 600. All
We're present but Albright. -.
'Gutke came into the meeting and said
could get $3.50 more. Robertson moved
that he take the money back andt 6li the
person who gave it to him that We would
meeting was held in the House committee
room just before the regular meeting of the
House.
pulteI tlth diile III dIiu Nolu uS TIA
we had better lose no more time; that we
would get only s47.50 to vote for the bill.
and advised us to kill the temporary light
ing Bill. We finally agreed to accept the
offer. He told us that we might send any
one of the boys we cared to select after
the money. We then passed the bill. after
a motion to reconsider 1t was adopted.
Then where did you go?" asked Circuit
Attorney Folk.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
AT LEHMANN'S HOUSE.
.To julius Lehmann's house." answered
Murrell.
Why did, you go there?'
ITO get my share OF the $41,5OO."
How did you know that you were to go
1.-THE word was passed around among the
boys while We were at the House meeting
How did you know that you were to pass
WORD was passed around that everything
was all right and we We're to get $f.5U.
Lehman and / entered the parlor. Sew
eral Of the boys were already there. Kelly:
the money, but did not arrive for an hour:
l believe Albright. Hannigan. Gutke and
Faplkner were. not there. .r-
'Isguess he did. He went into the dining
room with Bersch and il she ghaa .ov an ma
ss.5@. Is IN a'pna' ie' S -
TAMBLYN TOLD OF
INCIDENTS IN HOUSE.
Tamblvn told Of the Incidents in the House
the night the bill became a law.
1.-THE night the bill was passed by the
House. Ed Butler came to me-" said Tam.
blyn, "and said the boys could get. s47.5 800
to pass the bill and no more. / told him
they wanted $4,000. He said It would NOT
be paid. i then asked him what to do. He
said for us to reconsider the vote by which
the bill had been killed and to kill the tenn
porary lighting bill
Il asked him to whom he would give the
money"
He said he would give 1t to Kelly or any
other man the boys might select"
How did you know that you were to pass
somebody said: It's all right. Bill; go
ahead"
Then what did you dog' asked the Cir
cult Attorney.
I'VE reconsidered our former vote and
passed the bill"
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