Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-16
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Faar, irnn6rtSAi Jury eeaeoeed.
Never, ia the history of the Jury
system, vas 4 more fair. honest .6r
arinainli cas- thAn. sSSIcns tnas tsiod
these defendants, GiSd5i 7! % "a OUT
.fa6eous shame and tn3u1tacs that any
person who wa present and Jaw this
farmer Jury should be 10 low and
oontemptible 81 to accuse these men
81 dishonesty OF u~nfairnes1
-: scurrilous article. written by
one Ray McKaig, appeared in the
publication called The Public under
date OF August y, and was copied in
other papers, under the caption, The
Townl0y Mis-Trial.' Any }intelliEsnt
reader readily detect what
prompted such an article. This man
McKAiS was called N u witness for
the defense and disclosed that he was
connected In an ofaciAl way with the
N~onpartisan league; that at one time
The article is unworthy Of notice, ex-
cept Tor three connected sentences
which bring in the name Of Governor
]. A. A. Burnquist as follows:
The county attorney was the inn
placable enemy Of the league and the
presiding judge was the a%ppointee Of
Governor Burnquist, the mob exesu-
tive Of the North Star state. At the
court room. Justice was pAwned and
l1tical chtcaKery. Their campaign
debts were paid ana injustice melted
OUT
Called Malicious, Innxtieho Lyine."
THE court fears that this former
minister has laid aside ana forgotten
the teachings of the meek and lowly
N~azarene, for he got down to plain,
malicious. inartistic lying when he
wrote that article. The league was
disloyalty, but Townley and Gilbert
not farmers-were accused Of COM
uniting a crime. How the governor
could be accused Of any connection
with this trial,:orahow campaign debts
were paid, is hard to lnderatand.
Governor BirnquistS did not, nor did
any. other governor, appoint, this court
to 1~udgeship at any time. This court
holds his position by virtue Of the
votes Of the people Of this district, and
has never at any. time held It in any
other way, and McKaig knew these
things to be true. Politics had moth
ing 70 do with tho trial Of this case,
so far as the court Ii aware, nor with
the rulings Of this court, and no one
can point out in the proceedings the
least semblance Of political chican-
cry
of mention. as to the motions made
to dismiss the action. The delay Of
ants demurring to the indictment at
q former term OF this court, which
demurrer wal overruled and the mat
ter was certified to the supreme court
to decide, on. the validity OF the In
dictment. The supreme court held
the indictment valid and remAnded
the case for trial. This fact has been
carefully concealed by the papers Of
The league, but the decision is Of
Reporter. page $50, which Is this
same ase sent back for. trial.
Another item in tho Creel article
in Leslie's Weekly, referred to, il
worthy Of mote ana reads a. follows:
"'The' guilt or innocence Of Town.
ley and Gilbert has ceased to be Of
prime Importance IN this matter. It
Is the machinery Of American justice
that is again on trial before the work
ers Of the United States eve AZ in
the case Of Mooney. Whether done
conscientiously or not. the bitter fact
remains that .soapbox' orators have
NSSA W q AV" tCAI oIN RCVVA0 LAAV
country over a bitter tsets.'
League Propaganda Assaled.
1T is true that the N~onpartisan
enormous sums Of money collected
from its members. has been exceed
|itgly active since this trial wa had
Ih catfyine on tho most vicious prop
uganda ofafalsehood, misrepreeenta-
ton and garbled facts in reference to
the trial. that has even been known to
modern journalism. The county Of
dctals OF Jackson were attacked; the
war board and the safety commission
and nearly all the boards in the
county eneased4 in loyalty work and
county attorney whose duty 1t wassto
prosecute crimes, has been y, viciofsly
and unjustly aassailed; TIN. sj6rors who
ins;the trial were aconsadaOfshrib-
cry, misconduct: and prejHdice; the
witnesses for the state were accused
Of, perjury and corrpptioni the, gov
ernor of the state was accused Of Inn
proper relations with the same; the
local press swere, openly accused by
facts; the court was. maligned, carl
catured and contemptuously treated.
In fact, everybody aud everything
connected with the prosecution in any
capacity. and others, whoever dared
to oppose or 0 the purposes Of the
defendants. came In for scurrilous
abuse, libel and Islander.
'It appears that no one connected
with, the trial waA pure and undefled
except the defendants and those asso-
ciated with them. Indeed, It Is re-
liably reported that q 'soapbox ora
tor speaking at a league meeting
concerning the trial. represented
Townley Is Christ on trial before
Pontius Plate
Default OF. Bond Overlooked.
"It will be remembered that de-
PENDANT Townley was under . bond. Of
$1,000 to appear In court On the first
day Of the trial, but in violation Of
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