The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-23
CLAPP MANAGERS
ARE FULL OF JOY
The Bribery Charge by Haskell
Puts It Up to the oppo-
sition.s ..r3.- =

Who tried to bride Representative
Frank Haskell of St. Paul7 What
moneyed interests desire the defeat of
Senator Clapp? l~.>
These questions are on every lip in
st. Paul Where poatle,an;;a eoag Ee
were in evidence today, and the sena-
torial fight was narrowed to the limits
of Ramsey county: There it waged
hotly. Charges and counter charges Of
a5libelous nature were flung about reck-
lessly; involving not only Hammergren,
kell, who tells the bribery story. but
other members Of the St.. Paul delega-
ton. The questions above stated seem
likely to remain unanswered and the
Haskell sensation to be a flash in the
pan. Mr.. Haskell sticks to his story,
but refuses to name the man who, he
says, approached him, or Of the inter
ests he represented. -, So. -,
He says, if. there is a grand jury In
vestigation he will have to give up the
name, but it will do NO god. N othlng
could be gained by an INQUIRY q; rs he =, has
no IcorroboratiVe evidence The s.Glapp
men talk about pns hing the matter and
having q {. housecle leaning, but it looks
now as tho any move in this direction
will come from the anti Clapp men, Upon
| whom the Haskell statement fefe ctg;
| Hammergren, who: has already bolted
Clapp, is placed in an unfavorable Light,
and SO are the others of the delegation
who are holding out including Sena ao1b
and possibly Representatives, Lemon u'1
and Fulton. d.: - - =.
..$ Haskell Seems Disturbed.
Haskell is not counting further 1ny s
tipation or publicity, but seems dis
turbed over his sudden snotoriety. he
says the story would never have come
out, but for an incident the. other even
tive Erickson of Candy made q Joking
remark about Ramsey's being against
Clapp. Haskell replied that the seventh
district would be, too, If the influences
working in Ramsey had been at5zwork
there. Pressed for an explanation.
Haskell tod the story q % the af Gsypp
heard s It and gave It publicity. ~E
Haskell had a.: long conference
Wednesday night with the Clapp mana
gers at their headquarters in the Mer, :,
| Chants. IA. He has been knocking
Clam until recently. He claimed that
his Endorsement for Clapp was secured
on a Misrepresentation:
The Clapp managers were glee19i1i
today and declared that the Haskell
interview uncovered the opposition.
lIh6v COulu uOG Captain WAoAS 49,
money would have come from that
was to have been paid Haskell. They
do not charge that the money was
being furnished from Governor Van
SAINT or his friends, but from some
source that wants to tie up the caucus
and beat @Clapp. They intimate that
some new candidate is working up the
deal.
Representative Hammergren declined
TO discuss the Haskell statement today
He saws he is opposed to C1app because
of his attitude toward railroad rate
llepislation and he has nothing more tc
say.
The Haskell Charge.
Haskell. a West Side member Of the
Ramsey delegation, created his sens MS
ton last evening by declaring that ~
had been offered 81 1000 to sign state
ment declaring his opposition to sena
tor Clamp.
The Haskell statement came right o.
the heels Of a statement by Representa-
tive David Hammergren, published Il
The ournal yesterday, declaring
against Clapp. fit had been planned
by the friends Of Senator Clapp, ther
could not have been prettier check
4 sensational charges made by Haskell.
He Gives Details.
The intended effect Of the Haskell il
terview is to put stop to further dc
fections from Clapp in Ramsey county
BY terrorizing the other recalcitrarts.
The weak point in the Haskell stor
] is that he refuses to give names. Il
says the proposal was made by an az
. quaintance, acting as a go-between fo
someone else, but not claiming to be /
the interests of any other candidat,
Z While there was an assumption that tn
move was in the interests of Governo
Van SAINT, the interested parties WEI
by no means friends of the governor. s
Haskell can, Of course, be compelle
to give the names to the grand jury
but 1t is not thought likely that h
( will ever be summoned to tell the stor
lbefore such body. He. says IN on
( Interview that he is extremely SOFT
h that the matter gained publicity, : an
lin another that he considered 1t nj
duty to make a full statement.
Mr.. Haskell's Statement.
The interviews vary as to details, br
the Pioneer Press, which covers tn
first page with headlines .proclaimin
the story, goes into the circumstance
most fully. Mr.. Haskell is quoted q
follows: at
q think that. it was Monday {
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