The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23
TO Be Regretted.
( From the Brainerd Tribune.

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| the perusal Of the statement pub
| lished this last week in the Grand
Rapids Herald Review (Popuhst),
a sentiment of regret, profound
and sincere. It was highly illad.
vised to attempt to undermine Mr..
McCienahan in the public esteem
by such an article, for the tone
adopted reflects no credit upon
either Judge Holland or has cause.
Tt would, in truth, be di cult to
believe of a total stranger grant.
ing that his was Of any prolni-
lnence at al. some of the deroga.
tory suggestions advanced as APP
plying to Mr.. McClenahan. The
Republican nominee enjoys toe
thigh character, he possesses a
capacity for service on the bench
too well defined, to make it posi-
bile to place any confidence in such
a paragraph as for example, is
taken from the Herald Review ar
ticle and printed below.
"He (McClenahan) boasts d
his qualifications, when as mat.
ter Of fact, there are few attor.
neys in the district, but what can
try a case better than he can, and
none but would make fully as able
4 Judge. Little Macs prin cipal
ability lies in boasting Of his quail
ifcations and trying to belittle
other attorneys.
| Judge Holland is playing with
fire. There was once partner
ship under the name Of Holland
| & McClenahan, a partnership that
covered a period of some years. It
lasted in fact until the seniorpart-
ner became Judge. While the
two attorneys were SO associa ted,
Holland would absent himself
from the city for weeks at a
stretch, resigning I'll his practice
to Mr.. McClenahan. These facts
readily recalled, and if no other
evidence offered, they in them
selves would refute emphatically
such charges as are made.
Very frequently in the past Judge
Holland has been free to express
his admiration of McClenahan.
Because an election now inpends,
is there reason for completely re.
jecting all past estimates made by
Judge Holland?
f is distinctly Disappointing
that a candidate for the bench
should freely countenance such
methods. To take up another
feature Of the Herald Review ar
ticle, does Judge Holland believe
it possible to 50 comfort the fact
that Mr.. McClenahan voted for
Mckinley in 1896 and then and
there accepted republican princi-
pies, as to secure for himself, Hol-
land, any advantage2 Certainly
it is not to be supposed that an
assertion in populist organ, dis
regarding facts that have real
and positive existence, can dis
count the Judgment Of republican
representatives assembled in a
convention at Aitkin.
Republicans suffer no misgiv-
ings, even if doubt as to the Wis
dom of the nom ination made, does
disturb the quietude Of Judge Hol-
lands reflections. The following
resolution was adopted by the re-
publicans Of Hubbard county be-
fore the Aitkin convention was.
held:
AS republicans and as citizens
we recognize in Hon. w. S. Nc
Clenahan an able attorney and
an able gentleman and commend
him for the nomination at the.
Aitkin judicial convention and
believe that his election as Judge
Of the fifteenth district will reflect
credit upon the people.
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