Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
Judge Goodrich at It Agais
To the Editor of the Globe.

To the Editor of the Globe.
In Judge Goodrlch's first communica-
ton, he asserted he had to sell corner lot on
jackson and Fourth streets to pay his assess
ment for building sewer in the rayine on tbs
ice.
That assertion proved to be a fable or q
joke, showing that he never paid a cent for
said sewer, and as further proof stated that
he and an alderman (who lives no longer in
the fesh) promised to see that would be paid
for it if would step down and out and let
him step up and into the convention, there to
be witness of my treason and treachery to
the party who elected me.
The judge 'draws in his horns" and says,
in his reply, che don't hold himself respOn-
sible for that item," and he further says tina:
he was not "pleased with this sewer; he was
chiefly harassed by the annual grades on jack
son, between Third and Fourth Streets"
I admit the grading was done by install
motive in it; he controlled the grading him
SELF
At this time we had but three wards, the
first, second and third. In each ward there
were three alderman, who were also street
commissioners with power to contract for
grading, etc. In the first ward, which con-
sisted of all that territory east of the center
Ol JaCkSOH SIstcS W City uullts, tu6Ie WAS
three firm ,uncompr0misiDg land when it came
to election shamefully radically Republicans
who were under the council and DIGESTION of
Judge Goodrich. The Judges money bag
whether through necessity or avarice) was
very sensitive. His corner lot was cavity
which required (if the given depth be correct,
IS feet) from six to seven thousand cubic yards
to fill it, at q cost of from ten to twelve hun
bred dollars. II the street was graded at one
1afft IN Ind roy,l1 I,o for s,ov
fits besides his regular assessment, but in the
harassing manner 1t was done he got his lot filed
without costing him anything, and without
awakening any suspicion, and the great won
der to me is that he did not look for damages
When the judge talks disparagingly Of those
three Republican aldermen, he libels the three
best friends he had in the city; especially as
they have taken their exit from this world,
and can't speak for themselves. Although be-
ing used by the judge, they were good men,
and men whom, if had it in my power, !
would resuscitate. Although always showed
bold and independent front to them, they
never did me harm enough to hold any spite
for them.
The reply also asserts had in my employ
workmen who displayed wonderful capacity
for voting early and often. Either Judge
judges with a weapon to prevent voting more
than once. 1t also caused many legal voters
to turn away in disgust without voting at all.
These three Republican aldermen got book
with paper cross pasted on it, and made every
Irish voter whom they did not know swear
upon that book and kiss it, as they would be
compelled to do in the old country. Now all
this was Judge Goodrich's work, and for his
benefit, and had the desired effect OF turning
many from the polls.
Now whileJudge Goodrich may have more
reverence for the cross the impentent thief
suffered on, than for that on which the Lord
of glory suffered, the Irish Catholic has
reverence for it when blest by the church, but
all crosses, even the cross-streets and cross
roads, is to him reminder of the painful and
ignominous death our Lord suffered at the
hands of his own people on the cross.
The insult offered to the Irish that day
prompted me to have the following section 3,
of article Is, inserted in the constitutions:
1.-THE legislature shall provide for a uni
form oath or affirmation to be administered at
elections, and 10 person shall be compelled to
take any other or different form of oath to
entitle him to vote" M rsasss
Thus it will be seen how fallicious the
charge ID of voting early and often, and also
how groundless the charge is of being the
favorite contractor of these aldermen,
for whom never cast vote. The reply be-
ing, is pregnant with irrelevant matter, which,
if eliminated therefrom. would leave but q few
quotanOns 10 De Dealt Win. One OF those
quotations is the official record of the vote
cast and which reveals the fact that in spite of
the super human efforts the judge and his
friends made. in spite of the shameful discrim-
nation they made by exacting an oath from
one class of citizens to qualify them to vote
and an Affirmation from another class, re-
ceived lis votes more than he did, which was
q sufficient argument that possessed superior
fitness for framing constitution for our
STATE, what the judge ironically says to the con-
trary notwithstanding.