Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-06-05
"A Man at Turtle Lake, Mclean Coun-
ty, Stirs Up the BrOwnell
Affair Again.
An Interview With General Hughes
Concerning His Trip to Fall
River, Wis.
"A Budget of News From the Busy,
Bhstling Suburb OF
Slaughter.
A Voice From Turtle Lake.

A Voice From Turtle Lake.
EDITOR TRIBUNE: Be kind enough to
ALLOW me to correct a statement in the
TRIBUNE Of the 18th inst, under the head
ing, "In Defense of Brownell." j. E. Brit
ton, editor of the Mclean County Mail,
says that the report Of the Rev. Brownell
being on trial for neglect of duty was a
hoax, the reverend being at peace with his
flock. The above item l should have taken
no notice of because it came from al unre-
liable source, but when the Rev. s. E. Ryan
of Bismarck finds access to the newspapers
in defense of himself and Brownell and
makes quite a lengthy article touching the
quarterly conference held in Washburn on
the 9th inst, and the complaint against
BroWnell, and could not let the matter rest
where it belongs-at the quarterly confer
"ence-but must fv to the newspaper to
vindicate his doings at the meeting in
Washburn-now, since Mr.. Ryan has gone
to the newspaper about the matter, l am
also justified in doing the same thing. He
asks the editor to please allow him to cor
rect the misleading statement. Certainly;
why not? L, too, must ask to be allowed
to correct the misleading statement of Mr..
Ryan. He goes on to show the facts; so
will l. My facts are these: When the
meeting was called to order, the secretary
was chosen, the writer being the choice.
The roll of members was called and the
question asked by the elder. "Are there
any complaints? 2" The answer was, "Yes."
l, as a steward in the church, could not re-
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Another member had complaints, and /
knew it. | had either to put "yes' or sno,"
and l could not put "no;"if | had, l would
have lied. So it was asked by Mr.. Ryan
what the complaint was. l asked if l had
to tel it before the public. He said Yes"
give it in writing" Immediately l told
him 1 could not do both things at one time,
so he ordered me to resign the secretary.
ship. Now, Mr.. Editor, the czar of Russia
could not order any of his subjects to do
Amy act th Ml5n did 4 m MrR despotl 4a ana arb arbi t fsyz
words as a complaint, intending to give the
main points afterwards, for it is
an unusual thing to bring
a complaint out before the
public. When the trial came up, two of us
stewards in the church had complaints, but
we would not be listened to and were
ordered to sit down, and Mr.. Ryan charged
me with writing a letter to the elder in
Bismarck to have Brownell removed-a
thing L never did. Nor would Mr.. Ryan
allow any person to say a word against
Brownell. But, MIR. Editor, l will not 60
through all of the tyranny that was used
at that meeting, l am preparing the whole
program to lay before the bishop, and I
think he is too good and just to let such
things go %unpunished. Allow me to show
YOU some of the complaint.
Last summer BrowneIl said to me that
he could not be at Turtle Lake on his reg.
ular meeting day. That was all right, 50
far, but the reason he could not attend was
that he went to Fargo as a delegate to a
political convention. When I asked him,
the next time | saw him, why he went, as
he should notlmeddle in politics, he said he
got his way paid and that was no ones bus
mess but his own, and he received $11 for
going. Next, he went to Minot last fall as
a delegate and got $40, to buy
a new overcoat and asked for
another, prominent member to drink on
the road coming home from Minot-and he
got it. But, Mr.. Editor, OH the 9th day of
May. the day before the meeting was in
Wash6urn, l went down to that city to at
tend the meeting: The next day, when 1
Jug from Rock Island for a member Of the
M. E. church and G.. Brownell with 1915
against 1.-THE jug. One of the men dis
puted about the price and said he was
Wllllng 10 give W. per gallon, but finally he
paid the 50 beside rs cents express, but the
man could not take it to Brownel's then
as Mr.. Ryan was there. So he took it over
to a store across the street and asked if he
could let 1t stay there for a little while,
One of the members heard the Jug man
ask the privilege to leave it there. There
were other charges I had to bring in if the
so-called officiating elder mad not used his
despotic power so much in the beginning.
l may say a few more words to the rever-
end gentlemen by referring them to the
following texts and I must say
as the queen of Sheba said to
Solomon. 1.-THE half is not told"
I will refer the two worthless to a few texts
in the good book: Let the two reyerends
turn to the 2Sd of jeremiah, 1st and I'd
verses, and a k note Of them; and Mat
thew. 18th chapter and 49d, 44th and 45th
verses; Matthew, 9TH chapter, beginning at
the 18th verse, and Matthew, chapters Is
and Z, 9Th and 9th verses; Matthew Esd and
from the 23d to the 3Sd verse.
Yours respectfully,
PETER MILLER,
g., E- Ty,rtlo r olya NFo1 oooC o,.A. Hr