The representative., 1901-03-14
HE HAS TIED UP
THE NEWSPAPER
DISPUTE OVER OWNERSHIP OF THE
REPRESENTATIVE.
STAN DONNELLY TAKES EXCEPTIONS
TO TWITCHELL'S CLAIMS.

There is trouble over the ownership of
The Representative. the late Ignatius: Don
nelly's paper. e. A.. Twitchell claims that
he has the controlling interest in it. but
his contention Is disputed by Stan J. Don
nelly, of st. Paul, son of the late Ignatius
Donnelly, who is acting for the heirs of the
latter. Attorney Donnelly has tied up the
mail of The Representative by legal order,
and it Is being held at the postoff1ce in
Minneapolis. Speaking of the matter yes
terday, Mr.. DOnneily said:
1T is true that we are having trouble over
the affairs of The Representative. Mr..
Twitchell has stepped in and claims to own
the paper. He worked for my father on a
salary. but was discharged three weeks be-
fore fathers death. He owns no part of
the paper, so far as can find out. On my
took charge. In the first issue following he
stated he was acting for the Peoples party,
and, in fact, he has taken so many positions
that he is made ridiculous.
II have caused the papers mail to be held
at the postoffice and no further subscription
money which might be sent The Represent
ative Office can be got hold of by him. Now.
If he owns the paper let him appeal to the
courts. That's what l want him to do. We
will then know where we stand Mime
apolis Times.
A notice similar to the above appear
ed in Mondays Journal. From such in
terviews in the Minneapolis dailies it
would seem that Stan Donnelly has an
intense hankering to get into print. II
he possessed little Of the ancestral
ability we should be pleased to give
him space in the Representative. If
Stan ever tied up the Representative
it must be that his string slipped Off
The paper appears regularly and
promptly every week. This is the first
time we ever knew a lawyer to COM
mence an action to quiet title in daily
newspaper. He must be practicing un-
der some code new to the legal frater-
nifty of Minnesota.
He says he wants us to appeal to the
courts. Like Carnegie, we have in this
instance nothing to arbitrate." We
any court, not even the aid of the daily
press. '''' ''@
The Donnellys abandoned the publica-
ton with the death of Ignatius Donnel-
ly. They have not published or attempt
ed to publish any paper since.
When they thus abandoned the publ
cation Of the paper any one had per-
feet right to publish a paper with tbs
same or any similar name. After Mr.
Donnelly died the heirs paid no rent for
office in January and on Feb. 1 we rent
ed the old Representative office, Is we
had right to do.
If, as STAINS language implies, we
stepped in" as trespasser, or wrong
doer, either in renting the Office or re-
suming publication of the Peoples party
paper, we would suggest that Stan pro-
ceed forthwith to throw us out Where
there is a wrong the law is supposed to
supply remedy. We have never. claim
ed any personal proprietary interests in
the paper. We stepped in," as Stan
calls it, upon request Of those so or more
men who originally furnished the money
to start the Representative.
All these men corroborate the state
ment of L. c. Long, found in another
column, that Ignatius Donnelly never
owned or claimed to own the Represent
ative. STAINS sudden dash into print
may evidence little nervousness about
these men calling for an accounting be-
tween the paper and his fathers estate
We believe most of these men would
be satisfied if Stan left the paper it's ac-
counts and assets where it was when his
father died. To attempt to interfere
with the present publication is a differ
ent matter.
Subscribers are rapidly paying up their
old dues and for our premiums and a
years subscription in advance
We know of no law that will prevent
these subscribers sending any money
they choose direct to me, as most of
them are doing. Persons who have sent
letters addressed to THE Representa-
tive" and had these letters tied up, have
most of them, written the Minneapolis
postmaster to deliver these letters to me-
This daily newspaper advertising CIV
en- us by Stan Donnelly is the cheapest
advertising we have ever had, and has
doubled the number of our daily SUBJ
scriptions. Our patrons are all squaring
up and Subscribing for another year.
Keep the ball rolling and we will pub
lish the most vigorous advocate of direct
legislation and public ownership of mo-
nOpolies to be found in the West.