Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-21
The Trial.

Since that time the complaint and the an
swer has been fled in the hands of the clerk
the witnesses subpenaed, and tomorrow at 10
o'clock in tho forenoon the trial will be pro-
ceeded with, the managers, as above mentioned, |
appearing for the prosecution, while Judge
Page will be represented by Hon G. X. Davis,
of this city, Hon. J. W. Losey, of La Crosse,
said above, members of the court, managers,
and counsel have already reached the
city. Among the arrivals is Mr..
Lovely, who is sojourning at
the Windsor hotel. representative of the
GLOBE called upon Mr.. Lovely yesterday, and
found him busily engaged in preparing his
brief of the case. He nevertheless suspended
his Iabors for few minutes, and talked freely
of the case.
1.-THE impeachment, said Mr.. Lovely 'was
conceived in malice and brought forth in in
iquity. Judge Page is descendant of the old
Puritan stock, and his purity of mind and
character penetrates deeper than his shirt, and
for that reason he has been prosecuted by the
corrupt ring of Mower county and the Pioneer
Press. The course of the Press has been char
acterized by the utmost mendacity. The facts
in the case are simply these: When Judge
| found the county offices in the hands of a ring
| "a close corporation-who were plundering
the people right and left. They saw Mr.. Page
was bound to rise to eminence, and proposed
to take him into the ring. But the judge
wouldn't consent to any such thing, but in
stead waged relentless war upon the ring.
| They fought him with the utmost malignancy,
but the Judge finally triumphed, the ring was
broken up, and some of it's members forced to
fly the country to escape the penalty of their
crimes. When Judge Page was elevated to the
| bench he pursued dishonesty as relentlessly as
ever. The real cause Of tho present impeach-
ment trial his directing the attention of
| the grand jury to the necessity of investigating
the county treasurer's Office. OF course
this re renewed w" the war upon Judge
and the old ring: They got hold of a repre-
sentative of the Pioneer Press, who sent to that
paper maliciously libelous article denuncia-
tory of the judge. Here he made mistake;
for he brought suit against that paper for libel.
Ever since that the Press has followed him like
bloodhound, snd by its denunciations forced
the House to impeach him. The paper has
tried, convicted, and sentenced him, and I
don't see as the Senate has anything to do with
it,
But you expect to see him acquitted?''
What question to ask lawyer" said Mr..
Lovely.
What will be the line of defense?''
"We will let that be known when the proper
time comes. We filed an answer to the charges
on the Goth of March. That indicates our de-
Tense to a certain extent
How long do you expect the trial to last?'
well, the impression seems to be that it
will consume twenty days. I think we ought
to get through with it in that time. The
charges really amount to nothing. They do
not when proDerly sifted, impeach Judge
Page judicial integrity in the least
well, you will no doubt have lively time
of it,
yes; we will have to contend against the
malignancy of the Pioneer Press, besides fight
ing the lawyers"
With promise to communicate anything of
interest to the public that might transpire in
connection with the case, and expressing the
hope that the GLOBE will have long and pros
porous career, Mr.. Lovely babe his inter locutor
good day,