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Records and Judge >Cowan and His
Record" Mr.. Brennan and his friends
declare that they tell the exact truth
as shown by the records relative to
my standing In the Supreme Court on
cases appealed to that court from my
decision. and each one Of Mr.. Bren-
mans friends throughout this district
Is diligently circulating the same state
ments as Is contained iii those circu-
lars, and Mr.. Serumgard i reiterates
such statements in his: articles. I say
to you that each and all of such state.
rnents relative to my record in the
cases appealed to the supreme court
from my decisions are absolutely false
and that such false statements are de-
lib ,rately made by Mr.. Brennan and
his. friends with the complete know
ledge that such statements are false
and will show you some instances Of
the absolute falsity thereof, For In:
i stance, in the circular :The Court
Records Mr.. Brennan declares that
1t is "A list of all the cases appealed
from Judge Cowan's court and passed
on by the Supreme Court which have
been reported" That statement III
false and Ischallenge any fafr-minded
voter to take that circular and see for
himself, for instance, If he finds in 1t
any one Of the following cases, towit:
MELVILLE VS.. G. ~. Ry. Co Reported
in Vol II, North Dakota Reports at
page SIS. : y 49, -
State VS.. Truax, reported in Vol Is,
North Dakota Reports at page 1s1.
State vs., Mclean Reported in Vol.
ID, North Dakota Reports at page 1853,
State Ely, reported in Vol. 113,
N. W. Reporter at page. I'll. = III. Il
State vs.. Baeyerstad reported in Vol.
II, ND: Reports at page 527. :, /
Zimmerman VS.. McCurdy reported
in Vol. .1O6 Ms w. Reporter at page
1875. II .yE = =" a.. g.. e., t.. s.7 $.
| You cannot find one of them in his
| circulars and yet every one sof those
cases was passed upon by me in the
District court and my judgment in
those cases was reviewed IN the sSu
Ipreme Court of this State and III every
instance my udgment was affirmed bs
the Supreme Court and yet Mr.. Bren
nan SO far forgets himself as a man
as a lawyer, and a candidate for judge
as to- wilfully and deliberately leave
I those cases out: OF his list In liking TIL
, percentages of cases In which I wa,
affirmed Ir BY the Supreme Court whe1
the records Of the Supreme Court il
, the reports that 7 have referred Il
| show that ! was affirmed in each on,
of the SIX eases above referred to. Il
!, the Zimmerman case, / issued the orig
inal sinjunstional order which was al
Eterwards set aside by Judge Palda VIII,
!, succeeded me In the Eighth Judicia
!, District, and the: appeal was takei
upon Judge Palda,s setting aside OF m,
!, order and the Supreme Court foun,
!, that my order was properly issued an,
reversed Judge Palda. Does this al
4 peal to you Mr.. Voter, as being Amer
can fair play
5, Out Of more than five thousan,
Il: cases determined I'M Court before n
) since went upon the bench fifty-tw
cases havesbeen appealed to and dc
y ternined BY the Supreme Court, an II
!. IN those Ila, e been absolutely affirm
y ed 10 twenty-eight cases. yS j,tlda
Il ment has been slightly modified By til
Supreme Court IL: four cases, and ii
!. The elebrated Barry Murder case ID,
4 judgrne nt was modified from life in
!. prisonment to ten years III the stat,
8 penite ntiary, and I have been reverse,
j lin nineteen cases. .=S35
Another faistty ii Mr.. Brennan,s iii
!. Iculars " with reference to the cas- il,
II of$ Kasl0W va Chamb berlin. He quote,
that B case as one ii which Il have Beel
\ reversed. when he well knows, AZ sl,5ss
Il lawyer that the case is still pend Ii ii
y upon hearing ii the Supreme Gour
4 Of this state and undecided. ssssss3
s!$3.9s n fairness to myself, say that ].
h have been sustained ia my judgnenj
n not less than thirt two cases by tins
q Supreme Court, reversed III nineteer
II and the only material mod cations. 81
an any of nv Judgment was IL the ease
81 Of the state vs.. Barry. aboye sreferred
\ to-, and In that case 81 II. with $due
i respect for the Supreme Court sthinl
I. u that NY Judgment was ightt and thai
more aubstantia Justice would have
Il been done IA the case had my judg
4 ment been ain rned Instead 81 modi
\ fed.
From the foregoing II You win figure
4 for ourself, you Nj see that have
II been SUBSTANCES IA one Der cent oi
Il the cases appeaIed rom court ID
/ stead of ia per cent as stated
81 BY Mr.. Brennan and his friends IN hS
NJ IN, no sst,ss,