The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-08-14
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IA, 1901.
DONOVAN is KEPT BUSY.

DONOVAN is KEPT BUSY.
The anti-gambling crusade has
made it's appearance in Great Falls,
and Attorney General Donovan says
that informations will be filed against
at least three residents of that city
within the next few days for offenses
against the law prohibiting games of
chance. The attorney general says
he has positive evidence that during
the absence for a short time of the
county attorney, number of games
were opened up and ran for several
days. Mr.. Donovan when he heard of
these infractions of the statute called
on the sheriff to interfere, and the
games were closed Then he request
ed the acting county attorney to file
informations against the offenders,
but that official declined so to do on
the ground that the parties we're
clients of his. Judging by the follow
ing remarks the attorney generals
attempts at enforcing the law were
received with no great enthusiasm
among the legal men of Great Falls.
He says: II understand that several
of the attorneys in the city were spo-
ken to by the acting county attorney
and asked to file the informations
against the parties-the acting coun-
ty attorney to act as the lawyer for
the indicted parties-but the lawyers
refused to have anything to do with
the proposition and the matter was
allowed to stand until the return of
County Attorney Gormley, when in
formations will be filed, and when
there will be evidence sufficient to
convict. l have not heretofore spo-
ken on this matter, and to not one
person outside of the authorities have
l given a hint in the matter, but
s>G that the whole matter as laid it
before the acting attorney is an open
secret, through no fault of mine, and
it can harm nothing by my telling Of
the case as it really is.
Il do not want to interfere in the
affairs of County Attorney Gormley
during whose absence the gambling
occurred, but l know what his pro-
cedure will De, and l wish to have it
impressed upon the minds of every
one, both in Great Falls and out of it.
that the anti-gambling law will be en-.
forced to the letter during the time
that | may occupy the office of at
torney general and the gamblers can
at no time profit by any protection
which they may get from the local Off
GERS of any community"
From reports that have reached us
We have been led to believe that the
attorney general has in some manner
accumulated an impression that the
Bee does not view with enthusiasm
his efforts to suppress gambling il
the state and particularly in Kalispell
II the gentleman has any impression.
of that nature we beg to assure hin
that they are entirely erroneous, ant
we feel quite hurt that he SHOULD
have perused our columns with a spe
cies of mental obliquity. as he mus
have done to reach the conclusion tina
we declined to beam on his efforts
And in support of our allegations tina
we have been misunderstood, ALLOW
us to quote the Butte Reveille, whicl
states that ''the Kalispell Bee gleeful
~ announces that there is no gamb
ing in that town and that there viii
be none while the present city ad
ministration is in power" Observ
: that, We doubters! "Gleefully" ar
nounces! We call the attorney genel
ais attention to this unsolicited test