Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-14
GETTING READY.

The Senate Trying to Meet a. . Court of
Impeachment-A Quorum Secured by q
Close Squeeze--The Lawyers Secure an
Adjournment Until Friday.
The high court of impeachment in the Cox
case which convened yesterday morning was
rather slow in organizing and getting ready
for business. The hour fixed for the opening
of the court was 10 o'clock, but at this time
only couple OF senator's and half dozen
spectators including newspaper men were to
be seen in the court room. But as the weary
| minutes slowly dragged on, the members OF
the tribunal dropped in one by one, and occa-
sionally in pairs, until at 1890 some sixteen or
seventeen were on hand. The interval OF three
quarters of an hour was spent by the officers
| in arranging seats and distributing stationery
and other necessary appliances of the session
| thereon-all of which made up quite lively
scene in the dolorous and naturally sombre-
| looking chamber. But little change is notice
able in the internal arrangement of the room
since the senate adjourned some three or four
weeks ago. The southwest corner
| has been reserved and set apart for
| the use of the counsel engaged in the case.
Running along the north wall is long table
at which the board of managers are seated,
| while at right angles thereto and forming a
.tT" is another table on the lower side OF
which are placed the counsel for the defense.
| At the lower end directly opposite are the
places set apart for the official stenographers,
| 6. n. Hillman and Jas. E. Lyon, the mem
bers of the court occupying their old seats
| which they had at the last session as senator's,
and except in the arrangements heretofore no
tlced, no other change is perceptible in the
| outlook of the chamber. Assistant sergeants-
alarms are stationed at each door, and the
pages are flying here and there as at regular
| session of the senate.
ORGANIZING.
| At quarter to IL o'clock, President Gilman
took his seat on the raised chair and at the first
echo of the sonorious notes of his gavel
through the lofty chamber, the monotonouf
hum Of conversat ton which had so long pre-
vailed was hushed and silence became almost
instantly general. President Gilman ther
| instructed Sergeant -atarms Mellen to make
| due proclamation of the assembling of the
senators as a high court of impeachment
which was done by that officer speaking in
loud tones the following words: "Hear ye!
Hear ye! All persons are commanded to keeI
silent on pain of imprisonment while the
house of representatives is exhibiting to the
senate of the State of Minnesota articles Of
| impeachment against E. st. Julien Cox, judge
of the Ninth judicial district of the State Of
| Minnesota.
President Gilman's next order was to CLERK
Jennison to call the roll, which being done,
| eighteen senators answered to their names al
| follows; Senator's BoHniwell, Buck, G. F..
Case, Castle. Clement, Crooks, Gilfillan, G. D..
Howard, Johnson. F. l.. Johnson, A. M
Mccormick, Morrison, Officer, Rice, Smaller,
Wheat and Wilson.
No quorum being present Senator c. D.: Gill
fillan moveda call OF the senate which was
ordered The list of absentees was furnished
the associate sergeant-at-arms who was in
| structed to notify several senator's who were
known to be in the city. The sergeant-at
arms was next instructed to notify the board
of managers (who were then in the former rep
resentative halD that the senate was ready
| to receive them. A few moments later the
manager, headed by Chairman Hicks entered
the court room and were escorted to theil
seats by the sergeant-at-arms.
| In the interim several senator's had ap
peared, the roll was called a second time but
only twenty senator's answered. Senator c.
F. Buck moved that Senator Beeman be ex-
cused from attendance, and the motion was
adopted.
Senator Crooks offered a resolution for the
appointment of chaplain, due on notice OF
debate by Senator Rice, the resolution went
over under the rules.
On motion of Senator Bonniwell, the clerk
was instructed TO secure suitable chairs for
| the use of the senators during the trial. The
call of the roll on the passage of the above
resolution, showed there were twenty-five
| senators present-a quOrum-whereupon
President Gilman announced that the court
was duly organized and prepared for business.
/ A -, be
| to Q O'Clock, and the motion prevailed with
| out one dissent.
AFTER RECESS.
Upon reconvening at o'clock twenty-three
senator's were present. On motion of Manager
Smith record was ordered made in the jour
nal of the swearing in, etc., of Clerk s. P. Jen
nison and Sergeant -at-Arms w. 81. Mellen be-
| fore Chief Justice Gilfillan. The clerk theI
| read the return of Sergeant alta Mellen, Of
the service of the writ of summons upon the
defendant and his (the latter's) acknowledge
| ment thereof. In the course of the read
| ing of this document it was found thai
the fact of the service of the articles of i'm
parchment al the same date, did not appear
| therein and the return was amended SO as to
| show the fact, after which it was sworn to by
| ture of President Gilman.
| This formula being concluned Mr. Allis pre-
| scented, and the clerk read the demurrer here
| tofore published, to the articles of impeach-
ment, after which counsel proceeded to ad-
dress the court. He said, in substance, that
| the time allowed the counsel for preparation
| go days. was very short for the amount of
work required of them but that it had been
faithfully spent in preparations therefore. he
| said that the defense was embarrassed by an
| other unforeseen difficulty, inasmuch as Mr.
Sanborn, to whom had been assigned the task
of closing the argument on the demurrer, was
unable to attend on account of prior en-
gagement upon an important case in Judge
McCrary's court AN assignment which was
| in point of fact prior to his engagement in
the present case, and had at the time been en-
tirely overlooked. He was therefore in justice
to his client compelled to ask an adjournment
to the great importance of every
senator being present, to hear
the argument on the demurrer
and said it was essential and vital to the in
terests of justice. He preferred having the
adjournment to Friday, but would endeavor
to be in readiness by Thursday, if the court
so ordered.
Manager Dunn declined to consent to the
postponement on the grounds that a due re.
gard to the interests of the people of the
state would admit of no delay in the pending
case.
Mr.. Brisbin, of counsel for defense, replied