Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-19


will not only work for the election of the
man for whom they are named, but each
and every Democratic nominee. A revo-
started, will shatter the Republican forces.
THE OCTOBER TERM.
The District Court-Opening Day-Judge
Young Charges the Grand Jury-Pernt-
ciOus Literature Prolific Cause of Crimes
AnsOng the Young.
TUESDAY.
Owing to the fact that the budget which
contained full account of the first days
proceedings of the October term of the
district court was miscarried by the mes
senger, on Tuesday night, the GLOBE pub
fishes the following synopsis:
The session was called to order by De-
putty Sheriff Henion, at ten O'Clock on
Tuesday, with Judges Shaw, Lochern and
Young on the bench.
The morning was consumed in reading
and disposing of the delinquent tax list.
At o'clock Judge Young charged the
following grand jury: G. R. Wilson, JOS
eph Libby, E. W. B. Harvey, G. D. Perkins,
A. G. Kimball, O. G. Meaker, E. S. Corser,
J. W. Pence, Caleb Tingley, c. W. johnson,
G. w. Chowan, George Harmon, F. R. Cot
fin, j. A. Wolverton, j. G. McFarlane. w.
H. Lauderdale and j. G. Oswald. Absent:
G. M. Loring, j. L. Sphinx, A. B. Barton,
William Wakefield, F. l.. Morse and Charles
Burwell. There were drawn on special
venire: G. B. Dake, A. j. Wilson, N. r.
Robinson, J. M. Lowe and j. N. Durham.
Judge Young dwelt some time upon the
Qyn!JaIf 6nfiQc NH oh
upon each juror. He referred to
the enforcement of the law relative to the
sale of Intoxicating liquors, gambling
houses, houses of prostitution, and stated
that in the event they were not rigedly en-
forced, vicious characters would take ad-
vantage of the laxity of the authorities
and insult the government. He said that
ignoring any of the laws by the court,
the jury or by any official or authority to
whom is committed the enforcement of
such. is an assumption, the effect of which
lend 10 The destruction Of all social and
personal rights. Any attempt 10 discrim-
| mate between crimes is both unwise and
dangerous. The jurors should not consid-
| er which laws should or should not be en-
forced.
Social crimes are always strongly ag-
lier life of city, only exist in secret
form, become in the course of years, bra
zen and defiant. He referred to the neces-
sity of an efficient and straightforward
grand jury, and stated that nothing was
comparable, save an efficient police force.
In regard to youthful criminals the
judge remarked:
1T is often matter of anxious inquiry
why such large proportion of our Grim
inals are young men, and even boys, The
inquiry comes further-is this viciousness
on the part of the young people an index
to the character of the next generation?
Without stopping to attempt full soru-
ton of these problems, were such a Isolu-
ton possible, we may inquire whether the
unrestrained violation of laws in the larger
cities has aught to do with this rapid in
crease in the number of youthful offend
ers? A naming of some of these vicious
influences existing here will suggest such
marked correspondence with the crime
committed that the relations of cause to
effect will be apparent"
In speaking of social crimes he contin-
ued that Grimes of this nature often exist
to an alarming extent in a city
without creating surprise in
WHO OoAAAuaACy SCA0Id1Ay VI SUCH
existence. For this reason the police and
detectiYe departments have been the most
efficient in bringing them to light. These
disclosures have induced the government
to pass stringent laws preventing the pas
sage through the mails of vicious litera-
ture. He said that the reading of such by
boys and girls has been the most potent
cause of crimes, and those vicious practices
which lead to crime among the young.0
He continued that he was not aware that
this prohibitory statute was being vio-
lated in this county, but thought there was
little doubt of it, however.
He believed that the houses of i'll fame
owed their origin in most cases to such
pernicious literature. He was fully aware
that men desiring and claiming recogni-
ton in respectable society are found to be
in friendly sympathy with this offense. Bad
as all crimes are in the abstract he could
conceive no crimes the existence of which
will prove more demoralizing to society
than the open or tacit legal liberation of
these social crimes. No man is
80 low or sunken in crime
but he is a welcome visitor to these re-
committed there.
AAO uASO CAOoCOu uo AOAASbA Ol1O 0A1SI-
ence of gambling houses in the city (which
have in fact been closed by the mayor, and
the gamblers have departed for other
fields), and called upon the jury to sup
press the evil.
The judge summed up at considerable
length the general crimes treated by the
statutes, and then left the remainder of
the work with the county attorney.
At the conclusion of the charge the grand
jury withdrew, and organized by electing
J. A. Wolverton, foreman, and G. W. John
son, secretary, after which they ad-
journed for the day.
In the afternoon the court took up the
calendar and set the causes for court or for
jury trial. The calender contains ia
causes set for jury trial, and 572 for court
trial.
A large number of new papers were
filed, and an action was brought by II. G.
Side against b. T. Wells and others.
Judge Young filed decision denying
the motion in the case of Ellen T. Cool
baugh VS.. Eliza J. Roemur. nassS
Wednesday.