The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-02-21
THAT EXPLANATION.
Probate Judge NKilIets's Explantion
That Was Called For Last Week.

Probate Judge NEilIets's ExpIantion
That Was Called For Last Week.
Ed CANTON ADvoCATE:-In your ISSUE of Feb.
18th 1884 appeared article under the heading,
IA chance for explanation in which YOU endeavor
to mako it appear that am trampling on the rights
of some of my constituents, by causing the legal
Notices from my Office to be published IN the News
in place of the Advocate, and asserting that am
endeavoring to annihilate the Advocate for selash
qualification, and claiming it to be customery allow
Attorneys to choose the paper that a Judge should
Order his publications made in.-That sounds well.
As to it being customary for Judges to allow Attor
neys to dictate q portion Of the orders Of their
Courts, unable to say; but am inclined to
think the assertion doubtful, If it be true; don't
think it stands very much to the credit of the
Judges. Our legislators in their wisdom fit to
make it the duty of the Judge to designate the pap
in which the publications. Of his Court should be
made, and expect the majority Of that legislature
wers lawyers too, and knew only too well the cap
rices of Attorneys And if it waa left to Attorneys
to designate what paper to publish legal Notices in,
they would Almost invariably select the most OBJ
scure and smallest publication, thereby lessning
the chance of greater numbers knowing what they
were doing, thereby enabling them to get case
through Court, perhaps without interested parties
knowing what they were doing. According to your
Article al the first Judge that has carried out the
intention Of the law.
You say that it remained to be seen II the people
of this County favor this Opesided way Of man
dischargmg his official dutios.
I ask why don't you attack the law we'll a. the
official
You ask for an equal distribution OF Patronage.
Now you getting down to business, which
causes us to Smole Smile. We can see all The
way through your Article, that you are eudeavorng
to feed your self some bread and butter Over the
shoulders OF injured (?) Attorneys.
You claim when say a Notice shall not be pub
lished in the ADVOCATE 1 am exercising privilege
for my own personal qualification and spite
if you will cross off the word spite will admit in
measure the balance to be true; but deny il SO
exercising a Judicial function that l exhibit
with that christian spirit. to 90 good unto those
that would not, to say the least, DO me any good,
but believe when have friend to do him what
favors if it be the dropplngs from otic-
ia position. AT least when no injury Is done to lu-
terestcd parties. Legal Notices cost just SO much
in what ever paper they are published, and when l
select the paper that has the largest circulation in
the County 1 believe l serving tho greatest
Numbers and am injuring no one except it be its
competitors and they have no moro right to
squeal than the merchants have that the ADVOCATE
don't patroniZe You have GhoSep yonr Occupation
and must expect competition.
In conclusion l will say have no desire to ami
hilate the ADVOCATE. wish to see it prosper. 1t
is very good paper. 1t serves its friends and ex-
poets of IT'D friends the all other good
papers do. Their is room for two papers in our
County, and am satisfied t. have the ADVOCATE
remain one of the permanent fixtures; but would
advise it to 90 a little slow about abusing county
officials as it had no hand in placing in the po-
sition they ocul y, and consequently should not
expect equal patronage. &. 5. MILLETr.