St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-08
Judge Young Expresses Some Forcible
Views to the Flour City Grand
Jury,
And Lays Down the Law-NOtes and
Scenes of the Opening
Day,
Considerable Damage Done the Pea
body Row by Fire and
Water.
The Mills Agree on Division OF the
Water SuppIy--The Big Bicycle
Race

inc with very large attendance. Nearly
ali the lawyers in the city were present,
getting their cases set and looking after the
interests OF their clients. Judges Young
and Rea sat on the bench and surveyed the
sea of faces before them in a calm manner.
The main part of the day was consumed In
arranging cases and getting ready for busl-
ness. There are are 210 court cases and 2OS
Jury cases. At 2 O'Clock the grand jury was
called the panel being made up as follows:
John A. Schener. William Eibel. h. Il.
Pratt. c. p Silloway. John II. McCory,
Westmore O'Bren, w. H. Fletcher. Reu-
ben Robinson. W. H. Haight, e. IL. Dus-
tin. X. d. Beide. George Latin, A. ID.
Mitchell Silas Mowcombe. d. w. Leigh
ton, NJ. d. Cove S. S. EustiS, A. ID. Ben
son. George a. Morse, w. H. johnson. j.
j. Getchell and T. T. Bachelor. John A.
Schener was made foreman. These were
excused: William Cove. j. Nj. Hale, Ole
Gilbranson. J. c. Tuttle and 4. D. Haml-
ton.
JUDGE YOUNG's CHARGE.
The charge was a long one, and created
considerable CONSERVATION among those
present. The Judge said that. while he ad-
mitted the necessity of criminal laws, he
thought that unless properly executed they
were worse than useless. All depended, he
sad. on the faithfulness of the officers of
the law When it comes to that state when
officers discriminate bet~ cen laWS-Judge
for themselves what laws to enforce and
what laws they may violate with impunlty
then the Republican form of government
becomes farce and laughing stock for
all. Unless the grand jury discharges its
duties in a prudent. faithful and careful
manner. much of the efficiency OF the court
becomes lost The laws are not to abridge
the rights of any individual. but to serve
the general interests of the whole cOmmun-
ity. 1t is not the right OF jurors to queS-
ton the policy or eXpediency OF laws, but TO
take them as they find them The court
first called attention to the recent violation
of the law in fraudulent elections. and said
that, while it is not as injurious to the pub
lie to steal horse as to commit fraud at an
election. the first otfense is generally prose
cuted and the second cOndOned. Still there
is a law to prevent all these corrupt practices
in elections. if the laws are only carried out.
The law bearing upon
ILLEGAL VOTING,
of bribery. of threatening, OF deception and
the like employed at elections. and said
that so far as law was concerned all cleo
tons ought TO be free, and if there was
failure in this respect it was not the fault
OF the law, but because the law was not
properly executed. The Judge said that he
could not say that our own elections were
entirely free from fraud, and commented
at some length on the fact that it had be-
come so expensive to run for an Office that
few could afford to be a candidate. The
jury was urged to fearleSsly consider ali
cases OF this kind that might be presented.
The Judge said that the excise law was
hi, l1,,X fpd in al
and probably in this county. lie dwet on
the law. touching upon the selling of liquor
without license. and made the assertion
that with proper vigilance on the part OF
public officers it would be almost impossible |
to violate the law without detection and |
conviction. The Jury. ne said. must re- |
member the fact that they have to deal |
with the laws as they find them, and not |
as they ought to be, and said chat even as
the laws are intemperance would be scarce
if the laws were properly enforced. These
laws are
VIOLATED ALL OVER MINNEAPOLIS,
and in different ways. blind pigs were
spoken of, aud the judge sad that while he
had never had any experience with these
animals he thought that there was more to
fear from blind officers In his opinion
officers should keep their eyes open, and all
would be well. A vigorous attack was
made on the houses of ill-tame, the judge
holding that the laws were not made to
regulate them. but to suppress them alto
geIher. and that no city ordinance that
recognized them was legal. The law"
he said. lis all right. and failure to sup
press institutions of this character is due to
the ineficency of the public servants. To
acknowledge anything else is to acknOwl-
edge that crime is stronger than law" he
held that the city government could no
more share in pIOftS of one of these shame
full institutions without becoming contain
mated than an individual could. While he
did not say anything To critic any one
he thought that if the grand jury did its
duty in proper manner, 1t could do much
to remove these blots.
GAMBLING
was next taken up, and Judge Young
said that he doubted if all the baneful
effects were realized. He said that nearly
all the embellishments and violations of
trust could be traced directly to gambling
houses He called the attention of the
Jury To this fact. and urged that everything
possible be done to suppress that crime i'll
Minneapolis
COURT HOUSE MOTIFS.
Willard T. Fal has begun an action in the
district court against John I. Hemphill and
the Union Credit company asking for disso-
luton of partnership and an accounting.
Some time ago Fales and Henphill formed Ii
partnership to do commercial reporting nd
the like, and to successfully carry out this
line of work il became .cessary to purchase
the copyright to blanks, forms, etc. for
81 200 Hemphili soon after sold out his in
tereSt to the Union Credit company, and The
plaintiff was prevented from having access
TO the books and papers of the company.
Marriage licences were issued yesterday to
John H. Niche and Louisa Giles, Stephen A
Terhume and Sarah Rooster. Nils P. Nelson
and Gertie BruSke, Charles E. Herman and
Rena Olson, Miles II. Mcclure and Bessie L..
COursy, D. August Nelson and Augusta Sand
blom-
Mabry AIsback filed papers yesterday be-
ginning divorce proceedings against Nancy
J. Alsbick, whom ne married in Macon, Mo-,
Dec. Is. 1871. He alleges deSertion.
Articles Incorporating the News-bovs'
home were filed yesterday by the persons who
have engineered the matter all the way
through
James George Nelson was adiudged insane
in the probate court We ,terday, and ordered
committed TO the asylum.
The Northrup, Broslan & Goodwin COM
pany was incorporated yesterday with a capI-
tai stock of $4,000
Nancy C. Axtell yesterday fled plat of L.
II. Coles addition to Minneapolis.
A plat of Golf s. Jones' addition was fled
yesterday.