The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-02-15

issued writ Of custer, accordingly.
The GAZETTE is aware of another case
similar to the Seagrave Smith and
Sullivan cases, and if test is made
of the constitutionality of Mr.. Pierce's
election the Supreme Court will only
have to look at its own decisions to
make another similar and to confirm
the statement that Mr.. Pierce is not
county attorney of Redwood county.
In this connection the letter handed
us last week, without signature, has
been properly identified, and coming
from a prominent Delhi citizen, it is
given to our readers:
To THE ED1ToR-I notice in last
weeks issue of the GAZETTE that the
Office of county attorney was sold to
the highest bidder, and that the race
seems to have been, to use horse Ian
guage, a free-for- all contest, St.Paul
law firm bearing off the prize. Where,
0, where was Judge Bowers that he
did not mortgage his next years crop
of mustard, and go Mr.. Pierce $50
better?
Is it right and just to the voters of
Redwood county that the office of
county attorney should be given to a
nonresident for the paltry sum of
$500? We have no issue with Mr..
Pierce, admitting him to be gentle
man, and as honest as most lawyers
are, but we say most emphatically
that we look upon the selection as an
insult to the taxpayers of Redwood
county, especially to so to those of
the legal profession. Are there no
brains left. in Redwood county that
the county board is compelled to i'm
port $500 worth, or is it a political
trick to be revealed later?
SUBSCRIBER.
The Lamberton Leader also gets
worked up over the matter, and Edi-
tor Bohanon, after seeing the stand of
the GAZETTE, comes out in the follow
ing emphatic words:
The appointment has aroused con-
siderable indignation among the peo-
pie of the south side of Redwood
county. We were in Sanborn last
Friday and the feeling was intense
there. On our return we met sub
stantial farmer from the southwest
corner of the county and his language
showed plainly how he felt on the
subject. It is expected that this fall
the delegates to the county conven-
ton land possibly y some of the voters}
will be st. Paul men. In Lamberton
the most intense indignation exists.
While it was hoped that Frank Clague
would be the fortunate one, people
would not be- 50 enraged if Redwood
man had received the appointment.
The Morgan Messenger also jumps
on the band wagon, and voices zoe
popuH by saying:
At the time we very very seriously
questioned the 'propriety of such a
procedure. It now turns out that
the whole county does not approve of
the appointment. Pierce has no inter-
ests here, and it is possible that the
action of the board will be rescinded
and member of the bar from this
county appointed. We were glad to
see Mr.. Ellington oppose Pierce's ap-
pointment when there was such a
bright young attorne in the county as
Frank Clague.
The ST.. Peter Herald is inclined to
look at it from a ludicrous standpoint,
and is willing that Editor Hughes
should be appointed, rather than a
St. Paul man:
The St.Paul lawyer who prosecuted
Madigan has been appointed county
attorney of Redwood county. This
is aattering endorsement of the legal
talent at Redwood. A local man
should have been appointed, if they
had to select newspaper man to fill
the office.
A friend of the GAZETTE calls our
attention to Secs. COOL and 6OO2 of
Kelly's Revised Statutes of Minnesota,
and they are SO applicable to the case
that we give them:
A person who gives, or offers to
give, any gratuity or reward, in con-
sideration that he or any other person
shall be appointed to a public Office,
or to a clerkship, deputation, or other
subordinate position, in such an Office
or that he, or such other person shall
be permitted to exercise, perform, or
discharge any prerogative or duties,
or to receive any emoluments of such
an office, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
A person who asks or receives, or