Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-10-29
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BEGINS TO BOIL
PAID ADVERTISING
WELDON OR MCCAIN
FOR PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY-WHI
A statement by Prosecuting Attorney
Weldon

A statement by Prosecuting Attorney
Weldon
Under the caption, ELECT Leroy
Mccain Prosecuting Attorney" my
opponent for election to the office
is personality circulating and post
ms a pamphlet attacking my record
as prosecuting attorney for the past
term, which pamphlet is signed,
Democratic Executive Committee
| published brief statement of
the results of criminal prosecutions
during the first p months of my
term as follows:
NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS $50,
SENTENCED to THE PENITEN-
.TIARY OR REFORMATORY "a, TO
THE COUNTY JAIL 60, FINED 147,
RECEIPTS FROM FINES AND FOR
FIXTURES IN EXCESS OF COST OF
RUNNING THE OFFICE $4,000.
This was such a favorable showing
that the Democratic Executive Com
mittee" became alarmed and i'm
mediately got busy with the court
records to find some means of COM
batting it, and it was found that
court and 50 cases have been dis
missed for want of sufficient evil
dence and the aforesaid Committee"
seem much distressed to know when
and how Mr.. Weldon intends to dis
pose of the 80 cases pending"
Now any real lawyer" knows
and | am not implying that my OPP
ponent is not a real lawyer-any law
yer that has had the experience that
Mr.. Mccain claims to have had in
prosecuting attorneys offices knows
we'll that there are many complaints
filed against offenders in which the
complaining witness fails to appear
and prosecute them for different
reasons, that many complaints are
filed where the offender is not APP
pretended and therefore there are al
ways cases pending, awaiting the ar
rest of the offender and cases are dis
missed on account of the unwilling
ness of the prosecuting witness to
testify. and for other good reasons.
This COMMITTEE further says that
the county paid the costs in all the
cases dismissed in Justice Doolittle' S
court. That is not true.
individuals may have warrants is
sued without the knowledge of the
prosecuting attorney. In many cases
brought in the Justices court, such
! as beating hotel or lodging house
bills, assaults and other minor Of
! lenses, arrests have been made upon
the complaint of the creditors of 9TH
er persons claiming to be injured and
J in, 40 &c hnv
been paid by the defendants and the
cases dropped by the prosecuting
witnesses.
While it is true that the costs in
some such cases are paid by the
county, yet cases where arrests are
made without consulting the prose
cutting attorney, and after investiga-
ton are found to be for trivial Of
lenses, or that the complaining wit
ness made the complaint for the pur-
pose of having the prosecuting at
/ torney'S office settle some private
4 grievance, or getting even with" a
neighbor, have been dismissed and
the costs paid by the defendant or in
cases where the complaint was made
without just cause, they have been
ness as provided by law.
Mr.. Mccain says that additional
counsel were employed to assist in
two cases tried in the superior court.
This is nothing unusual or startling
but in these cases counsel were not
employed on my request. In the |.
w. w. cases, the county commission
ers requested the employment of an
assistant and in the other case the
prosecuting witness employed coun-
sci at his own expense.
Mr. Mccain tries to make capital
out of the fact that most of the $50
convictions secured were upon pleas
OF guilty. That speaks vOlumns for
tie efficiency of my office as we'll as
that of the sheriff in securing evil
dence so convincing as to cause the
offenders to confess and thus save
the county the expense of jury trial.
No one knows the above to be true
better than Mr.. Mccain, yet he seems
to think that the existence of the
conditions above named is a legiti-
mate and good reason to urge against
MY reelection, for he says:
Since Mr.. Weldon has elected to
run upon his record, an examination
and analysis of that record is entire
ly proper"
| admit that it is proper to use my
record and | am willing to stand or
fall upon my record and | am not
hiding behind the skirts of any Com
mittee' either. | am not running for
office at the request of my friends
but solely upon my own motion and
all announcements | have made in
the press are written by myself and
published as paid advertisements and
paid for by myself, excepting only the
complimentary mentions by the news
papers of the county in their edi-
torial columns, and there are many
such.
I desire to be elected for my sec
ond and last term as prosecuting at
torney and ] respectfully solicit your
vote if my record meets with your
approval and. if elected, I pledge a