The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-26
same remarks will apply with equal
force to any and all companies with
which they arecOnnected.


he is "Jim" Hill, but because of his
methods, believing as we do that such
methods have not always been either
legal or just; and in so far as Mr.. Hill
has been responsible for or knowing
to many of the acts committed either
in his name or in the companies with
which he has been connected-or
their agents-as shown by court and
county records, or as seen around leg
islative halls, we have feared that
President Hill is an enemy to society
good government, and good morals,
or the circumstantial evidence ex-
tant is fearfully at fault.
The papers of the Twin Cities
would have their readers believe that
the recent St. Paul-Hill demOnstra-
ton was tremendous popular upris-
ing Of the masses of the people to do
honor and ObeiSance to the name,
virtues and services of James j. Hill.
THEREIN we have begged to differ,
since we have serious doubts whether
said demonstration met with the ap-
proval of any considerable portion of
the community; but was more likely
to have been the work of certain in
dividuals who have been profting by
Hill and his roads.
Had these individuals contented
themselves with paying obeisance in
private to their lord and master, or,
if needs be in public at their own ex-
pense, in such manner as would
not have been calculated to mislead
others and perhaps induce many poor
men, or men of moderate means, to
invest in some of the securities
which Mr.. Hill or his associates
might see fit, on the strength there
of, to offer for sale, we might have
been spared the trouble and neces-
sity of preparing and publishing the
series of articles commenced in this
paper on June 81, last.
At time when people all over the
country are compelled to retrench
and many a family is crying for
bread. When even in our own city
sad restitution exists. when the city
of St. Paul is financially cramped and
has not money to carry on her
schools and needed improvements, or
pay the current expenses,-even
seeking to lessen the salaries of a
part of her employes-it seems to be
the height of folly, if not crime, for
the city to expend thousands of dol
lars, belonging to poor men-in extol-
ling the acts, or in seeming efforts to
raise the credit, of any man or COM
pany-railroad or other,-even where
the subject has at all times been
credit to the community, an orna-
ment to society, benefit to the
state, and one who never took ad-
vantage of his fellow man. or evaded
the lawful obligations incumbent on
him and his companies.
Bearing in mind the results at
tending the Jay Cooke failure, and
the Henry Willard blowout a few
years ago, and having examined the
court records and official documents
of this state, we came to the cOnclu-
sion that the subject of the demon
stration was not proper one, and
feared it was gotten up to enable
him to unload some of his picture
papers and perchance start the
presses to work grinding out more, in
order to supply the expected de-
mand.
That we were right in this conjec-
ture is partially evidenced by the
fact that after the writing-but be-
fore the publication-of the first arti-
Gle of this series, the capital stock of
the Great Northern was increased
S., OOO,O 900; while as to the correctness
of our conclusions; as to the fitness of
the subject of the demonstration. we
shall. ere these articles close, present
a mass of evidence that will enable
you to form your own conclusions.
With President Hill in his social,
and private relations, we have no
controversy. With him and all others
pursuing similar course on pub
lie matters or on matters of which
the public has right to be informed,
we have controversy and shall say
our say, despite all that he or his I'M
wise or foolish apologists may do or
say, and what we say we shall prove
SO that it cannot be successfully
refuted.
This subject we are free to say is
not pleasant one. We had hoped
that our article of July 5th, would
have ended the subject; but it seems
that an individual, with whom we
have no acquaintance, has undertake
en- the herculean task of defending
President Hill and his acts.