The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-01
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Egeland Enterprise: The Cowan inn,
parchment trial is expected to take up
the greater part Of another week. It
was hoped that this week would bring
1t to a close but the prosecution have
dragged a number of their witnesses
and some new ones back to Bismarck
this week to go over the same lingo
that they did couple of weeks ago.
The farther the case goes the worse
it seems to get, for when the witnesses
were first put upon the stand they
testified to a lot of sensational mat
ers, some of which we have reason to
believe was false, and then came the
defense with a large number Of wit
nesses who fatty contradicted prac-
tically ali of the testimony given by
the prosecution and giving other testi-
mony for the accused, and now comes
the prosecution with another bunch of
witnesses who are starting in to con-
tradict everything that the witnesses
for the defense have testified to. Sure
ly someone lis wilfully lying or else
there must be an awful difference in
the Judgment or people. Now who are
we to believe? Such men as Lieuten-
ant Governor Burdick, Senator Ken
nedy and the lady from Towner and
other witnesses Of that standing who
testified in behalf of Judge Cowan or.
some of those witnesses who have tes-
titled for the prosecution and have adj
mitted they were not friends OF Judge
Cowan? Some one il surely handling
the truth most carelessly and it will
soon be up TO the senate to decide
which side Is doing 1t.
Pembina Pioneer Express; The inn
parchment case still drags along very
slowly At this writing the prosecution
is bringing in rebuttal testimony which
mostly consists in the same witnesses
coming forward and repeating their
former testimony which has been de-
MED by the witnesses for the defense.
The case stands just as we said last
week that about hundred witnesses
declare that Judge Cowan was drunk
at various times and just about the
same number swear that they were
present and saw him at those times
and that he was not drunk The pre-
liminary votes OF the senators on
questions that arise appear to show a.
majority OF the senator's as friends of
Judge Cowan and therefore somewhat
prejudiced In his favor, though how
far that will go when the final verdict
is given lis yet to be seen. "A rather
remarkable thing is the fact that while
Judge Cowan opened the case for the
defense and spent about ten hours
telling his side of the story as an at
torney, yet he has not gone on the
stand as a witness and backed up his
legal plea with his sworn statement.
1t is yet so far from the end of the
trial that no one can definitely tell
when 1t win be finished. 1t is barely
possible that the final verdict will be
given before the last of the week.
Braddock News. Who lis the prose-
cutor or rather the prosecutor of Judge
Cowan? Numerous sparrows of the
Dan Brennan type have come into the
open and Tapped their wings before
the audience, but no one in particular
has been misiead. Stronger indications
point to the real light. For instance,
Usher. manager or advisor Is on the
John Burke pay roll, have naisrepre-
.senfed the case and tried to blacken
cowan before the public.
Aneta Panorama Comparing the
senate journal Of the Cowan i'm
parchment case, with the accounts
given thereof, In some OF the news
papers, we find some d. liars.
The writer happened to travel through
Judge Cowan's district, coming back
from Canada the other day and found
that the people stand by the Judge
nearly to man. In fact IL you are
looking for trouble. with no one to
help you out, go up into Cowan's dis
trict and say something against him.
Hannah Moon For want of quor-
unn In the senate at Bismarck Monday
an adjournment was taken until the
following day. The rebuttal and sum-
ming up OF the. Cowan case will oc-
cupy most OF the week. Even the bit
terest foes of Judge Cowah admit that
he will be acquitted. 1t Ii hard for
these to- give In to the fact that their
case has fallen through. They would
fain cast blame upon the senate-as
honorable q body as exists Ia North
Dakota or any other state Although
their charges have evaporated these
bitter political enemies still hold him
guilty and some are still SO unfair as
to continue to do 30 after the senate
generates him. Such emotions are
not prompted BY THE sense. Of justice
but are sheer hatred and vexation We
can rely upon the senate To give every
body fair show even Judge Cowan.
More and more the motives which
prompted impeachment proceedings are