Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-22
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~ The decision ot The suprenie court 81 ap-
plication Of Auditor Brown 81 habeas corpus
proceedings 10 test no validity 81 the law
under which he VS. suspended from Office
reached the clerk to-day, it having been pre-
pared, by Judge Adams on the question Of
Browns surrender By his bondsmen direct to
the supreme court Judge Adams says:
having invited Dnnas and Pierce to become his
auretiea, cannot be allowed to resort to any pro-
sceeding which would have the effort to render
them liable upon the bond; but Brown proposed
TO test, in advance Of his discharge, the ques-
ton OF the constitute onality Of the statute un-
has arisen, and his position lis, that il the sta
tute shall be held Unconstitutional his limo
cence shall accordingly be disclosed. We
think his petition IN this respect must be sus-
tanned.
The validity OF the law under which the re-
moyal was made is then passed upon, and
sustained for the reason that the statute pro-
vides for suspension only. Several leading
CAGES are discussed, and the court says:
While the suspension may have the effect OF
a removal, it would perhaps be equivalent to
q removal during the time Of suspension, 80
far as the officers most important right is
concerned. The objection is made that the
governor is not vested with Judicial power:
His act does rot amount to a :jndjcia!
determination. The manifest object OF
the statute can be occurred by some
thing less than a removal The object is to
cured as far as it can be, by merely suspending
the officers acts, and by gaining possession OF
the books, papers, ETC., of the officer. The
discharge from custody prayed by the petit
toner must be denied, and he must be remand
ed. - i. "a g. =
Judge Sewers enters : vigorous dissent,
holding the statute unconstitutional. The de-
cision has no effect on the ono warranto pro-
cesdings for tho restorationx Of the Office re.
Gently begun by Auditor Brown in the district
court, and in which the truth or falsity Of the
charges made by the experts against Brown
can be established. ~ y
! Serious Nature Of tbs Cattle Plague.
| In an interview regarding the spread OF
| p,euro- pneumonia, Hon. James Wilson, the
! farmer congressman of Iowa says: 1T is a
fact sufficiently startling to the owners OF cat
| tie and to everybody who deals with cattle
owners Missouri is directly south of Iowa No
! natural barrier separates us. Diseased cattle
can easily be driven over the line, and exposed
! cattle are almost sure to be. The presence OF
! tins plague west of the Mississippi will open
| great many eyes. Certain wise men assure US
that the disease could not exist in the dry at
mosphere of the West Still, we now learn
that every animal that was exposed in Illinois
| has been killed. 1t has spread already over
several counties in Missouri, and, il prompt
steps were taken at once to stamp it out, it
would cost very large sum Of money to pay
for all that have been exposed. Missouri can
| not ship east nor west She can drive into
! Iowa and who can tell. One drove will pellute
Iowa. The governor has done all for: us he
can. 1t is high time we did something for
. ourselves. If the disease should be discovered
soon in Iowa and investigation show that
4 traders have contaminated several counties as
they did in the states that are suffering,
and it is further found that to stamp
out the disease will require a large
sum of money, are we any better prepared fol
such an emergency than the other states thai
look helplessly on while the disease spreads
Nobody thought much about the cow and he1
calf in tho last legislatures of our states;
wonder if they will in those that will sit this
winter? A tornado going through each county
in Iowa would be harmless compared to this
plague A halt will be promptly called to ou1
I prosperity, and heavy, steady losses will come
to ali who deal in cattle or with farmers whe
breed them Would it not be well to have
candidates for Legislative honors seen on THU
subject, and their minds diverted long enough
from prohibition vs.. license" so that an i'm
preston would be made?