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

court has been held, and the many
clients he has had have had personal
reasons to know how he conducted him.
self as p lawyer, we will not at this time
discuss his merits or dement's as an
attorney.
One of the things urged against him
by those who oppose his election, is that
he is known as a blind pigger, or in
other words, has been engaged in the
illicit sale Of Intoxicating liquors. I shall
not attempt to say he has not in some
manner been connected with that bust
ness, but for the purposes of this discus
sion admit that. As one of the proprie-
tors of the Sheridan house, if there has
been liquor sold in that house, he has
been probably been financially interested
in such sale, but when I read on a petit
ton recently presented to the city coun-
Gil of Bismarck in effect, asking for the
licensing of places in which strong drink
is sold, and signed by numerous of our
best and most influential and substantial
business men, it takes from my mind a
great deal Of the sting and stigma that
might otherwise attach to his conduct in
relation to the sale of liquor. He has
never been a bartender or been otherwise
interested in liquor traffic, than as would
come from his proprietorship of the
Sheridan house, running it in the same
manner it has been run, and seems to
the majority Of citizens of Bismarck
necessary to be in order to make sui
ficient money to justify its being kept
open.
Asa Patterson, his opponent, has with
IN the past two weeks stated in the coup-
try, and at different places. that his oppo-
nent would not pay his bill; that he hsld
for collection against him a bill for a
car load of beer which Mr.. Allen would
not pay for. Mr.. Allen severed his
connection with the Sheridan house
some time ago, and is in no manner
connected with it in any branch, and in
accordance with a published notice to
that effect. Mr.. Patterson has assumed
payment of all outstanding bills of every
nature due from the firm of Allen g.
Paterson, and connected with the Sheri-
dan House. Of this Asa Patterson, his
opponent, was informed some time
ago, and when he went into the country
and made that statement about Ed
Allen not paying his bills he knew that
Ed Allen was in 10 manner responsible
for the payment of that bill, except such
responsibility as came from his former
part proprietorship in the Sheridan
House. He knew another thing, that
the prohibition law of this state pro-
hibited importation into this state of in
toxicating liquors, and that the firm or
person who sold or shipped liquor into
the state of North Dakota for sale did it
in violation of law, and as much in vio-
lation of good morals as the man who
sold it after it had arrived; and yet,
knowing this, he, as collecting agent and
as an attorney of the Bismarck bar, has
attempted to collect the money from
Edward S. Allen, Connected with this
illegal transaction. The man who will
attempt to collect money for an illegal
transaction is as much a party to that
transaction as the party to the trade.
And when he becomes the agent of the
violator of the law he becomes n Of
the violators of that law, and when he
stoops beneath the dignity of an honor
able attorney to gain political advantage
OF an adversary by publishing the Sc
crets OF his clients, he violates his oath
as an attorney and officer of a court Of
justice, which is a far greater ofense
than either the mandatory or sale OF
intoxicating liquors. With the exception
of being connected in the manner 1 have
mentioned with the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, which, if he was aver guilty of,
has long since ceased, there is but one
other blot upon the character of Edward
s. Allen which would cause the 6nge. of
scorn to be pointed at him in any man
ner. He is not a new hedged and un-
tried citizen in this community. Having
been admitted to practice law in the
state Of New Jersey in 1884 be came here
and began the practice of his profession.
which he followed until the voters of
Burleigh county chose him as the clerk
OF the district court, which position he
filled with honor and credit until his
successor was elected, in 1891. During
the time he occupied the position he
formulated and put into practice a sys-
tenn of keeping the accounts of the office,
which system is still followed. His
record as mayor of the city of Bismarck
is as good as that Of any mayor the city
has had, and far better than most of the
administrations have been, considering
the financial conduct of the officers con-
nected with his administration. Socially
he has always been, and is still, recog-
nized by the best elements Of society in
the county. He has ever held himself
the equal socially of the best, and by