Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-02
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he
the office judge
salary OF punishment MS con
duct is such that he refuses hold terms
of other ways and means
guilty official misconduct then he can be punished ACCORDING
to his salary because is an incident 10 'e
office ITSELF
Now then we have maeasance Maea
ance and maleasanc multitude Of sins
the statute is "maeance or msoe
meanor mafeasance mean? Does manea
ance mean Judge? Not ALL want to say that
judge right do wrong as you have PROBABLY ne
shouldn't wouldn't disagree the proposition that
Judge should e that judge holding the position
that he should do things which other
men do do discussing the ethical side at ALL we are
not that matter that the
electors must determine and not you we are
discussing from legal IN oce
When you bring man him, taking
that which which is the most arbitrary which is
the most cruel criminal prosecution that
the stigma the disgrace that must follow
the follow down his children and to his
the third fourth generation why! Be-
cause well said that public
Office is public understand that when man is honored
by people being given political power or JUDICIAL
power his country and to
make good as patriot and as c'Sen Anu " w n; ...
guilty put stigma upon him that
ordinary individual who convicted Oh
crime Yes legal is You may be con-
onder pentenlary ana the gov
erno pardonng board pardon you and
impeached and you
him. only removed him from Office but you
have nut him other
citizenship You turned him loose an out
who has flag and no home
that will follow him as long as
life last thought must BE- my
e And he looks into the OF those by
children what could be the dying thoughts OF
SUCH heaped him? only sname
And yet they charges that not to follow
follow the legal definitions Of mafeasance and
think him
the evidence they ask to put this
stigma upon F. Cowan.
Now what does malfeasane mean
doing-mafeasance in office? Let's see
Mal-A prefix denoting ill., evil, unskllu, unlawful
Feasance-A DOING performing performance.
So that meaance simply thing
Now in Office wonder if the pardon
didn't intend to bring that sub
ject clipping printed in the news
department Herald the speak
inc ha brought up They published on the page
unsigned Chicago and he said he didn't know
Judge taking drink in drug
branded anarchy and disgrace
to civilization editorials the
proposition official position taking drink In
the gentleman who was supposed
that letter. think more likely he
was IN Bismarck at the time IT was ~i''ten- nave s w ~ ~
judge that does isn't half as much OF
will attempt influence high court OF
Impeachment violate their ohs Of office and
Constitution but because they
he did, which the law didn't make penal
onense you Judge drink liquor make
drink liquor you don't want me
make law saying but
above the law
Constitution and that in order to get you
willing to set them both aside.
Constitution says Office Now
Constitution and the people
should convict
distinct from his
so Don't think
Constitution that they would have said for NAL
lin Office?
impeachment and knew
out of office and disqualified to
That the for It,
world. When hire to do certain
and faithfully and
that when he
and squanders his sal
drunk find that he
sad Here have this
would think?
is perfect analogy. l prefer embezemen
the Office and distinct
occupies the position
of the
He individual just
he
official individual He
Judge
sitting the chair there