The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-21

II MENTION THESE FACTS TO
YOU TODAY BECAUSE ATTOR-
NEYS WHO IN THE PAST HAVE
PROSTITUTED THEIR HONOR
ARE NOW GOING ABOUT UNDER
AND DELIBERATELY SEEKING
TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC CON-
CERNING THIS MAINLAND THE
HOSTILE POLITICAL PRESS HAS
GLADLY TAKEN UP THE CRY.
1T IS THOSE MEN AND THAT
PRESS, UNDER THE GUIsE OF
PATRIOTISM AND THE PRE-
TENSE OF BEING THE ONLY
lSIMON-PURE PATRIOTS, WHOM
YOU CAREFULLY NEED TO
WATCH-BOTH DAY AND NIGHT
NOT YOUR GOVERNOR. LYNN
]. FRAZIER
Would Forsake Profession.
| MY friends, am not an attor-
ney,. and so have not the honor of
being a member of the North Dako-
Ia bar but If were an attorney, as
Mr.. LANCER is, and honestly be-
lieved any such thing as he has said
| of the men Of my profession, would
pull down my shingle and leaYe that
| profession and earn my livelihood in
an environment where could retain
my self-respect.
THE bar Of North Dakota needs
no defense from me. Its record ts
made up. II is its own defense. And
say Shame! Shame!' to whoever
seeks to belittle their efforts for
their country. ...
Some of the Loyal Attorneys.
az have told YOU of N. c. Young,
who has abandoned his law practice
and who, for nearly three months,
has served this Red Cross without
any compensation whatsoever, with
out even reimbursement for his ac-
tual expenses. Does Mr.. LANCER
mean him?
Tracy r. Bangs of Grand Forks,
without compensation and because
he wished only to serve his country,
has answered freely to the call that
has been made, not only in North
Dakota, but throughout the coun-
try, as far east, to my personal
knowledge, as Buffalo, N. Y, for his
talents as an orator. He has let his
practice go by the boards, he has
pleaded only for loyalty and Aneri-
canism. He has neither inquired
concerning nor challenged the poll
teal Affiliations Of any man. Does
Mr.. LANCER mean him? a .#
Your own Red Cross chairman in
LaMoure county, who did not seek
the place but accepted when we told
him that we felt it was his duty to
take it, is giving of his best to this
cause Of America and humanity, and
without compensation. In all my
correspondence with him, in all my
conferences with him. politics has
never been mentioned. Did Mr..
LANCER mean him?
ITO the north Of us lies Stutsman
county. Judge ]. A. Coffey, whom
many of you have the honor to know,
is serving as a director there, and
his own sister is serving on the bat
tlefields Of Europe as a Red Cross
nurse. Did Mr.. LANCER mean"him?
In Renville county, George L
Ryer8on, whose son is serving with
our navy, is chairman OF the chap
ter, giving his time freely and with
out stint to this mighty work. Did
Mr.. LANCER mean him?
"In Bottineau county, e. c. Bowen
is chairman Of the chapter. Did Mr..
LANCER mean him?
I'm my own county of Cass there
are, serving in this Red Cross work,
freely, without compensation. giving
of their time and their money and
their talents, John S. Watson. Judge
A. T. Cole, Judge Charles A.
Pollock, Judge Edward Enge-
rud, B. G.. Tenneson, and Lowell
and Conmy and Smith and Barnett
and so on down the whole long line.
Did Mr.. LANCER mean them?
In Richland county there is for
ner United States Senator Purcell,
chairman of the chapter and going
wherever the call for his service
comes; and working with him Is
Judge w. S. Lauder? Did Mr..
LANCER mean them?
up in Pierce county, Judge A. q.
Burr is chairman Of the chapter
helping canvass that entire district,
doing all in his power to help Amer
lea and her soldiers in this crisis.
Did Mr.. LANCER mean him?
There is Thomas Craven, mayor
Of Williston, who is sacrificing mis-
legal business to serve humanity as
Chairman Of the Williams county
chapter Of the Red Cross. Did Mr..
LANCER mean him?
And there is r. L. Phelps, or
Steele, who, as chairman OF the Kid
der county chapter, is giving his
time to the Red Cross. Did Mr..
LANCER mean him?
And so / might go on, calling the
honor roll OF the North Dakota ban,
and l think you would md them all
there.
Proposes a Forfeit.
Let us cease toying with words.
Let US get down to specthc instances.
Let us stop hiding behind generali-
ties and quit slandering q whole
profession. / publicly ask the attor-
new general Of North Dakota. and l
ask it here in the city where he made
the charge. to name the attorney OF
attorneys he referred to? VIII go
further than that. will go back TO
Fargo tomorrow and l know tpere
are loyal patriotic mel there VINO
will help me make good on this
proposition, and will post in the
First National bank Of Fargo a to-
tai of $1,000. / ask Mr.. LANCER ana
his friends to post there like
amount. And then, II he can snow
me one reputable attorney In North |
Dakota, one attorney whose stand
ing as an attorney and citizen is
generally admitted. who has used the
Red Cross for political purposes,
who has pleaded for loyalty as
mere cloak, to hide political amol-
ton. will turn that Sl.OOO over 70
the I.aMoure county chapter of the |
Rad Gross. and YOU right here at |
home can use ii In the service or
YOUR country. Bat IL he fails, want /
him to turn over the $1,000 he has
posted to you. Here, my friends, is
an opportunity for justice to be done
to a great profession and substan-
tial gift made to you in parrying on
your work for the wounded and suf-
fering soldiers Of all the world.
"As / have said. i am not an at
torney. so take ii that that blanket
charge was not directed at me. But
if it was, / want to repudiate II. !