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Doc Ames was originally just a physician but with some luck he was able to become the mayor

Although the people would soon regret their decision….

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The board of Minnesota was trying to focus on building the new city hall because the old one was getting cramped.

All was going well until suddenly Doc Ames came in and insisted that they go and fix the mayors office and put it to use  the board understood this but what about the city hall.

The board had to take away funds so it took the new city hall from 1901 to late 1902 to finally be built

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On Dc.16 1902 things were not going well for the mayor Doc.  Ame.  What would he do people saw him as a corrupt mayor!

A few hours later…….

The angered people go into the mayor’s office “decorated with mahogany moldings and walls painted a pale shade of green”.

But the man was not there were had he gone?

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Soon after he took office in 1901, the mayor wasn’t really doing what a mayor should do.

After the mayor was not spending money on making the place better instead he achieved a stellar reputation for probity!

Often seen bending his elbow in bars near the old city hall, Ames was seen as reprobate by the most upstanding citizens.

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Now Ames was in the same league as his appointed police chief brother Fred.

he and Fred turned the police department into a giant graft machine that shook down the city vice industries and funneled a steady stream of ill-gotten dollars to the two brothers

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The Ames gang was going well through 1901 to the early months of 1902 until something unexpected happened….

Meet Hovey Clark, one of Doc Ames most outspoken. Critics, Clark spent many months quietly gaining his evidence against the corrupt mayor.

And eventually he took down the Ames gang!

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1.Doc Ames has ran away and is nowhere to be found.

2. Minnesota try’s to put it past them but gets put in the national spotlight

3. 2 major books came out, the shame of the mayor and the shame of the city.

4. Doc Ames came back but got caught and charged for bribery but it got overulled

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Thick Question

During our whole shenanigan in 1901 how corrupt was he?

What power did he have?

How would i solve this corruption

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1. Why did they hire a man who had virtually no experience at being a leader at all.

2. It’s really dumb that the board just ignored it and did not try impeachment or just gathering evidence

3. How did they even allow this too happen also how did they not see it

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Have more watch and give less power on officials.

The people who should be watching the officials will have training and make a will to not betray their nation.

So in other words limit the official and give the public a little more protection.

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