The representative., 1895-10-23

cVAoSUCu Uuc we udu 10 puU
new lock in the office door to keep
him out.
And ever siEce we discharged him
we have been kept busy refunding the
moneys which he received for the pa
per, and never accounted for, not even
entering them on our books. Here
are few which we find noted, on the
margin Of the Day Book. but in scores
and scores of other instances we did
not keep any record Of them; we SIM
ply footed the bills.
c. w. Higgins, Duluth. MINI, paid
ECkIOrQ ................ $l.OO
Chas. Wilson, Lake Crystal, Mimi,
paid EckfOrd. ............... 100
Lars Frederickson, Golden. Minn.,
pad Eckford.. ................... LOO
3. Benedix, st. Pail, MIMI, paid
- LIN OTu. w
-. II. Olson.Spr ng Valley, Mimi,
paid Eckford. ...... 10
Andrew knud>on, Godahl, Mimi,
paid Eek ord. ................... LOO
John Kording, Blooming Grove,
Minn., paid Eckford. .... 100
Fl. Selover, Rcd Wing, Mimi,
paid Eckford. ......... 100
j. c. Hetland. J. II. Mjolncss and
y. Gunderson, paid Eckf rd... 1.5O
Carl +. Taylor paid Eckford,S State
Convention. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LOO
). T.. Shoveland, Lake Stay. Minn.,
rp PAID Eckford. ........:...::.... .25
w. B. Cole, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,
PAID EckfOrd. .................. %
IL: T. Clarke, Sedan, Mimi, paid
EcktOrd -.................... %
John Haskins, Las Pasas Cal,
DdlQ EcklOrU 70
Ole Arneson, York, Mimi, paid
ECkIOfO l.UU
Andrew Oleson, COkato, Mimi,
paid Eckford Observation-Disclosures. 100
In some or these cases the money is
proved, by postal orders and rece pts,
to have gone into Eckfords D lssession.
but no records of. any such payments
appear,in any case, on our books. The
foregoing are but few instances out
OF multitude. Just as we are writ
ing this article Mr.. J. NJ. Retallac Of
Duluth. Mimi, writes us that year
ago he sent 50 cents for reform books;
EckfOrd wrote hin acknowledging the
receipt of the money and said the
books would be sent as soon as re-
ceived from the East, and, adds Mr..
Retallac, "that was the last of it,
We were obliged to pay IS cents on
Mr.. Retalac's subscription, to
straighten it out.
These losses helped to embarrass
the paper and made necessary our ap-
peal to subscriber to pay up.
The following statement explains
itself:
MINNEAPOLIs, Mimi. Oct IS, 1895.
This is to certify, that took charge
of the books. and accounts OF THE
REPRESENTATIVE, after Mr.. EckfOrd
was discharged, and that hardly a
week has elapsed, during that time,
that THE REPRESENTATIVE Publish
ing Company has not received state
ments Of money received by Eckford.
for books, or subscriptions. of which
no record appears on the accounts of
the paper; all of which the company
has been obliged to make good, being
satisfied that they were paid.
w. LEE MOORE.
The statutes of Minnesota declare,
(Kelly's stat.Vol. 2, p. $780, sec. $3.50, sub
division p, that it is larceny for any
person, "having in his possession, Gus
tOdy or control, as bailee, servant, at
of any person, association or corpora
tiOn any money. ETC.,
to appropriate the same to his own
use;;' and the law fixes the penalty at
five years in the state penitentiary.
There are a great many criminals
''doing time" in Saltwater for that
very offense. But so merciful were
we that We let Eckford go scott-free.
and even put our hand in our own
pocket to help make up the moneys
he had distracted.
And yet in spite of all this he comes
into our office to find out who handles
our mail, SO as to get it into his itch
ing palm! And he dares to 60 to our
creditors to incite them to sue us:
while threatening to put this paper into
the hands of q receirer for 800 he says is
due him. And all this time the very
liberty he enjoys to annoy us he holds
at our mercy Let him not presume
too far upon our charity, or we may
forget his family and remember only
what is due to the community.
1t is with pain we write all this. We
would much rather draw the sponge
of oblivion over the acts of this poor
wretch: but when he attempts to in
terfere with the publication of this
paper; when he furnishes the enemies
of the Peoples Party with ammuni-
tion, to use against it, to be worked
up in the columns Of the daily press:
when he aSsailS us personally wher.
aver ha c3n find ]Stpper If iC tima
to let the truth be known. If the
blow is heavy he has himself provoked
1t.