Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-11-02

I has, let us examine the charge and the
people who make it, and then say how
much weight should be gwen to the &C
cusation. In the first place it was dem
onstrated at the trial of the case to the
satisfaction of every man who heard the
trial that there was not one scintilla of
testimony which would in any manner
tend to convict Mr.. Allen, except that Of
William Falconer, the custodian Of the
book taken, and who of all persons in
the world was most interested in placing
the blame for It's disappearance upon
some person other than himself, and who
was disputed IN different points by five
disinterested sworn witnesses as to ma
terial facts necessary to be shown to
even cast a suspicion upon MI. Allen.
In the second place, the men who are
peddling this SANDER show by their own
conduct that they are unworthy to be
considered as men who strive for the
best welfare of society. John Hoagland
is the nominee of the populist party for
the office of county treasurer, and no
stone is being left unturned which will
be of advantage to his candidacy for
that Office. John Hoagland has lived in
Burleigh county for seventeen years, and
is known by every man and nearly every
woman and child in Burleigh county,
and I might say every one in the city of
Bismarck. He has furnished more lum-
Der than all the balance of the lumber
yards Burleigh county has ever had to
the farmers Of the county with which to
build their homes, barns and other i'm
proyements. He has had business trans
actions with a large majority of the pop
ulation Ct this county. He has stood as
the embodiment of personal honor, hon
esty and integrity. The very men who
attempt to gain votes for Aliens oppo-
nent on account Of the loss of Record
Book No. %. tell you that John Hoag-
land is, in addition to all, a careful and
concise business man. They tell Won he
is SO we'll versed in business affairs as to
be able most properly to conduct the i'm
portant business of the office for which
he is a candidate. When Edward S.
Allen was placed on trial for his liberty
and charged with the larceny Of Record
Book No. 70 he was not. only prosecuted
by Mr.. Register, the States Attorney.
but additional was procured. The attor-
ney general OF this state diligently as
sisted in the able prosecution that was
made against him. Every device known
to the law was used TO it's fullest extent
and every error made by the defending
counsel was taken advantage of nv the
prosecution. A jury carefully empaneled
and sworn and the form of that oath was
that they would fairly and impair
TALLY hear the testimony in the case
and a true verdict render according to
the law and the evidence. Every man
upon the jury was a we'll known citizen
OF the county, the peer of every voter in
the county. We will, however, for the
purposes Of this case, need to mention
the name of but one-and that was John
2. Hoagland, the present popu]ist candi-
date for the office of county treasurer.
John P. Hoagland, on oath, swore in the
rendition of that verdict that
Edward S. Allen was not guilty of
the larceny of Record Book No. 70, and
when the populist e~lectioneers say that
Edward S. Allen was guilty of the lar
ceny of Record Book No. 70, they say
that John P. Hoagland, their candidate
for county treasurer, perjured himself in
the rendition OF a verdict of not guilty,
and any man who would say John Hoag-
land has, or would, be guilty of perjury
or guilty of knowingly or intentionally
doing a single living human being a
single wrong or would in any manner be
connected with the willful violation of a
law. is, in my opinion, unworthy of either
the respect Of an honest man, or belief
upon his oath; and the cry against Ed
ward S. Allen on this subject, is made,
not in the interest of society, not for the
good of the public, but to take a low
and mean advantage of a political OPP
ponent.
Republicans, if you do your duty to
your party, and to your fellow mon, you
will condemn this attempted deceit and
fraud, by so pronounced a majority in
his election as will put this class Of poll
tics at a discount hereafter.
" R. n. STEVENS.
The Bismarck TRIBUNE is row, and
has Deer every day since the county
convention, in favor of the election of
each, and every candidate upon the re-
publican ticket, and, in supporting the
ticket, they have no favors to grant to
any candidate which can possibly he