Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-21

Mr.. Patterson who would have voted for the
amendment, paired with Armstrong, who
would have voted against it.
An amendment by Senator Hamlin extend
ing the provisions of the act of March Sd,
1877, for free transmission Of official mail mat
ter to all officers Of the United States govern
ment except pension agents and those who re-
ceive a fixed allowance as compensation for
their services, including expenses for postage,
was agreed to without division. The bill was
then read q third time and passed.
Senator Bayard called up the House bill for
relief of the Eagle & Phoenix Manufacturing
company, of Columbus, Ca. which was dis
cussed briefly and passed.
Senator Anthony submitted resolution that
Monday next at O clock the Senate will pro
coed to consider bills on the calendar not OBJ
jected to, and that such consideration be con-
tinued from day to day until the end of the
calendar shall have been reached, speeches upon
such bills to be under five minutes. Agreed to.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the unfinished business, being the bill to annul
an act of the Legislative Assembly Of the Ter
ritory of Wyoming to provide for the organ
| ization of Crook and Pease counties, and to
provide for holding court therein, approved by
the Governor of said Territory the 18th of
December, 1877. The act Of the Legislative
Assembly referred to- after providing for the
organization of the counties named, to consti-
tute the third judicial district of the State, as
signed Associate Justice VIM. Ware Peck as
| Judge of said district, removing him from his
| former district.
cipated in by Senators Edmunds, Davis of Hi
nois, Teller, Paddock, Howe, Saunders, Dawes,
Hoar and others. During the discussion it was
stated that Judge Peck had been removed from
his district and assigned to Crook and Pease
counties, inhabited only by Indians, because
his administration OF justice was distasteful to
certain bad people in the Territory who in
huenced the Legislature to make the change.
Senator Paddock stated that Judge Peck was
one of these gentlemen who parted his name in
the middle and seemed to think he was an
apostle sent to reform the people of that Terri.
tory. He was pretentious and put on airs not
acceptable to the people of Wyoming.
Senator Conkling said Judge Peck lived long
in the State Of New York. He was a lawyer il
good repute and large instruction. Knowing him
and his family, he, Conkling must say tina,
he never heard before nor did he suspect tina,
Judge Peck deserved such appellations the
Honorable Senator from Nebraska, CPaddock)
had bestowed upon him. He knew Judge Peel
to be we'll instructed lawyer, a pure and up
right man.
Senator Edmunds said he had known Judge
Peck personally for more than thirty years. H
the law. For the last twenty years he had re
sided in the city of New York and hat
been recommended for the position now hell
by him by number Of the leading member
of the bar of the city of New York amon
whom he had lived. In Wyoming one of tn
delegates in the Territorial Legislature and
lawyer who plactised before Judge Peck, wa
fined by the Judge for contempt of court, and i
Immediately came to be understood that Judg
Peck would hear of the matter. Afterward
upon assembling Of the Legislature. Senate
Edmunds defended the administration O
} Judge Peck, and said under it many rum SCI
lers, gamblers and robbers had been punished
, The bill was then read the third time an
passed.
On motion of Senator Wallace, the senat
took up the bill introduced by him to authorig
a long bond for investment of savings, SO that
should come up as unfinished business to-mo1
row.
t After an executive session the Senate ad
iOnrned.