The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-03-15
GOV. MCMASTER
EXPOSES GEO. EGAN

OF gan, tnat is can SCflng lou OF ilne
sentences together, and color up a
false premise to make it appear as
truth. Possessed of this faculty he
sent challenge to Governor Nc
Master for debate upon the
subject that the best interests of the
people of South Dakota demand your
defeat as candidate and the destruc-
tion of the political machine of which
yot are the titular head"
The governor replied to the chal-
linge by sending Egan the following
"This question as stated does not
permit full discussion of all the
matters upon which the voters should
receive information.
81 will debate you upon the follow
ing question
"Resolved, that the best interests
of South Dakota demand the election
of Geo. w. Egan and the defeat of
W. H. McMaster'
''There are certain things pertain
ing to you and your candidacy upon
which the voters should be informed
fully"
In the debate that followed at Sioux
Falls on the 9th inst. the governor
handled Mr.. Egan without gloves as
will be seen from the following, which
is an official copy of the questions pre-
pared by Gov McMaster based on
court records in South Dakota and
Iowa and asked George Egan in Sioux
Falls in the debate Of March 9th To
none of these questions did Mr.. Egan
at any time in the debate make direct
or indirect reply:
l. Was the Supreme Court of this
state right or wrong when the judges
said of you in VOL %, at page 364 !:
"rhe conduct of the accused (ycur-
self in this case (the O'Grady caee)
not only shows his unfitness to be Z.
member of this court, but shows that
his perceptions OF the duties and re-
sponsibilities of an attorney are such
as to render him an undesirable as
sociate Of a highly honorable profes..
sion. and dangerous for clients who
may seek his assistance as an at
tornev ?"
2. We're you telling a truth or an
untruth when, on July 9th, 1910, YOU
filed petition praying for reinstate-
ment as a member of the bar. and
whine in support of that petition YOU
stated to the Supreme Court, as shown
in Vol. ~ at page 10:
Il believed when fled my petition
and believe now that the Court acted
conscientiously and honestly on all
the facts that it had before it, CT could
get before it. touching my affairs,
whether for or against me?"
). Was the Supreme Court right
or wrong when on your second dis
tarment, the Judges declared, in Vol.
81, at page 1GS, that as an attornev
for one Theodore kickland, vour con-
duct was "unDrofessional, dishonest,
and fraudulent?
And was the Court right or wrong
when, in the same opinion at page
lb9, the Judges say your conduct as
attorney fors'one Jacob Hatfield was
"unprofessional and dishonest:
And was the Court right or wrong
in declaring in the same opinion. at
page III, that your conduct as an at
torney for one w. A. Renner was ''un-
professional and dishonest?
And was the Court right or wrong
IN finding, in the same opinion at
page 114, that your conduct as at
torney for one Crhain s. Perrault was
dishonest, unprofessional and fraud
ulent"?
4. Was the Supreme Court right or
wrong when, after twelve Of your fell
low citizens had found YOU guilty of
dastardiy crime. that court pointed
out technical error and gave vou
another trial?
5. Why have YOU found it neces-
sary to be a plaintiff or defendant
personally in SO cases in your own
county during the short time you have
lived there?
6. You claim that you are the vic
TIM OF machine, a South Dakota ma
chime; was that machine in operation
IN Iowa before the people of South
tsDakota ever heard of you? Is it not
] fact that you were twice charged, in
civil complaints, with rape, in the
= courts of your native state, that yo,,
were accused of bribing witnesses in
criminal case, that disbarment pro-
ceedings were lodged. against you
there, and that commission of three
Of your fellow citizens, appointed BY
the Court, found you guilty of dis
honorable and unprofessional conduct
as an attorney? And is it not fact
that YOU left the State of Iowa to a.
void disbarment there?
7. If you were also prosecuted
where you had grown up from boy-
hood and were well known, can YOU
explain to the people Of South Dakota
how mother of seven children and
how young girl of II should eacl.
accuse you Of rape, and how COM
mittee appointed by the Court should
pick YOU out for attack?
Were you so prominent there that
an Iowa machine was after yOu?
Were you so wealthy that evil minded
people picked you out from all tho
rest for blaclmail?
s. Is it not true that at this time
you stand accused in Federal Court
Of concealing your assets and defraud-
ing YOUR creditor in your present pend
ing bankruptcy proceedings:
8. If ali or any of these judgments
charges, or accusations are true, how
have you the hardihood to face Your