The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-29

Another Campaign Lie Exploded.
Judge Waite and the Sioux
Claims.
From the Mankato Review
The Blue Earth City Post Of last
week contains lengthy and most mali
ciously libelous assault upon Judge
Waite, as embodied in certain alleged
transactions growing out of the Sioux
indemnity claims, and in which article
the Judge is charged with being par.
ty to defrauding certain of his clients
out of the greatest portion of their
claims. The information pretends to
I have been derived from "a gentleman
web known in that county, still resid-
ing there, and in substance is as fol-
lows: That after certain claims for
which Judge Waite was attorney, had
been allowed by the commission, he
entered into an agreement with Messrs.
Tinekom & Smith; bankers, to sell them
the claims, they to bay at lowest fig
ures possible. and divide the profits
with tie Judge. That seventy-two
claims held by parties in Faribault
county we're so purchased, and from
which was realized profit of nearly
$4,000. To give the resemblance of
truth to this charge, the names of thir-
ty-one different parties are published.
and attached thereto is tabular state
ment Of the amount Of claims allowed
each, the fee of Judge Waite as attor-
ney, the amount paid for the claims by
the bankers, and the profits which were
divided with the Judge, which is given
out with such minuteAess as to carry
conviction to the reader.
The whole article is one of the most
deliberate and malicious libels which
ever disgraced newspaper, as we shall
prove. We personally remembc
he history Of the Sioux Com
!. mission, and the general charac-
ter Of the claims allowed, all Of which
were exceedingly liberal. Considerable
time interviewed between the allowance
of the claims and the Congressional
appropriation to pay them, and in the
interval spectators took advantage OF
the uncertainties attending them, to
purch Sc at discount, and some sent
J agents through the country to circulate
ali kinds of discouraging reports and
buy up claims at heavy discount
Messrs. f. H. Smith & Co., bankers Of
this city, bought good many claims
and Mr.. A. u. Manson, now ct Winnie
bago City, was one of their agents, and
we presume he Is the swell known gen.
tleman" referred to. Encouraged with
his success, Major E. H. Smith per
sonally applied to Judge Waite for q
list Of the claims represented by him
and the Judge not only refused to fur.
nish them, but denounced the Major in
vigorous terms for what he considered
an imposition upon the claimants, ano
used his personal influence to prevent
: his clients from selling. So much We
personally know.
r Fortunately, however, Mr.. Tinkcom
member Of the banking firm referred
to, still resides in this city. The arti
Gle was shown to him. and he has fur
nished us the following full and com
T plete denial
MANKAro, Mipn., Oct. 10, 1874.
To whom it may concern:
: | have read in the Blue Earth Citl
a Post of Oct II an article in regard t
! Sioux Indemnity Claims, which reflects
: severely upon Judge Waite, charging
e him with permitting his clients to b
e defrauded' by secret collision Will
e the barking firm of Tinkcom & Smith
: | was a member of the firm of E. H
Smith & Co., the one referred to, ant
6 here take occasion to say that tn
charges against Judge Waite as con
v | ~ IL ~
= entirely false.
e The firm Of E. H. Smith &c Co.. pur
s chased number of such claims in tn
;. interval between their allowance by tn
: commission and paymentjby the Gener
al Government, from parties who desir
It ed to sell, and we employed one o
'e more agents to 60 through the countr
j. and make such purchases for us bu
% Judge Waite was not interested wit
us directly OF indirectly to the value {
one cent, he gave Us no information {
y assistance to aid US in making such pu
IS chases. and I believe they were mac
1t without his knowledge or consen
Al What was made in those transaction
~ aside from paying the agents hired /
= us, was received by and belonged to IL
firm of E. II. Smith 4 Co.. and was n,
shared with Judge Waite or any 9th
/. attorney or claim agent.
e j. r. TINkcox.
re Since our last issue, the followi,
n gentlemen, residents of Faribault cou
be ty, and VT ose names appear in the Ii
No Of persons whom the Post alleges We
swindled. send US the following expli,
50 denial, and assert that Judge Waite a
lis yised them not to sell
St Blue EARrH CrrY. MINI, }
we October II, 1874. {
it Rditor Blue Earth City Post:
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