The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 30, 1916, Page 9

STAR—MONDAY, OCT. 30, 1916. PAGE 9 -aLundin’s Official Record As “Fer Tony Ee Prosecuting Attorney Proves Him Insincere and Incompetent He has spent more than $20,000 of the people's money] in pretending to secure evidence and prosecute cases under | the dry law. One fine of $50 was paid because of a convic-! tion; nine pleaded guilty; nine were found not guilty, and | twenty-one cases have been allowed to remain untried until | ¢ statute of limitation compels their dismissal, or the wit- sses have died or left the state. This farce is caused by competence. " He has brought criminal prosecutions against men who were long dead and in their graves, This is worse than incompetence. He said that he was going to smash up 10,000 barrels of beer for the brewery, then tried to deceive the people by saying that he allowed the beer to be made into malt vinegar, and brought a friendly suit against “Lifestaff" which diverted the people's attention away from the beer. This is insincere. He brought Isabel Clayberg from California by extradi-| tion, without evidence, and held her in jail, then dismissed her, and said he extradited her so as to obtain her presence as a witness. This shows insincerity and incompetence. He has, at a great expense to the taxpayers of this county, inaugurated a stool pigeon system to prey upon our drug stores and doctors and pretend to be sick and ailing so as to get whiskey on prescriptions, or otherwise. He prosecuted 3 some and allowed others to go. This is indeed vicious and degrading in a public official. He has directed his investigators to let_many violators | _ of the dry law alone and he has persecuted others, until. his - investigators have left his office in disgust. He has refused to prosecute some for selling whiskey when abundant evidence was put in his possession by his imvestigators, and directed his investigators to get others at any cost. Our law provides that persons charged with misdemean ors shall be tried by the justice residing in the precinct where the defendant violates the law. Lundin brings them to Seattle $300,000,000 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 5%% SECURED LOAN GOLD NOTES ‘ 7 Interest Payable May 1 and November 1 $150,000,000 Three-Year Notes Due November 1, 1919 $150,000,000 Five - Year Notes Due November 1, 1921 Dated November 1, 1916 DIRECT OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT Principal and Interest Payable in United States Gold Coin, at the Office of J. P. Morgan & Co., or, at the Option of the Holder, in London in Sterling at the Fixed Rate of $4.86} to the Pound. Principal and Interest Payable Without Deduction for Any British Taxes, Present or Future. ying piec Coupen Netes of $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 ye The slits are wide to allow the wearer free vision, ROOT DEFENDS — HIS RECORD IN LETTERTO STAR CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Redeemable at the Option of the Government, in Whole or in Part, on Thirty (30) Days Notice, as Follows: Three-Year Notes 1917, Inclusive.....+++++..103 and Interest.... 1918, Inclusive. Five-Year Notes .ee+++105 and Interest 104 and Interest 103 and Interest 102 and Interest 101 and Interest From November 1, 1916, to October 31, From November 1, 1917, to October 31, From November 1, 1918, to October 31, 1919, Inclusive. From November 1, 1919, to October 31, 1920, Inclusive. From November 1, 1920, to October 31, 1921, Inclusive To be Secured by Pledge With Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Under a Pledge Agreement Executed by the Government, of Secur- ities Approved by J. P. Morgan & Co., of an Aggregate Value of Not Less Than $360,000,000, Calculated on the Basis of Then Prevailing Market Prices. Sterling Securities Being Valued in Dollars at the Prevailing Rate of Exchange, viz.: Greup |. Stocks, Bends and or Other Securities ef American Corporations (Including the Canadian Pactfic Raitway Compahy) and Bonds and or Other Obligations (Either as Maker or Guaranter) of the Government of the Dominion ef Canada, the Colony of New- foundland, and or Provinces of the Deminion of Canada, d or Canadian Municipali- tles: Aggreg: Value Not Less Than...... om ieee «$ 180,000,000 (Of the Foregoing There Will be Somewhat Over $100,000,000 in Aggregate Value of Secur- ities of Corporations of the United States and of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.) Group iI. Bonds and or Other Obligations (Either as Maker or Guarantor) of Any or All of the Several Following Governments, to wit: Commonwealth ef Australia, Union ef Seuth Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Japan, Egypt, and India, and er be absurd on its face. “At the recent primaries, 23, Voters expressed their confidence | in my character and ability by vot.) ing for me. Should 1 defer to them or to you, and the 21 or leas attorneys whom you say were pres ent at the meeting which appoint: | + : . ° Mm ed you to wait on me, with the! and Ag aes 2 red 9 friends, who ede Strangers to themt.|pugsesticn that I withdraw my Approximately $28,000,000 Value in Bonds or Other Obligations ef Dividend-Paying e has made a ruling and issued an order to County | candidacy? British Railway Com, Aggregate Value Not Less Than. 8! “Your threat that the newspapers would republish the old matter, if I did not withdraw, is disquieting, but not controlling. “If they wish to join with you, and with those with whom you are working, to tear me down, be smirch my reputation, and humflt # my family, they, of course, have | that privilege. “I consider the threatened as Sault upon me as a dastardly, cow ardly attempt to humiliace myself and family, and a piece of unde served persecution. “In Justice to my family, and to the 23,872 of my fellow citizens who voted for me at the primaries, | and in justice to myself, I beg to decline your suggestion.” Resolutions Paseed Upon receipt of this letter, the president of the association called) a meeting thereof to pass resolu | tions denouncing my candidacy, | acd to invite the newspapers to! make an assault upon me At firet the officers of the association de- |) clined to invite me to be present,| but some of the members insisted | that decency and fair play requir ed that I be invited; these re quests induced the president to re quest my presence, the Invitation being received after 5 o'clock of the evening upon which the meet ing was to occur. 1 I appeared at the meeting, and} upon a motion being made by a member of the association, | was invited to speak, and did so, re} viewing at length the circum-| stances leading up to and surround ing the matters complained of. A) |resolution denouncing my candi jdacy, and calling for the publica tion of the matters referred to, was introduced, and discussed by sev eral of the members Opinion of Small Coterie ] ‘One member moved that, inttead | of denouncing my candidacy, that) the facts be published, and laid be- fore the people, in order that they | might decide for themselves as to whether or not I was a suitanle candidate, This exceedingly fair} proposition was voted down, {t ap-| pearing that the meeting did not) Total... 0 Pending the arrival and deposit of definitive securities as above, the government is to deposit temporarily with the trust company either approved New York stock exchange collateral or cash. If the pledged securities depreciate in value, the government is to deposit additional securities to maintain the 20% margin The government ia to reserve the right from time to time to sell for cash any of the pledged securities, the proceeds of sale to be applied to the retirement of notes by purchase or by redemption by lot. Upon the retirement of the three-year notes, a proportionate amount of the collateral may be withdrawn approx- imately ratably from each class The government also from time to time may make substitutions of securities, but such substitutions are not to vary the then relative amounts in value of the groups. All substitutions, withdrawals and valuations of securities are to be ap- proved by J. P. Morgan & Co. : Auditor Byron Phelps, authorizing him to issue permits for 7 sonly 208 gallons of alcohol, 104 gallons of whiskey and 52 gallons of any other kind of liquor, within a period of six months, to all druggists in Seattle, except that Stewart & Holmes and G. O. Guy could have permits for all they want This shows Lundin utterly incompetent and lacking in legal knowledge, as a valid law could not delegate a legislative power to him to make one law for Stewart & Holmes and G. ©. Guy, another for all other druggists in Seattle, and still another for all druggists in the county outside of Seattle This order of Lundin’s is silly. Our dry law provides an alcohol and liquor salesbook for _ all druggists, which is a public record. If Mr. Lundin would ~e; enforce this provision of the law he would be successful. 7) Mr. Crawford E. White, a prominent Republican and d lawyer, has challenged the attention of the people Fpthis county to the fact that Mr. Lundin is incompetent and This offering is made subject to the approval by our counsel of necessary formalities. 7) ineneneclipuliiiaionion WE OFFER THE ABOVE NOTES FOR SUBSCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS: The Three-Year Notes at 99% and Interest, Yielding Over 5.75 Per Cent. The Five-Year Notes at 98% and Interest, Yielding About 5.85 Per Cent. Mr. Frank E. Green, a prominent Republican and a law- x of unquestioned ability, has shown by the record that Mr. in is incompetent. Mr. A. G. McBride, a Republican lawyer, of unques- tioned ability, who has been a prosecutor with Lundin, also | under Mr. George Vanderveer? and who has practiced law for 40 years, has this to say in the Seattle Legal News of ber Oth: “We challenge Alfred H. Lundin to get a certificate of honor of five of the foremost criminal prosecutors in Seattle to the effect that he was a competent prosecutor and the record of his office entitled him to re-election.” INCOMPETENT IN OUR SUPREME COURT % In the case of Ole Hanson vs. Robert T. Hodge, which | —swas a private matter and in no way involved King County, except that Hodge's salary was garnisheed, Lundin “butted in” and made King County a defendant and party to the suit without interposing any claim of immunity from garnishee process on any ground, and Lundin having made a shameful spectacle, came into court and moved that his appeal be dis- : missed, after filing a lengthy brief paid for by King County. g County was never made a party to the writ of garnish- t until Lundin made it a party. One would suppose that Lundin would have known enough to have stayed out of ‘ court as far as this county was concerned, but he did not He prepared and filed an additional and lengthy brief under the guise and pretense of attorney “Amicus Curiae,” meaning as a “Friend of the Court,” and again time and money of Subscription Books Will be Opened at the Office of J.P. Morgan & Co., at 10 o'Clock, A. M., October 31, 1916, and Will be Closed at 10 o’Clock, A. M., November 8, 1916, or Earlier, in Their Discretion. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO REJECT ANY AND ALL APPLICATIONS, AND ALSO, IN ANY EVENT, TO AWARD A SMALLER AMOUNT THAN APPLIED FOR. AMOUNTS DUE ON ALLOTMENTS WILL BE PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE OF J. P. MORGAN & CO., IN NEW YORK FUNDS, TO THEIR ORDER, AND THE DATE OF PAYMENT WILL BE GIVEN IN THE NOTICES OF ALLOTMENT. oe 4 Temporary Certificates Will Be Delivered Pending the Engraving of the Definitive Notes. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, New York City BROWN BROTHERS & CO. NATIONAL CITY COMPANY New York City WM. A. READ & CO. LEE, HIGGINSON & CO. WHITE, WELD & CO. FARMERS LOAN & TRUST COMPANY J. P. MORGAN & CO., SAVINGS BANA Chicago J. & W. SELIGMAN & CO, LAZARD FRERES GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK HARRIS TRUST & 4 KIDDER, PEABODY & CO. KISSEL, KINNICUTT & CO. BANKERS TRUST COMPANY : King County was spent, and Lundin’s second appearance in sea gh age tle Bye Mg bien New York City New York City Fee toticctenc” “And our supreme court held his effort in|areered to hy. before the feof || CewTRAL TRUST CO. OF ILLINOIS CONTINENTAL & COMMERCIAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK HALSEY, STUART & CO. di d. e — . a am portion of ago Chicage ce ee In the case of State vs.|‘"Ac'tinw point it may be pertinent || MARINE NATIONAL BANK FIRST & OLD DETROIT NATIONAL BANK UNION TRUST COMPANY Pryor, 67 Wash., page 219,}to let your readers know who com- Buffalo Detroit Pistedurgh prise the Seattle Bar association It is NOT an association of the en. \tire membership of the bar. In jstead of th it has, | understand }a membership of not to exceed one- fourth of the entire membership of the bar. a case which Lundin prose- cuted, our Supreme Court said: “On cross-examination of the defendant, the state's attorney (Lundin), notwith- Standing the fact that the New York, October 30, 1916. Less Then 75 Vote | When a vote was taken upon the evidence had been stricken, % questioned him concerning |resolution denouncing my ecandi-| = nee aie the alleged acts of - dacy, there were less than 75 votes . 4 his ‘was highly improper. cast oe Serer of the resolution, and|nated me at the recent primaries, The main opinion is signed by my-|him of this rumor, and demanded | writing, or turned in as evidence.| one of his associates on the su- iiss tice aves eoutained me [ cons dora ple nao ber of th as a candidate for one of the self and th ther judges, the| that an investigation be made. I never had a chance to face, or! preme court bench of this state. hile ’ a ea ss Ip ge: of ; pm being a [Judges of the superior court of this other three ju dissenting, and | Insisted on Probe | hear, or cross-examine a witness; |can, without hesitation, say that objection thereto, and _in-/bers of the nssoctation) not voting | state one of them wrote, and the other| At first they were reluctant to| the examinations were ex parte, be-| he is a man of clean private life, 9 structed the jury to disre ay, and quile a number ow, a word in regard to my ree-|two signed with him, a dissenting | pay any attention the matter, but| hind closed doors, Bear in mind| excellent habits, strict integrity, a A | Voted sgainat the resolution gard this, its tendency was| go we have the spectacle of sev to keep before the minds of \enty-five, or less attorneys out of | the jury the stricken evi- | 1200, attempting to tell the voters han 6 lof this county how they should| ord in the supreme court Denies Railway Charge As will be seen by the letter to the bar commi (as set forth opinion. Thus it will be seen that | the court, composed of seven judges voted, four of us against the rail-| way company, and three in favor of | and high standing as a lawyer.” Promises Honesty Judge R. O, Dunbar, who was upon the bench all of the time [ | was there, and for 16 years thereto- I insisted that there be an invesiga-| that this committee was appointed tion, I told him that Idid not care/ to investigate as to corruption, dis- how they made it, but that it must| honesty and@ criminality, and the be made, and then I withdrew from | 2@Wspapers were full of all sorts dence. These errors were Sota Een saihas ahs senate vetore |above), these gentlemen deny any |'he Tailway company. |the consultation room, The other | Of insinuations as to such charge, | vital, and the effect of the|whose votes nominated me, that|itention to question my ability, If I had been a “tool” of the com-| judges took up the matter, and com-| but when the report of the commit-| fore, and who had known me for 20) EDWIN J. BROWN . viden f lehale che candidate should with-|Nonesty or Integrity; and at the | Pany 1 certainly would have voted | plied with my request by requesting | tee was made public, they reported | years, often spoke in similar terms, — 4 3 aes incompetent evidence, from ‘oni osen Candidate sho | meeting no one charged or insin-|With the three judges who did vote|the president of the State Bar asso-| that they could find no evidence of | and did not hesitate to denounce ~ its very nature, so prejudicial, that we cannot say that they |“"*™ ; uated anything against my charac-|1n favor of the corporation, and who|clation to appoint a committee to| dishonesty, corruption or crime, but/ my traducers. Others of the judges — orporation Lawyers ter for uprightness, honesty and in-| believed that the case should have|{nvestigate as to this alleged cor-| critic ed me on account of railway | spoke, and wrote to, and of me, in were cured by the order to strike and the instruction to| disregard. If the testimony of the prosecuting witness as to the other two crimes not charged in the information was believed, it would inevitably create a prejudice in the mind At the meeting, speeches were | made by six or eight attorneys, practically every one of whom was la well-known corporation lawyer; 80 we have the situation of this tegrity. The only charge, elther by the committee, or at the meeting, or in the press, as far as I have been able to learn, is that elght or {been decided in favor of the com- jpany, The insinuations sought to be given to the public, by reason of my alleged actions In this case, are intended and calculated to make ruption, At the time | was seriously fil (and had been for a month or more), with blood-poisoning of my | passes, and the case hereinbefore | explained. As to Railway Passes As to passes: At that time the most kindly terms. | Whose opinions do you think the most worthy, those of my neighbors and judictal associates, or those of the small coterie of lawyers, and of any human being not lower in his makeup than the meeting » ide nine years ago, while a member of atm, and desiring to have the bar! railway company sent passes an- eee uf Mie’ 3 Vid not lowe . t 10g aha gy end reg fi 8lthe supreme court, T was accused of People belleve that 1 was a corpor-| committee untrammelied, and wish.| nually to all prominent state, eoun.| other “interests” that are fighting ' ” he field. xe of rporation attor railway attorney to/ation “tool,” and it me? If I am elected judge, I shall mitting a |ing to relieve the court of any em ty and city officials, was : is this case the man was state yi one pis ed mw ef; proton engele i Or serite the opinion upon the rehear- | rae you Me. MAitor, mae vod barrassment, I resigned, I believed | not againsi the law ‘to use thers, | De Nene aQuapiee, outs Aindin wads insistent on introducing evidence of several ty, : ing in the case of Harris against | readers ‘© to some law library! at the time that I was doing an| k Tus vice, | 80d fearless, and all will be treal 8 their judgment against that of the land read that case for 5 doing an| altho I think I used mine but twice.) cauany, fairly and justly, to the _ crimes not charged in the information, and the defendait | 23,572 people, whose votes nomi- could have no way to defend himself against a crime of} eee te the Great Northern Railway Com- pany, reported in Washington Re- ports, Volume 48, page 437, yourself fend themselves. Such an examina |tion by you and your readers will unselfish and honorable act, and one which made for the good of the court, and the benefit of the | Some of this committee had used | passes freely, It is an old saying that “A man’s best of my ability. Yours respectfully, which he had no knowledge that he would be called upon The railway attorney did not|be far more convincing of my| state, but people who did not know MILO A. ROOT. r ; sree a 4 . ighbors know what he is.” Y : . ‘to defend himself against. This record proves Lundin in- To Have Curly, Wavy write the opinion, and, as I have anne acaemeaey in the matter! me, misconstrued my actions, and|have already published the fact competent and insincere, and I except to present the facts. have nothing to do with it It is our supreme court speaking. frequently stated, any reasonable |person who reads the report of the jcase should be convinced that the Hair Like ‘Nature’s Own’ Why He Resigned Now a word as to my resignation; my motives therefor, And my ene- mies exploited the matter to my great injury, Doubtless, as I now that my neighbors speak highly of me, At the recent primaries, my neighbors gave me a much higher I shall be glad to have Mr. Lundin meet me at my! ,,2",{hren hours you pan Daye Xing |charge is ridiculous and absurd In November, 1908, there were ru-| 8e6 it, my resignation was a mis-| vote than any other judicial candi-| Eyery bit of dandruff disa Mecting at the Strand Theatre Tuesday noon, October 31, or in they rer vain a Jong fime: when Decision Against Railway mors to the effect that this railway | take |date. My associates upon the} after one or two applications tik Grand Theatre at 11:30 Thursday, November 2, and de ing. the hi yt rd etn PeWnen the If I had permitted the attorney to | attorney had embeasled « large " Noval Feat hore | bench remained faithful to me upon | Danderine rubbed well into the fend his record. He shall have equal ine with’ me, ‘Hor to, Bey Jf cemmed oat Jt il be nies woe the ‘oplon;: he bigigee have jamount harold Ad eph ig 7 pemineny,| The. Inveanennas committee | my retirement. A tow yeare there-| scalp with the foxer. tips. | Sim $ ord. ‘ nerine t# of couree written it in favor of the railway /and that he had turned over to me{spent about two months, during|after, one of them, Chief Justice | 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any debate with me, particularly, but to address the audience anid make his defense of this record. perfectly harmless, and is easily ap- an tooth brush, It at any drug store, panying each bot his client, whereas this | Both company, opinion {s against his client, it and the main opinion tn the case piled with directions some $80,000 or $100,000 to bribe me, When IT heard this rumor I immediately went to Chief Justice which time they traveled to various parts of the state, and took the evidence of many witnesses, be- | Herman D, Crow, in answering the inquiry of a business man, as to my character and ability, said: drug store and save your hair. After a few applications you can’t find a particle of dandruff or any can be obta : _ EDWIN J. BROWN, [ak Kilmerine serves alae ana aplen-lwere written by myself, and both|Hadley and requested him to assem-| sides listening to gossip of many| “I have known Judge Root for| falling hair, and the scalp will iia wz For Prosecuting Attorney. ‘gna ‘giossy.—Advertisement. are against the railway company./ble the judges, which he did, I told! kinds that was never reduced toi many years, and for four years was! never itch, - * \ bi e : a,