The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-04


termines to oppose, as terrier would Sc
for the heel of an urchln, sticking to 1t
until his purpose is accomplished.
| From the New ork Tribune, 20th.]
The Voice Of Conscious Rectitude.
We felt sure of it from the start. Bill
King has not disappeared. lie is looking
for something. OF course he feels for the
committee Of ways and means and re.
grets being obliged to do anything to EN-.
barrass them; he would like. above all
things, to appear before them and ties.
tfy, and tell all about Pacific Mail and
the checks, and all that sort Of thing.
But he is III Canada just at present. and
! the weather. is unusually severe, and, as
! before stated, he is looking for some
thing, and SO he is obliged to dlsappOint
! the committee. But he has opened a
correspondence with the Minnesota Leg
isature, which promises to be of most
! lively and entertaining character. That
distinguished body of law-giyers and
sageS found time a few weeks ago. In one
of the pauses between the ballotings for
| United States Senator, to pass resolutions
calling upon Bill King either to explain
his connection with the Pacific Mail bust
ness or resign his seat in Congress. How
these resolutions reached the Minnesota
statesman in his Canadian retirement we
know not, but inanifcstly he has learned
the fact of their passage, even though no
copy has been served upon him. And
SO, from those frozen wilds where the pa.
| tot nj
spring to thaw out his evidence, he sends
back greeting to the Legislature.
1t is the voice Of a mems conScid rectl.
He resents the uncalled for interference
of the Legislature with his private affairs,
and goes to the pitch of saying that the
resolutions of that body are Lying dec
larations. As to this Large sum OF
money which he had "about the time OF
the passage Of the Pacific Mail subsidy
! he says with great distinctness he does
not propose to disclose to the world what
he did with it except in his own good
| time, and not until evidence which he is
unable to reach can be secured, which
will bring him the fullest and most com
pletc vindication. And that is what he
is looking for-evidence which he is I'M
able to reach. Doubtless frozen up. This
has been. as is we'll known, and as the
Minnesota Legislature must admit, one OF
the Severest winters on record. We have.
it must be remembered, even i'll this eli
mate from four to five feet of frost in the
ground, and the progress of civilization
has been arrested for several
weeks by the frequent and
| pervadlng Plumber. In such case why
should the Minnesota Legislature get up,
in the language of the carnal-minded.
Ion its car and importune Bill King
| with impertinent questions and offensive
/ requests No wonder that Bill King,
\ sitting up there in Canada on snow
! bank, calmly waiting for his evidence to
| thaw out, like a chrome cherub on a
cloud, should be indignant at such un-
/ called-for interference with his private
affairs. He tells them distinctly that he
will not crafty their curiosity about the
money till he gets ready. and he does not
propose tt accept the other alternative
( Of resigniag his seat IN the next Congress.
/ He is waiting, he says. until 1.-The exact
facts in the case can be presented to the
public.
/ right there in Canada until the exact
facts get thawed out. Everybod knows
/ that this has been one Of the worst sea
sons ever known for exact facts. Thi.
Congress has had the hardest possible
luck trying TO find exact facts. At on,
| time it looked as though they had struck
a perfect bonanza of them in this Pacific
! Mail investigation, but it ran into tn,
/ doorkeepers and member of Congress:
who couldn't remember. and "petereo
out There weren't any exact fact:
! to be had. The committee came 4
New York after some. and were dis
appointed. They searched Washington
with lighted candle. and the Sergeant
at-Arms secured the country with sub
p9nas. They locked up people for con
tempt who were supposed to have exacr
facts in them. They fairly dragged tn,
canals for them. but all in vain. In their
last desperate and frenzied endeayor the,
undertook to get them out Of Ruff:
Hatch. Exact facts out Of Rufus Hatch
OF course there was no end. Desperation
could go no further. But now If seem.
that when Bill King left the Commute,
so abruptly IN the midst of til.
inquiry. like man to whom i,
suddenly occurs that he ha.
forgotten something, he went immediate
| " to Canada and began to watch the Their
mometer and wait for the exact facts Il
thaw out. And there he waits He hurl.
back with indignant scorn the resolution
of the Minnesota Legislature requesting
him to say something or resign: he resists
the Establishments Of deputy Sergeant
alarms he declines with thanks the in