Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-12-25

AN 6ASou OUhCC VI
Missouri, from the governor (whose
name l bear) down to the humblest citi-
zen, length Of days, happiness and pros
perity, and may we all assembled here
to-day have at last an inheritance on the
banks OF the River of Life that shall
keep its peaceful course within its chan
mel through the cycles of the forever
more.'
The judges remarks we're loudly
cheered.
Open Letter From Farmer Wallace.
VIM. p. Moffet, Editor of the Settler,
Bismarck, N. D.,
Sir: For several years past, since
your arrival in the city of Bismarck and
while you have been editor of the Week
ly Settler, hardly a month has passed
that you have failed to assail the writer
hereof by personal filings and i%nsinua-
tlons, especially SO in regard to age or
poverty or character.
These personal filings we're not only
~ ul1LuApCdhuOly pldlu
English, charging direct and positive
crime, but the wording has been
OF that kind calculated and I'M
doubtedly intended to carry the impress
son to the readers of you paper that
the ''shivering old man." in "his dotage,"
lone foot in the grave" 'mean,' "ass,"
Farmer Wallace" is, and has been, an
active, daring criminal; that behind YOUR
own smoke was a great hidden fire
which at one touch of the magic wand
would, like a smouldering volcano, burst
forth and expose to view a %red-handed
criminal, a double. dyed villain.
Now, with a view to fastening the
long insinuated spectacular and give you
an opportunity to do justice to yourself
by relieving your fellow-citizens OF the
great suspense they must certainly be
undergoing, I make to you in all earnest
ness the following proposition:
l will submit to you the accompany
ing thirteen series of questions, and if
you will answer any n in the affirma-
tive, that is say "yes," and then submit
that n to a committee-one of your
choice and one of mine, the third to be
chosen by the two we chocse-and said
committee, or a majority thereof, also de-
eide in the affirmative, I will donate to
such church as you may elect 1926. If
you say eyes, to two Of said questions r
will, IN addition to the above, buy, de-
liver. in front of your Office, and saw in
such lengths as you order and carry up
into your Office a cord of hard oak wood.
If you say Eyes, to three questions and
are supported by said committee, I will,
on any day you designate, carry such a
banner as you may design through the
principal streets of the city of Bismarck.
All [ ask of you is, should you fail to
make the affirmation, or, making it,
fail to be sustained by said commit
tee, that you will, through your journal,
make such a statement as such a failure
would justify. The publication of this
letter and the proposition and following
questions will be taken as an acceptance
of the proposition, and Immediately
thereafter I will meet you, or such per-
son as you designate, and give a bond in
the amount you demand as a guarantee
Of good faith and the performance of all
agreed to.
The following are the questions:
First. Did }. F. Wallace, ST., write,
cause to be written or urge the writing
of the articles that have appeared in the
Bismarck Daily TRIBUNE, over the nom
de plume "Seventy-F FLYER" "New-Timer"
or IT. P" or any n of them?
Second. Did he ever write, or causeto
be written, a private letter or published
communication bearing on either person
al, political or religious affairs in which
he mentioned the name Ct any fellow
citizen, especially any minister or priest,
over a nom de plume or over any other
than his OWL signature?
Third. Was he before a justice court
or district court or grand jury under
charges of any kind, or there to make
charges against any citizen or anyone
who ever was a citizen of the city, coun-
ty or state?
Fourth. Was he ever a member of
any jury that was in any way suspected
of OF charged with disorder or dishon-
esty, or even an unwise or unjust YER
dict.
Fifth. Did he ever bring a case of any
kind, either civil or criminal, in any
court, or wal he ever a witness in either
a civil o. criminal case during his fifteen
years residence in the county of Bur-
leigh or city of Bismarck?
Sixth. Did he ever seek by hanging
around the court or by requesting an
officer to be selected as a juror to serve
a friend or prosecute a political oppo-
nent or personal enemy?
Seventh. Did he ever approach a