Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-10
ALL FOR COX.
Close of Counsellor Arctanders o1oa' NJ
fort-Telling Review OF Deienoants
Civil and Military Life.

| Close of Counsellor Arctander's Great Eli
| fort-Telling Review of Defendants
| Civil and Military Life.
Upon the opening Of the impeachment court
Yesterday morning Mr.. Arctander of counsel
for respondent, resumed his argument, con-
tinuing his review of the testimony commenc'
ing upon article IL, charging drunkenness at
Beaver Falls, after reviewing which and point
| ing out various discrepancies and a.
legged false swearing, Mr.. Arctander
said the defense would introduce
the sheriff, clerk OF the cour!
county treasurer, an attorney in attendance an
! through the term, an ex-state senator who
was on the jury, ana saPeral other Respectable
| cltlzens. to show that respondent was perfect
| " sober during the entire term OF court, tne
only change observable In him being that he
was more strict than at previous terms.
| Article Is having bren stricken our, MI
| Arctauder then took up article ii,
charging drunkenness while hoiding
court at Marshfield and Iyier' LIN
coin county, in connection WIN "hien
respond nj is charged win Playing tarus
| night after night until so drunk he had TO 60
bed with his boots on; all Of which MT. Arc.
| lander said would be Gisproved by the court
officers and the attorneys in attendance.
| Before commencing on article 18th, Mr..
| Aretander remarked that he found he was oc.
eupyiug more time than he had intended, a0o
| as witnesses for The defense were present, Oh
expense, he should not go into the review oil
| the remaining ARTICLES with the same minute
less as had been done with the preceding arti'
| Giles, merely calling attention. to some OF lhs
! more salient points As result article IL
only occupied about five minutes and the
sps .iticatous under article II, the OMNIBUS ar
! ticle was taken up and completed In tlme iof
| the noon recess
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| AZ the afternoon session Mr.. Arctander tooR
article IS, which charges habitual dru' Ken
ness, upon which the state had examined
twen,y.sIx witnesses. The evidence OF THESE
witnesses were reviewed briefly seriatm, and
their evidence severely auimadyerted upon,
| ob,roinr in some cases that witnesses had
pu posely and malcIously sworn iaiseiy' as
| would be shown by witnesses introduced ior
the defensrr AT the conclusion vi The review,
MIR Arctauder made briei argument III op-
| posltlon to the theory that ha0ltuai DRUNKEN
| ness WAS an impeachaDle oHehhe' tns: ::
| is no language, he said, III tie statutes Oh tnis
| stare hit makes habituai drunkenness a
crime. and The statute of 1878 which attempts
! IN m lie II an impeachabie ottenSe Is unconst-
tut.onal and not worth the paper IL Is printed
| nm Hut The argument Is unnecessary, as the
| 1e.tjmony of the prosecution Is Unrelated, ana
| habltual drunkenness has LOT Deen eSlapisueo
against respondent. According To tne author-
| tiles, to be a habltual drunkard one must oe
incspacitated Tor business Tor large Poit .u
Of his time. According to the tes-
iImony of prosecution, respondent IN the
| last four years has been drunk thirty Times
! less than eight times year. Certainly Iris
| showing, uucuntradicted, does not estaolish
habltual drunkenness. Then what IS lsit OF
the charge, after the respondent absolutely
disproves at least nine.tenths OF the PROOF
presented on the charge!
Mr. Arc,ander then briefly referred to some
other charges in a general way, which con-
cluded this portion of his argument, when
recess of FIVE minutes was taken.
Called to order again, Mr.. Arctandef re-
sumed with the closing points OF nis
argument. which was devoted to
brief review of the history OF Judge
Cox, under the heading of "Who is THIS res.
poudent?" Respondent sprang from one OF
the Oldest families in Pennsylvania. he came
| 10 Minnesota in 1856, endowed with fne nat
nral talents and a thorough education. He
has served his state faithfully as county attor,
new, as senator, and as judge, He has served
his country as well us his state. On the %0tn
of April. 1861, returning from term OF court
| of New Him, the news reached him OF the tr-
ing upon Sumter, Although always dem.
ocrat, before night fall he had raised the nrst
company for the war raised IN Nicollet
county, and he went south and shed MS Dio0 q
| for his country. After the battle OF Mil
Servings he was taken sick and discharged. AS
| foon as his health was restored he again raised
another company. Then came the Indian
| war. and his name to-day is mentioned along
side with the gallant Gen. Sibley all along the
frontier as the most gallant of the defenders
who endangered their lives for the protection
of that section when it became necessary TO re
move the citizens OF New Ulm TO ManKato,
Capt. Cox was placed in charge, and When II
| was decided to send force back TO new Vim,
volunteers were asked for the dangerous ser
vice. Not man responded but Capt. Cox,
with his little band OF twenty men. Taking
| into consideration the services OF respondent
| to the State and the country, TO disgrace MIN
now as asked by this pr Osecutlon Would Iorcl-
bly illustrate the old saying about Republics
| being ungrateful. In every station OF MS lie
respondent has exemplifed the Nigh
His motto has always been: "Do unto Others
as YOU would have others do unto YOU" This
has been his talesman, his religion. HIS family
device, Mr.. Arctauder said. Was "Esse guam.
prodesse n-"To be rather than to seem TO be. -
Whatever his faults, he has never attempted
! to hide them. That is the cause OF This pro-
secution to-day.
In concluding MIR. Arctander said that i'm
peachment proceedings were an assault upon
The manliness and integrity OF the
jndiciary-the sheet anchor uf our liberties
Let II be seen that an lncorruptlble judge can
be Inundated by such proceedings as IN this
case, and the general decentralization and sub
| jugation of The judiciary is assured. MIR.
| Arctander then made an appeal that all pre)u'
and that the verdict be rendered in accord.
ance with the law and the fucts-a verdict OF
aequittal, and closed with an apology for the
eugth of tims occupied in his argument,