Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-11-06
no THE PUBLIC.

Wall street. The reason he assigns for that
act is that have robbed him, and he has.
since that affair, very indastriously told his
version of the business transactions between
US, in such way as to make it incumbent On
me to also present my version before the pub.
lie. las follows:
During my first visit to this place last year,
and few days before my departure iof my
then home In Oregon, Mr.. III. c. Street, VINO
was at that time editor and part prOpr!ee.Oor =,
the IDAHO WORLD, made me pf0pOsltlon 10
buy his share of the establishments dhe Semi
Weekly Union was then an eHlst6hee5 ana l
told Mr. Street that as felt pretty Ger aln
this city could noe support two papers, L dld
not care to buy into the WORLD 1 was told
that the Union was only a campaign paper,
and its publication would cease in q short time.
Still / argued, the material and presses would
remain here, and other parties might come in
bossessiOn of the Office, and start an OppOsi-
lion printing establishment j was finally as
sured by the parties who claimed to own the
controlling interest in the type, presses and
material of the Union Office that, If bought
out Mr. Street, there should be no danger of
any opposition springing from the type, &c, of
the other Office, as they pledged to me that it
should not be aSed, or sold so as to be used IN
ODUOSEClOn 10 IU6 NHORI<D OVtc6 LII was ca
nlained to me that a number of Democrats in
this CITY and Basin had contributed the money
to purchase that type, &c, and it was given to
Mr. p J. Malone, on the express condition
that he would purchase with with it and es-
tablsh a Democratic paper In Boise City;
that Mr. Malone had failed to do so that he
had, on the contrary, placed the type, presses
and material in the possession of the Republi-
cans of this place to enable them to run cam
pain paper in their interest and in opposition
to the Democratic cause during the very inn
DortaHt and somewhat critical Territorial and
county election campaign of 1865; that, In
consequence of this perfdy on the part of Mr..
Malone, he had been compelled to surrender
certain articles in writing which vested the
ownership of the printing material in him, and
to transfer it to the ownership of the parties
who had subscribed and furnished the money
to buy it, or to their legally constituted repre-
sentatives4 Still Mr.. Malone held claim upon
the office, and that had to be arranged in some
way before full and actual possession of the
material could pass to the contributing own
ers. Upon the positive pledge, from the par
ties owning, that the printing material used in
publishing the Union should not be used in OPP
position to the IDAHO WORLD, concluded
ilegotion with Mr.. Street. agreeably to which
was to be placed in possession Of his share
October, 1866.
FASTENED to Oregon to make arrangements
for my immediate return here, to enter upon
the editorial management of this paper.
reached here few days prior to Oct. lst, but
in violation of the pledge which has been made
TO me, found that the printing material re-
ferred to above was being used III the publlca-
ton of the Semi Weekly Times, a paper III
opposition to the WORLD, and, though pro-
tessedIy neutral in politics. of very distinguish
able Republican procliVities--in short. an OPP
pOnent to Democracy. Punic faith had been
held towards ME. On inquiry learned that
MI. Thos. Foye was the reputed owner of the
printing material, and that he had leased it to
Che parties in possession for the term of six
months from Sept. 18th, 1866. Subsequently
learned that the possession had passed into
Mr.. Foye's hands upon the express condition
that he should not use the material IN this city,
nor against the Democratic party; but that he
should with it establish paper In Boise City,
where there was no Democratic organ.
Finally, an interview took place between
Mr.. Foye and myself in regard to the matter,
in which plainly said to him that felt had
been very badly treated in the matter; that
the press had been bought by the contributions
of Democrats to be used as a help and not as
an antagonist to the party; that his own posi-
he then held Office under the favor of the
Democracy of this Basin; he was also petit
TONER then for relief from Democratic Board
of Commissioners, for a material financial
shOrt-coming in his official capacity; he intend
ed to petition the ensuing Democratic Legis-
lature for further relief growing out of the
same cause and, further, that he proposed
asking, after his term of Office expired, for
other official fayors-in the way of subOrdin-
ate position-frOm Democratic officers In
view of all these reasons | held that he was
not acting in good faith with the party in furn-
ishing the Republicans with a county organ.
An arrangement was at last concluded, Dec.
9th, 1866, by which, for the sum of 81 900,
Mr.. Foye conveyed all his right, title and in
terest in the printing material in question to.
me-for I. H, Bowman and myself, --and q
note for that amount, payable in six months
from that date, was received by him in salts
faction of the SALE
Before closing the sale, however, Mr. Foye
represented to me that he had come into pos
session of the whole of the property; that sub
eequentlY he had conveyed to John Malone,
son Of P. j. Malone, one-haf of the same, and
that the Rev. Father P0Ulin stood guardian
tor young Malone (who was a minor) but, he
added, that he (Foye) had never given Malone
or his guardian for him, valid, legal possession
OF the material, and the grant was not worth a
copper, unless he (Foye) chose to make it so.
With this new phase in the affair expressed at
the time, Mr.. Foye conveyed to us-Mr. Bow
man ana myself, q alone acting in the transac-
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