Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-29

expense is S37S2.s {, after deductlng the
fines and fo%rfeitures, then your state
ment is either a negligent ora deliberate
falsehood. If, however. you mean 10
state that the entire expense OF these
prosecutions is S31S2,S0 {, then your ml"'
take may be consistent with an honest
desire to correctly state the facts, IN
view of your anxiety for your own cleo
ton.
You state that the cost ofliquorp prose
c~utions during my incumbency CT the
office has been twice as large per prose
cution as the cost of similar cases prose
cuted by you during your term, and with
only one-fourth the success. Nothing
can please me more than to have You
drag out your enforcement record tor
comparison with mine. How many
liquor prosecutions were brot 10y you
during the seven years that you were
states attorney of this county: The
court records disclose fourteen. How
many by me during the twenty two
months that | have held the office:
Thirty-six. How many liquor violators
we're bound over by you in justice court
during your term? The records disclose
seven. How many by me during twenty
two months? T~wenty-four. How many
convictions and bond forfeitures did you
obtain in these cases during your term:
The records disclose two. In my term
thirteen, and there are now awaiting
trial at the mex term eight cases, five
offenders having been discharged by
justices, and the others having escaped
either before or after arrest. What
amount in fines and forfeitures was
turned by you into the county during
your term of seven years: The records
do not disclose one cent in liquor cases.
What amount turned in by lie to the
county from these sources during my
twenty two months: Two Thousand
two hundred fifty dollars in cash.
How many buildings did you close for
liquor selling during your seven years?
The records disclose not one by YOU,
but several by the attorney general and
the enforcement league. During my
twenty two months ten buildings have
been closed by me, and not one by the
attorney general or enforcement league.
You assume that you have the cheaper
administration. If you can make 1t out
from the facts, and these are the facts.
and not "estimates.' you are welcome to
it. Though it wa cheap, yet many will
say that the county paid ali If was
worth, You charge me with ill considered
methods and poor Judgment. Doa'tyou
think that this charge comes with rather
poor grace from you Of all men. perm!.
me to remind You that during the time
OF our law partnership under the firm
ram" of Dickson a Johnson. extending
for a period of more than four years. at
your solicitation, | prepared. conducted
and tried over ninty per cent Of all the
district court litigation from the office
of Dickson u johnson, and you know it;
and nearly every mar in Langdon knows
it: and if you need additional evidence
of these facts ask the court and the
jurors who tried the cases. | also at your
solicitation, wrote the briefs and pre-
pared the arguments and presented in
the supreme court of this state ana
other appellate tribunals every case that
Dickson a johnson had before those
tribunals, except that you argued one
case, after had written the brief. ON
which argument the case was decided
against you. And | afterwards. at yonr
request presented a petition and argu-
ment IN the same case asking for a re-
hearing, upon which the supreme court
changed its former decision. and decided
the case in your favor. Now. please
don't misunderstood me. lay no claim
to- superior legal acumen. But your
criticism of my judgment. coupled as il
Is with a claim made by yourself and
friends in this campaign that Won
possess greater legal ability than ann
other lawyer in Cavalier county NAV
seem to he some excuse for mentionin,
these facts
lhere Is another fact that may by
some be thought worthy of cons,lora
ton as bearing on our comparaaI ya
efficiency in the states attorneys ntr..
GU charge that | have sought :, nlao.
you and other candidates on the .,Ao -
law breakers, in this campaign. IA r.
have not. If you find yourself on ,h.,
SIDE 1t is due to no act or word If ,n;,,
But | say now since you have o,anad
the matter that every prohibition ,a,,
breaker in this county is on yopr sida
IL Is Tor you to find the explanation al
mat state of affairs, or to .sboo ,ou
away IT sou don't like the companv Il
the public can be induced to ha,iavo .L..
'nese persons support you because nf
your vast efficiency in your dutias
states attorney, we'll and good A. 81
sioe ilght Will mention that in two