The Dickinson press., 1901-12-07

less extraordinary for the Language used
than for the propositions laid down. Il
p difficult for me TO speak Of this SUBJ
ject in moderation, for l feel deeply and
profoundly that Ihave been shafnefully
treated.
Stripped Of a multitude Of words, boiled
down ard presented in naked aspect. the
decision OF the supreme court Is simply
this: a lawyer having 80 or 20 cases on
the calendar at a term covering the.
months Of January, February and q part
Of March. may, simply to suit his own
personal convenience, continue. those I
cases over the term. and then AT another
term come into court, on the 18th day III
July. when the heat is 100 degrees in the {
shade, when the harvest is ready for the I
sickle, aud insist, as a strict legal right,
that those 80 or 40 cases be then taken
up and tried, nd that a jury consisting Of
20 farmers snail be forced to remain in
attendance upon court, with the newt
able result that a large portion at least
Of their crops will goback into the ground
and they will thus lose much of the fruits
Of the years labor-and this simply to
serve the convenience Of a lawyer whose
cases might have been tried by him, had
he felt disposed 10 try them, at a previous
term, when they could have been tried
without inconvenience 10 either court.
jurors or witnesses.
The supreme court Of this state saw
that this can be done. .emphatically
deny that = lawyer has any such legal
right, and upon that issue believe
can appeal confidently to the common
sense of the people. That proposition
Of law will never stand. The common
judgment Of lawyers and laymen will
condemn it and it will be swept aside
with the cx,gency that gave it birth.
In. the opinion. as | find it in the news
papers, there occurs the folio wing: "Thc
interests of suitors are especially safe
guarded by the law. and every lawyer
knows that repeated and yexatious de.
lays in the courts are often tantamount
to a denial Of justice" Now, | am the
defendant in this law suit. and it is Of
coars: toward ME that that shaft is di-
drawn from it is that /, in some way,
have caused repeated and vexatious de-.
lays" in tne trial of cases in the court
over which have been called to pre-.
side. 1t c.n mean nothing else. The
record before the supreme court shows
and shows neutrality-suspicious. even be-
Ills %;nsinnat;on "a abso,H,sIv m;,hn".
even the shadow NJ = fact IN wh;ch -
rest. The record in the Office n ,he
cIerk n the court of th;s county =. ~
the disnosi,ion oi every case IN he cal
endar fImrinu ,,,e fur ierne next mo
ced;ng ne .s,m held lac, LII, wss ~
sen,ed to III. snnreme co,rt 80 III.
record and thc far, wac not den;.d .ha.
=, ,hose iorr sevsral ,erms AZ cur. ,hae. .
were m an sverase sho,,, .eventv.Sne
Ease. At each term and That If III ;hnss
cases At tho.. f,n,r .everai tarn,s af "n"s,
onIv t~o were con,;nued ovar ~. .ou,e
Nv The order NJ the co,,rt ~ iii .hst .rran.
mass Of li,ipation before The cnnr, a.
those terms and mar all othsr c,.as
were ei,her ,r;ed dismissed settled o,,.
II court Or continued over ,he term. hu
con.ent of .the n,r,;ee ,ham.sivss ~
In he i;aht ~ The Tecord 90 ,,,,
fair minded man he he LAWYER or iaH,
nan whaf foundation !. ,hcre fnr ~.
ch.rge ,hs+ ! haua Caused arana,.ad Una S
ve~.t;,n,s delavs" IN he ,r,neso.;oa ~ -
he hnsint 90 II nv conrt7 :"
Tn the bar and ;nd;c;.rv ~ bic s.,.
a.k this Question. In the I;oh, 81 No
rscord was the .,r,.m. cn srt ~ ~ VIC.
s,sta ;,st;Sed n ~,E,;na ,h;s ;n.;nn @
IN he recosds ~ ,hs;r Courts VIII" ha.,.
,hev dnns ~ tn rscord m"f Nv
them The facts we're No, IL d;.n,,..
They were not called nnon to de,.rp;ns
questions Of fact from cnna;c.;ns ,a..;.
annv y "s ~ 'ee'-
-.Th;s decision ia wrong T. d,.. -.
great Injustice. and + will M, s,and.
fhere ;s mover IN this .t,.e ,ss;ns.
which wen he siinreme cn,,r, c.nne,
stand and that is tie power of an " 'en.
i;ohtened nnhI;c ]on;n;np ~ ..., .
as sure AZ / am alive that ,he n,hi;e
an;nion ri Nor,h Dakot, ,,;i, .olpS ao
this decision. i know the hal \.
ord;nsr;iw a;v.n - ~. wa.
~ The .,,nrsms COW. hut - ri. en".ass
IN ,rd;.m,nsd Tha;. ans;ss"'S 20
conr.. vii stayd n.-hsn u'I "DI =.
,hsu ~.ma;n on ,hs hsn.h H., .o.ik %
on;y;on ! vii 4. anne.l ~ INV a' h .i t .hH
har and the nsnnIe IS III. .t. ".
r;oh, IN THE controvsr.v .nd ! h. -.
= nart;cle- nj do,,hf h,t th,, + .,;ii ~
t;rrlv vind;cated .h.il =, ~, :" =.
n.nse have ~ .r,;ra rarora ~ 90
pr;ntedsand nisc.d in ths, h.nd. =, s az
R;.tr;ct ;udcee and ev.ru l.a,,.s. ~ ~.
s,sse III ~ wbon hel;evs vii ~. ' ;n
,sre.t enomoh n IL. m,.,er - en- ~. = :.
carefullv, and when ,hev hsv. dnns ~
/ have no do"ht whs,.nsv.r h,. .h.,
their nnanimou. ;udument Iii ~ ~. 7
have been The vittim Of : great ;n;rs,;c.
i am not "a much snrnrised Ia; i"Sa.
Wailin should have written th;. "I;n;on
{ sdg;, 81 W. , 's5s feelings sais =, ,s";rS ne s:ys
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