Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-10-13
THE JUDICIAL QUESTION.
Given Most Outrageous Fehoods Regarding E. Burke
BY Newspapers Supporting L. GIaspell

story in which woman OF i'll fame
is connected, has been repudiated by
affidavit Of the merchant who was
claimed to have furnished it.
The story OF the releasing of two
criminals for horse stealing after
they had been captured by the sheriff.
has this foundation: That two
young fellows on a spree, took a
team from farmer, living near
Valley City and drove it away. 1t
was supposed that an intent had
been made to steal the property, and
the sheriff and deputies were sent
out in search for same. The team
was returned by the boys to the
farmer, and money damage paid
for their fun. The boys confessed to
the crime, if such it could be called.
The Justice court records show that
MIR. Burke as States Attorney dis
missed the prosecution Of the boys at
the request Of the complaining wit
ness. The lads were told to 60, and
sin Tor drink no more.
This trivial incident has been pur-
posely magnified by Judge Gaspell's
organs and distorted into charge
of the gravest kind against public
officer. Mr.. Burke is charged in one
breath with compounding q felony,
and in the next sentence the reader
is urged to vote for Giaspell who is
described as everything chat Mr..
Burke is not.
The residents of Stutsman county
have had Judge Glaspell's official re-
cord before them for the last two
elections, when he has been candi-
date for Judge. In neither OF these
elections has he been able to carry
his own county as consequence. al
though running both times as a
republican in strong republican
county. Such verdict speaks for
itself, and will in all probability be
repeated again this fall, as four
years make no change in the
memories of the people in this res
pect.
Many residents of the district
know little abo 1t Mr.. Burke, other
than the intended damaging filings
and charges the Glaspell papers are
diligently circulating. Mr.. Burke is
thi1ty-fve years old, and lawyer Of
good ability. He came to North
Dakota in 1871, has lived in Cass
and Barnes counties since then. He
has practiced law since 1892. He
came from fine family, has wife
and son, is of excellant moral char
acter, republican in politics, and
earned money for his university
education. He has been elected
twice as States Attorney over the
Oldest and strongest republican and
democratic attorneys in the county.
Edward and Herman Winterer, both
OF whom are now opposing the cleo
ti0n of Mr.. Burke. Mr.. Burke is
interested in stock ranch in Stuts-
man county and has wide and
favorable acquaintance among the
farmers OF Barnes county. No repub-
llican or democrat can hesitate to
cast their vote for Mr.. Burke, as he
will, if elected, make an impartial,
careful and extremely popular Judge.
DISC USTS THE BETTER CLASS.
"Bawdy house politics" is some
thing new in the Barnes county
political arena. But 1t is no surprise
when one considers the source from
which they emjnate-the Valley City
Alliance. All know that the Alliance
is not at all particular about what it
prints; and it has a close second in
the Barnes County News-the new
campaign sheet. Such personal
abuse and lies about States Attorney
Burke may win votes for Glaspell,
among the riff-raff voters who de-
Light in snut-daubing OF character;
but they disgust the better class Of
citizens. VALLEY City Patriot.
lsFOR WHAT THERE is IN 1T. +"
Cooperstown Courier: The judici-
ary in this state seems to be all mix
ed up. Judges Lauder. Palda and
Glaspell have been tn ned down by
the republican party and have been
nominated by the democrats. This
is another case Of independence in
poll tics-for what there is in it..
BEEN IN LONG ENOUGH.
| Harvey Herald: Mr.. Burke has
especially requested his friends at
Harvey to say only good things of his
opponent. However, We presume 1t
would not be out Of order to rem ark
that tho Judge row In office has been
In about long enough.