The evening times., 1911-04-17

gentlemen. and I want to tell you here,
gentlemen. that there isn't a. single
tning to that story about any bad Ian
guage used at that hearing. want to
tell you gentlement. that tho states at
torney is here: man I never spoke to
about that subject once in nv NE in nv
omce. the day 1t happened, and that man
Will come here and tell you that there
wasn't an unpleasant thing about it. and
that he had notified those ladies' not to
come up. that there would nothing hap
pen to these druggists permits. that
tney were not to come up, but II any
.mng was to be done in regard to them,
all there, and vet those ladies were SO
worked up by such pure minded. angelic
creatures as our friend Mr.. Joe Kelly,
and our friend. Mr.. A. b. Kerlin, and my
good friend Fred Mann and Dan Bren-
nan, and probably Mr.. NJ. H. Brennan
too. and Mr.. Wehe. mustn't leave him
out. Those poor women were so worked
up that they remained in the court house
day after day when there was supposed
10 oe anything come up. and they SEEM
ed TO think somebody was going in there
and by some hook or crook the whole
thing was going to be swept away and
these druggists turned loose. They
seemed to think a terrible thing was
going to happen In judicial circles, and
that they must be in on the killing in
other words. No matter what kind Of a
case was on trial in that court room
they came In there and sat there and 1t
became necessary, to make an 1nvestiga
ton. That wasn't preconceived at all.
There wasn't thought about the ladies'
IN that at all. That matter came up and
was to sentence him at this time The
sherin had spoken to me some days be.
fore but didn't even know the man
When he came In and was brought before
me for sentence, and it was all at the
request Of the sheriff. And here per-
formed an unlawful act then that l prob
AMY ought to be impeached for: That
man man was wa suffering with certain dis
ease. the doctor will tell you. There
wasn't any laundering. Mrs. Hopkins
didn't hear me thunder. That thunder
Is drift of the Imagination, that is
all. That case came up Just in the plain.
ordinary. every day manner. asked
the states attorney II he, had any bust
ness and he brought up this matter.
wasn't an unpleasant word spoken in
that hearing at all. There wasn't a
single word said in that hearing that
could have brought q blush to the cheek
OF the most exemplary lady in this coun-
try. Not one No lady need blush be-
cause man speaks in her presence OF
syphtlis. That is going long way and
especially when you speak the word
syphilis" and no lady need have blush
ed There wasn't nobody shocked at the
investigation. That was cerafuliy con-
cocted and planned evidence. and gen.
tlemen. II yoil will just go back in your
minds you will recall that that was all
published, in speecl, that was delivered
by one Of these gentlemen that has ap-
peared as witness against me, and II
you will just go back in your minds un-
til the day that this petition for my
impeachment was filed over there tinii-
eating the house chamber) you will re-
member that an article appeared about
the beast, In which the beast was refer
red to was laid upon the desk of every
member Of the house Of representatives
and the senate. and referred to me IN
coverted terms as the beast. This, gen..
tlemen, is the incident in the incident in
the court room. There wasn't a thing
to 1t. The best lady in this land couldn't
have taken offense at 1t. am going to-
bring the doctor down. and II necessary
to show you that It was just conducted
to ascertain whether that man being in
that jail was menace to the health of
the other men. and I said to the sherife
haven't any power under the law to
let him out. but told the sheriff II you
let him out of the jail and give him q
little more liberty than Is necessary and
he gets away from you won't ever hold
you for contempt, becauSe there is no
provision In your law, gentlemen, that
meets such conditions a. that there, ana