The Minneapolis journal., 1901-10-18
JUDGE and SENATOR
At WAR IN NO. DAKOTA
Lauder-MCCumbcr Quarrel as Told by the Rec
ords of the Supreme Court Litigation
Without Parallel

he should do, and arbitrarily adjourned
the term Of court, discharged the jury and
refused and now refuses to call any term
for the trial of the cases on the calendar.
Other af1davits filed against the judge
are from Dan K. Jones, an attorney who
testifies that Judge Lauder had often
called McCumber vile and opprobious
names.
Evan NJ. Jones, former sheriff Of Rich
land county, says LADDERS animosity
against McCumber extended to McCum-
ber's friends, and that when he (Jones)
was candidate for election, Lauder told
him that If r. H. Hankinson, we'll
known Richland county politician and
friend OF McCumber, was to manage Jones
campaign, he Lauder) would see that
Jones was defeated Jones says that
Lauder alluded to Hankinson in manner
that would not be printable. ]. F. Shea,
one Of the state railroad commissioners
and another politician in Richland county
makes an affidavit stating that LADDERS
hatred Of McCumber was something SO
intense and demonstrative that it seemed
bordering on insanity
This is but digest of portion of the
affidavits filed for consideration of the su-
preme court. And equally voluminous and
intense are the affidavits that Judge
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defense Of his position in adjourning the
Richland county term Of court before the
cases in which McCumber was concerned
were tried
LADDERS RejOinder.
Judge LADDERS affidavit goes at much
length into the matters complained OF by
Senator McCumber with regard to the
disposition Of cases in court in which Nc
Cumber was interested as an attorney
Fololwing this Lauder pays a tribute to
McCumber in this wise:
Inc said McCumber has opposed my cleo
ton to the district bench at all times when
tnere was the slightest possibility Of securing
my defeat. When 1 was elected for the
fourth time the SAID McCumber did every
thing In his power to defeat me- He left his
seat IN the senate and came from Washington
while congress was still in session to take
the lead in the personal fight that was being
made against me. All the power and patron
age OF the great Office which he now happens
70 hold were, without the slightest attempt at
disguise, thrown into the scale against me.
He denounced me publicly and privately, ap-
piled to me epithets too foul and opprobrious
to be incorporated in e record in court
Especially since the said McCumber secured
his seat in the United States senate he has
oeen persistent in season and out Of season
to create the impression that l am an unit
person TO occupy the district bench
That have not kindly feeling toward
Mr. McCumber l do not deny. It would be
indeed uncandid for me to say that he Is a
man whom personally esteem, for 1 do not
L know P. ]. McCumber well. l know his
character. his disposition and the general
trend Of his mind and know him to be one
OF the most domineerfng, arbitrary, vindictive
men who ever lived. When matters in court
or otherwise go as he wishes them to go, he
is as pleasant as any man, but the moment
ne is thwarted in the slightest degree his
anger is aroused and he proceeds to abuse and
slur those who do not agree with him In
fact he seems to be SO constituted that it is
impossible for him to conceive that any per-
son who may disagree with him can be both
honest and intelligent.
When he is on the losing side of a jury
case or when the court dsagrees with him
upon the facts or the law in a court case he
invariably becomes angry, dsrespectful and
often positively insulting. During the twelve
years l have presided upon the district bench
have received ten times as much disrespect
from the said P. ]. McCumber as from all
the other lawyers who have appeared before
me
He has seldom lost an opportunity to abuse
scoff at, deride, malign and traduce me, both
personally and officially. It is not true that
l have developed a hatred toward him that
Is almost insane in its quality. 1 am not in
sane upon the subject Of P j. McCumber or
possession of all the faculties with which the
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