Evening journal., 1888-10-04
YOUNG DARLiNGToNs DEATH

A :High Tribute from Edwin satter-
th~ait, President of 1.-THE Farmers and
DaIrymen's Association-Hound to
Suicide.
President Satterthwait, Of the Farmers !
and Dairymens Association, made state |
ment Yesterday to the Record of Phila.
delphia. relative to the position Of the or
ganization of which he is the head con
cerning the controversy relative to the
prosecutions Of the cases against the
dealers in oleomargarine. Mr.. Satther
wait said that the prosecutions were all
or nearly all brought while the question
was pending before the United States Sn
preme Court as to the right of the States
to enforce laws for the prohibition Of the
sale Of oleomargarine.
'sIn all but a very few cases settle
ments were arrived at by the defendants
counsel and the attorney for the associa-
ton, said the president ''These were
amicable adjustments. and we did not
ask for any specified sum of money from
any one. The amount paid by the defend
ants was rated according TO their ability
to paw. A large number of the persons
prosecuted paid the costs Of the chemical
analvsis and other costs which had been
incurred in proceedings against them.
Que desire was TO stop the sale Of oleO-
margarine and when the defendants
agreed to abstain from further sales
we made them pay the costs
incurred by the association up to that,
time. A number of the cases have
been appealed to the Common Pleas
Court. and they remain in that shape TO-
dav The late Mr. Darlington made a
statement of the condition Of affairs be
fore our association. and we we're per
fectly satisfied with it. Now as to the
finances. We have no money belonging
to the city Of Philadelphia or to any one
else. Out Of the moneys received by MS
from the various defendants about 81 800
was retained by the late Mr. Darlington
for counsel fees portion of this sum
going to his partner for his work. About
81 900 more was used to pay for chemical
analyses, detectives, etc. This
did not cover the expenses in
the cases and the associa-
tion was compelled to use its own money
to defray the remainder of the costs Of
the work. There is no mystery about
the affair, and Mr.. Darlington was clear
Of any wrongdoing whatever. We were
advised by eminent counsel that our Pre-,
ceedings were entirely regular, and if the
city desires TO prosecute the cases SO as
to secure the fines it win have to do so.
We enforced no fine or penalty, except in
a very few cases, and then the money was
paid over to the city.
In conclusion President Satterthwait
paid this tribute to the late counsel of
| She association.
i Editor Of The Record
/ desire to say that / am incorrectly
quoted in The Record Of this morning in
an interview purporting to have been had
with me relating to the death of William
/ S. Darlington, Esq ! said to your re
porter, referring to a letter written by
me: 1--WE allowed our counsel, William
s. Darlington, a man of the purest in
/ tegrity and unimpeachable honor, to dis
pose of these cases, and it was done on
mis- assurance that such action was
perfectly legal We were satisfied with
all his settlements, approved Of all that
he did, and felt he was inadequately
paid No counsel could have been more
earnest or just, or been more honest.
81 desire to say further now in refer
ence to Mr.. Darlington and his connec-
tion as counsel with the Farmers and
| Dairymen's Association of Pennsylvania,
of which | am president, that there can
be no language employed, in orr Judge
ment expressing too highly our estimate
of his integrity. No man in his connec-
tion with our association has
Il right to question his honor,
and we believe so fine was his character
that you would be unable TO find among
all the men who have dealt with him in
business relations a question as to his
honesty
"Mr Darlingtons self destruction un-
doubtedly resulted alone from the terri
Bile mental depression he labored under
on account Of the false accusations made
against him.
II have written you this because was
unwilling to be so misrepresented in refer
ence TO a man so unfortunately assailed
and yet whose character / am convinced,
was without stain.
Yours very truly,
EDWIN SATTERTHwAIT,
Philadelphia, Oct. 3, 1888. "
The members Of the class Of s5 Of the
law department Of the university have
adopted resolutions deploring the death
Of their late classmate William S. Oar
lington. who recently committed suicide
and expressing their belief in his
thorough integrity and strict professional
honor