The advocate., 1891-02-04

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above letter is pure fiction, and that
tho Hon. % John Livingston has
never received a single letter from
any Alliance man in Kansas OF the
character indicated.
In order 10 give our readers some
idea Of the true character of this man
we reproduce a little OF his personal
history from tho Locomotive Fire
men's Magazine OF April 10, 1890.
We sympathlze with che interstate commerce
commission. The learned and dlgnined gentle.
men composing that body however profoundly
schOoled In tho philosophy Of patience, must, az
times, most devOutly pray 10 be delivered from
such compound Of n rogue and rodent, wind
and water, AZ John Livingston.
This malOdOrOus creature has all along pre-
tended that he Is president OF "the Railway
sharohOlders' Association y and he has played
the fraud with tho skill Of a three card monte
thief or bunkO steerer. No thlmble'rgger ever
played his deceptiOns more adroitly Hehas i'm
posed himself upon Senators Reagan and Cul-
lam and tho interstate commission and made
them believe he was president OF an association
OF railway sharohOlders aud has sent ont printed
copies Of letters purpOrting 10 have been written
by Mesms Reagan and Culom, and which,
whether iOrgeries or genuine, reflect precious
little credit upon the writer's
But tho point that Wo make is this: That John
Livingston Is a brazen fraud. Let us SOC.
The Railway sharehOlders Association" OF
which no claims 10 DO president, ID q myth; no
such association exists, or ever did exist. ItisA
creation Of John Livingston from behind which
no has been Keeping up continuous fusllade NJ
the Interstate commission, Senator'S railways
and railway employees Tor months past. This
rogue, this impecuniOus rascal, this vagabOnd
attorney and pestlierOus plmp and shyster, In
tho name OF law, has formulated all sorts OF
charges and filed them for the consideration OF
the Interstate commission, OgtenSlbly for the
purpose OF preventing railway corporations from
exercising the right Of permitting their employees
10 ride without charge, or az reduced fare on the
railroads. In all OF this, John Livingston has
had but one purpose In wew Az we have said,
his Railway sharehOlders' Association, Of which
no claims TO be president is fraud q vulgar
deception; a cunning device, we'll calculated 10
give the knaye some standing in court, and aid
him In carrying out his sWindling blaclmalnng
scheme.
There being no Railway SharehOlders' AssOcla-
tlOn In existence, no railway shareholder having
because q railway emylOye rode
free on the trains, the whole thing being the con-
OOCtlOn OF beggarly scamp, we are forced TO
look about for the purpose Of asCertainlng In
what way John Livingston, the cheat and sharp
or, expected TO mako money out of his dishOn-
esty. No railway shareholder paid him, the rail-
way corporations spurned hlR, and the inter
state commission must have regarded him with
unmltigatod contempt; and still the impudent
fellow pursued the railway employees 40 preSl.
dent OF the Railway Shareholders Association.
Now comes the denOuement.
Having formulated and fled all sorts Of Charg-
%, as bogus president Of bugus association,
and having had the same printed I'm the most I'M
proved and imposing style Of legal documents,
And having sent them TO all the divisions OF To-
engineers, indicating that very valuable
privileges were In danger, he is ready for busl-
ness He now proposes TO bleed every division
Of locomotive engineers TO che tune Of $40, as the
following letter forwarded 20 ua from Louisville,
Kentucky, fully shows n he could bleed all the
divisions OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gneors $40 each, he would pocket something
over $4,000 lie wants 10 20 70 Washington in |
the interest Of the men whom no has sought 10
IDlure, and he wants them TO pay him FOX SER
vices which he proposes TO render them In hay-
Ing the Interstate law so amended that In the il-
lure they may ride free on railroad trains, and
the following is a copy Of hls letter. In which the
shySter gives himself and his scheme away;
THE RAILWAY SHAREHOLDERS ASSOCIATION. |
OFFICE OF ruR pRRatDRNw