Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-04-08
The M'kENzIE CASE
Friends of Alexander Mckenzie at
w ashington Expect President
TO Grant Pardon. 8 -.

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Status Of the Case Petitions from the
Northwest Griggs Approves Re-
:: ss1...% fl. .: quest for clemency. / -.
The Washington correspondent of
the. Minneapolis Journal telegraphs
from Washington that President Me
Kinley is expected by friends OF Mc-
Kenzie to grant the petition for pardon
that has been filed in behalf of NICK en-
zie. The dispatch goes over the moves
that have been made in the Mckenzie
case since the adjournment OF congress
and it is stated that Attorney General
Griggs unhesitajtingly approved the pc
tition for a pardon. Further the dis
patch says: -
There are no means Of knowing at
this time how the president regards
the application. That he has been
fully enlightened regarding the merits
of the case from the Mckenzie point of
view, however, is certain. Senator
Hansbrough of North Dakota, who has
been here since adjournment of con-
gress, has taken a lively interest in the
matter, and it is probably through him
that the Mckenzie side of the case has
at last reached the White House. This
is the first direct effort the Mckenzie
people have made to reach the presi-
dent. When the case was prominently
before congress, last winter, the enc
mics Of Mckenzie and of Judge Noyes
were in Washington in numbers, and
did what they could to influence senti-
ment, in congress, at the department.
OF justice and at the White House. At
one timeit was believed that those ef-
forts had been So successful that the
removal Of Judge Noyes was to he
brought about in advance Of any OPP
portInity for him to be heard in his
own defense. The attorney general,
who then had the case in charge,
promptly announced that no federal
Judge could be removed without hear
ing, and the anti-Noyes people aban-
,doned their crusade. This was at the
time when the federal court of appeals
handed down it's decision in the Nc
$Kenzie contempt case, and took side
swipe at Judge Noyes in passing. 1t
was expected that the decision would
be the cap sheaf to the work that had
been going on in Washington and that
both Noyes and Mckenzie would pass
OF the stage III disgrace at the same
time. ~ g.
With the adjournment of congress,
all agitation Of the question came to an
end !, and u was only a short time ago
that the friends OF Noyes and Mex Kenzie
began to take their inning. 1t is the
understanding here that the multitude
of kilograms which the president has
been receiving recently in McKenzie's
behalf were sent as the result Of a very
careful organization of forces in Min
nesotas and in North Dakota. .,%,z.
5E The friends of the two: men have
been busy for weeks laying the case
before the prominent people of the two
states. 1t is said that it was not diff
cult in either state to secure all the sig
natures desired. In North Dakota
especially the response is understood
to have been generous and prompt.
Practically every leading man in that
state has either sent telegram on sig
nif1ed his willingness to do SO; and be-
yond this, il is said that lengthy petit
tions, setting out the case in detail,
are now on their way to Washington.
The friends of Mckenzie In this
city confidently expect that the pardon
will be granted, The principal argN-
ment in favor of it is the fact that the
sentence is excessive and has no prece-
dent ID the history Of American jnris-
prudence. Anot her point that is forced
to the attention Of the president is the
evident prejudice OF the San Francisco
federal court This prejudice it is
claimed, Is shown both in the way in
which the Nick Kenzie case was con
Quoted and ID the written opinion oft
the court s5*
Should cKenzie be pardoned. II Is
his plan to 60 back to Nome on the
first boat, for he has large interests
there ia addition to the contested re-
ceiverships. These interests would
suffer nealculable harm il ne were to
be kept away from lysoa,ae for 4 year.
Incidentally this fact has been pre-
sented to the president AS one reason
why the pardon should be granted.
1T has been the claim Of the Noyes and
McKenzie paTtisans that the San Fran-
cisco court knew full well when II was
passing sentence that McKenzie would