The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-04-27
MoRE RECONSTRUCTION IN IDAHO.

/ Radical reconstruction in Idaho having aDou'
spent its fury on Democratic officials ne" VIC
Tins are demanded by the malignant carpet
bag ring at the Capital, and Idaho scalla"ags
are found who aid aud assist them in their ne
farious designs 1t appears that Judge Kelly
had become so thoroughly Disguised with the
wholesale corruption and rascally doings OF the
rule or ruin clique at the Capital, that ne has
turned his back upon them and publicly de-
nounced the objects and designs OF the coterie
formed by coalition of idaho scallawags ana
puritanical, plunder-seeking carpet.baggers.
For refusing to endorse their yillainies, or at
least to maintain n silence which is necessary
TO successful carrying out of their designs,
he is malgned and prosecuted in every con-
cevable manner.
Our Boise City exchanges contain all nc.
count of an effort made to debar him from the
practice of his profession, as u member OF the
Bar in the Third Judicial District, upon the
affidavit of the editor of the Statesman man
whose proficiency and willingness III the afiida-
Wit line is well known to our readers. lie
swears positively that Judge Kelly, as one OF
the attorneys of the n. w. Stage Co, advised
his clients and their Agents to "disobey the
authority and the lawful and regular process
of the court by force of arms" etc, The evil
dence of the Agents of the Stage Company,
upon the trial of the motion, proves the falsity
of the charges made in the affidavit The
whole affair was concocted by the dirty carpet
bag ring of which the Statesman is the mouth
piece, and willing tools were easily found to
carry out the programme. The only matter
of wonder is that the whole affair was not
conducted ain Chambers" The idea that
such individuals as Reynolds and his CONDUCTORS
in this matter should put themselves forward
as champions OF the dignity of the profession"
and the respect due 10 the courts" is not
only farce but an insult to the profession in
this Territory. They attempted to drag Dis
trict Attorney Prickett into the dirty affair."
but Mr.. Prickett, being lawyer and a gentle
man, had too much selfrespect and too much
respect for his profession 10 permit himself TO
be made tool of in such mapner Kelly.
with all his faults, is far superior To any of the
dirty clique who are bounding him around aud
swapping like vicious ours at his heels. The
evidence of the Stage Agents, Matthews and
Boomer, together with that of Prckeit and
Grcathouse. rs We find il in the Statesman, is
amply sutl'cicst, in any decent court, TO con-
vct the editor of the Statesman of downright
perjury. 1t is easy To account for the solici-
tude manifested by that journal for the reten-
ton in ohce OF Lewis. different Judge
upon the bench in that Judicial District might
seriously discommode our ncighbor. Suppress
sion of legal publications and perjury might
not be winked at in the manner in which it
has been. Smotherng through divorce cases
and granting u decree upon the last day of
publication would cease to be the practice, and
the plaintiff, when in the Territory himself,
would not be permitted to use some one else
as catSpaw to make an affidavit of the non.
residence Of the defendant. and that he the
plaintiff did not know defendants whereabouts,
when he could not make, truthfully, the atlida.
vlt himself Individuals who are guilty of
such conduct are not usually the ones who sus.
tain the honor of the legal profession, and yet
they thrust themselves forward, before tricky,
obsequlous and partisan Judge, as champions
OF the honor and dignity of the profession. In
common with other attorneys, we exclaim,
God Almighty deliver the profession from such
champions and friends.