Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-22

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to 30 assume 10 be able to do what
the legislature must do In order to
work a change is to be either ignor.
ant OF the law or else be guilty OF a
deliberate and willful attempt to de.
ceive the voter. That a candidate
for this of all positions where no de.
ception should be thought Of should
be guilty OF adopting such false and
unfair means In an endeavor to stir
up prejudice against the courts and
his opponent on the bench that he
may profit temporarily by such down.
right dishonesty is reprehensible. But
such is the campaign being waged by
Judge Bruce's opponent. 1t should
not be tolerated for a moment.
In his pamphlet Bruce's opponent Of.
ters to formulate and secure the pas.
sage Of court rules and laws to make
every step and every proceeding in
the courts as cheap and simple as 1t
can be made. He thinks on the graft
of the law which falls on suitors and
taxpayers and on practical measures
TO reduce the expense In each year
several hundred thousand dollars
Such receptions! Such rot! He says,
in effect, II will procure the next leg.
islature to do these things. Out Of
my mind I will evolve the perfect sys.
TEN, but ! do not now state what it
is" Forty-eight states Of the union
have practically the same system Of
procedure. Don't you think, Mr.. Vot.
er, if it was 80 radically wrong and
Inherently unjust that 1t would have
been changed long before this? And
does it not bear the brand of deceit
that Il candidate for the office Of Su.
preme Court Justice should, for cam.
paign purposes only, present such a
promise to the voters, and assume to
be able, If elected, to alone and sin.
gle-handed. procure all Of these re.
forms. He has inferred that he
would reduce court expenses in each
year several hundred thousand dol.
lars" Had he been familiar with the
records of the Supreme Court he
would have known that the total cost
Of printing all papers filed in this
court per year would, in the aggre-
gate, amount to but q small percent.
age OF one hundred thousand dollars.
When, then, such downright deccp-
ton? -
These are the statements of the
man who asks you to place him on
the bench as a member Of the court
of last resort, the court that decides
final rights as to liberty and proper.
ty; and when he, in asking such trust
at your hands, comes to you with
such a falsehood in his mouth. The
studied object Of the very campaign
document no has scattered broadcast
has been to deceive and it brlstles
with deception, willful and deliberate,
and he hopes to profit thereby. ~.
This is strong language, but such
methods of a demagogue to obtain
such an all important office must be
condemned in unmeasured terms.
This is a time of political unrest, when
blatant demagogues are busy filling
the public press with schemes which
will result to their own benefit, all
tending to deceive the voter, and
catch the votes. This pamphlet re:
ferred to is as bad as the worst of
them. ~
Justice Bruce adopts no such tao
tics. He respects the office he holds,
and out of consideration for 1t, and
with a fitting sense of prOpriety is
making no campaign, but instead Is
attending to his duties at the seat OF
government, hoping and trusting that
an intelligent people will not be mis-.
lead by the skillfuly prepared TO de-
ceive documents scattered broadcast
at great expense in postage and
printing by his opponent. who, by his
method Of campaign and se,f-written
literature over his own signature ex-
tolling himself, has stopped to tactics
that NO man fit for the position Of
Supreme Court Justice would ever
adopt, acquiesce in or be a party to.
Let every voter sense his duty and
resent such an insult to his intelli-
gence, and deal quick vengeance and
swift rebuke to such outrageous meth
DDS by working with yigor for the
election of Justice Bruce.
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The splendid tributes that are paid
the efforts of Commissioner Gil
breath for his work on the Exposition
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