St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-30
WHAT WILL HAY Do?
Processes Will Probably Be Issued
This Morning.

Eugene Hay has everything at stake
in the coming hearing. 1t will be
crucial test. If the prosecution fails to
make out case Hay will feel himself
vindicated; but, OH the other hand,
should a case sufficient to hold the de
PENDANTS be made, Mr.. Hay will be in
still more embarrassing position. He
will find it no easy thing to satisfactorily
explain his delay and why he urged
that there was an insufficiency of
facts; why he refused to act without in
structlons from the attorney general,
and many other little things upon
which he has taken an attitude
In the controversy. In another
point of view, 1.-The best of it he can get
Is the worst of it," in the vernacular of
the street, if he conducts the proSecu-
ton. If the defendants are held he
will be censured by his neighbors Of
Minneapolis; if the defendants are ac-
Quilted, he will be censured by the st.
Paul people on the score that he failed
to make a vigorous prosecution. For
this reason it is believed that when the
federal government assigns counsel,
Mr.. Hay will step aside and wash his
hands of the affair entirely. That is
precisely what the citizens committee
want him to do, and for that very reason
Mr.. Hay will be urged by the Minneap-
oils people to stick to the case to the
end.
The question which now exercises
the parties interested in the conflict is
before whom the processes that must
now be issued will be made returnable.
The sentiment in st. Paul favors Judge
Nelson, of the United States circuit
court, if he will consent to sit.
Il think Mr.. Hay will issue the proc
esses tomorrow morning." Saida men,
Der Of the committee yesterday, ''be-
fore he receives further orders from the
department of justice. These special
orders surely cannot be viewed In the
and Mr.. Hay has political ambitions.
He is looking for other marks of dis
tlnction through official preferment,
and it is therefore to his interest to
make the most of every oppor-
tunity he can find in the present
case to add round to the lad
der upon which he expects
to scale the castle walls of fame. There
fore I believe MIR. Hay will issue the
warrants for the arrest of Stevens,
Dickey and the twelve enumerators who
have been mentioned" continued the
speaker. 81 also believe Hay will pose
as the prosecuting attorney, if allowed
by Gen. Miller, in order that the glory
may be his"
'fHe wants to issue the warrants so
that he can choose before what magis-
trate they may be made returnable,"
observed another, who had listened at
tentively to the foregoing prognostica-
tionS and expressions of opinion. ''lt
would be very easy for them if they
were made returnable before Commis-
sioner Odell, of Minneapolis" he in
sisted, with spirit. "Odell's sympathes
are known to Hay, and he could bank
Oh an acquittal."
mo, mol" interposed the first speaker
quickly. "Hay will never do that. He
may be peculiar, and his judgment may
be warped by local prejudice, but
Gene Hay is nobody's fool. He is head
strong, as his attitude before Commits
and he may be bold and daring, but he
would not be so foolhardy as to make
such a shameful move. mo, mol" he
pursued with JUNCTION; latter that hot
headed. foolish, intlammatory speech
that Odell vomited up at the Minneap-
oils mass meeting Hay would not dare
bring the cases before him. 1t would
be suicidal. Gen. Miller would
pull him up with sudden jerk
that would make his head swim. You
remember Hay did his utmost to have
the other cases transferred to Commits
sioner Spencer's court, and he is quite
probably still of the opinion that he was
when he made that fight before Com
missioner McCafferty. Queer as it may
seem, Mr.. Hay indicated that he was
perfectly willing to proceed if he could
get that change OF venue; but just as
soon as Commissioner McCafferty de-
MED the motion for change of venue
he moved for the continuance. That
motion was a checkmate. Judge Nc
Cafferty could not continue the hearing
unless the federal officer would prose-
cute, snd the motion was granted,
throwing the case over two months.
No, it will not be Odell. He has shown
his hand, and he is net in it,"