Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-04
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3oth hit. contains the following edi-
torial mention regarding Judge Noyes,
d en-. route to Washington to present
his side of the celebrated Alaska case
to the department: M. ~ zu.
1t is to be regretted that much OF the
editorial comment on the Noyes case
in Alaska is all based on ~prejudicial
and one-sided statements made by. a
ring of constituencies looters with
headquarters in California. The vel
low journals of San Francisco have
done the bidding Of their masters and
every printed ~utterance respecting this
case, even to the petition signed by
Nome attorneys, has been inspired
from the am source.
Judge Moves has made no statement
Of his side of the case except in a dig
nifed and proper report to the attor-
ney general. While he has been att
tending strictly to his Judicial duties
at Nome a horde of disturbers and
scandal monlgers have been sent ont to
defame him and If possible unseat him.
The campaign has been carried. on from.
San Francisco, and Puget Sound news
papers have unthinkingly aided and
abetted* the plottings by giving circu-
1ation to and commenting upon the
vile ISLANDERS which distance and the
absence Of news facilities made it pos
sfble to immediately and authorita-
lively diseredit. FL ~
It may be possible that So Nome at
torneys have signed a petition for
Judge Noyes' removal. If Judge
Noyes' friends would stoop to the adop-
tion of like tactics they could secure
a petition from 100 attorneys asking
for his retention. ~
The scheme has been cunningly
planned TO present this petition at such
time that if Judge Noyes is not able
to return to his district before nayiga-
ton closes It would be found most ex-
pedient to temporarily appoint one OF
the 80 alleged petitioners to serve in
his place. IS =. al
E>I If the San Francisco ring can get
control Of the mining claims at Cape
I Nome and can administer Justice there
in accordance with the San Francisco
standard there would be a fattening
Of pocketbooks and a transfer OF the
Cape Nome trade from Puget Sound to
California. Ifthe Puget Sound news
papers can be led into the trap OF I'M
consciously assisting in the looting, SO
much the better.
Judge Noyes viii present his case
and reply to the moral assasins who
have bounded him, ait the department
OF justice at Washington, D. G. The
Washington correspondent of the Eve
ming News says OF his coming appear
alrce before the attorney general:
There Is a conviction at the depart
naent that 40 officer could go to Alaska
and transact important business for
the government and please all factions.
ait is felt that, no matter how just and
discreet a judge may be, he will offend
some set Of men, and that these will
take radical neal of showing their
Sd~ispleasalre. The expectation at the
department is that Judge Noyes wilt
be able to confirm this understanding
OF the situation. 5'
a@g&ExErrES
He does not come TO the department
$to meet men who r against him, but
who believe In him, and unless a set
of facts which are not known here de-
velep. he will come out OF his inter
views with flying colorss
paragraph i'd one b the yellow
journals Of San Francisco 4 using
the name Of deposed United States
official.
So also was d passenger
~ the steamer Oregon has i Keenly
Whetted knife out b Judge Noyes.
He intends 70 3 direct to Washington
ard see the president ---------, who
refused ut all times to become a
nnalaber Of the federal ring, says that
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