Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-22
DUKE INFORMS
VOTERS OF DUTY
ENTHUSIASTIC REPUBLICAN
RALLY HELD LAST NIGHT IN
NElGHsoRING TOWN.
MuNTERv,LLE ALIVE.

Citizens Turn Out in Large Numbers
! to Hear Political Issues Of the
Campaign Thoroughly Dis
guessed.
That the voters OF Munterrille and
| vicinity are DESTROYS Of knowing the
issues of the present campaign, was
eloQuently demonstrated last night,
when the town hall Of Munterville was
crowded with citizens at the republic
can rally. Attorney Lloyd L. Duke.
the party's candidate for the ONCE of
county attorney, addressed the voters
on the Importance Of the office TO
which he aspires, and general ad-
dresses on the issues OF the campaign,
and word in behalf of the entire re-
publican ticket. were made by g. W.
| Whitmore. candidate for state sena-
tor. and Frank Shane. candidate for
state representative. F. T., Lynch, j.
H. Cramer E. L. Peterson. J. r. Stodg-
| hill and l.. l.. Swensoil were introduced
| to the voters. Alex Johnson was
chairman of the meeting and intro
duced the various speakers :
Duke Tells Of Office.
Attorney Lloyd j.. Duke prefaoed
his address by. reciting statement
made by we'll known Judge of the
second judicial district while in con-
versation in the Judges private oftice
recently. The judges statement was
II know OF no Office that.is of more i'm.
portance to the people and tax PAYERS
in general than the county attorneys
ONCE "This statement" continued
Mr.. Duke, conveys to my mind the
Idea that wish to impress upon you
here tonight. There are those Who
believe that the selection of county
attorney is of little Importance and
that it does not Require any consider
able degree of skill or efficiency in or
der to properly perform the duties OF
the Office. Yet have you ever stopped
to- think how important it is that
murderer. a house-breaker. a raplst or
any like offender. should NOT only be
prosecuted but that he should be con-
victed and confined in the penitenti-
taryc Did yon, ever stop to think that
one mistake oil the part Of the county
attorney owing to lack OF skill or
experience. in the ,trial OF criminal
cases may turn a criminal loose upon
society Did you ever stop to think
how important it is that Your homes
and families should be protected from
| those who violate the laws?
The Attorneys Duty.
"In the city of Ottumwa we mtin-
| tain police force at a cost OF thou
| snads of dollars annually. whose duty
lit is to apprell md and arrest criminals.
| We maintain sheriff's Office partially
for that purpose. We have a grand
inrv which meets several times each
year for the purpose of finding IN
dictments If necessary. We have
Judge sitting on the bench and Jury
| in the box and vet this whole system
| is dererclent uuon the county attorney
H., .."-.-er-,,tt aerfarm his duties in the
5i.el q. i,,s case AMI s.e-haps z. single
u;s.ske or his par viii turn q cri'ni-
NAL loose. The naen wao a2prphen6eh
/ and arrested the criminal are helpless
| to do anything. The jury that 1onnd
the Indictment is helpless to relleve
| the situation. The Judge and the jury
can do absolutely nothing. the IDEA
/ is this. That no chain is any stronger
than it's weakest link and that the
county attorney Is a link in the chain
of men which enforce our laws ana
punish the offender and without an
able man in this position your laws
! can not be enforced.
Must be Capable.
zone of the first essentials In the
selection of a county attorney is to
And man that has had sufficient ex-
lperience along this line of work IN
order that he may be properly quail
6ed to perform the duties OF the office.
I want to say that skill in the, handling
Of these cases is not acquared in the
trial of only one or two cases. 1t is
mot hereditary. and it can not be
handed down from father to son. On
the other hand the best lawyer is made
! by the young man who has gone
through the hard knocks who has had
the actual experience by the trial OF
great number of cases and VINO by ms
own efforts has established practice
and made his own living
! 10 Legal Adviser.
4 "a man should not only be expert
enced in the trial Of criminal cases but
civil cases as WELL This Office is of
/ great importance for the reason that
the county attorney is the legal adj
/ wiser of every county ofhcial. This
once is of Importance because thou
sands OF dollars are spent each year in
criminal prosecutions. The county
attorney must exercise a wise disre-
ton in the handling of such matters
and by doing SO may save the tax
PAYERS OF this county hundreds Of dol.
lars each year.
i II wish to say in conclusion that |
/ stand for law enforcement and clean
! administration of affairs. have at
all times during my Campaign refused
to make any promises either directly
or indirectly that might embarrass me
in the performance Of my duties ii
Eelected. That it is my intention to en-
4 force the Law and look after the best
Interests Of the tax payers-and that
my one ambition and my one promise
to the voters is to do everything
I within my power to make the best
county attorney Wapello county ever
had"