The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1913-03-15


phatIc reply 10 tho only matter OF
much Importance In his whole page
article Of ths nth. WIS.,. whether o.
not he and myself In our Interview
with Major wordsn claimed 10 have
sufficient influence with the grand
Jury 10 stop any proceedings before
that body" However. ~ the Judge
seems 10 have n nxed habit Of stating
loniy half truths. as To all occurrences
that hc can IN any way twist into his
advantage. I will relate all that d,u
occur NJ that interview.
We did ssk Major worden TO meet
w. aud did toll him that ws were nd.
vissd that tho grand Jury would re-
new It's Investigation Of the county
court. with possibility Of win being
indicted. and n that did not occur tho
recall would be- invoked. and that he
would be- recalled. and that would
make u long. dinasrscabls fight and
that he ought To resign. In which
cvcnt our influence would DO sxorted
Ia prevent further effort 1t prosecu.
tion. No word was said about having
influence with or trying TO influence
the grand jury. the sole idea being.
that With the rain factor In the coun.
V's reckless and sxtravsgant waste
of taxpaycrs' money out os the way,
there would bc NO further NEGATIVE
~ activity ON their part 10 sssist In
gathering evidence on which 70 base
. prosecution. and that the Interest
would las and nnaily cease for wan,
Of support from them. which We
would encourage and help.
Hs further says that NO. In the in-
trsvisw with his father. told tho
Major that Guy Msrriii had "promis.
nd" 10 rcsign--thst 10 another only
half uuth--thc word promised" i'm.
plying that we had asked him 10 re-
sixn. whom the fact ia that said Guy
Merrill had told mo hs was going To
resign" which. by tho way. was un-
solicited ON my part. and wholly vol
uataSy ON his part. hc having raised
Ihs subject himself. Ask Guy.
The Judge. In tho nrst paragraph.
sftss relating what his father told
him about our Interview with him.
rays:
Il did not know whether or not
he prstsntions Of Martin and Moore
we're based ON fact. knew. Of course.
hat u. v. kuyksadaii. former dis
Irlet attorney. who had Initiated the
procesdings against the county court
ssfors the present grand jury. was
attorney for the rirst National bank.
md handled tho personal business Of
Martin aud Moore" wroas again. |
Judge. NJ you know nothing Of the
lind. - the fact 10 Kuyksndall IL not |
iow. aud never was. attorney for the
first National hank or Of the old |
klamath County bank. I don't be-
love he has over handled any Of Mr.
aartin's personal business. He has
lone some business for &. q. 4 II. ..
Moore. - have several other attor-
,eys Of the city. Only last fall he
,eat tho klamath County hank In In
uit against BONANZA school District |
or tho payment Of = school warrant.
70 being attorney for the district.
ronder n the feeling shown By the
Judge In his letters against Kuyksn-
lall. and the high regard and kind |
expressed Tor the grand
ury IL influenced In any way BY the
act that ths former 10 no longer
attorney. while the lattsr
. slill doing business at the old
tand. ana has not nnishsd Ito invss-
igation OF the county court.
In the Judges article Of the 18th
md In former letters he puts great
lrsss on his claim that hs was elect
d 70 move the court house. Wish
70 would tell the people. then. what
. meant 70 have some voters under
land whsn hs told them Just before
hs election. st which 10 wss elected.
hat I'VE have discovered that the
ourt house cannot bs removed ex-
opt BY . thres-nfths vote Of the peo-
'le." Did he not want them 70 un- |
Isrstand that Il was not IN issue. and
hey did not need to vote against him
ID that accounts
Again. was not y. y. Fitch . wor-
len man. who had been working with
lin In securing the Modoc Northern
light Of way In the Merrill country.
dominated In the assembly for COM
nisslonsr BY practically the sams DEL
gatss ~ the Judge. for the purpose
4 having him for team mate on the