The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-17
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATORS OF
THE SWINDLE.

Little Falls Transcript, Oct. 3.
The mammoth cared ass who
doesn't know any better than to as
sert that the laboring men who work
ed for Mr. Washburn, previous to his
assignment were not paid, is I; fit
companion for the ignoramus
Hodges, and that harmless lunatic,
VIM. Ewing. who claims to know
where Gen. Washburn had bags full
of money hid away in those days.
The facts are that the men employed
by Gen. Washburn in and arOundi his
mill were paid off in cash, etc., to
the last penny. Some of his headmen
and foremen were with the balance
of his creditors paid off in valuable
pine lands and other property, at Il
cash appraisal. after which the
trustees decided back to the general
over 100000 worth of valuable prop
erty But what of all this! Why
notice the lying and discordant notes
of the mammoth cared ass, as he
brays aloud for his bundle of thiStles
Why stop to dispute with the harm
less maniac Ewing, who is no more
responsible for what he says than
any one of the thousands of his kind
who fill the mad houses Of the land
and why! ah why need we waste
more white paper and space on that
inflated blatherskite, Leonard b..
Hodges, who only opened his capri
cious mouth on this wheat question
to put his foot into it.-Fro,n the Pr
oneer Press. Sept. 20.
SO that's the way you talk, is it (!
The men "were paid off in cash, :"
etc. We know some parties in this
county who state that Washburn was
owing them at the time, and that
they got 80 per cent in cash and 40
per cent in "etc." That is, the 40
per cent. was never paid in any man
ner. Among the number were w.
Il. Lambert, who is now treasurer of
Morrison county, and james Muncy.
Their experience with w. ID. Wash
burn, as stated to us by Mr.. Lam
bert yesterday, was as follows:
Messrs. Lambert & Muncy took Il
sub-contract from Smith Il Mackey to
get out pine logs for Washburn, the
last named gentleman to pay for the
logs. Before the logs had been paid
for Washhurn went into bankruptcy
and after considerable trouble. Lana
bert 4 Muncy succeeded in getting
60 cents on the dollar as Il final set
Element of the entire amount, which
was about 81. 800. They were thus
swindled out 0; over 500. But to
make the matter still worse. the logs
were scaled on the bank by u scaleI
sent for that purpose by Washhurn
hic a,1 hn \
to cheat Lambert Il Muncy out OF
200, 900 feet. so that the logs actually
scaled 100000 feet more in the boon
than they did on the bank. The logs
were worth $500 on the bank. ant
thus the entire amount of the earn
ings of Lambert 4 Muncy that wen
wrongfully in the pocket of Wash
burn WAS 81. 800. Lambert & Muncy
are both workingmen. and doubtless
worked harder that winter than an,
men in their employ. yet they wer,
hardly able in the spring to pay thei
men. but they did manage To pay ev
cry cent in cash, while their legiti
mate profits were thrown into tn,
fund 10 swell the $500. 900 turned owe
to Washhurn after the creditors ha,
version of M. Lambert. whose yeraC
ity is conceded by all the citizens o
Morrison county to be beyond al
question. 1t is needless to add tina
Mr.. Lambert is a supporter of MI
Donnelly in whose entire recor
not u susi icion of dishonesty ca
be found. We derive no pleaspr
from bringing these facts to the SUI
face, and do SO only because we be
lieve it to be duty we owe tn tn
voters who read our paper. The e,
tract from the Pioneer. Press place
at the beginning of this article is
fair sample Of the campaign swi
that is poured out to the readers Z
some Of the leading Washburn sheet!
The ridiculous aspect made by thu
crowd in trying 10 spread cuat {