The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-10-29

he ueEpicaDle "rOOrOach mas already
made It's appearance as we yesterday
predicted and from gold republican
sources rs near as We may judge. This
one consists of a libeious attack upon
the integrity Of States Attorney Murray
and Deputy Sheriff McGoverh and is
signed by j. w. Hurley. The compost
tion and make up of the vile canard
shows that some II else as deeply in
terested in the defeat of Mr.. Murray as
even Mr.. Hurley or the liquor men. has
had Il hand in getting it up and the cir.
cular has evidently been printed at a
shop on lower Egan avenue hat has
been addicted to just such dirty work
every campaign for years past. The
low character of the attack on these
honorable gentlemen will in itself react
terribly on those who expected to profit
by the false accusations and MIR. Muir
rays manly reply under such dastardly
treatment will at once inspire conviction
OF his integrity. We give below, the
contents of the "~roorbach" and Mr..
Murray's reply:
H%URLEY's ROORBACH.
TO the voters of Lake county: Cen
:lemen-Oscar .. Murray, the young
aspirant for continued honors in the line
OF his profession, and now posing before
the people as an exponent Of reform,
would have the people Of this county be-
lleve that he ls a modern saint and the
leader of moral and social reform, but
before the voters cast their ballots for
him for the Office of states attorney it
might be well for them to know just the
kind Of a moralist this young man is in
order that they may vote in~telligently
and then if he should chance to be cleo -
ed that they would not bu disappointed
or blame anyone for their having been
unconsciously led into casting their boil
OTIS fol- such an unworthy person rs MIR.
Murray certainly is. 4 short time be-
fore tie election in 1894 Mr.. Murray
came to one of the saloon keepers IN
Madison and wanted him to help elect
him and then and there stated that he
it, and they then made a bargain that
Murray should be paid fifty dollars per
month for the privilege OF running a
saloon and he was to give the man
notice of any Injunction suits COM
menced against him in time for him to
move his goods. Under the agreement
Murray, with the assistance of said
saloon keeper, was elected. A few days
after election Murray notified him that
he could not keep his contract because
others would pay him more money for
the same privileges and in about a month
after he took the Office he closed the
place of his former helper by Injunction
under pressure from other parties hold
ing the privileges promised him. In
about a month after that-in the fall OF
1864 friend Of Murray's came to this
same saloon keeper and stated that for
range matters 80 that he could again do
business and for three months he paid
the regular dues Of 800 per month and
was not disturbed by injunction suite or
otherwise. But the other parties hold
ing privileges granted from the Crown
finally rebellsd against the competition
and the place wss|again closed.
Now these are facts and We deem it
important that the voters know them
and we stand ready and willing to prove
them in court when called upon 80 to
do.
In the spring of 1895, after our young
friend took the office of states attorne, ,
t~hetaxpayers being tired Of paying un-
necessary costs made in liquor prosecu-
tions, circulated a petition among the
taxpayers OF Lake county requesting
tho board Of county commissioners to
request the states attorney to compel
the complaining witnesses to give bonds
for costs. The board OF commissioners
passed on the petition and requested MIR.
Murray to do 80. He refused to do 80,
aud ever since he took the Office he has
been heaping up cos's on the people who
have been paying taxes and there has
been more liquor sold and more drunk.
enness since he took the Office than there
has been for the same length Of time
during the last seven years Of prohioi.
bition. Drug stores are run as open
saloons and "b)ind pigs"-you cant
count them. Mr.. Murray must be get
ting quite q salary.
In the spring OF 1895 a boy went to one
Of the drug stores, bought q bottle Of
whisky and he did not have to sign the
book. He made an affidavit to this
effect before one Of our Madison justices.
The affidavit bad to go through the
etate's attorneys hands IN order to bring
the criminal to justice. What did our
young states. attorney do? Nothingl
The affidavit never showed up again, but
the witness got the sum Of as to get