The Washington bee., 1891-03-28

nal, KNOWN aS~Une ttIchmOnu EIdliti
1t was supported j ha monthly cOiitri-
button of $2. e. IA. Randolph Ee"Tme
delinquent after three months, ai.,l
although it has been seven years since
that time, he has nOt paid single PEN
nv. Moreover he has been receiving
the Planet for eight years, including
this one, which at s1.50 per year would
make his indebtedness $l2. The total
expense of the paper since that time has
been fifteen thousand dollars, and yet
simply because we are using the same
name, he is party to a suit with mum
Der of others for ''hiS right, title and
interest"
The Indebtedness of the concern at
the time | assumed management was
over one hundred dollars, which finally
increased to over two hundred dollars.
Repeated attempts were made to get
these gentlemen to meet. individuals
We're impOrtuned to help liquidate the
Indebtedness all to nOavail. The office
then consisted of the books, with large
numbers of delinquent subscribers
They owned no type, machinery, etc,
of any kind. AT the last meeting i'll 81
suspension of the publication was
ordered, but upon my individual reSpOn-
sibility it was continued. During the
past five years and more not dollar has
been contributed by any of these gen
tlemen, nor has any provisions been
made for the payment Of my salary.
WHAT EDITOR MITCHELL OWNS.
l have during the past three years
purchased a cylinder press, the same
being recorded in the Chancery
Court of this city as my property at a
cost of $500, other expenses making the
sum total 500. Several hundred dol
lars worth of type have also been pur-
chased. Seeing that my efforts We're
being blessed with success as the result
of my fight for the race, these enYiOuS
men proceed to imagine the business Il
bonanza, and attempt to get Judge of
this city to appoint 4 Receiver for the
concern, which il successful world
have resulted i'll the cessation of the
publication us the affairs of the concern
were III such condition as to require the
best possible attention in order that it
might maintain its equilibrium,
THEIR APPEAL TO PREJUDICE.
Moreover, thinking that my course i'll
this city in behalf of the cOlOred people
and the Republican party would preju-
dice my case to an extent at least, they
attempted to make matters doubly sure
and bOasted that they had secured the
services of the eX-partner of the Judge
before whom the case was to be tried.
The result was that they were complete
ly dumbfOunded and ''tOOk water
when produced the original book in
which the original accounts were kept
which shows that E. A. Randolph and
r \. Paul, the latter gentleman the
leading party to the suit together with
others, had been marked delinquent and
their names had been dropped from the
roll.
The gentlemen whose names were
signed to that article, MeSSrS. Randolph
and Carter announced that they were
not ready, and later without consulting
us ingloriously withdrew their plea for
Il Receiver. Now, if that is not a vic
tory in the first round, what is it? There
has been no movement since, on the
part of the gentlemen. If they desire
to submit the case to a commissioner,
they have but to say so. They impugn-
ed the high motives and legal ability of
the learned Judge when they boosted of
the fact that they had secured the
Judges former law partner As counsel.