Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
AND GILBERT HAVE
90-DAY TERMS IN equity JAIL
METD THEM; STAY GRANTED

certain papers concerning what took
place during the trial. These false
MOODS were circulated with the evident
purpose Of creating the 1mpreesEon
that the defendants were mot fairly
treated at the trial, and to rcse them
tional Nonpartisan league. which the
defendants represen. cmcialEr, cNuhd
receive a benefit By adding large
numbers to their Lists OF members.
AT h outset I wish 70 affirm that
no defendantl charged with 4 crime
IN any cour anywhere ever received
fatrer or more courteous treatment
nor whose rfghts we're more carefully
protected than were those Of the de-
PENDANTS during this trial.
Interview Declared Fnlse.
Criticisms that have bean made as
to Ill treatment were made either By
persons who were ignorant of the
facts. or by interested persons who
wtlfully intended to deceive others.
One Of the many statements made
by the N~onpartisan league papers in
reference to this trial vas to the effect
that this court was intensely proud
iced against the league and its ofic-
ers. n to evidence that fact a certain
st. James Plaindealer was produced
and, after the trial. published in the
league papers.
1.-The facts are that this court never
gave out any statement, nor was he
ever interviewed In reference to the
league or any OF Its officers or agents
at any time.
1.-The article referred to was written
BY an irresponsible employee Of the
formed, printed, without the knowl-
edge or consent Of tho editor Of that
paper. The article contains parts of
= private conversation had among
three people, Of which this court was
one. and statements made in that con-
~versation by the three persons were
garbled. distorted and published as an
interview from this court in violation
of newspaper ethics.
mented on y the Madeta News, a
N~onparttsan league paper, under. the
caption, An 1ntudicious Judge but
the editor Of that paper had the de-
cency to cali upon this court after
wards, and. learning the truth, wrote
a letter to some officer Of the league,
explaining theAhair. which letter was
In the possession OF Mr.. Hoke. chief
counsel for the defendants, and shown
this trial. This letter has not been
published or alluded to by the league
papers. This letter was in the pos
session Of the league officers, ana the
purported interview was published
more than a veal before the trial was
begun. :
This court 10 reliably informed that
these defendants, or parties acting for
them, spent considerable time In Jack
gun, to learn the attitude Of the court
and all Jurors called for the term
toward these defendants and the
league, and no objection whatever was
made to This court presiding at the
trial.
Greed Article Answered.
IAN article purportiAS to have been
written by George Creel IN reference
to this trial, and published in Leslie's
glaring untruths that the article will
be now read and comments made on
them in order in which the statements
were made and numbered in the ar
ticle: and It may be here stated that
these four specifications contain the
gist of what has been printed in many
other papers throughout the country,
all emanatng from the same sources:
Members OF the Nonpartisan
league charged openly that the
whole proceedings was part OF
campaign OF persecution orkan-
tS1d and carried on by the repub-
loan machine" Aidsd at every
point ~ certain leaders of tho
Democratic machine" This feel,
ins waS widssprsad and wells
q time o. industrial unf<5f, both
1 in Minnesota and the nation.
How. thsn, did the authorities in
charge OF the cSAo 70 about the