The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-24
FLOUR cITY'S MAYOR
CLOSETED WITH HAAS
Haynes and His Chief of Police
Make Inquiries at St. Paul
City Hall.

Minneapolis, it is said, is interested
in charges Of street car influences in
the ST Paul council.
Mayor Haynes and Chief of Police
Conroy, of Minneapolis, were in St.
Paul yesterday afternoon.
These two officials were cioseted
with Acting Mayor Haas in his private
office at the city hall for nearly an
hour and left without disclosing their
business to any of the inqu1sitive who
gathered on the outside.
Acting Mayor Haas said the visit to
him was for the purpose of securing
information regarding st. PauPs street
lighting. Minneapolis is thinking OF
installing incandescent street lamps
and the officials desired to learn their
cost.
Mayor Haynes said his visit was SIM
ply personal courtesy.
The latest in the Schumacher charges
is that the street car representatives.,
who attempted to buy Assemblyman
Schurmeiers council influence, is in
Chicago. He is supposed to have left
yesterday for the Windy City, though
the members of his family, when ques-
toned by those who have been shad-
owing him, gave it out that they did
not know where he was.
ITO the best of my knowledge the
party I charged with trying to employ
me as council representative for the
street car company has left st. Paul, y
said Assemblyman Schurmeier last
evening.
Three People Know Lobbyist.
81 did not learn of it until today, but
I think he can be easily located when
the grand jury wants him. Some say
he is at Chicago, but I think he is
closer to st. Paul than that. There are
L. Dc. oil ay-A
Wheeler and Franklin H. Grtggs, who
know the persons name. 1t would not
be good policy to make the name public
now. His identity will be known in
plenty Of time"
The party who attempted to bride
him, Assemblyman Schurmeier says,
is well known street car lobbyist and
that his visits have not alone been
confined to Mr.. Schurmeier. He says
he has been informed that other mem
bers Of the council have been approach
ed in the same manner, but not so di-
reetly.
Assemblyman Schurmeier says that sew
eral men who now pose as leaders in the
two bodies of the council Will be called
by the grand jury and their attitude on
street car questions and Mr.. Lemons
ball park inquired into.
1t is just learned that one of the con-
ditions imposed by several who voted
for the q tiOwn-toWn O. baseball park was
that Mr.. Lennon, it's owner, should allow
it's use by the carnfvaf association for
show purposes. '.---'
Lennon Interests Or. ohaee.
Lennon was quick to see the advantage
to be gained through this, and solicited
the cooperation of DIR. Ohage, who was
induced to see several of the members
and get their vote for the park. Alive to
the interests of the baths DR.. Ohage did
so, and for his kindness lost the votes OF
several who were backing him in the
Gedney picking factory leVee lease fight
One of the members, Aid. Huber,
who was fighting the proposed location
of the park deserted DR.. Ohage because
of his alleged interference, and the doc
tor lost in his West side contest.
meier were so 'pally," as one alderman
explained it yesterday, that the two Wis
tied Chicago together last February, when
the American association was considering
the transfer Of the st. Paul baseball fran
chiSe to some other city.
Mr.. Lennon then, it Is understood, in
timated to Assemblyman Schumacher that
he would make him manager of the ST.
Paul baseball team, and this was given
out in the Chicago papers. Mr.. Schur-
meier was also credited by the papers
of that city with owning an interest in
the team.
The grand jury is still engaged in COM
mittee work and will not get busy on the
bribery charges until it is finished. 1t
does not seem to be worrying over the
fact that any one will get away. Wednes-
day a committee headed by the foreman
G. B. Bowlby, spent the entire afternoon
in the private office of City Clerk Reding-
ton. License matters were considered.