The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
BATTLE OVER FISH
BULLHEAD PROBLEM IS FINALLY
SOLVED AFTER A FEVER
ISH DEBATE
FULLERTON LOSES HIS TEMPER
Executive Agent Precipitates a
Wrangle With Citizens of Wa
terviIle-Fish May he
Removed.

A delegation from Waterville waited on
the game and fish commissioners yester-
day morning with reference to the bull
head nuisance, and the two-hour session
which was accorded them was much live
lier than either the delegation or the
commissioners anticipated. Sam Fuller
ton was one storm center and Messrs.
F. c. Gibbs and Senator Everett of Wa
terville were two others, and at times
Fullerton INDUCED in personalities which
male President Lamprey apprehensive of
an actual physical, instead of wordy,
conflict
The contention of the delegation was
that bullhe ads had multiplied at Water
Vile to such an extent that the dead
bodies of the myriads that died on the
shores of the lake created an unbearabIe
stencil. They therefore craved permits
sion to export the un5es rable fish, and
to this end asked for an Inspector, whose
duty 1t would be to see no other kind of
fish was exported along with the bull
heads. In the end the commission de-
cided to supply an Inspector, but stipu-
lated that the Waterville people pay his
salary.
The session opened with discussion of
a set of resolutions drawn up and adopt
ed at a mass meeting of the people of
Watervile anent the nuisance, one of
insI ecto. These reso ut ons re dra ted
by F. G. Gibbs, formerly an Inspector in
the state food and dairy department, who
shouldered adj responsibility for the
phraseolcgy in which they were couehed.
Mr.. Gibbs happens to be a Populist, and
this fact inspired Sam Fullerton to re-
mark that he thought the resolutions
had been passed for the purpose of crit
ic1sing the commission for political pur-
poses.
FULLERTON WAKES WROTH.
This was denied by Mr.. Gibbs and by
Senator Everett, a Democrat, and the
impetuous Fullerton at once went up
into the air" He said he would like to
remind the senator that at one time
when the game wardens mad attempted
to arrest some alleged poachers. the pco-
pie of Waterville had come to their res
cue with shot guns, and that the senator
mad been most jealous in defending the
violators of the law
The senator was on his feet in a mo-
ment. There was nothing of the kind"
said he. mo one had a gun or thought
of having one. AS to defending the men
accused of violating the law, that l did
and had a right to do as an attorney.
I was employed in that case as 1 might
be In any other. The wardens We're not
mobbed but I distinctly remember that
one Of your deputies tried to assault me
at LIE Sueur Center, and would have done
so, but for the fact that hid a char
handy"
Fullerton was about to make a wrathy
reply, when President Lamprey stepped
in and poured oil on the trobled waters.
A little later Fullerton repeated his
charge made some time ago to the effect
that A. T. Ehlert had offered for sare
black bass and other game fish. This
was at once denied by Mr.. Ehlert. wno
challenged the chief inspector to prove
his statement and furnish the name or
his informant.
Fullerton d d not furnish the name, but
agreed to submit an affidavit or make
the dealer who had told him about it re-
tract h stat ment. After this, the meet
ing came down to the actual business in
hand, and the grievance of the Water
vile people in being compelled to endure
the stencil arising from thousands of rot
ting FISH was considered.
DR.. Cory, local health officer at Water
vile, corroborated all that was said
about the stencil, and Senator Everett
said that there seemed to be thousands
of them right in front of his house
The decision finally reached was that
given above, and the Waterville people
will have to pay the inspector who WIN
be sent them, AS soon as he arrives the
work Of deport.ng the undesirable bull
heads can be commenced, and the in
sFector will see to it that no other game
hsn are sent out of the state.