The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

line O1cer, however, IOllOWeu, calling
to him to stop at once or he would
kill him instantly. The man paid no
heed. The policeman fired. The fugi-
tive, after continuing his flight for
some distance at last fell grooming on
the sidewalk. A physician was sum-
moned, but before aid could reach
him John Peterson was dead!--B. y,
Flower, in July Arena.
If all this is not sufficient let the
reader turn to the recent letters in
the REPRESENTATIVE showing the
inability of our Western farmers to get
money enough to buy even a postage
stamp, together with the absence
from their homes of the common
necessities of life. And then these
demonac newspapers mock the miser-
les and sutferings of the poor wretches
they have ruined, by such insulting
utterances as that at the head of this
article, implying that the unemployed
are all Meandering Mikes who are
Sinking work in the midst Of prosper
ity. 1t is cruel. 1t is shameful! to the
last degree.
And as further illustration of the
corruption which dominates the daily
papers read carefully the following af-
tidavit:
l, Eugene V. Debbs, first being duly
sworn, depOse and say:
On or about June II, which was the
date of the opening of the convention
of the American Railway Union that
met in Ulich's Hall. on North Clark
street. | was approached by an en-
ploye of the Chicago Herald on the
matter of securing the deposits of the
American Railway Union in the bank
of John r. Walsh. The Herald en-
ploye represented to me that he was
authorized to speak to me on this sub
ject, and that his representations and
propositions could be relied upon for
fultllment. The Herald employe pro-
posed to me to use whatever influence
| had to secure the deposits men
toned, and guaranteed, on the other
hand, that if this we're done the
American Railway Union would have
the support of the Chicago Herald in
the efforts then being made by the
union to secure settlement between
the Pullman Palace Car Company and
its employees then on strike. The
Herald emplOye made substantial,
this proposition to me and other Off
GERS Of the American Railway Union
on several occasions, both during the
convention and afterward. The same
proposition was made to many of the
delegates to the convention, and it
was the common talk that if the
American Railway Union wished the
support of the Herald it could be Sc
cured in the manner mentioned. In
support of his statement the Herald
employe frequently reverted to the
argument that the Herald under all
circumstances eSpOuSed the cause of
the depoSitors in Mr. WalSh's bank.
He cited instances where men carry
ing balances of from $4,000 to $1,000 in
Mr.. Walsh's bank had been SO defend
ed and supported in matter in which
they appeared before the public in
print.
When the strike was declared
against the railroads using the Pull
man car service and the Herald was
making most bitter and, as | con-
sidered uncalled for attack on me and
other officers of the American Rail
way Union, | said to the Herald en-
p.oye one night at the Leland Hotel
what is the animuS of these malig-
nant attacks on US in the Herald:"
To which he replied: You have
yourself to blame for it. If you had
accepted my proposition in reference
to the deposit of your funds, as urged
you to do, the Herald would have been
with you in the fight"
L wish to say further that on re-
peated occasions | have had reporters
from the Tribune, Inter Ocean and
the Herald, to whom l had given in
teryiews, come to me and apologize
for the garbled and distorted state
ments which appeared instead of what
| had really said. These reporters
told me that entire sentences of the reports
,chich hey had ocriten had been stricken
ont and others substituted, that these sub
stitutiOnS did me gross injustice in
that they contained Incorporate and
inflammatory utterances which l
never made.
In the case of Mr.. Ledwith, a re-
porter for the Tribune, he told me in
the presence of two witnesses that he
had been discharged for refusing to COM
nat peWuly before the grand jury by
swearing to the truth of interviews
had with me and which had been
grossly distorted. He added that these
interviews were doctored for the pur-
pose of inflaming the public mind
against the strike. This Interview oc-
CURED in front of the Briggs House at
the close of the conference with the
representatives of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, at which | was pres
ent. EUGENE Y. DEBs.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 2lst day of July, 1891.
d. S. BOLCoM. Notary Public.
We, the undersigned, being duly
sworn, depose and Say that the facts
as set forth above by Eugene V. Debs
in regard to the proposition made by
the employe of the Herald to secure
the deposit of the funds of the Ameri-
can Railway Union in John r. Walsh's
bank are true.
G. w. HOWARD.
SYLVESTER KELIHER.
L. w. ROGERS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of July, 1894.
ID. 5. BoLCoM, Notary Public.
Is it not awful to think the public
mind and conscience are largely in the
control Of men who, to reach their
ends, will commit forgery and perjury,
as in the instance given above? If the
republic is to perish its death will be
largely due to the work of the daily
newspapers. The only remedy is for the
people not to read them, but do their
own thinking.
In this same connection read what
the Chicago Times has to say of the
attempts Of the Chicago Tribune to