Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-20

Impeachment Resol'n
Presented this To-day

The exclusive publication in the GLOBE O
The action of the Judicial Committee in thu
Page impeachment case was the sensation
of the town yesterday. Every one wondered
how the GLOBE had succeeded in circumvent
ing the secret committee, and the parties
directly interested were glad to be relieved Of
their suspense. AS was intimated in Tn
GLOBE, might be the case, the report wat
not presented to the House yesterday A
long, exciting and interesting meeting OF
the committee was held yesterday morning
to perfect the details of the report
Afternoon and evening sessions of the
committee were also held and variety OF
reports were afloat relative to split in the
committee, &C., but the facts proved that The
GLOBE report was correct, and that the re-
suit was given yesterday. At the meeting
last evening the point under discussion was
whether under the resolution of the House
the committee; could formally recommend
his impeachment.
That resolution instructs them to find the
truth and report to the House.
It was argued by Messrs. Ladd, Colvill
and Hicks, that the committee, being III
structed merely to ascertain the truth, it had
no right to make any issue, either way, on
the subject of impeachment. The
other members of the committee
took issue with this view, but it
was finally voted by five to two, to
omit from the report any recommendation
relative to impeachment, but the chairman
of the committee was instructed to present
a resolution of impeachment, and will ac-
cordingly do SO at the meeting this morning.
The report is all completed, and as The
GLOBE announced yesterday, is signed by
all the members save Mr.. Ladd. The twelfth
and fifteenth counts quoted by HE GLOBE
yesterday are the leading points on which
the impeachment will be asked.
IN DETAIL.
The counts or charges number twenty, and
the report first considers the fourth, the pre-
vious ones being predatory matter. This
charge refers to the suit for libel brought by
Page against Davidson & Bassford of the
Austin Register, and the committee find that
while it may be true, there is no cause for
censure.
The fifth refers to Pages libel suit against
D. S. B. Mollison, and the committee find
that he was not justified in holding Mollison
from term to term of the court.
On the sixth and seventh charges they find
him not guilty.
The eighth is in reference to appearing
before the county board to prevent the
allowance of claims, and this, the committe
declares gross improperly.
The ninth they find to be true in the first
subdivision, which is, that he sat on the bench
in a case in which he was interested.
The tenth relates to his dismissing a turn
key at the Jail and refusing to allow him pay
for the time he had served. This is suhstan-
TALLY true except as to the motives and those
we're not apparent.
The eleventh was his refusal to make an
order to pay M. L. Vaudeville as Court
DoPuVy' Ills CAdISe ~ SuSIa1ueu.
The twelfth is the one relative to the
grand jury and his attempt to force them to
indict Ingmundson. This is the leading
count, and it appeared in yesterdays GLOBE.
The committee find the charge sustained,
and that he acted arbitrarily and exceeded
his jurisdiction, and thus it was an unjusti-
fable assertion Of judicial power.
The thirteenth and fourteenth, containing
nothing particular, are passed over by the
committee.
The Fifteenth, which is the other leading
count published i'll yesterdays GLOBE, is
sustained by the committee, and they find
that he acted arbitrarily and without autho-
rity of law.
The report being all completed and
signed it is expected to present it at the
meeting of the House this morning, and fol-
low it with the impeachment resolution.