The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-31
WHYHEWASREMOvED
District Attorney Winston
Writes TO the President.
vIgss - Yssssesssse H Tinbss Tres
$1,000 PussshsA-PssI eehslss's
CeegssssIstisas - Dsiskss.

Uaited States District Attorney Patrick
Henry Winston has mailed the following
lsttes 70 the president:
SEATTLE, May %, 1850.
To The naidemf: I have the honor 70
aeknowledgs the receipt Of your letter OF
the 10Th Of May. 1893, removing me rom
the Office oil attorney Of the United states
for the district Of Washington, TO which
position I was appointed in the month OF
February. lSg0. Tor . term OF four years.
You do not give the reasons for shie
naxYans violation Of tho principle OF civil
service reform. / will state them.
They are 20 b found IN m onciai
corn ~ unication sent by me on the nrss
day of this month to the attorney general
of the United States. wherein ] reported
the re suit OF the trial OF the case OF the
United States against John H. Stone, and
wherein I used the following language:
The northern Pacsnc ksi,rosd Company has
backed stone throughout. furnishing hirn With
iawyers aud nouey. A. the trial DesendsnS
stone testified thss the ties were not delivered
% tho Northern Pacific railroad, but we're cut
for and delivered 20 the epossne 4 PaIoase Rail.
way Company and the washtnssoa Csntsai ksil'
road Company, and offered in evidence an ap-
y~osntnsngi in wsttlcg from the cniesss OF these
yosds constituting him their agent 70 select
Slnbss on rub.te lands to make tss IN aid
In the construction Of the>s railroads un-
der the act OF congrsss. With which you
are familiar. which allows railroads TO
% tass timhes from public lands ada
cent 10 the lice Of road for construction
purposes. This ole: waa refused By tho court
upon the ground that the lsnds described In the
complaint are not sd1secnt, within The meaning
Of the oct Of congress, TO the roads tor which shs
stss were cut. The land 10 about sixty miles
from these two roads. and the ties were hauled
over the Northern Pacific railroad from koote-
nal county, Idaho, 70 these two roads in Wash
iaston, which src, ia fact, branches OF the
Northern Pacific railroad and which are
run and operated by that railroad
and which I hsiieve were built BY that railroad
through dummy corporations formed for that
q press purpose. In this connection l desire 10
sAy that ! have smsndsd my complaint Va the
EorthsSn Pacific Railroad Company % ~ 70 In
ciudc the other two railroads ~ defendauts.
aud shall. ! think, b compelled to die . bill Of
discovery Ia order 20 a~soestain the relations OF
these three railroad companies to each other.
The principles involved sfs more far-reaching
In their result than the amount Of money in
VOWED IN tho suit
Stone was sued for the value Of timber
and railroad ties taken from the public
lands. II was alleged in the complaint
that these ties, OF the value Of 5000 {.
were gotten BY Stone for the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company and . snit 10
now pending against that corporation to
recover that amount.
On the trial Of the case against Stone the
proof was that the ties were not gotten
for the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
psny. but for the Spokane 4 Palouss Rail-
way Company and the Washington Gen.
trail Railroad Company, and Stone offered
In evidence an appointment from these
two iast.namsd companies constituting
: him their agent 20 get ties from
the public lands to b used BY them for
construction purposes. This offer being
refused BY the court, upon the ground
stated In my communication to the At
tornsy general. no additional proof would
be necessary TO win the case now pending
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. except to show that that COM
pany was the builder and Is the owner OF
tho Spokane 4 falouse railroad and the
Warrington Central railroad. In order to
obtain this proof I wrote to the attorney
general that I proposed to file a bill Of dis
eovery against the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company. For establishing in a
court Of Law a legal liability for every rail-
road tie taken from these public lands: for
proposing 90 obtain by lawful method
the evidence necessary to fasten
that liability upon the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company: for pro-
posing to file q bill of discovery
that would result in uncovcring and dis
covering acts Of that corporation not
authorized by It's eharter--theS are the
reasons for my removal Rich and power
fui corporations will not permit a man
who Ia troublesome to them to retain a
position under our administration. No
wonder Mr.. Henry Wizards intimate
friend. Mr.. Paul schulxr. the land agent Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
fastened In telegraph his congratulations
to my successor. Respectfully.
PafgicK Urssy WINSTON.