Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-02-16
OUR NEW JUDGE
Returns With a Full Refutal of
all the Charges Made
Against Him.
A Favorable View of the Land
Grant for the Northern
Pacific.
A Quiet Joke-A Princely We'd
ding Present-Races and
Other Sports.
Judge Pollard indicated.

The entirely unexpected arrival of
Judge Pollard in Miles City on Sun
day morning to hold the ensuing term
Of court has again directed public at
tention 10 the severe onslaught made
on his professional and private char
acter by the press of the territory
about a month ago, and Immediately
following his arrival in the territory
and assuming his seat on the supreme
bench by virtue of his appointment.
In common with many of our citizens
IA JOURNAL representative sought an
interview with Judge Pollard on Sun
day and was agreeably surprised to
find in his manner and conversation
no evidence of the illiterate "shyster"
he was represented to be by the news
paper articles referred to. On the con-
trary he was found to be a gentleman
of easy and agreeable manner, who
gave evidence by his conversation of
extensive legal experience and of ac-
quaintance and intimacy with promi-
nent men of the country that could
not possibly be enjoyed by anyone
possessing the depraved and dishonest
characteristics attributed to him. Nat
urally the conversation led to the I'M
pleasant newspaper notoriety he had
recently attained, in speaking of which
the Judge said that in long and
active legal and political career in In
diana he had naturally made enemies,
one of whom was the editor of the In
dianapolis Times, the paper that first
gave publicity to the charges, and
which was so largely circulated
throughout Montana at that time.
Appearing as they did in q detailed
aud circumstantial manner. they nat
urally carried conviction with them,
and while the Judge made an immedi-
ate and sweeping denial Of them,
he felt that nothing but an equally
minute and individual refutation of
them could place him properly before
the public in his new field of labor.
He therefore telegraphed Attorney
General Garland asking that leave of
absence might be granted him to visit
his home and obtain from the p ,rsons
whom he was accused of wronging
their denials of such acts. The leave
was granted and as everyone knows
Judge Pollard left Montana leaving
the impression with nearly everybody
that he would never return. He is
here, however, clothed with authority
to conduct court proceedings, having
during his absence psocured In each Of
the specific charges made against him
the afiidavits of the parties lie Ii alleg-
ed to have wronged refuting the dam
ing assertions. These papers, of them
selves convincing, are supplemented
by the statements Of Judge Pollard's
associates of the bar st bis home In In
diana, many Of whom are his political
the rector of the Episcopal
church of Delphi. the former priest Of
the Catholic church of that city, Hon.
H. P. Biddle, for many years q Judge
of the supreme court of Indiana, Ex-
Senator David Turpie, and many other
prominent gentlemen, endorsing
highly his private and professional
character, and his ability and stand
ing at home. These papers when ex-
hibited to President Cleveland at once
confirmed the latter's good opinion Of
Judge Pollard, based on very strong
recommendations that adsaccompan-
led his application TO the President
for the appointment, and he at once
Judge Pollard to return to
his field of duty, assuring him that he
would stand by bis nomination. The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette hav-
ing given publicity to the charges, on
the responsibility of an Indianapolis
correspondent, voluntarily published
the whole of the refutation above
mentioned, thus doing what they
could to make amends for the injustice
done in the publication Of the frat
article. While the YELLowsToNE
JOURNAL 10 not In accord with Judge
Pollard politically, and strongly dep
recates the policy Of appointing nom
residents to federal offices In the ter.
ritory. 1t feels that Judge Pollard's
vindication has been completes, and
gladly gives publicity TO this brief
statement of the case, In the strong
conviction that neither the cause Of
justice nor the dignity Of the court