The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
1.-The End Tries the Man."

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'Time at length sets all things even.''
Our readers know how shamefully and
horribly we were slandered and
abused, for more than a year, by
one Everett w. Fish. He was at last
compelled, by public opinion, to fly the
state. He entered into co-partner-
ship with Mr.. Kidd, of the Aberdeen
Star, and Mr.. Kidd was very much i'm.
pressed with Fish's goodness and our
wlckedness, and expressed himself
freely to that effect. We bore it all
patiently until the annual meeting OF
the State Alliance, when we boiled
over, and the result was scalded fish
But we had no malice against him
We felt as the philosopher felt towards
the bed-bug. Said he, 81 have nc
enmity against the bug as bug; but
don't like the way he gets his liv-
lng." Fish got his living off the re-
publican party while claiming the
right to lead the Peoples Party. This
we thought incongruous and compli-
Gated; we didn't like it; and we
treated the bug with mercurial oint-
ment. There was less bug and more
cleanliness.
But Fish went off-with a great flour
lsh OF trumpets,-to take possession of
Kidd. Aberdeen, South Dakota, and
the everlasting, universal universe
And the result we have in the follow
ing from the last issue of the Aber-
| deen Star:
"Our attention has been called by a
number OF readers to an article pub
| lished by Doc. Fish, April 9th, reflect
ing severely on the Editor of the Star.
The article in question occupied space
nearly equal to this page of the Star.
IL contained many gross misrepresen-
tatlons and falsehoods. We had
thought we would not notice it. but
| repeated enquiries indicate that si-
fence on our part may be construed to
mean admission that his false asser-
tions are true. We wish only to say
that Doc. Fish, was dismissed from
the Star for good reasons, after he had
| exhausted the patience of everyone
| connected with the concern. Our
board of directors comprises seven
| members, all middle-Of-the- road Popu-
| lists. Their action was unanimous:
but he was not satisfied and called a
| stockholders meeting This was at
tended by all stockholders except three
every stakeholder is Populist.
They sustained the directors and the
vote was unanimous. The doctor was
not only "permitted to go' as he says,
| but told that he "must 60" Every
| thing that he brought to the Star office
was turned over to him, and a qood
deal more. The action taken by the
board was necessity to save the Star
from moral, political and financial
wreck. That it survives after two
| months OF the doctors mismanage-
ment is proof of it's staying qualities.
Our Populist friends need not fear any
newspaper war on our part. We are
too happy to be rid of the mounte-
bank to have any wrangle. If he
wishes to quarrel he must look else
where. But before we close, we wish
10 publlcly apologize to Ignatius Don
nelly for taking any part in the Min
nesota quarrels. Out of sympathy we
took the part of the under dog without
proper investigation. We now believe
that Mr.. Donnelly's course was per-
fectly justitiable.''
We do not like to kick a miserable
wretch when he is down, and we would
not put straw in the way of Fish
earning an honest living, in South
Dakota or anywhere else; but even
charity cannot permit us to forget the
awful damage he did to the cause of
reform in Minnesota: or the dreadful
virus with which he poisoned the minds
of thousands, ,-driving many out of
the Alliance and the Peoples Party
forever And all this he did system
atically, and he ,cas paid for 1T That
was the horrible part of the business.
To be with and of party, and yet be
constantly at work, under pay, to
thwart and head it off and defeat it
and bring all it's efforts to naught.
The poet we'll said:
Course on the slave,
Whose treason, like deadly blight,
Comes DER the councils of the brave
To blast them in their hour of might"
And this is precisely what the
wretch did.
And there is no artesian well-hole in
South Dakota, into which Fish can
crawl, deep enough to hide him from
the scorn and contempt of all honest
men.
And so, brother Kidd.we accept your
apology as heartily as it is rendered.
Let us forget this corruptionist and
push forward in the good work; keep
ing however, keen outlook for the
next Judas who will crop up, with a
fierce determination to strip the ac-
cursed flesh from his abominable
bones.
The dishonesty of our leaders is the
great peril which our party has to
fear. I'D.
Prominent Pacific Lawyer Declares
for the Peoples Party.
SPOKANE, Wash, May 6.-Patrick
Henry Winston. one of the best known
lawyers and republican speakers of