The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-02-06

justice Of the United States, that Mr..
Bristol was an unfit man to he an
attorney OF the United States for the
District of Oregon or anywhere else.
And the solicitor general of the Uni
ted States also considered this case
and the facts that were developed by
the examination, and he concurred in
the judgment OF the attorney genec-
al And that was not all. So care
full were all connected with the case
to do this man Bristol no possible in
justice, an assistant attorney general
tf the United States, Mr.. Robb. now
associate justice Of the appellate
amined the facts In the case. and he
concurred in the opinion of the at
torney general and OF the solicitor
general. neither one knowing what
the opinion Of the other was And
that was not all The facts In this
case were examined by Mr.. McReyn-
olds another official of the depart
ment of justice and he concurred I'm
the conclusion that had been reached.
Such appointments as were thereafter
made were only to enable Mr.. Bris-
tol to close up certain litigation or
prosecutions which he had commenc-
ed.
The Final Act
The fiGdl act of this great drama,
Qaughter) was enacted on the 11th
day of December, 1907, in a letter
written by the attorney general of
the United tates. the Honorable Char
les c. Bonaparte:
MY Dear Senator:
Il regret to be compelled to say that
iu view of the very unsatisfactory ma
ture Of the conduct of United States
district Attorney William C. Bristol
or oregon in relation to land fraud
prosecutions pending in that district
and of his delay in acting upon in
strnctions of the department of the
government and of the terms of a
certain telegram addressed by him to
the attorney general, the department
Of justice has been compelled to rec
commend to the president the with
drawal of Mr.. BristoPs nomination
from the senate. / ain directed by
the president to advise you of his ac-
ton in withdrawing the nomination
In accordance with the departments
recommendation, and also that he de-
sires to nominate new United
States attorney as soon as possible"
No Bristols Need Apply
And what else could be expected of
a man who was in plair. terms. as in
dicated by his letter, Offering to sell
out q client. Show me an honest law
yer on the face Of the earth who
would make a proposition such as
Bristol made to the Carse Bay Land
& Investment company The office
of district attorney is most import
ant. 1t requires a man Of great abil-
ity, of absolute integrity, brave
enough and big enough to see that
no man who ought to be prosecuted
fails to reach the bar of justice; big
enough and brave enough to protect
the weak who may be prosecuted.
And Bristol was not that type of
man. The only part 1 had in the
Bristol affair was the examination Of
the papers which have been read to
you and the recommendation to the
full committee that Mr.. Bristors pa
pers should be sent to the department
FOR Investigation and report. The
only action taken by the judiciary
committee was in adopting the rec
ommendation suggested, but that
there may be no mistake about my
position in the Bristol case, let it be
well understood that as long as I re-
main in the senate I shall remain a
member Of the committee on iudi-
ciary, and so long as that time lasts,
II / know 1t. a man like Bristol will
never confirmed. cloud applause.)
Land Grating
My enemies have suggested a mot