Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-05

mittee with instructions to allow Judge Cox
to appear, cross. examine witnesses and intro
duce testimony in rebuttal.
Mr.. Burger was permitted to make an ex-
PLANTATION in which he denied the allegation
that he had been employed to defend Judge
Cox. What he had done had been out of pure
friendship for the accused, whom he had long
known and fought with.
Mr.. Baxter's motion was then lost % to
81.
Mr.. Baxter sent to the clerks desk and had
read the following letter, which he asked to
have entered upon the journal.
CLARENDON HOTEL,
ST.. PAUL, Nov. s, 1881.
Hon. L. L. Baxter, House of Representatives,
st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-Having learned that in the secret
session of the house to-day you very kindly
and ably urged the justice and propriety OF
giving me, an humble citizen of this CON-
monwealth, an opportunity to be heard upon
charges deeply affecting both my private char
actor and acts as public officer, denied to no
one heretofore by the honorable your judicl-
airy committee, and hereby expressing to you
and the honorable gentlemen who have advo-
Gated that which all admit to be right, my
most sincere thanks, yet am of the opinion
no opportunity will be afforded me for hear
ing or defense, either before the committee OF
partial trial before tribunal composed of gen.
tlemen who will do equal and exact justice to
the honor of the state and myself in the pre-
misses. Therefore have the honor to request
that without further objection or delay i'm
mediate action be taken in the matter in the
way of articles, charges and specifications, and
in the appointment of managers, to the end
that trial be had Immediately and before
the adjournment of the honorable Legislature
Of fhia caecioD will also odd that will he
prepared to commence such trial by Wednes
day next, although l am surrounded by diff
iculties almost insurmountable.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedlent servant,
E. ST. JULIEN Cox.
The question then required upon the fol-
lowing resolution attached to the report of
the judiciary committee:
Res6Ived, That E. St. Julien Cox, judge of
the Ninth Judicial district, be impeached for
crimes and misdemeanors in office.
The resolution was adopted by vote of rs
to 10, as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Amundson, Andrus, Armstrong,
Aselon, Baker, Baxter, j., Boser, Bohland,
Bookwalter, Braley, Butterfeld, Caine, Cal
stock, Cornish, Cults, Denny, Dodge, Dunn,
Flom, Frahm, Geary, Gould, Grazing, Hall,
Hayes, Halgren, Hanscom, Hawkins, Her.
berger, Hicks, Hitchcock, Hill, Hoyt, HUM,
Hulebak, Ives, Kendall, Klossner, Kneeland,
Kohlmier, Linnell Loveland, Milligan, Norrish,
Peterson, P. A., Pla'sance, Porter, o. s,
Porter, T. c., Post, Pu rrington, Putnam,
Roberts, Rosebrock Sabin, Samson,
Sanborn; Searles, Sheardown, Smith, Stedjee,
Stewart, Tharalson, Thompson, j. Jr., Thomp-
son, j., Tone, Tether, Van Hoesen, Wagner,
Wiley, Wilson, Zieske.
Nays-Baxter, L. L., Buchanan, Burger,
Derby, Donahue, Juelson, McAndrews, Rice,
Southland, Thornton.
Mr. Moore, Mr.. Northness and Speaker
Fletcher were excused from voting.
Mr. Hicks offered resolution directing the
form the senate that Judge Cox had been i'm
peached. Carried.
Mr.. Hicks also offered resolution directing
the speaker to appoint seven managers on the
part of the house to prepare articles OF i'm
parchment.
Mr.. James Smith, Jr., moved that the cpl
sode Of the hack ride in Minneapolis be not
included in the articles.
Mr.. Wilson thought it was foolish to omit
the most important and fagrant charge against
the accused. He denounced the conduct of
Judge Cox in picking up common prosti-
tute in the streets of Minneapolis, and taking
her, in close carriage, to low Dollhouse, as
nfamous-conduct which no honorable man
would be guilty of. He had pawned his watch
and chain for $40, and after he got out of the
carriage he had not cent left. It was just to
the state that these charges should appear in
the arti cles Of impeachment.
Mr.. Smith said the charges had not been
proved and it was due to Judge Cox's family
that it should be suppressed.
Mr.. Comstock said the house owed higher
duty to the state than to any individuals,
even the wife and children of Judge Cox. He
was opposed to limiting the managers as to
what specifications or charges they ahould
make.
Mr.. Collins took the same view, and going
over the evidence denounced Judge Cox's
conduct in this particular as infamous and
scandalous. He demanded that the man
ayers should have the liberty of presenting
such articles of impeachment as the evidence
before them would warrant.
Mr.. Smith withdrew his motion, and the
resolution of Mr.. Hicks was adopted without
division.
Mr.. Hicks presented a resolution defining
the powers and duties of the managers in the
usual form, which was also adopted.
Mr.. Hicks offered solution that when
the house adjourn it be till the first Tuesday
in December.
A score of amendments were offered, and
the question was debated in all it's phase for
more than an hour. The amendment OF Mr.:
Gould, that an adjournment be had until
Wednesday evening at s o'clock, was finally
adopted by large majority.
The bill authorizing the city of Albert Lea
| to issue bonds for certain purposes was
passed under suspension of the rules, when
| the house took recess till 2:30 o'clock p. m.
afternoon Session.
On motion Of Mr.. L. L. Baxter the rules
were suspended and House File No. 189, re-
lating to the depositing of money by the treas
urer OF Carver county, was taken up and
passed.
Mr.. Buchanan moved that House File No.
Ill, relating to Cass and Crow Wing counties
be taken up and the rules suspended, SO as to
allow the bill to be placed on its final passage.
Considerable opposition was manifested and
the motion was finally declared lost
Mr.. Collins moved to suspend the rules and
take up Senate File No. 80, relating to the
Minneapolis & st. Cloud railway building
| branch roads. The motion prevailed and the
bill was read first, second and third time and
passed.
Speaker Fletcher announced the appoint
ment of the following committee to prepare
articles of impeachment against Judge Cox at
the bar of the senate: Messrs. Gould, San
| born, Hoyt, Currie and Amundson. Also the
appointment OF the following board of man
ayers: Messrs. Hicks, Smith, Collins, Gould.
Dunn, Ives and Putnam.
The committee to whom was referred the
bill to abolish the office of railroad commits
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