The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-06-27
McMILLIN WINS THE COWELL CASE.
Judge Hanford Decides
Upon Every Pon--Resoluons Of congratuaion Adopted
BY Company's Employees

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as follows.
Roche Harbor. Washington, June %.
1908.
At q meeting of all the employees
of the Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime
Co., the following address and reso.
lutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas; the entire force of EN-
ployees Of the Tacoma & Roche Harbor
Lime Co.. representing about 16O
men, including mechanics. laborers,
and clerical help in all departments
of the company g service. are profound
ly gratifled and pleased to learn that
the bitter. unjust and vicious litigation
which for more than two years has
been waged against Mr.. John s. Mo-
Millin. the president and general
manager of this company. has at last
ended in the COMPLETE VINDIOA-
TION of Mr.. McMillin at the hands
of Hon. G. II. Hanford. Judge of the
Federal court, before whom the case
has been heard we desire to say that
many of us have been in the employ
Of Mr.. McMililn for periods OF from
two to twenty years. and have been
intimately and pleasantly associated
with him and his family in all his
relations to the institution which he
has so ably and 80 honorably conduct
ed. as we'll as to the community in
which we live. Some of as have
occupied positions from which we were
familiar with every business transac-
tion of the company, and with every
entry in its books and records. and
were all amazed and outraged when
we read the charges made against Mr..
McMillin in the we'll known case of
Cowell vs.. McMillin, knowing that
every one of such charges was not
only false but wickedly malicious.
The public is familiar with all the
charges, embracing almost all the
commercial crimes and misdemeanors
known to business life. which were
fled in court and then scattered broad
cast over the country by the newspa-
pers. under which Mr.. McMillin and
his family have been compelled to
suffer so long in silence until the case
could be heard and decided by
disinterested aud unbiased court. The
complete and overwhelming triumph
of Mr.. McMillin on every charge
made against him must therefore be
all the mora gratifying. not only to
him and TO his family. but to all his
friends everywhere. in which we. his
employees, most heartily share.
Knowing Mr.. McMillin as we do,
and knowing the truth in reference
to this controversy as no one else can
know it. We embrace this opportunity
of declaring to the world that Mr..
McMillin's relations. not only with
us and with this community. but that
all his relations to and transactions
with this company, have always been
scrupulously honest and clean chat
not one cent has ever been misappro-
priated or mlsapplied by him. and that
all the charges which have been falsely
hurled against his character we're
simply malicious libels against him
by bitter enemy and competitor in
business, founded upon the betrayal
of trusted employee and lifelong
friend. While the decision Of Judge
Hanford needs no endorsement from
us we are nevertheless in position
to know. and do know. that it represents
only the plain truth and common.
simple Justice to an honest man.
We desire further to state that this
meeting has been called without the
knowledge of Mr.. McMillin or Ut any
OF his family.
Therefore. be it resolved by the
employees of the Tacoma & Roche
Harbor Company. in mass meeting as
sembled. that we extend to Mr..
McMillin an assurance Of continued
confidence and respect, and to both
him and his family our hearty con
gratulations upon the just and right
eous judgment which has been render
ed in his behalf.
That copy of this address and re-
solutions be handed Mr.. McMililn.
That q committee be appointed to
furnish copy to the leading Dewspa-
pers Of the state with request for
their publication.
(Signed)
Wm. M. Taylor
4. NJ. Harper
Alexander Hall
william Gilmore
Bert OhevaIier
r. n. johnson
George Westsrman