Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-08
THE CONTEST ENDED.

Judge O'Gorman Given His Own-Ke Is
Declared the Legal Sheriff of Ramsey
County, and VIII Assume His Duties at
Once.
The shot is fred. The bird is in the
basket. That is to say the long drawn out
contest between Henry O'Gorman to OBJ
tain what belonged to hin-the Office of
sheriff of Ramsey county-and Frederick
Richter, who obtained the Office through
judges of some of the election precincts,is
ended. Yesterday Judges Brill and Simons
filed their opinion, which will be found
beloW.The substance of the decision is that
Judge O'Gorman is entitled to the Office
and must have it, and that the authority
by which Mr.. Richter claims to hold the
Office is annulled. The effect of this is to
give Judge O'Gorman immediate posses
sion. Mr.. Richter is understood to be
ready to surrender the Office Immediately,
and will do so tomorrow. He claims
to be of the opinion that
since the action of the last
legislature cutting down the fees and
thus curtailing the general receipts of the
Office, that the Office does not pay him for
holding it. This may be so. It may be
possible that these grapes are not sour.
Whether they are or are not, and whether
the office is one that pays or not, are mat
tiers that concern Mr.. Richter alone. Such
remarks on his part are calculated to pro
woke comment upon his manner of man
aging this public institution. Where q
sheriff manages the jail in such way that
his strongest political friends
openly declare that the management
has been such that they cannot support
him for reelection, it is sufficient evidence
that he is wholly incompetent for the po-
sition. That is precisely what MIR. Richter
has done. It is not worth while, now that
his career Is ended, TO review his official
course. He is gone, and as Toots says,
cts Of no consequence" The following
is the decision:
Before Judges Brill and Simons.
Henry O'Gorman, contestant, against
Frederick Richter, contestee. In the mat
ter Of the appeal Of Henry O'Gorman from
the action of the board of canvassers OF
Ramsey county, state OF Minnesota, decisr-
ing Frederick Richter elected sheriff OF
said county.
This matter having duly come up for
trial and having been duly tried by the
said court, and the decision OF said court
having been made thereon and filed on the
goth day of March, 1888, finding aud de-
termining that at the last general election
in the said county of Ramsey, the said
HenryO' German received the highest num-
Der Of votes for the Office of sheriff of the
said county, and higher number of votes
for said Office than the said Frederick
Richter, and that said Henry O'Gorman
was at said election duly elected to said
Office.
Now, therefore, on motion of HI. Horn
and J. B. Beals, esquires, attorneys of the
said appellant, it is hereby adiudged and
declared that the said Henry O'Gorman
was, at the said election duly elected to the
Office of sheriff of said county of Ramsey
for the term of two years from the LIST
day of January, 1888, and that the certifi-
cate of election to said Office for said term
issued to said Frederick Richter by the
county auditor of said county is hereby
annuled.
It is also adiudged that said Henry
OGorman recover his costs and disburse-
ments from said Frederick Richter in this
matter to be taxed by the clerk of the
| court, and that the amount thereof be en-
tered and enforced against said Richter
according to law. RASCAL r. BRILL,
ORLANDO SGMoNs,
District Court.