Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-04-28

5propriet0rs Of drug stores Il wherein
the accused is said to have purchaser
and drank ,auor contrary to law. pro
prietors of II very barns. owners Of
buildings which we're rented to a wo.
men those business was Illegal. who
state that the states witnesses must
de- false ass they swear Just. the OBJ
posite. We probably are not a good
Judge but we will venture5 TO express
the opinion that g. great many Of the
witnesses examined are liars and pre-
3jurers. Just who are In that class are
ito be determined by the state senate
and as we have no desire to do their
work or ''infl ooence" them in any way,
we will not at this time express our
opinion, though ( we firmly beliye we
could come within q mile Of. guessing
who the liars and perjurers are ii; 3S}s
Il souris Messenger: The case Of John
a. Cowan on trial before the state
senate sitting as a High Court of I'M
speachment, at Bismarck, lis drawing to
ia close. The prosecution finished Its
Stestinnony last week, and this week.,
$it is thought will see all the Defense.
some one must have lied Or is lying,
or else there are a lot Of people whose
minds are not quite clear on the sub
}aject as to Just what consti tutes a
drunk ''9@ The; Judge says he has never
been sufficiently under the influence Of
liquor to be adjudged drunk, although
Ia number OF the states witnesses tes-.
titled las. to- his condi tion at different
times and places when IN their esti-
nation, he was SO spficated owing.
LAS they thought, to- over indulg ence,
that his speech was inc coherent and
his feet refuse Stto obey the impulses
#of his mud died brain. u. The venerable
8 Judge said in 5S his lready$ famous
speech Of st5Week, that there wassno
i law III the land could prevent him
from purchasing all the liquor he could
comic rtablyt consume, as long as it
& was John r. CoWan and not Judge,
4 III his official capa city, and On the
Bench, who was the party Of the trans
B act ON. IN the same manner minis
ter OF the gospel could, according to
{ 9Th Judge code Of ethics, drink, car
h ouse and wall id the gutter: all week,
as long as he made his appearance
b III D he pulpit on ,sund ayy morning in
Il & fair state 81 sobriety ,s&s
B Michigan il Arena !: OF Ss North
h Dakota have in almost every com
i munity at some time or other
Of the. prohi bitory law, even count enan-
n ced at times BY the mai GRITTY Of opinion
in such co mmunit les. Though con
ditions are. much improved, as in our
y own county 81 Nelson during the adj
ministration Of the present states attor-
B ney the ccllection Of the old days re-
4 mains page of local history which
( 4 as not conductiye to pride e. The CoWan
y Impeachment case now: before the Sc.
nate, an caring conc lusion, will re.
" suit In the loss Of much esteem to our
state elsewhere, where: the stable
III condi tions which OBJ ained fiji the past
Il have not been kroy at east def1nit.
ely, Though each sfst commonwealth
may haYesits own ske1 eton and closet.
the spectacle ofs Al istrictts Judge of
p. parading his private conniYa sat
the violation off D the prohibi ion Law
II be a revelati ion IT, the guileful
Ssselsewher we are not con erned with
M the orig off the linn achments pro
Y ceedings against Judge Il CoWan with
Whethert 81 not bhe Investigate ion war
AS stituted with spiteful intent We have
# only 70 Teal with the ! eyld ence which
n has been produced 81 thereby and Y
every jot5 of eyi dencel offered ~ the
prosecuti Ion be successfnIly ocked sol
q refuted We have Judg Cowan's ora
testimony III his own unf1tness fol
Judge. must be- remembe led 5tha
The case is not off 4 criminal nature
that proof Sof obvious unatness to sad
4 minister the 4 laws eff the state is alone
necessary to- imp leach Through ii.
VI own admit ion Judge Cowan stand con
yicted no worse. nor better, it II trne
than man men HON We ara accus
toned Id meet Ia the daily ways Dc life
but NOT Of that final moral cfaraete
ana upright con duct hich Al essentia
I'd the dignity of the judicj From
external evidence ~ appears alnos
"a certain that ttlle senate will not md III,
5s asnpea chment, relying On technicalitie
Ia enforce its post