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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10
(Mandan Pioneer.)

The action Of the house In taking up
the impeachment proceedings against
Judge CoWan, after having once voted
i ID pass up the charges viii put the
proposition up to the senate for action.
The public generally will concede that
the charges were of suflc lent nature
81, war ant "a full Investigation, and u
win now deVolve on the senate TO
make an exhaustive examination of the
charges which will either exonerate or
condemn the Judge. 5:..:.35s. !
No more notable example of:the pow
gersof public opinio once 1t takes the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10
.(Munich Herald,).

We commend Hon. %. J.fs Mosn for
bis vote in the Cowan impeachment
matter. His vote was, against indea-
mite postponemsnt and showed that
he at least wanted to know what eyi-
dence there was in order 10 be able to
diligently vote on the question. In
our opinion he took the right. stand. B
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10

i VICTORY for the inter rests and Ix,0tear
sgcKanzie. Judge Cowan was accused
Eoff DRUM ennesss and lire ulAritie s ON
the bench and a resblut ton vas passed
in the Legislature To imp each him.
friends came to his rescue and Il COM
mittees was app inted sSto3 inyestigat0
the charges. That committ heHa
sessions behind closed doors and did
mot even employ stenograPher TO i
take the record. Sunlight Of publ
city IA the matter WAS suppressed and
Friday came the whit eWash Repre-.
sentative Narun was among those
who voted for the whitewash and he
will return to- Sargent County bearing
fthe stigma ySof having upheld one oe
the rottenest pieces of legfslstf0n im
the annals OF this graft ridden staaa.
IL his physique sinks to the size 0a
his moral conception $of right on
wrong he will mot be visible i}t5; 81 lt;5s
y$ Since coming to- North Dakota tho
Union; has been Quietly observing q
few things. Il 1t has been studying 10.
sal sal, ceuntyp and state politics at closo
range although Eats St. Raul We learned
q lot OF the nastiness and corruption
speTpetrated on the1 innocent voters
and lngd g5fax;; payers I'VE observed there
hoy a,few men would come down from
North Dakota and tplay poker within
hundred dollar bills u and 3 Distribute
railroad passes and ligof back to Bin
D g}p nal and influences law making. We
have heard the boast of; men who wlIa
not be mentioned here, say they car.
ried North Dakota in their9vest pocket,
and now we believe It. But there is q
rising generation of men and polita.
clans who stand for cleaner politics.
ana the day will soon dawn when the
hooters and grafters will4be side trach.
ed: The day, is coming when indie.
pendencel in politics win be felt ana
men will not flock to The polls afteR
the manner. Of sheep following the Inn
aginary leader. 8 The "vote' 'er straight
ticket" has stood long enough and tho
Union is going to do what It can that
every voter ma use Thought and con-
sideration IN the DISPOSAL Of his vote.
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possible was brought to bear. The
resolution passed by vote Of 81 te
S5-and it is now up to the senate to
proceed. ..g.-. -,a
This will in all probability extend
the session indeflnitely-as impeach
ment proceedings are the only ching
allowed by the constitution to extend
the session.
Had not the testimony been SO over.
Whelmingly against Mr.. Cowan-the
matter might have passed-as it did
In 1901 when impeachment proceed.
tngs were started against Judge Glas-
pell, of the Fifth district, but in the
present case, the action OF the house
was so raw as to be taken as nothing
less than an insult to the people, and
the Whirlwind of righteous indignar
ton was further proof of that old
saying that the people are always
right when they thoroughly under
stand question. The senate will in
all probability be very cautious in
its actions in this matter, for the peo-
pie have pointed the way.
There is one item of local interest
In the vote taken in this matter which
Is the manner in which the three
representatives from this district vot-
ed. Messrs. Englund and Sauer vot-
ed to whitewash Cowan, and later a.
gainst reconsideration of the matter,
while Davidson voted against Cow
an in each instance.
Mr.. Englund claims that he voted in
favor OF C0wan because of lack of
evidence, and because he believed the
whole affair to be a filibuster On the
part of Governor Burke and the dem
ocrats to make capital for their side.
Mr.. Englund also holds that the house
merely sat as a jury, and none Of the
evidence was brought before them.
That all they were to consider was
the report Of the committee, and If
that committee failed to do Its duty
none but they were to blame. We
don't know what Mr.. Sauer has to
say. However, this may be, there is
a large percentage Of the people Of
this district who feel that their repre-
sentatives should have lined up for
impeachment, and in case there was
no sufficient evidence, to insist that
the committee be sent back to proper
ly do its work, and to bring in an in
teligent report.
But the striking feature of the whole
proceedings one which amazes
the whole state is the fact that the
defeat of justice in this case was due
to the manner in which the insur-
gents voted. Cowan is an old gang
man. The house has Progressive Tor
insurgent) majority. These insur-
gents who have yelled their heads of
for years against corruption, dishones-
ty, ETC., and who have been elected
on that platform, deliberately threw
their claimed principles to the wind
and did the very thing which they
were elected to oppose. This is an
awful blow to insurgentism. It proves
that the loud-mouthed insurgent Is a
demagogue-that he is not sincere
but is a loud claimer of principle, but
not dependent person.
However, it looks like Mr.. Cowan will
be tried; and it also looks like he may
be convicted-but it Is going to take
a long while for the people to forget
or forgive the acts of those who tried
to whitewash him.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10
(Grand Forks Evening Times.} 4
ATTORNEY BANGS AND THE cow
AN IMPEACHMENT.

AN tWrGAS0mENIs
The people Of the state may congrat.
ulate themselves On the selection OF
George A Bangs Of this city az, chief
counsel in the prosecution OF the i'm.
peachment charges against Judge
Cowan. The case is now pending fol-
trial and It is not the province Of the
press to manufacture public sentiment
for or against the accused. But ever
since that memorable trial in which
the rabble cried cruelty him; cruel
fy him." there has been firm, though
sometimes latent demand in the pub
lie mind for justice. This does not
mean that the guilty shall go uapun-
ished nor the innocent be condemned.
1t means that there shall be a fair
hearing of the charges according to
the established rules Of civilized ma
tons reduced to laws.
The prosecutor in a criminal case
is not expected to shed innocent
blood. To do so would be to class
himself with Nero, who sent his thou
sands of christians to the arena, the
cross and the torch for the purpose Of
Cutting his lust for blood and satiat-
ing his pleasure in witnessing human
suffering ond torture. The prosecu-
tor should, therefore, be without in
tellectual bias, have eminent profess
sional ability and be fearless and fair.
These are the qualifications which
Mr.. Bangs brings to the discharge of
the duties he has assumed in the Inn
parchment case. He is an able law
yer and an earnest advocate. He Is
not active in politics so that no insinu-
alton Of party prejudice could be made,
He honors the law: for itself and stoops
to no chicanery nor subterfuge. He
could be moved from the path Of right
neither by fear of public clamor nor by
hope Of public appreciation. He has
views on public questions. but these
views are so broad that they rise a.
bove party expedient or personal ad-
vantage. None of these will enter
into the conduct of the case. The
test will be the law and the facts and
these will be ably yet fairly presented
to the senate, and no matter what the
verdict, the case will have been pre-
sented upon its judicial merits, and
the escutcheon of the state will be 'un-
furnished by either a whitewash or a
persecution.
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Hayana Union.
Judge Cowan of the second Judicial
district has been whitewashed. II d
another disgrace to North Dakota and
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( Cavalier Chronicle.)

& fCayalier Chronicle.) 5,& &
II seems quite certain, now, that the
people of this state win not longer
tolerate Drunkenness, immortality and
indecency upon the judicial bench.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-03-10
michigan Arena.)


at Bismarck last week, when the i'm
parchment proceedings against Judge
Cowan were summarily dismissed by
the acceptance Of majority report
Of the investigating committee-sans
sense, decency or evidence. sans
every thing but an apparent deter
msnation to ratify the most high hand
ed legislative outrage which the citi-
zens Of North Dakota have ever been
forced to stomach. The committee
presented to the house at that time
none Of the evidence secured in their
preliminary hearing of The witnessed
Of which, In fact, no written tran
script was taken-which was conduct
ed behind closed doors and with the
evident intent to conceal that which
the public had every right to be cogni-
zant of. whether it bore on the guilt
or. innocence aof ,Cowan.H Through
publication Of the sworn aff1davits Of
many witnesses, by the. Grand Forks
Herald and other state papers minus
the gang gag, the public became aware
that the, evidence which; the commit
tee deemed It Justice" to suppress,
and "v1ndication" to leave no proper
record of. We of Nelson county,
which comprises the 18th legislative
district, do well to inquire how our
two representatives lined up in the
house contest which ratified the white
wash of Cowan, that we may Judge the
calibre of the men whom we sent to
Bismarck as special ambassadors
from district which, we prefer to
believe, possesses more honest men
than otherwise, more fools than
knaves, and a sprinkling of the latter.
Representative G. q. DISCARD of Nc
Vile voted against the adoption of the
report generating Cowan without a
proper presentation of the evidence.
Representative Robert J. Gardner of
Lakota with the balance of the ma
jority Of legislative black sheep who
follow the bell wethers of the gang,
cast his vote for the white wash, for
the revival of soiled politics. We do
not believe that when the proper occa-
sion arrives either of the Nelson coun-
ty legislators will be forgotten by their
constituency-and choose to consider
that Mr.. DISCARD will find that in addi-
ton to virtue constituting it's own re-
ward, it obtains degree of public
favor which the ungodly are not fav.
ored with. To return to the case. In.
dignation at the action OF the house
was SO. unanimously manifest over the
state that some Of the fellows who
first voted to squelch the impeachment
turned poltroon when the rebukes Of
an enraged constituency were heaped
UP on them d These fellows, Gardner
among them, eventually swelled the
vote which on Tuesday decided. TOR
the impeachment Of Judge Cowvlan., ,1s
IL necessary tc disturb, and senrage
an entire state before certain legislae
tors awaken tot the fact that they ara
merely our agents? II SO, as we have
observed before, the popular privil-
,ege. of recall Would beaa potent; rem
edy. q. Il, sss * 4 =: n
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other quarter note al the double basses the
presses were started again so that the
world might share the general happiness"
Then he goes on TO imply that Puccini
has. not altogether pleased the Italians by
his latest operate offering, as witness the
following; 1T is whispered among those
sufficiently well informed TO read Italian
papers that most Of them put their once
idolised Pueolni in the pillory, and all be-
cause he has refused to be the same old
Puecini, 1t is reported that there have
even been angry murmurs about una
granda porcheria.' A 'poroheria,' polite
reader, Is one OF those things about which
we think. but of which we are not In the
habit Of speaking. The Germans, who are
a plaln-spoken people, call It 'schwein-
erei and do not hesitate TO talk pretty
openly about it, Perhaps we Americans
would content ourselves with exeaiming
that It was rubbish but that is not just
what the artistic Italians mean when they
say porcheria,' or the idealistic Germans
when they grunt Schweinerei Neither
would any American of open mind declare
that the Girl OF the Golden West was
rubbish. because 1t is nothing of the sort
But that the Italians would find fault with
it because 1t was not the kind Of Puccini
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

for the show to start
Speaking again Of George Leybourne,
Mr., Graham relates that ne was a sort Of
an idol with the idle rich" Of his day,
After the Leybourne act IL was considered
great honor to pay for a bottle Of
champagne and divide the bubbles" with
Leybourne. And it is stated that Ley
bourne accepted the honors with marked
regularity.
Vance. another London favorte of sew
eral decades ago, is impersonated by Mr..
Graham. Vance had a penchant for fancy
clothes and silk haRdkerchiefs. He APP
peared in a glorious great coat lined with
red satin and It was nothing unusual for
him 10 go on" with dozen silk handker-
chiefs in his pocket. He would pull out one
one of his kerehlefs. wipe his mouth or
nose with the same and then discard the
fabric with a nonchalant air. He fell dead
on the stage just as he had finished a
chorus Of one OF his songs.
chorus OF one OF Vance's songs went
like this:
Slap, hang. here we are again,
Here we are agan,
Here We are agan,
Slap bang, here we are again,
Jolly dogs are we.
Walter Graham started his stage career
al the age of rs in the London halls re-
eeiving 80 shillings a week AT first. He re-
lates that thirty years aso, when he started
out, the halls were crude affairs compared
with the London halls OF today. Drinks
were served In those days. as they arc
today in many halls. but the appointments
were limited and the program consisted
merely OF songs, few jokes and dances.
my word but things have changed in
LoEdon since l was a boy. Now we have
tho Alhambra, Princess. Tivor and scores
Of other vaudeville places in and about
London" Mr.. Graham sa d as he made
some repair in his miniature music hall.
He told of the alleged brutality Of the
American baggage man as evidenced in the
recent destruction OF his manilSn orchestra
Of eleven pieces.
And, referring once more to I.eybourne
Vance and Pat Feeney Mr., Graham says
he IS frequently called uFon by former
London residents. who tell him they arc
reminded OF their childhood days when
they hear Mr.. Graham sing the old songs
Mr. Graham is booked TO tour England
Scotland and Ireland upon his return 20
London next June.
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Old
Time Ways
at the Music Ais

AIDES and gentlemen, now
claim your attention to the
great George Leybourne, Order
- please,
tihtSfNk That is the salutation one
would have heard twenty-five
and thirty years ago in the London music
halls, The chairman" was the man who
announced the acts and saw to It that the
audience did not exceed the limits in the
way Of adding to the esprit du corps Of
the occasion
Walter Graham, who was at the Orpheum
last week In a series OF impersonations OF
music hall celebrities OF the past and pres
ent, gave some interesting "reminiscences
Of London han f'r OF ye olden days, He
was reared ailAlt a stones throw Of the
tower OF London ma has played the ais
for the last thlYM wars.
George LsshttsIs was known as THE
Lion ComioQc When Mr.. Graham frs,
heard tit!7 uIsic hall singer, there were no
music halls as We now know them in Lon
don. MIR. Graham was years of age at
the time and the local was the Cremimorn
Gardens where drinks were served and
where people might wander around as
they pleased. Manager Holland OF the
gardens found Leybnurne ana on occa-
sions would exploit his protege through
the streets Of London In carriage drawn
by four cream-colored horses. Leyhourns
was a favorito for twenty-five years, was
known as Champagne Charley" and died
in the workhouse penniless,
Here is the chorus OF one OF Leybourne's
songs:
Champagne Charley, IS me name.
Drinking Moey Is me game;
Good for any game tonight, me bows.
Yes, I'm good for any game tonight dear
bo-s.
Who'll come and Join me in a spree?
Yes, who'll come and Join me IN a spree:
Etc. etc, etc.
In those days land today to a large ex,
tent Il WAS customary for the audience e
sing the chorus on the second round II ths
song pleased the people would shout
'bravo! or "enoore!" Then the chair,
man would announce like this. Ladies
and gentlemen. owing TO the great success
Of ,our friend George LeybOurne, he has
kindly consented to sing another song
order. please" The chairman" OF IN,
music hall IN those days served In some
thing the same capacity OF q referee al
a prize fight today, He was the boss OF an,
job. His word was a command ana a,
was respected as rule. He sat al a tabl,
and raped vigorously when Il was tim,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01
Mod VaIunble FaeuItr.

The late William James" said a Boston
ian, used to smile az the brain flag that
80 often attacks the American business
man. Prof, James had his own opinion
OF the average business mans hard WORK.
He thought that brain fag came more fire.
quently from an excess OF whisky and to-
bRccn than from an excess Of mental APP
rllCatlCn.
NAproncs or this ne used 20 ten q ftprF
" Papa, what Is executive ab!lityg
" Executive ability, my SON. the father
replied is the faculty OF earning your
bread BY the sweat OF other people .
Drawn Washington star
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

the case lust now. Science OF Music rather
than Art OF Music Robert Browning wiil
have to be revised. instead OF why rusheo
tho disoords In but that harmony might oef
priEed9'' We might nowadays say; why
ruhsed the harmonies in but that discords
might be priced" Distinct dissonances, pc
euIiar progressions, startling resolutions
colossal tone masses. intangible tone-spec-
tres. where win Il endG
The moon and the stars Of melody and
harmony must retire I'm favor Of the 'su-
rora borealls' and the aurora australis;'
nothing less than these will suffice In the
present-day armament OF music
Meanwhile be Il remembered, Grand
opera and Music Drama are not All OF
Music And then there are yet left The
Masters, and the passing OF the years
makes their position more secure.
THOMAS J. KELLY.
Musical Notes.
Tonight Sunday Miss Mary Muenchhoff
will sing and Mr.. Max Landow will play
piano and Mr.. Anton Stechele, violin, at
the Holy Family church, corner OF Eight
is given for charity will have the follow
ing program:
improvisation.
Mr. Max Landow.
(a) o, Had 1 Jubars Lyre g, +. Handel
tb) Komm, Qusser God.."..J. s. Bach
(cl Mein GRnbiges Horz..,.y, s. Bach
Miss Mary Muenchhoff.
Chaconne. ....,...,,..',.....'.:..... . bach
Mr.. Anton Stechele.
Christmas Songs. Peter Cornelius ,
(a) The Christmas Tree.
(b) The Shepherds.
(c) The Kings.
I'D Simeon a.
lei Christ the Friend Of Children.
20 The Infant Christ.
Mary Muenchhof.
Laigo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. r. Handel
Mr.. Anton Stechele
Mary Muenchhoff Mr. Anton stechele,
Mr.. Max Landow.
Nine Marcella Sembrlch. soprano. will give
the following concert on Tuesday after
noon. January 8, At the Brandels theater.
Mr.. Frank La Forge will act as accom-
panists and give some Independent seleo-
| tons. The program Follows:
Aria from Erani (EraninvolamD Verdi
Three (a) Du Bist Die RUIZ. Schubert
90 Ungeduld ...,,..,...,..'.''.'....sc schubert
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to which they were accustomed was in
strftabte

to which they were accustomed was in
svitable"
-
The Literary Digest" OF last saturday
had a highly interesting collection OF opin-
ions about the "Girl Of the Golden West 80
expressed by leading lights Of musical
criticism. Amongst other things, the fol
lowing sentences are quoted from the pen
Of MIR. Erchbiel New York Tribune): sig
nor Puccini has achieved surprising, let
us say even amazing, effects with his
harmonies and his orchestration: he has
failed utterly to suggest the feeling which
is native TO Mr. Belasco's play. And that
circumstance viii have n great Influence
on its future. The opera was as finely
and truthfully mounted as anybody could
have expected Its music was superbly
sung under the sympathetic direction OF
signor Toscanini. and It was as oonvinc-
ingly acted as foreigners trying hard to
obey MIR. Belasoo. could possibly act Il, but
It was as little American as would have
been a play dealing with the moral reclaim
alton OF a sicilian bandit" The literary
mogasine already referred to also prints
a picture of a lynchlng scene, a scene
which was not in the original play by Mr..
Belasco; and under Ii these words; The
librettist here introduces lynching scene
amid the redwood trees the tenor sings
a song and the soprano appeals for his
life. This TO Italian eyes must have seemed
a necessary American touch. though Mr.,
Belasoo's play got along very well with
out IT,"
When one thinks OF the vigorous type
OF people who a. associated In our minds
with those gold-minng days, It must have
seemed strange to witness what Mr.. Law.
renee Gilman alluded to as the stage full
Of red-shirted miners. posed in attitudes
of lRohrimose abandonment under the red
woods, or weeping upon each others
shoulders"
To hear the whole thing done in Italian
must of itself have been peculiar.
-
How far Is this hysterioo- dramatic use
of the great Art Of Music going? II is
now largely a question Of the Science OF
Music, coupled to the most weird, the
most tragic, or the most riotous passions
of mans lower nature. That seems TO be
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AIDES and gentlemen, l now
claim your attention to the
great George Leybourne, order
please.
That is the salutation one
would have heard twentY-fiye
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

distinctly the act Of a savage, Here ana
there among the whites similar cases have
been noted more frequently the shifting
from spouse to spouse is accompanied by
somethlng of friction, but it is accomplished
nevertheless The savage mind does not
comprehend the intricacies OF eiViilzea
procedure under such conditions and reoog-
nizes but two courses. II Is either to Kill
or TO set free. Ma-wa-chu-sa chose TO set
free the bird he had Gagged, but could not
captivate.
In dealing with frontier life In detail,
Mr.. Edeson has transferred to the stage
very accurately the conditions. He is sup
ported by actual occurrences in most of
his incidents, and nis people are such as
one is likely to meet at any frontier town.
And his acting as we'll rs that OF his as
sociates serves well to bring out the
strength OF the story.
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Blossoms
New Play
One Worth While

I'd Of the notable events Of the
season was the appearance at
the Brandeis OF Mr., Robert
Edeson in a play Of his own
making Mr.. Edeson has had
v,,,,eh t,n,,t.Ia a., sao,,rtvor 4. sat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-01

HE official announcement that
the Mendelssohn Choir OF Omaha
had made a contract with the
Theodore Thomas Orchestra OF
Chicago, Frederick Stock, con-