The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-04

| ure or atOHefntnt. by informing tTe prpp'r
officers and the public Of the real state of at
fairs in this community. l hope TO be Of serv-
politics Before did 80 believe everybody
will say that my reputation and character were
both good. But corrupt politics was my I'm
The public is stupid. It does not appreciate
mur member of the House Of Delegates.
lie. and yet the public did not seem TO care.
know from my own knowledge and from the
niclpai Assembly OF st. Louis for the past
Hardly a bill passed tina; body In the last
quarter OF century unless II was paid f9r OF
the reason that believed that would
dare to do It. In case OF attack. we knew
large inanci-rs Of 81 Louis would be with us.
BLCFF-ED FORMER PROSECUTOR.
4 former prosecutor showed some signs of
starting after US. but he bluNsd off
When the present prosecutor commenced his
wa US we tried TO intimdate him by-
threats OF assassination. and when this had no
Effect We laid all sorts ot traps for him with
Then It was decided that the best plan would
rcsi, BE- 10 strt Is, ne@sPaPeE m and lptl him ;s 80
time IN libel prosecutions. or II he did not.
,i,, is inagenee you'd s te weakened Or destroyed Dyed
ough searyh. to Inak- an attack on. libeIs were
ing public sentiment
This plan was participated in not only by
ll.tiLIb-tF tl iiOISs lttleSdtrS. tEItE III
d.ctment ic= eoodIns. bat by prominent fnan-
| ciers Of 81. Louis. who feared exposure, and
| lie could but know all the schemes and plans
| we had. there would be an uprising and lynch
| inss.
should have said. IL the public knew. there
ought t. be an UPRISING, but the 81. Louis
| will. II has probably grown accustomed TO
n:t nn9rInption ana nothing seems to startie T.
| 20 be on the wrong side rs 10 be on the right
Take. fOr instance. the action OF the public
| or the lighting bill; That was a bad Iill
trying to % buy @ Us for the p price OF sssss each
| agains, him. 3
! PUBLIC HELPED BUTLER. -. j..
| Then the public came down TO the House OK
Delegates and threatened to han. US IL We did
| not pass the bill. The public with its ropes
helped Butler with his doodle to pass a bill
that ought never to have been passed
Hou9- Of Delegates even before became
| member OF the House. As soon as Has elected
entry TO the combine by Butler and made a full
which any money could De obtalnet. unless We
businessliSe way and had cSbine e'Gns meeting 4
at stated times and fixed the bribe prices, which
ity vote OF the conlbine Then we Would seiec,
one OF the combine in whose honesty We had
agents would rarely Srer betray rs
In one or two instances they conhscated part
u lIlc inOHeN. aS a SsHtTEi rule theN wee
honest with US. Among ourselves understand,
vis. We had high code Of morale anc it was con,
Wiling it amongst his fellows We Fad fixed
to Sa 9s p P the fance G s
We hardly ever received less than SlSoo ,5F the
dignity TO take less than that
q ASHAMED OF THEMSELvES
On one or two occasions. though. sc got as
low az so each for votes. and once some
OF the boys took IS each. but were ashamed
Of /: they would not speak OF it Afterwards
ashamed OF 1t because the price WIS 70 small.
Our combine was not along parry lines. both
Democrats and Republicans belonged 20 IL.
Ny experience has been that boo!ers line UP
according to their own interests ard not under
party standards In the majority OF the waras
lican parties usually nominate 70 20 10 the
House OF Delegates for the money thcy can
own fellow s and eia6er one that % .e in So YES
those who rob the city Of franchises.
becaure 70 many Of the iafFe Expectations .:
the CITY are mixed up in boodiine 'ne wsy or
TO think It less trouble TO buy what they wanted
than TO elect honeEs men to the House ofoDei-
egates. !
stupid not yhy does I t9eIg; ~, II, e1sai, fn
d0ne IN ?s St Nehnr at a mas
cutor has. after three years fighting. vhipped
while We started in against hin, confidently.
We have now given up hope. but it seems 70 n's
,bSii L. bbe vi puDilN
Louis that when the new prosecutor. who ot
course will. be Ed Buffers man. takes charge.
see the enorTnity Of my offense and want
bribery stoppea. 90 that other Young men VII
am making this confession in order to help II
can. in alarming the public hardly eJRess Ss.d II
TO forget all about It.
SAYS BUTLER MADE BARGAIN
In the lighting deal Ed Butler mn'e the
bargain. with mo 10 nav St,,J0n for
the nineteen votes OF the combine. Butler
paid me the money 10 distribute among the
boys. and I took it TO julius Lehmann's house.
where it was distributed. When John X.
Murrell returned from Mexico and turned
States evidence September s. 1902. was
and the Deputy. sherir told me that he had
positive instructions from the Circuit Attorney
told him I had something at City. Han
While / was away 1 learned from the news
paper Pap r. extras S What was UP and remained wait
Up to that evening had esen unsuccessful ;s;:st!
invitation TO spend the night with him at
quarry.
called up and said that he wanted to see ne
! decided to do this. with the result that Mr
a%s S Psld the Gland jury ns snd to leave
State until after the statute Of limitation had
/ gave ga the ,l5.ca to my wife: except sspo
which kept for my expenses; ! remained In
there / took the train to Hannibal, and then
10 ST Paul. and then went to saut Ste; Marie.
for abou, a week
At he End e THIS time rsseiyea d a. 'es, lie,
In a few days \ few days after received
aad 81 ea si s 90 fsa
We stopped at Ottawa. Montreal and finally
e Canada anS pg S the the tang W
reached Montreal We concluded it would be best sst
for expenses while l stayed away. ,
TRAVELLED UNDER ALIAS
At the suggestion OF this politician 1 took
he name of James Hogan. {
On reaching Liverpool 1 was handed tele- c
gram to James Hogan. signed Butler which V
through Canada, telling me TO meet Ed Su-
san, Mr. Ed. Buffers bookkeeper. l arrived 1
Cecil. where a few days later 1 met Mr. Suli- {
,an. whom had known before.
and handed IT to me. This letter 1 now have.
/ went with Mr.. Sullivan to i,aIy. passing v
told that the two safest places were Italy and I
Holland. We measured the time carefully, as | r
had been made in the date the statute OF limita-
ion expired. and that L should not come back 7
until SovembeE se the esaet * ,ao day on which !.
that day that We arrived in New York.
affairs. Ny business was ruined my child was
Mr.. Ed Butler that the. si5,o5, was mere
irop in the bucket. and after few conferences
he agreed to give me tho balance OF $4,000.
PROMISES FuRTHEN DISCLOSURES.
There are many other thiSs can and will
tell later on, but this win do now. This. in
brief. is my story and the confession OF my in
fanny. believe. though. that II the people Of
control both political parties and put his men
in office the public will be just as guilty as
Sncb is his hold on the community though,