The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-12
THE TIMES is INDICATED.

lHE HINES IS NiNOiCA led.
AS the Irish Standard was being is
sued from the Potter press last week,
Of the Minneapolis Trust company VS..
W. L. Haskell OF the MINNEAPOLIS Times
brought in Il verdict Of not guilty."
with rider attached to the effect that
the comment OF the Times on the
West Pullman transaction went beyond
the statements in the liar. affidavit,
upon which The, article in the nows-
paper was based. TO any ,lsinterested
person who had watched the case iii
court for five CT six weeks the verdict
for the defendant WAS no cause of sur
Prise. No Intelligent ;ind impartial
jury could render a different verdict
The public expected nothing else. From
the beginning it was evident that the
Trust company had made big mistake
in instituting the prosecution, and pub
lie sentiment was against the arbitrary
procedure.
The officials of the concern had pro-
cured an Indictment in peculiar man
ncr. They We're highly indignant .hat
the institution which blaZoned their
names on its prospectus, to gain the
confidence of the public. should have its
business int egrity questioned for a mo-
mcnt; and in their wrath they rushed
to the grand jury ro&n and VOW Il
vengeance against the Times Publishing
company, its manager and responsible
cuitors But when those higII-tnnsl
gentlemen of the censurcl corporation
went on the witness stand 20 tell what
they knew Of the truth or falsity of
the allegations made by the Times
they kn"w absolutely nothing The
only man who did knew everything
WAS a reluctant witness. and the de-
f"ndant's attorney had much difficulty
in oXlGring tho truth from his lips.
was neither an official. a director nor Il
StCHkholdpr He WAS merely an UNDER
ling Ca the Trust company who filled
the subordinate position Of assistant
with the corporation after engineering
tho West Pullman deal through to Il
satisfactory cOnsumma'i.pn. lie WIS
apparently rewarded fnr his dnxteriLy
by the manipu!ntors of the deal in bonds
Of the West Pullman association, and
thon he got the dust OF Minneapolis
oil his dainty feet aul hcd himself to
California.
Tho Irish Standard has no desire to
do injustice To any Citizen high or low,
in the community: but after careful
and an impartial consideration of The
case as presented in the court, 1t cannot
help reaching the conclusion that the
Minneapolis Times was amply justified
III it's comments When 1t takes five
weeks for tho Trust company to OK
plain its peculiar methods of selling
the West Pullman bonds for ten cents
ON the dollar, it is not too much &c
say that the complicated transaction
Is beyond the comprehension of ordin-
airy smortals. At the same time. we
have no disposition to cast the slight
est dispersion upon the integrity of the
majority of the men at the head of it's
affairs. They appear to have been a.;
ignorant of the Pullman transaction
rs II they had nothing whatever to do
with the institution. They gave ab1n-
dant evidence OF that in their tcs,l-
mony
The case is now at an end. as Ear as
the Times is concerned The Trust
company will likely continue to do
business at the old stand, with what
success the future will determine The
Times has done its duty with intrepid
ity and has hcen completely vindrntcd
We congratulate. it on its victory and
hope to see il pursue an independent.
aggressive course In the future. Let
1t adopt for its motto the famous say
ing of Gen. Grant: Let no guilty man
escape If ii can be avoided" If that.
is not susceptible of easy grammatical
analysis let our esteemed contcmporarv
run as it is. and fcArlessly expose ras-
cality in high as we'll as in low places
Then the public will have a paper
worthy of support. unawed and uncor-
trOllpu hv thn truStc and