Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-10-30

in, the candidate for states attorney on
the democratic ticket, as find he is not
generally known IN some parts OF the
county, he not having been engaged in
the active practice of his profession since
coming to Dakota. Ii not, permit me to
say that know something of Lin and
his fitness for the position for which he
is nominated, and desire to make the fol-
loving statement. Mr. Conklin previous
to his coming to Dakota was resident
of Wolcott, Wayne county, N. Y, where
he read law with the Hon. A S. Wood
and after his admission to the bar IN 1871
was a partner of Mr.. Woods in the prac
tice of Law at that place, and IN 1873 was
the democratic candidate for district at
torney for that county and came within
less than four hundred votes Of an cleo
ton in county that gave a republican
majority of nearly two thousand four
hundred he running nearly two thous-
and ahead Of tie regular ticket. In 1878
Mr. Conkiin was first elected as men,
Der Of the board Of supervisors of Wayne
unity. IA printed volume Of the pro-
caedings OF which board | now have in
my possession and in which it appears
that early in the session be introduced a
resolution asking for the appointmen of
q committee to investigate and examine
the accounts Of the county treasurer, who
had held the Office since 1870; that the
resolution was adopted and Mr.. Conklin,
with other members of said board, was
appointed as such committee and as re-
salt of such lnvestigat they unearthed
and discovered that large sums had been
received by the treasurer in various years
running back as far ss 1873, which had
not been credited the county and had
been misappropriated by him; that the
shortage Of said treasurer at the time
of his resigulng. few days after the re-
port OF said committee, amounted to over
twenty five thousand dollars; that Mr..
Conklin was also member of the various
committees to examine the accounts of
the county clerk, sheriff and superintend-
GDlS pour ullll tLstb ilduy ISlOIiliS LII
the management OF the affairs of that
county owe their origin to him. It is
needless to say that he remained a mem
the county IN 1882, during which period
be was selected by said board as It's at
torney in various matters of litigation,
both before the state assessors and the
supreme court aud the United States cir
cult court. all Of which are matters of
record and part OF the Official records of
said county.
Among the many plimentary
notices received by MIR. Conkliu for his
as member of the board of su-
purvisors OF said county. We clip the fol-
lowing editorial from republican paper,
the Rochester. n. Z, Evening Express of
Dec. 20, 1878. which is a comment upon
an article which had previously been
printed in that paper and the comments
made by the Wayne Democratic Press, a
paper printed at Lyons, n. Y:
The Lyons Democratic Press OF this
week says that the Lyons writer in the
Rochester Express, OF 10Th, echoed tie
prevailing sentiment Of the democrats
and republicans when he sand in that
paper of last Tuesday evening. that las
leader Of the democrats, Marion Conklin
of Wolcott. has covered himself with
glory. Every appliance of political art
was trleG to bribe, seduce. deter, but he
proved competent. fearless in the day of
trial. The people will remember him.
Henceforth he Will hold the place or
leader Of the democrats.
Every party representative will find it
to his credit and interest in these days
OF maladministratlon. pecn!ation. cipher
TO take a bold stand
against every thing that looks like
deception. coucealment and fear Of the
bright sunlight Of publicity of which
the masniloquent Marble wrote so unct-
iously. This IS the time for righting
wrongs OF every kind. holding parties,
party men and office holders to strict
responsibility. requiring them to carry ont
ante-electlOn professions and promises
and to serve the public faithfully and
not as eye servants.
The men who dig under the surface
and expose fraud in office are worthy of
honor and will not fail to receive it.
There was a period when Il man who
exposed evil in his own party was regard
ed as little better than a traitor and
deserving TO be shot That time has long
passed and the most strongly entrenched
party will go down before outraged
public sentiment wherever II is found
corrupt or tanderng 10 cOrruption.'
Signed DEMOCRAT