The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-21
Letters From the People.
WHO is JOHN f. KELLY.

me Union Candidate for Attorney
General Speaks for Himself.
70 The st. Paul Globe:
The assault on mo in pio,aar ruo.. -
NVtn ana Dispatch Of 18th is untrue and
unjust Your space will NOT at-n1n mo -
80 INTO specific denials and disprove. hence T
can only present my credentials
10 prove my ability and learning N tho
people issued in July the following cbaI9
lenge: ioHo"lhs chal-
DS ST, Paul IN MINI. July; 1Ss8-Hon. w. B.
Douslas-Dear Sir: AS the nominee ~ tba re-
IoTm FORCES for the Office of attorney eenersI
peIeVe IL the right Of the people IN he adj
us tIseu OF the administration of tina. ofnce and
She qualifications of the candidates 7 tbere
lore challenge you, the candidate of tbe 20
Ruohcan party, to discuss, meet and JisnuTe
me the question, which 1 affirm to be true; that
cn 'inGe Oh attorney general under Republi-
San administrations has not been and a
iiortlorl VIII not be administered accord
rHS 20 law; In consequence of which, amongst
Dcn et wrongs: " Millions of dollars OF the
poop.e > money have been suuandered and
eoituPtly diverted; 81 thousands of acres NJ
yertad anus nave nave been lost and corruptly di-
I Sg 80, anu l3l corporations have continuous
~ ~, stoiated and openly reDudated the law
spectfully Tob 6nig ~ 'S IN. ne
Inc Republican candidate declined. stating
substantially that it was not his dntv 70
oeiehd the Republican administration. passed
Vi present, and | therefore circulated this
chdLehse and the proof throughout the state.
ana stand ready TO furnish proof To any,
Dody at amy time and any place. If was a
weak man Intellectually I could not challenge
proof. anu iuiHiSh ING
have an education and record without
pIemlsh, and stand ready to meet any man
vi vi IOuy OF men upon any question Of law
VI knowledge l was admitted to the SUI
preme court of Washington, d. C. in 1857
ana justice DIN certifies that l am a man
oI GOOD moral character. I was admitted
u supreme court Of United States in 1874
ana 10 supreme court of Minnesota i'm Nav
IooS: IN addition to this, I have been ad-
Mite to ,,t the supreme court of Missouri.
others. am the author Of an a number ntAU Of
raw DOCKS, among which are Contracts
Prac Mafr!ea ..1U M4men Code Pleading and
oaCionS, and contributed to the ''American
ana English Encyclopedia of Law. and IN
O. t Tue law Journals In this country as well
Gs Cne Dupiln Law Times and the Solicitors
SSourhaI, London, Eng, distinction which
lev american writer's can claim.
era, entered the telegraph corps OF the Fed
ma. army with Gen.. Eckert in the Civil
wal war and after its close practiced law in
mest virginia occupied the bench there and
e etatp ana revised the statutes of that
otate. Inc supreme court Of West Virginia
wrote: Judge Jno. F. Kelly's well known
eminent ability as a lawyer, Judge and iurist
and su dI 70 guarantee his compilation"
ana every Judge and lawyer in that state
E wlQte 20 me same effect. including Gov.
Mathews, Gov. Jackson, Gov. Fleming, sena-
Tor Or Faulkner, Judge Camden. Judge Holt.
Juqge Brannon and Judge Snyder
Judge Dtckman, of the Ohio supreme court
write that my review Of Manufacturing Com,
pahy v. Morr1ssey and Railroad v Gallagher
was learned and exhaustive showing rare
ABILITY, extended research and careful anaIy-
SIS ana discrimination" The same testimony
mas been given by Chief Justice Waite. Judge
T TN ana Judge Cooley, the eminent jurists
Inc Central Law Journal wrote concerning
me reprint OF my article in the Dublin Law
INES that 1t was compliment which for
elgn journals, with their prejudces against
american affairs, rarely furnish. and dis
clnelon accorded to few, If any other Ameri-
can MI a newspaper with such testi
mon1als If 1 can get the space l prefer to
Wrlte law and briefs than engage in nlsi
Prlus trials. l have explored the Minnesota
law and decisions to such an extent that 7
believe know as much about them as any
ASu n the state. John +. Kelly.
st. Paul, Mimi. Oct. 20, 1898.