Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-23

ing guilty, viz. Senator's Campbell, Miller
| Rice and Wilson, the other thirty four sena
tors voting not guilty, SO the respondent wal
acquitted
| MORE BuLLD0zING.
| Before proceeding to the consideration o.
the eighth article, Senator Castle offered al
order that no senator in explaining his YOU
should occupy no more than ten minutes, ant
that each senator should be permitted TO us'
| his own discretion in doing So.
Senator Wilson moved to strike out all o.
the order after the words stem minutes"
| Senator Kinds moved to further amend by
| limiting the time to three minutes.
| Senators Castle and Powers protested
| againstthe amendments as an outrage upoI
! the rights of senators, the latter ADDING tna'
as the senate had decided that the onenses
| of which the respondent was accused were I'M
peachable, that nothing was lett TO De oeclaeo
| but questions of fact to be deduced from tht
evidence.
Finally the discussion was put an enc 10 oy
| a motion of Senator Pillsbury to lay Senatoi
Castles order upon the table, which was
done.
ARTICLE VIII.
A vote was then had without discussion
upon article s, the alleged otfense occurring
at New Ulm IN May, 1880, all the senators
voting not guilty excepting Senator Peterson
Article had been abandoned.
ARTICLE X.
Charged respondent with intoxication while
acting in his official character in the county oil
Lyons, in May, 1851. The vote stood 26 for
guilty and 10 not guilty, so the charge was
Sustained. Those voting not guilty were
Senators Adams, Bonniwell, G. F. Buck, Cas-
tie, Crooks, A. NJ. johnson, Mealy, Peterson,
Powers, Rice, Smaller and Simmons.
ARTICLE XI.
The alleged offense under this article oc-
CURED in Nicollet county, May 5, 1851. The
vote was unanimous not guilty.
ARTICLE XII.
Located the otfense iu Renville county, May
"a, 1881. The vote resulted ia acquittal, 9 to
"a. The senators voting guilty were, Glenn
ent, C. D. Gilfillan, Howard, R. B. johnson,
Macdonald, Mccormick. McCrea, McLaugh-
lin and Officer.
Article Is was abandoned.
ARTICLE XIV.
Charged drunkenness dnring term OF court
in Lincoln county June 4,loS1. The vote stood
twenty -four for guilty, twelve for acqulttal,
lust the necessary two-thirds to convict. SEN
ators D. Buck and @. f. Buck were absent
when this vote was taken. The senators V0t-
ing not guilty were Adams, Bonniwell, Castle,
Crooks, c. D. Gilfilan, A. M. johnson, Mea-
lev, Miller, Perkins, Peterson, Powers and
Simmons.
ARTICLE XIV.
This article covers the term OF court in
Lyon county, between the 2lst and 3Oth Of
June, 1881. The vote resulted in conviction
upon the charge, 30 to Z, both Senators D.
and G.. F. Buck being still absent. Those
voting not guilty were Senator'S Adams, Bon
niwell, Castle, Crooks, A. NJ. johnson, Powers,
and Simmons.
Article 16 had been dismissed.
ARTICLE XVII.
This was the so-called omnibus article, un-
der which respondent was charged with in
toxication at divers times and .sundry places
from the 4th day of January, 1878,
and the 18th day of October, 1881,
and upon which the court had
required the managers to furnish specifica-
tions. In response the managers fled eight spec
ifcatiOns Of which three were abandoned. Ihe
article being reached the question arose as to
how the vote should be taken, upon the article
cJ,O
upon the article. Senator Wilson took the
position the court exceeded Its powers in Or
dering the managers to file specifications, and
therefore favored Diminishing the article. SEN
ator ]. B. Gilfillan argued the vote should be
direct upon the article, while Sena-
tor Crooks that the specifications
should first be voted upon, and
then upon the article. 1t was finally decided
to vote directly upon the article, and the roll
4
guilty and fifteen against, SO the charge was
not sustained. The senator's voting not
guilty were Adams, Ronniwell, Campbell,
Castle, Crooks, G.. D. Gilflllan,
A. NJ. Johnson, McCormjnk, McCrea,
Mclaughlin, Mealey, Morrison, Pil)sbury,
Powers and Simmons.
ARTICLE XVIII.
This being the last article, nineteen and
twenty having been dismissed, Senator
Powers improved. the occasion in explaining
his vote to briefly review the case, in which
he claimed that the prosecution had failed
in sustaining the eXtravagant claims with
which the prosecution had been inaugurated,
and that Judged by the law and the facts in
the case the respondent should have been
acquitted.
The article charges habitual drunkenness,
and the vote being taken 1t was not sustained
Is senator's voting guilty and q not guilty
The following is the vote.
Guilty-Buck D., Campbell, Clement, Gil
fillan, j. B., Kinds, Howard, johnson, 4. b. 1,
Mclaughlin, Officer, Pillsbury, Rice, Wheat
White, Wilkins, Wflson.-16.
Not Guilty-Acker, Adams, Bonniweu,
Case, Castle, Crooks, GIlfllan, G. D., John
son A. NJ. johnson, Macdonald, McCor-
mick, McCrea, Mealey, Miller, Morrison,
Perkins, Powers, Shalleen, Simmons.-21.
Senator Crooks moved the senate adjourn.
Lost, yeas 10, nays rs,
A recess was then taken 10 s o'clock.
The result of the voting was that Judge
Cox was acquitted upon articles |, Z, s, IL, II
II and is, and adjuged guilty under articles 2,
5, T. s. TO- IA and Is, while articles g, 9, Is, 10,
10 and 20 were dismissed or abandoned by the
prosecution.