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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07
The Fox that Lost His Tail.

EsOp has fable of a fox that lost
his tale in a trap. At first he was
very much ashamed of himself. But
he was crafty cuSs-hiS first name
was Everett W. ,"-and so he sent
out word for all the foxes in the for
est to meet in joint convention-that
he wanted to address them. They
came. E. W. Fox arose. He showed
them the stump of his tail-yet raw
and bleeding.
"Gentlemen," he said, II cut that
off myself Devoted to the cause of
God and Foxanity l thought 1 could
work more effectively-more like
the ten thousand soldiers on the
battlefield, IF I stripped myself of
this useless encumbrance. You
know the vast sums 1 have invested
for the rest of you; and the tremen-
dOus sacrifices have made; and now,
gentlemen, l propose that for the
sake of the great cause of reform,
you let me cut all your tails off close
up to the rump. I will do it charm
ingly (here he leered at them
blandly) for fifty cents a head-or
rather tail-and you will look so
beautiful and run so light that you
will thank me forever after" And
he grinned sinister grin as he sat
down.
But the foxes set up great ha! ha!
and the leader of them replied:
"You drafted old cuss, you lost
your tail in trap and now you want
the rest of us to be mutilated in the
same fashion. Get out!''
And they went for him; and the
stump-tailed old fraud fled the scene
with the whole pack in hot pursuit.
Moral. When E. w. Fish is ruined,
blackened, disgraced, convicted of
corruption, he says to S. M. Owen
and Ignatius Donnelly: "Come, let
us all leave the state and the reform
work together. I am ready to start
nOw-in fact have been ready ever
since last fall; but can't leave you
behind me. Let us all go together.
Come, oh come with me,
The moon is beaming-'
| Let us travel"
And Owen and Donnelly reply:
mot much, you exploded old fraud.
Go! Get out! Vamose! Absquatu-
late! Skedaddle!'
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07

honest! OfcOurse there are poor men
who are scoundrels, and rich men
who are honorable men: but would
rather take my chances of fair deal
ing with the poor than with the rich;
for honesty has kept many man
poor, while rascality has made many
a man rich: especially in these latter
days, when to steal is to thrive.
Read the Notwithstanding
committees report if you doubt this.
The poor man may not consider it
a great crime to sell glass of beer in
violation of law; but men of the Craw
ford Livingston stripe will not indict
a wealthy rogue for stealing millions
from rich and poor alike. Why Liv-
ingston actually stopped me when l
was giving my testimony before the
grand jury, SO anxious was he to
shield the rogues!
And the same grand jury that re-
fused to indict Rhodes and the rest
of the combine, actually brought in a
lot of indictments against poor, little
petty criminals. They
Compounded for sins they were inclined
to,
By damning those they had no mind to-
A fellow perpetrated a petty swim
die of few hundred dollars, and they
put him through with two true bills;
but they said to Rhodes and Saunders,
"You stripped the people of millions!
Come home and take dinner with me !.
The carriage will be here in a few
minutes"
Pah! 1t is enough to make man
cast up his dinner and deny his hui
man nature!
And the St. Paul newspapers are
silent as CLAIMS. They live by the
poor, but they dare not open their
mouths against the rich. And two
lovely old political parties say
Amen. l. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07
SIEZED BY TRUSTS !!
combines Take Possession of the
Antitrust Convention.
THIRTEEN STATES sBOLTED,
And Held Another Convention.
Antitrust the Battle Ground
for 1896.
Special to the REPRESENTATIVE:

Special to the REPRESENTATIVE:
CHICAGO, June 6.-My prophecy.
given weeks ago to reporter of the
st. Paul Dispatch, that nothing of
benefit to the people would come out
of the Chicago antitrust convention
is verified to-day. The convention,
as | anticipated, was taken possess
sion of by the combines and every
thing radical and earnest that would
break the combines and shield the
people from their rapacity, was voted
down in that body, and lot of
harmless, perfunctory, milk-and-
ter resolutions was adopted. The
convention was humbug, and the
combines will get behind it and grin
at the impotent efforts of their vic
Tins to escape their clutches.
ANOTHER CONVENTION.
,Thirty-eight delegates represent
ing thirteen states organized another
convention tonight and Immediately
adopted the same resolutions that
were defeated in the other conven-
tion. These resolutions demand that
the government take possession of
the anthracite coal lands of Pennsyl-
vania by right of eminent domain,
paying reasonable compensation to
owners; the enactment of laws to
confiscate the real and personal prop
erty of all trusts and combinations,
and the withdrawal of the protec-
tiOn of the courts for the collection
of their claims.
The convention called upon Gen
eral Weaver to convene a national
industrial and antitrust convention
at Washington at the opening of
congress in September. A perma-
nent organization was affected, ma
tional committee was appointed and
a campaign opened for tremendous
contest.
1t now looks as if the antitrust
question would be the battle ground
in 1894 and 1896, and parties formed
on new lines.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07
The Reason of it.

The Pioneer-Press said the othef
day:
''Recently there has been a lynch
ing in Minnesota, two have occurred
in Indiana, one in Illinois and an
other in Ohio. The White Cap out
RACES, quite common in Indiana, Mis-
souri, and some other sections are hut
minor form of lynching. There is
some reason for this state of things
which the philanthropic should lose
no time in ascertaining and for
which remedy should be sought.
No doubt these hideous Instances
of lawlessness are in large part due
to the lax enforcement of law.
The ease with which culprits are
able to escape from punishment pro-
duces a seething indignation which
engenders barbarism and culmin-
ates in atrocity. There is needed a
more faithful and vigilant execu-
tion of existing laws to protect So
ciety against crime and criminals.
At it's best unregenerate humanity
is weak as we'll as passionate. But
there is something radically wrong
that among those who possess great
advantages and enjoy broad oppor-
tunities there is insufficient self-con-
troll to produce respect and Obedi-
ence to law, and such communities
are guilty of cruelties and savage
ness that exceed the shame of the
most brutal tribes"
If the Pioneer Press would con-
slider that grand jury of Ramsey
county, which refused to indict John
Rhodes, or any other member of the
Coal Combine, it would find solu-
tion for the problem which troubles
it. The people are losing all respect
for law and government. They
find there are plenty of statutes and
penalties for the poor and powerless,
but none whatever for the rich and
great. They observe that the whole
machinery Of government is fraud
and mockery; and that no law can
be passed which the rings and cor
porations do not want. They find
that courts are not tribunals to en-
force justice between man and man,
but simply cunning instrumentali-
ties to tie up the people in net
work of technicalities, thwart liber-
ty and enthrone aristocracy. What
can the multitude do? They have
but two alternatives:-to submit and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07
Ienatius Donneny
VOL. 1. NO. s.

perlsh; or to break forth with brutal
Violence and execute rude bnt effi-
clent justice. Civilization is an ar
tlnclal restraint imposed on man:-at
heart ne is savage; and as soon as
you completely convince the whole
people that government and order are
thelr enemies, and tlat they have
nothlng to expect from either. thev
Will rise up and smash the whole ar
rangement. Look at Cincinnatii
Some years since the courts became
so corrupt and the lawyers so devil
lshly cunning that no man who had
money, could be convicted of the
most f1agrant offences: and so one
bright morning the mob rose UP in it's
wrath and destroyed millions of
dollars worth of property and killed a
lou OF the rascalS, while the rest
scattered like barn rats before a
hre. 1t purified the atmosphere for
time and taught the scoundrels
caution; but it was heroic remedy
for terrible disease, and is to be
deplored, however effective.
What are these outbreaks which
the Pioneer Press refers to? Simply
the tremblings of the earth before
the earthQuake;-th meanings of
the wind before the cyclone. There
is a tribunal into which the corrup-
tlonists cannot enter-that is the
hearts of the great honest multi
tude. That congress is now in per-
petual session and a tremendous de-
bate is going on in it. And woe un-
to the villains of the lobby. and the
press, and the legislature, and the
courts, when that congress declares
war! Better would it have been for
them that they had never been born.
What is to prevent the earthquake
and the cyclone? The aroused in
tellect of the American people, de-
termined to use the peaceful instru-
mentalltles of the ballot-box to
make self-gOvernment effective, and
save the world from both anarchy
and despotism. Are you,-reader,-
willing to help in this mighty work?
Will you do your part? Look your
children in the face and answer that
question. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07
Getting on to Him.

few days ago a prominent alli-
ance man came into the office of the
REPRESENTATIVE and took the edi-
tor severely to task for saying any
thing against E. w. Fish, and ex-
pressed his unbounded confidence in
that gentleman's honesty. We have
just received from this same man a
letter, dated May 3Oth, in which he
says:
Il have been perusing your paper
thoroughly and [ like it very much.
don't see how Fish can be honest
and stand these charges, unless he is
guilty. | do not understand much
about law, but your charges are very
plain, and so direct that it seems i'm
possible for him to clear himself ex-
&pt by going into court, and he re-
fuses to do so. / am confident that
he is not an honest man."
We get similar communications
from all over the state. Howling
and lying amount to nothing. No
one is under obligations to defend
himself from the statments of a
notoriouly corrupt knave. Fish must
clear himself of the positive charge
of taking money from the republi-
cans, during the campaigns of 1890
and 1892, or he must leave the state.
[ offered to give him list of $25,OOO
worth of property, owned by me, and
that would be liable for damages:
and the law of the state defines
criminal libel to be,-'a malicious
publication which exposes any per-
son to hatred, contempt, ridicule or
oblOquy; or which causes or tends to
cause any person to be stunned or
avoided; or to injure any person in
his business" But in spite of all
this Fish refuses to defend his good
name There is but one explanation.
He is guilty. He talks about the
prosecuting attorney of Ramsey
county being a relative of mine. 1t
is not true. Mr.. Pierce Butler is not
related to me except through Father
Adam. He is worthy gentleman,
nevertheless. But if he was rela-
tive of mine what has that to do
with it? He has, as prosecuting at
torney, no connection with civil
actions for damages; and an action
for criminal libel could be prosecuted
in any county in the state, into
which copy of this paper is sent,
and it is sent to every county, and
nearly every post office in Minnesota.
No, no, E. w. Fish. You may howl
and roar like Gorilla, and spit and
scrarch like wildcat; you may
"Distort the truth, accumulate the lie,
And pile the pyramid of calumny;"
you may send out 25, 900 copies week
of your blatherskite yasop of news
paper, (paid by God knows whoD but
it will avail you nothing. The re-
formers of Minnesota have found you
out; they have got on to you; you are
busted, exposed, doomed, damned!
Get up and get! Scat! I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07
Amusing.

1t is amusing to see the way the
old-party papers present the news of
the financial situation to their read
ers. On the first page, display type
an inch long, double loaded, is an &C
count of fist fight or a church festi-
val; on an inside page, down in one
corner, in the smallest type the pa
per owns, is list of suspended banks
and smashed enterprises. 1t occu-
pies a finger length of space;-set
forth as the fist fight was it would
take up column. Oh, these old-line
papers are masters of the art of sup
preston, the glorious art of tying a
clout over the eyes of "the most in
telligent people in the world" Long
live humbug! ViUe la Ple1tocracyl
n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07

President Cleveland will call a
special session of congress to meet
Sept. 18th, to repeal the Sherman act
and place our finances on a gold
basis.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-07

Give the people government banks
of issue and financial crashes will be
impossible and usury will die.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24

The members of the Oratorio club are
now giving the Finishing touches ~
choruaes from Haydn's Creation and
will present ta the public, on May a1si,
a concert superior even 10 the successful
entertainment of last year. it N under
stood that n soprano of great ability,
snd ALEC Prof Arthur, who is ackn0wi-
edged 10 be one of the finest violinisi-
on the coas:, have been engaged by the
management 10 appear at the concert
Oh the above date. The importation oi
professional talent will undoubtedly be-
a factor IN adding 10 the SUCCESS of the
festival and making 1t one Of the most
popular entertainments ever given on
the Bay.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24
WATER FRONT NOTES

The Puebla IL due from San Francis
co tonight.
The Evangel was in port yesterday
with the mail.
The Brick brought in eight passen-
gers from Beach yesterday.
The Cornwall mill Ii figuring for a
cargo Of piles for South America.
Cooper's shingle mill will begin run
ming day and night next week.
The City Of Seattle came In on her
regular run yesterday with twenty-five
tons Of freight.
The Washington Cedar shingie com
pany sent carload of shingles east
over the Great Northern yesterday.
Two carloads of lumber left the big
mill yesterday for the 500 road and ari-
other for Foster Il Hastings, Of Da-
kOta.
ID. II. DE Can sends carload Of
shingles over the Great Northern today
for Illinois. He reports two large or
ders for siding from the same state.
The Margarita has been beached to
search for missing bolt, supposed u
have been left out during her repairs,
and which has Occasioned a slight leak
The Minnie NJ brought IN boom of
logs from Lumni island for the Wash.
Ington Cedar 5liDgle company, aud
has gone TO AnacOrtes for another
boom.
@. T.. Atkinson reports that he ~ get
ting out $1,000 feet--iogs 70 by 3fj-to
be used Ia large gold quartz mill ia
Alaska, la which ID. o. Mills h utter
ested. The steamer for tlIe cargo will
b. iB on the 2Bd of June. An0tler or.
der for "a shipment Of the same kind
was received yesterday from Helena,
Mani
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24
10 BUILD A NEW HOSPITAL
A New st. Luke'S viii Be Built
During the Present Year
LARGE ORDERS FOR COAL
The Lumber Business on Bellingham
Bay Looks BriRht-Two orderH
for Chile
LARGE ORDERS FOR COAL

An important meeting Of the board
Of directors Of 81. Luke's hospital, New
Whatcom, was held Monday evening
for the purpose Of discussing the ndvisa-
blllty Of building II new hospital on the
ground donated for the purpose by y.
Is. Cornwall and Hugh Eldrdge, com
prising 1866 feet frontage on jersey
street, next 20 Holly. Those present at
the meeting were Mrs. Miles, in charge,
Rev. l.. w. Applegatc, Rev. J. V.
Dimon, Prof. IIitt, Hugh Eldridgc,
Major A. S. Cole, G.. T.. Atkinson aud
u. q. Smith. The principal topic Of
discussion related TO the union of the
hospital with the Episcopal Church
Charity Association, an organization
established for the purpose of fostering
such institutions rs the hospital, which
II was decided by the directors 10 join,
IT being clearly shown that such con.
nection would in no way interfere with
the management Of the hospital by the
a''sAi P'''AiA VI All'iNPl7s w hlIhilEf-
ment being referred 10 the donor. Of
the site, was heartily endorsed by them
Mr.. Cornwall replying that lac would
at once submit the subject 10 his com
pany, and forward the deeds aa soon M
possible. II was therefore decided by
the board 10 proceed at once with the
erection Of II building n soon ns the
deeds were recorded, $1,000 Of the sum
| required la the building Of the hospital
to be spent this year, 80 secure which
| ! Viii shortly start on n begging tour, u
said Mr.. Applcgatc yesterday, IA lac
| took The train for his home in 1ncOmn
| IL II uuder-tOpd that the managers oI
The Chuckanut quarry have offered all
the stone TO be used IN the foundation
aud other parts of the new hospital
aud that donations of lumber have all,
been made, ~ well ~ offers 10 work by
some uf the carcut r. aud othcl
tradrsmcn Of the Bay cities, ~ that th,
cnt rprise II starting out under very
favorable auspices.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24

VICTORIA, B. G., May 23-Captain
Hughes Hallet, Of her majesty's ship
Garnet yesterday issued the subjoined
proclamation: "T'O owners aud mas
ters Of all scaling vessels under the
British flag, and all others concerned: I,
Harry Francis Hughes Hallett, captain
Of her majesty's ship Garnet, and senior
naval officer present, hereby give warn
ing and remind you that sealing is pro-
hibited in Beriug sea, and call upon
you 10 inform me without delay,
through the collector Of customs at Vie
toria, Of the place and date at which
your vessels employed In seal fishing
are TO rendezvous during the season 0f
1893. Should you fail to comply with
demand, / hereby give notice that
/ shall consider the orders relative 10
sealing have been eyaded, and shall
cause any such vessel to be seized,
warning or no warning, If caught in
Bering sea. Orders relative 10 sealing
in the vicinity Of the Russian Islands
are already published All vessels
found within prohibited distances with
zeal implements or skins on board will
be liable to seizure.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24
More Venaeis for Lumber

The Cornwall mill II in receipt OF
orders for two more cargoca Of lumber,
one for piling and rough lumber for
Chile, and another for IA general cargo.
The vessels will bc chartered at San
Francisco within a few days, aud will
perhaps arrive in port before the Lita
sails, which with the two vessels cz-
pected for coal and the steamer 10 ar
rive on June 2nd for cargo Of lumber
for AIaskA, together with the two nov
In the bay, will make "a fleet Of seven
vessels. Mr. Atkinson reports oT,leFs
coming in more rapidly than the mill
h able 10 handle them, but thinks The
trade Il light in contrast 10 what II will
be when the 500 70 al II finished.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24
THE YELECRAPHERS STRIKE
Results in a Disastrous Wreck on a
Prominent Railroad
BELLINGHAM BAY WINS
L. y. Leaming's Yacht Myth Carries
OF First Priz, in the Interna-
tional Regatta
BELLINGHAM BAY WIN

CHICAGO, May 23-Ihe strike Of tele-
graph operators on the Chicago &
Northwestern road went into effect at
4 o'clock this morning and resulted, an
hour later, in disastrous wreck, In
volying the loss Of many thousand dol
lars and the blOckading Of the entire
Milwaukee division. II was Just 4 n,
III. when every operator Oh the line
north of Evanston failed to answer sig
mails from the train dispatchcr's office,
Officials at once gave orders 10 use the
utmost caution in running trains, and
the orders were hardly out when the
accident occurred. A heavy freight
train from the north loaded with ice,
hay and beer, when it reached North
Evanston, found the switch signals set
all right, but nevertheless struck an
open switch, piling the cars up in a
heap and Obstructing all the tracks,
The trainmen saved themselves by
jumping. The number Of men out
ranges all the way from twenty-five,
according to officials Of the company,
TO 800, according 20 strikers. If II gem
eral order for strike has been issued
by Chief Ramsay it will'afIect about
800, distributed over :, 900 miles Of road.
So far, it appears, If IA strike order has
been Issued, IL has not been unnni-
mously observed. At various points,
operators are still at work, aud say that
they will quit the Telegrapher's union
rather than strike. The wreck at
Evanston blpckaded business until
noon, suburban. passengers were greatly
1 delayed and through aims had 10 be
/ brought around by another route.
Chief Ramsay says that the order Ia
| quit was bogus and that the matter has
bcen settled. IL was owing To the fact
/ that ll" order to quit was suspected 10y
I many not tp bc genuine that 20 few
quit. lie added that the railroad OIL.
crals have explained their position IN
/ regard to dischurging the men. The
I grievance committee was thoroughly
satisfied, aud tue members left iol
1olug
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24

The following cases were on trial be.
tore Judge Wiun Yesterday:
State Of Washington " ". johnson
-Itesisting an officer Jury trial; vel.
dict not rendered.
w. ID. Mckay, assignee, W John f.
woOd--Pending.
gEW CABtS
The following new cises were flied
for prosecution IN the Office Of the
county clerk yesterday.
Cudnby Packing 90 W KildaIl Bros
An account for s2i2 10.
Winnie Mckee W John Henry Mil
ington, alias John Henry McKee-For
divorce on the ground OF desertlOn.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24

The following are the latest real estate
transfers recorded, a. furnished by the
abstract Office OFFS. L. Butler. corner Rail.
road avenue aud Holly street:
NoADAY, MAY -. 1893
Patent ~ j l. Fry, NJ 0f nv 4 and nwK
Of neH sec ID, ~ ~ u. & 4e. ~ acfes.
T T. Farrell " - Ahfen, lots 80 and 81,
blk re- faifbaven Land cOmpany's Let
ada ~ faifhaVeu: fi.5Zj.
Patent ~ y Is Van Iandt. ~ of seK
sec z, and NJ u neI sec u. 10 -, RE.
T. Connolly aud wife - } j Iiofeds.
gard. lots ! ard 2, blk .. Francis add 70
Beiiingham; ESQ.
T. Connolly and wife 70 & Christepsep
lon = 2, ana q bikG Francis add 70
Bsillngham; t,lO
X J PARK ~ Nm Draper. lots - 10 -,
blk ~. south Blaine, o.
Warrington Improvement COMPANY 70
n l. l5Oozer iOts Z aud :. Blk 4, Nasbfng-
ION Improvement cOmpaDT's lat add 10
faifhaysn; 40.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24

j. II. Bloedel, who was reported In a
recent issue A. having brought an ex-
tenslve order from the Tacoma Mil
company for logs from the camps on
Lake WhatcOm, has received "A letter
requesting him 10 place orders for
another half million feet. Mr. BlOcdel
says that the Tacoma MIL com paHy re-
ports the timber sent down from the
lake camps ~ being Of an excellent
quality, better for flooring than the logs
gom any other part Of the Sound.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24
Big Orders for Coal

The Blue Canyon Coal company
placed "a charter yesterday with vcs-
sci in San Francisco for "A cargo Of coal
The vessel will leave within few days
for this port. Another cargo II In
view, and 1t is expected that the vessel
will be chartered before the end Of the
present week. An order was received
yesterday for 800 tonsof coal per month
from d Portland firm.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-24

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