The herald., 1898-10-27

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stand Mr.. Me-serve Waters up before you
on ii platform in the light of day and have
been unsuccessful. loud cheering)
MIR. Me-serve further said
He recently appealed to Almighty God
to bear witness that in the two years
while he was congressman he had paid
off all his Indebtedness and Cancelled
every obligation.
Yes, have been enabled to pay off mort
gage of $500 on my good, old mothers home.
and | am NJ ashamed of it. | have also
been enabled to pay off some of the outlawed
debts that had accumulated against me in
my struggle of years along an uphill road. Is
that thing to be ashamed of! | do not
blame Mr.. Me-serve for objecting to a man
who pays his honest bills, for | have learned
that he himself is not in the habit of doing
that thing. If Mr.. Me-serve wants further
information on this score, | will produce
the record. Great cheering.)
Mr.. Me-serve Waters further said:
| am even informed that j. Marion
Brooks-(God forgive me for mention
ing that name. MIR. Barlow 5 friend
received as much as a hundred pounds
OF this rubbish.
l here declare that since his attempted
blackmail | have never written him line,
sent him a document. nor recognized him
on the street, and God helping me, never
will. lCproarious applause)
Mr.. Me-serve further said:
Where does he once say to his friend,
81 am glad of the opportunity which
today offers to me of helping my friends
in this district to better, easier or more
prosperous lte!"
No. | did not say this in a letter. but ]
can refer to scores of needy old veterans
and scores of soldiers widows from one end
of this district to the other who can attest
that | secured justice for them and made
their lives more happy and prosperous
Mr.. Me-serve says again that | did not
write in letter:
thank God for this great opportunity
which is now offered me, greater than
that offered my neighbors and my
friends. to advance the interests of this
great congressional district.
No, did not write it in a letter. but my
record as your representative is a testimonial
that my vote on every occasion for advanc-
ing the interests of the districts was on the
right side.
Mr. Me-serve again said that Mr.. Barlow
never uttered:
One noble thought or ambition for his
country: not one desire expressed that
his life in the halls of congress may be
of benefit to her, may add to her pros
perity. increase her glory or add to the
holy influence of her flag; no thoughts
but those which come from a sordid, sell
fish, scheming sind.
Ny record in the halls Of congress is an
utter refutation of this statement.
With few closing words Mr.. Barlow left
cerning the drunken man who volunteered
to diagnose the case of sick woman. In his
befuddled condition he got hold of his own
wrist in attempting to take her pulse, and
after contemplating the situation for a mo-
ment asserted: MADAM. you are certainly
suffering from the effects of a six weeks
drunk"
Now Mr.. Me-serve Waters, when he at
tributes all of these ignoble and unholy mo-
tives and acts to me simply has his finger on
his own pulse and is measuring his own char
acter. Iong continued applause
Mr. Barlow then passed to consideration
of Mr.. Waters record in the Bear Valley
Irrigation company transaction. he recited
the manner in which the company was or
ganzed, and how, under Mr.. Waters man
agement, it inflated its capital stock to
S4 100000 and then forced its market value
to $3.50 per share by paving unearned divi
dends amounting to S74S, ,5S4.62.
Relying upon these glittering, false and
fraudulent statements, said Mr.. Barlow,
which, however. seemed to be borne out by
the actual payment OF dividends, eastern and
foreign investors were led to heavily invest
in the stock, one Swiss lawyer thus invest
ing over Sl50,000 OF trust funds in his keep.
ing, belonging to widows and orphans, which
investments proved total loss.
The voter can also ascertain to what ex
tent Mr.. Waters and his associates kept
faith with the landowners in the irrigation
districts, when they used the proceeds OF the
sale of district bonds to pay dividends in
order to initiate the price of the company's
stock, instead OF using it to increase the
water supply for the benefit of the ranchers
and landowners in those districts who had
imposed lien upon their lands to the ex
tent of $50 an acre in order to pay for that
water supply.
MIR. Waters appears to have been the
shrewdest man of the Bear Valley manage
ment for, when by reason of the fraudulent
dividends the stock reached a market value
OF Sl60 share or hereabouts, he proceeded
to unload his stock on his neighbors and
friends. He sold for cash and he traded
for property. Soon he had bank account
and many pieces of good real estate, but no
Bear Valley stock. The board of directors
OF which he was member, having voted
these large dividends. he was enabled to sell
his stock to good advantage and shortly
thereafter the affairs of the company were
placed in the hands of a receiver, and very
soon he stock which was sold at So oraat