Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-27

IN lNG, JUNE ~, 1913.
road as that by which the State treasury
was made branch of the st. Paul banks. MIR.
lngmundson was guilty of every act for which
Mr.. seeger was impeached. Mr. Seeger, unof-
tending old man as he was, was not above the
law, and Mr.. Ingmundson is not. If Judges
and grand juries of this State had enforced a
stsict compliance with the law, the country
would have been saved the many sickening ex-
posures of the last few years. Only few
years ago the little county of Mcleod was
Boosting of Its $4,000 surplus, and get when
| its treasury vault was opened, the money was
found to have turned to dust and ashes by de-
falcation.
The grand jury never did investigate Ing
| mundson's Office. That iron iawed man forced
his way into the grand jury, and SO dominated
over some of the members that they daren or
would not go into the Investigation, and the
so-called report that was made to the court was
never legally adopted.
/ By the laws of the State the judge is requir-
ed to read certain statutes to grand juries, re-
curing examination into the manner of con-
Quoting their offices by public officers. The
grand jury of Mower county, 1877, were prop
| erly charged, and Ingmundson repeated the
| act OF 1885, forced his way into the grand Jury
room by which an indictment, if found, would
| have been overthrown. Thus two weeks passed,
when it is discovered that this offender is
greater than the law in Mower county.
| Finally, as a compromise, a mere
| statement of facts is presented to the
| Judge. The finding of the jury was
| false, and it was the duty of any magistrate to
tell the jury that they had failed to do their
duty-had violated their oaths. Such thing
is not unusUal-judges even going at times so
| far to set aside verdicts. Judges have
wide latitude at their discretion for the protcc-
ton of parties in court And yet for rebuking
l ,,1in &/o
Senate is asked to impeach respondent and de-
prive him of the honors SO justly won so Justly
worn.
In case jury freturns presentment the
judge can issue his warrant for the arrest of
| the culprit, or refer the matter back to an
and brought before the judge. That
miserable county attorney would do nothing,
and the judge conducted the examination,
offered to hear testimony. but Ingmundson re-
fused, and then he was held to bail. This is all
| there is in this case, and in it from beginning
| to end, respondent acted clearly within the law.
ARTICLES EIGHT AND NINE.
| These articles involve the relations OF re-
| spondent growing out Of the Stimson contempt
| case. Mr.. Davis said he was admonished by
his feelings that he had overexerted himself.
and should therefore, of necessity, be brief.
Although courts have ever been wont to lay
heavy hands upon parties in contempt, this is
| the first time an attempt has ever been made to
impeacha Judge for such conduct An officer of
| the court submits to regular rules of discipline
and pledges himself to exert himself to preserve
and protect the dignity of the court. Mr..
| StimsOn was ministerial and executive officer
of respondents court. Publishing libel upon
the court is not only crime, but gross and
audacious contempt. That Mr.. Stimson did
| have in his possession and confer with other
persons, about libel upon respondent is
| one Of the facts in this case. that no attempt
has been made to dispute. The libel was not
originated by Stimson, but was the offspring
| Of that wicked malice SO often seen in this
1 trial. It's object was to bring respondent into
| contempt. The charges made were known to
be arrant falsehoods. The time chosen for
the circulation during term of court,
and the question at once presented to the re-
spondent whether he should maintain the dig
nifty of his court. His position was one OF
position demanded that he take the act he did.
In taking this step respondent followed the
| course laid down in the statutes
| PERoaATIoN.
/ Now gentlemen l have gone through these ar.
ticles, am 10th to leave them even now, ex.
hausted as am. and late as the hour grows to
be. Standing here and looking back over the
path have trodden SO YEARLY to me, and
know to you 1 can see how a better man and
more attentive industry might have graspeo
this case more vi gorously than have done.
have endeavored fairly. honestly, and consci
entionsly, with no legerdemain or Juggling OF
intellect, or sophistication of your understand
ing, to state the law. as before God 1 honestly
believe it to be, to state those facts SO far as
my weak recollection serves me. Ii l have
erred you will correct me. besought your
correction early in my argument as
to the facts. and no Senator has done it
Ion hax-o fln ,,ai,
J, rect. But there is one thing OF which I do
wish to treat, before take last farewell of
this case: Whence comes this prosecution
Are we not now, at this stage of the proceedings
after we have torn to shreds calumny after cal
jimmy, entitled to ask the Senate of Minnesota
and the public of this State-for whom these
proceedings are instituted: and for whom this
record is made-Whence comes these proceed
ings which have swallowed up so much of the
public money to SO little purpose. l have
long since ceased to speak for the
: acquittal Of Sherman Page. speak now fo
his vindication. propose to bring into cour
the men not now in court. ! cite before The
bar Ingmundson, French, Cameron, Crandal
and the rest. l assert and I propose to demon
strate within the short time which | have i'm
posed upon myself that this is conspiracy tC
ruin and break down the character Of a just
and worthy man. I do not say that Judg.
| Page is the most loveable man in theiworld. Il,
He never mixes much with men; he is a mar
of the closet and of books. That he is u mar
of strict integrity is Pathological for me to say
T That, man has come here to doubt or dis
! pute. Then, whence say comes this LITTLE
angry cloud SO full of thunder to blast him?
Permit me to go back over the testimony 70
a moment, and show from the evidence in thi
case wherever it comes. It has leaked out il
, this proceeding that before Judge Page wen
upon the bench named Smith treas
urer Of that county. It has come out in thes
proceedings that the respondent, in the nam
of the county, instituted suit against him
he being the attorney. The records of the su
I preme court have been referred to, and it ha
: appeared in evidence here that the count,
:, in that suit prosecuted by thi
respondent, as attorney, recovered judgmen
of $4,000 for moneys embezzled from tn
county treasury of Mower county by this Tree S
urer Smith, ''for whom" as Mr.. Gilman pa
tEetically remarked, ''the silent grave hat
yawned.' That case came up a motion 70
a new trial before Judge Wait, and it was de
3 MED. It was removed to the supreme court o
this State; it was reversed upon the mere tech
, nical tact that certain written memorand
were not evidence, not upon the merits
was sent back for ne,
trial, when during the time tina
these conspirators have held this man crucifet
that suit has fzzled out of court under the ad
ministration of French.
Mr.. Cameron testifes "that the responder
: has raised the devil ever since he came to Aus
tin, to use his own language. But when MI
Cameron is interrogated as to what particula
respects the devil was raised by this respond
emit it is found that he attacked old, rotte1
j and corrupt ring which has existed in tina
county from the time they stole the record
+ from Frankfort-from the time one ma
burned portions Of those records in the stow.
. and afterwards fed counterfeiter.
: It appears that the respondent attacke,