Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-09
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MISREPRESENTATION OF MIR.
a. MILLER.

D MISREPRESENTATION OF MIR.
A. MILLER.
Mr.. Andrew Miller is travelling.
through the state under the guise of
being a reformer and an enforcer of
law. He is going out Of his way to.
malign very good people and old
timers Of the state who are his
equal. Mr.. Miller has only been in
the state about three years, and little
is known of his ability as a lawyer,
although he is a resident of this
city, except so far as his record while
assistant attorney general shows. In
vestigation shows that he was ap-
pointed by Attorney General McCue
to the Office Of assistant attorney gem
eral in January, 1907, and continued
in Office until December 6 following.
From the adjournment Of the leg
islature in 1907 until August 10 he
had, in the absence of the attorney
general from the city, entire charge
of the corresponds and other Of
fetal duties in the Office, with full
power and instructions to enforce
the laws Of the state.
On August 10, 1907, an additional
assistant was appointed, and Mr..
Miller was relieved or the detailed
Office work, such as passing upon alb
stractsa and loans made by the state
board of university and school lands,
writing opinions, and the other nu-
merous duties devolving upon the
attorney generals Office.
At the direction of the attorney
general Mr. Miller was relieved of
all of this work for the sole mad ex-
press purpose that he might give his
entire time to the enforcement of
the prohibition law. During that
time he prosecuted no case, and the
only thing that the records show he
did do was to secure five temporary
injunctions against persons in the
city Of Dickinson, and those tempo
rary injunctions he dismissed upon
stipulation. During Mr.. Miller's en-
tire term in Office he did not secure
a single conviction in any case in
which a trial was had under the law,
and he had full authority in the
matter
There was a murder case pending
in Cooperstown which had been tried
by the states attorney Of Griggs
county, and the jury disagreed. Be
fore the case was again tried, the
defendants counsel was elected
states attorney of Griggs county, SO
that there was no prosecutor in the
county qualified to prosecute this
case. The attorney generals Office
was appealed to, and Mr.. Miller went
to CooperstoWn to prosecute the
case. Like all of his criminal pros
ecutions this case when tried by Mr..
Miller for the state, resulted In an
acquittal for the defendant.
The only case which Mr.. Miller
tried for the state in the supreme
court was that Of the STAGE vs.. School
District No SO, Barnes county. Mr..
Miller prepared the appeal in this
case and the brief, and argued II
orally in the supreme court. After
the case was submitted to the SUI
{ preme court, when it was reached by
that body, II was found that none
of the material points had been ar
} gued. BY order Of the supreme
court this case was sent back to the
attorney general with instructions
that 1T be argued.
la was found by those who have
looked up the record Of Mr.. Miller
& as a lawyer. that since coming to
this state He appeared In but two
civil cases in the supreme court, both
Of which were appealed by him, and
both Of which he lost Upon looking
r up the Iowa records, where he prac-
ticed before coming to this state
not single case is found which Mr..
Miller tried III the supreme court oi
Iowa and won. In one case Mr.
Miller appears as one Of the counsel