Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-04
BILL KINGS BARDEN.
IN INTERESTING CHAPTER FOR
FIFTH W4RD VOTERS.

An INTERESTING CHAPTER ZOE
FIFTH W4RD VOTERS.
Full Statement of His Efforts to Beat the
State Fair and st. Paul-Treachsry to
His Home in the Great Colt Race-Ban-
ners and Large Exhibits for Minneapo-
lis, and Broken Pledges for st. Paul.
Mr. r. Barden, Republican candidate for
the legislature from the Fifth ward, having
invited further ventilation of his disloyalty
to st. Paul in connection with the State fair,
by an attempted defense Of his course, the
GLOBE meets the issue freely. Mr.. Barden's
defense consists Of statement that he had
bound hinself by his own action aud the
action Of the State Stock Breeders
association, long before the State Agricul-
tural society had decided to hold a fair.
Now, what are the facts in relation to this
promise-facts born out by the record, and
which Mr.. Barden dare not and will not at
tempt to deny.
BILL KING.
Just what particular characteristic MIR.
Barden most admires in this gentleman of
savory reputation, it is not necessary to in
quire into. But it is fact that when he
decided to get up far at Minneapolis for
the benefit Of his depleted finances, Mr..
Barden early gave in his adhesion to the
scheme; and at the meeting of the State
Stock Breeders ASSOCIATION, SC actively had
Mr.. Barden, with other Minneapolis mem
bers of the association, worked in Kings in
terest. that committee was appointed
of which Mr.. Barden was member, to de-
eide upon the annual exhibition. AS was e1-
pected from its composition, this committee,
though the State fair programme had been
announced, reported in favor Of holding the
exhibition of the association in
connection with Bill Kings fair. This
report, though not unexpected, raised
lively breeze among the memt ers of the
association, and for atime it looked as if
this important adjunct of the State Agri-
cultural society would be disrupted and
cease to exist. Finally the question was dis
posed of by an understanding that the men,
bers of the association saoula not be bound
by the action of the committee, but that
each individual member of the committee
would be left free to exhibit his stock at
whichever fair best suited him. Acting
upon this understanding, G. A. De
Graft, of GAINESVILLE; A. Post, of Fari-
bault; Clark Chambers, OF Owa-
tonna, Isaac Staples of Saltwater,
VIM. Fowler of Newport, and James Nc
Hench of Wabashaw, all leading members
of the Stockbreeder's association, united with
the State fair, and did active work to make
its exhibition the grand success it was. Mr..
Barden was freed from his obligations to
Mr.. King, Of which he giE2s SO loudly, by
the same action that relieved The gentleman
named above. But did he avail himself OF
the privilege? On the contrary, the fact
that these co-movers with him in the orga-
nization and management of the State
Stockbreeder's association refused to
bend the knee to Bill King
and join with him in his fight
against the life of the State fair, made him
the more active and outspoken in his war
fare upon the St. Paul exhibition. In fact,
he was Bill Kings most Jealous co-laborer,
SO much SO that when he come to ship his
stock from his Window farm, he must decor
ate his cars with banners of the Minneapolis
fair, and when he reached the city, q trium-
phal parade was gotten up by Bill King to
celebrate and commemorate his dlsloyalty to
st. Paul and the State fair.
Such, in brief, was Mr.. Barden's course of
action in reference to the last State fair, and
while it exhibits him in the light of a tool Of
Bill King in his warfare upon st. Paul, and
vet it is honorable in the extreme compared
with his treachery to St. Paul in connection
with the
COLT STAKE RACE,
which he brings into his attempted explana-
ton. The history of this race is briefly as
follows: One day early in May Mr.. r. Bar
den, j. B. Hubbell, of Mankato, G. A. Dc
Graf, of GAINESVILLE, and Conductor Messer.
of the St. Paul & Sioux City railroad, met on
the train coming from Mankato to st. Paul.
Naturally their conversation turned upon
horse matters, and finally Mr.. Barden
preached the matter of a breeders stake race
for three year clds. The proposition met
with favor, and it was agreed to
make such a race, to come off
at either the St. Paul or Minneapolis
fair, the place to be decided by a majority
of the subscribers. Subsequently Mr.. Bar
agreement to govern the race:
We, the undersigned, have agreed that the
entries for the three year-old-colt race for 1878
shall close the 4th day of July. and that BOO
| must accompany the entry; that the stake
holder shall be u. 3. Reed, vice-president of
the First National bank, of st. Paul; that the
race shall be mile heats, two in three to har-
ness. Captain Wood shall receive all the
entries. On the 9Th day of July the stockhold-
| ers and those entering colts shall meet at the
Metropolitan hotel, ST. Paul, for the purpose
of deciding the place where the race shall take
| place, the majority Of votes deciding.
The newspapers of the city took hold Of
the project, and by frequent mentions Great
| ed much interestin the race, and when the 4th
of July rolled around, the date for closing the
entries as per the agreement, several breed
1 ers, others than those mentioned above, had
made their entries; but to the surprise of all
| r. Barden was not of the number. The
| entries were: G. r. Sherwood, st. Paul; G.
1 A. DeGraff, GAINESVILLE; j. B. Hubbell, Man
kato; Hi. Adams, Owatonna, representing
Mr.. Messer; and Mr.. Simonds, Rochester:
each of whom deposited the stake OF 300
with Mr.. T.. e. Reed, of the First National
bank, as that gentleman certified to Capt. j.
D. Wood on the 9Th of July. That same
! day at IL NJ. the subscribers met at the Metro
! poltan to decide upon the place for the race,
as per the agreement written by Mr.. Barden,
that gentleman not being present, and st.
Paul was selected by the unanimous vote OF
the subscribers. Speaking CT this absence
of Mr.. Barden, our reporter at the time
said:
ssBut surprise will be felt among those
who have been watching this race, that the
entry list above does not contain one by r.
Barden, this city. MIR. Barden was one Of
the original movers in getting up this race
and is very generally known as the owner Of
two colts of the right age, one of whom has