The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-27


on tho Subject
The Indictment against the st. Louis
Cotton Bagging Trust men, returned blythe
Shelby County Grand Jury, may yet pre-
cipiiate long and bitter legal aght.
Present signs point in that direction,
with the preliminaries or first record
prominently involving the Hon. Robert l..
Tavlor. Governor and Goyernor-eloct Of
the State.
Attorney. General Peters received yes
torday letter from the Executive that
RULED his usually genial temper consid-
erably. The document innocently in
quired after the reasons why the requisi-
ton for the indicted parties was wanted,
or, in other words, upon what law and
facts il IL based. Tho General has been
practcng law for a number Of years, and
has closely studied the law about rcqusi-
tions, but the attitude OF Gov. Taylor
stumus him. The most surprising feature
Of IL all is that the Governor should permit
outside parties 30 file siiidaYits before him,
the inteut Of which is 10 defeat the request,
without notifying the States representa-
tivcs. IL strikes the Acknowledgement
very much like the Governor bad con.
atituted himself trial court when his
duties ARE merely ministerial Gen.
Peters and other lawyers argue that lac has
no authority or right TO 20 behind the face
of an indictment upon which u rcquisition
is demanded, when this demand is accom-
panied by q iull explanation OF the onense
charged and citations of legal authorities.
When the requisition is presented TO the
Governor over the subjects inyolyed-in
this case being the Missouri Executive
ho is the minister charged with the duty
and responsibility OF determining whether
his suliuc,s arc liable to surrender for
trial, according TO tho document before
him. Con. Peters will reply 10 the letter,
but feels that the hesitation OF Gov Taylor
Is unwarranted, and altogether novel, In
the face Ol the fact that IL was q request for
the exercise OF n mere ministerial function,
with another 10 pass upon It's legality bo-
fore Il became effective.
TnE AyrEAL yesterday contained rel
crencc to Nashville special received Sun.
day night. The special, rs II came over
the wires and appeared in the Nashville
AHerioia, IL ~ follows
"Goy. Taylor has now before him tho
settlement Of reque-, Tor rcquisition TO
which alta hes peculiA. interest \ short
while ago, Il will be remembered, Attur-
noy-Genefsl Poion. Of the Criminal Court
Of Memphis, made out before Judge
DuBlsc an Indictment changing with ms
dcmcanor the st. Louis BEIng Trust, and
the agent OF tho corporation la Memphis.
Attorney Gencral Peters has asked Gov
Taylor Tor n requislion for those members
OF the corporation residing ia ST. Louis
Ex-Spcakor Clspp, Of Memphis, attorney
ioT the Trust, has appeared before Gov
Taylor and filed brief, urging tho refusal
Of the reputation. The Governor has
taken the mattor under consideration and
will render decision ia few days
TnE ArTyAL rcmolclcd the very small
amount oiinlprmstlOn itconiaincd Tor more
than one reason. In the first place the tclc-
gram aud hmSricm publication states that
the trust men were charged with INSIDE
mcauur. This was misleading. az conspiracy
An cXtradiiablc oHcnse under tho lnws u
Tcnncs ce-was tho main charge.
Tho second reason WIS the inaccurate
statement that 'thc agent Of the corpora
ton IN Memphis" nas jointly indicted.
This was untrue, because Attorney Gen.
cral Pciru did not view his connection
with the Trust ~ la any way involving
linn.
The third reason which Tm AriEAL
had ipf femolcling The Telegram was this
II saW at thc time. aud tlii believes, that
politics had entered into 3D. construction.
Just why MI C.0pps name should be-
marked hy the prefix "lk-sprnkrr' could
make but one impr, ssiun. Sir. tlnpp was
Speaker Of the isst lower house ol thJ
Tenn sec Legislature. aud viii again b,
candidate Middle Tennessee has
candidate ur two. one % them being Oh,
Hon. Joel A. Fort, m Robertson County
Asa matter oi course. all things else boiul
equal sectional JUlr would induce "a,
Middle THnursr. Legislators 10 stan,
sDlidly against their brethren from %,
West A large proportion ul the dole
gates To The Legislature are directly or in
diucily grcy,d against the Baegn,
Trust iniQuIty, and would swallow
no one sud nothing that bad
any connection with %. Tho singular
reference 20 Mr. Capr, sent 'o both th'
Memphis morning papcr, and which Iu
ArrEAt purposciy omitted 10 publish
would hay, decidedly happy holuu.
upon tho race i1r ihr Middle T,nurfsc,
candidate. Bui Iu APPEALING not bull
g. thus contribute iO tlD defeat of Mr.
ClnVp. Tho tnriUrH could have tricrrp,
90 Alr t.lpp Is any other regular pmc
tcins aud reputable attorney, which be- 3
when the Legislature Is not be- session
MI John X. Freed. local business aryu
TO- thn Trust corporation, hHs for man
years been client oI J'app g UyaI !
Wns tha ufm, together with chat a
Iuri,y q Wright, retained 90 vaJcI
AND combat thU eases created hy ih
Indictments Gvn. Luke D. Mush
visited Nashville with Mr. Claw
and together thpy drew up Doe brief tuI
miit,d 10 Gov Taylor 49, thc ",'
Speaker Mr. Clpp. has 90 mow 90 d
with the defense IT che Cotton hs4r
Trust aud alleged ClnspImion than De- Do.
with ih. moon. n cannot be denied th
The r,Ier,uco 10 him 10y thg AH1ialp ".
unfair. '1 fsy the least. anl 10 will br ua,
~ nn argument by Die opponents in q
SpUIkUrI.p H.'.
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moved Thirty U..H. UHm Wy iUluuL
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