St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-05

ue&U w euneSuay evening.
The Single Tax club held an interest
| ing meeting last Tuesday evening. The
committee on speakers reported that
they had secured the following list:
John Day Smith for the second Tuesday
in January, eX-Gov. McCiill, John Good
now and S. W. Sample for the ensuing
Tuesdays. Hon. Eugene Wilson is also
on the list. The secretary was instruct
ed TO correspond with Mr.. George, and
see If he could be secured for a lecture
| IN this city during his Western trip.
The following resolutions were passed:
Whereas, There is a growing belief
| amounting almost to certainty that
under our existing system of taxation
the masses of the people are rapidly
sinking into condition of dependence
and poverty. while few who are eS-
pecially favored by class legislation are
| fast becoming possessed of the wealth
of the country, therefore be il resolved,
that to the next United States census
should be added table showing what
proportion of the people own their homes
or business places and what proportion
| are tenants, and of those who are own
ers, what percentage of the value of
their possessions is covered by mort
gage, and also,
Resolved, That if the superintendent
OF the census does not now possess the
authority TO obtain such statistics. con-
| greSS ought to empower him to do so.
Resolved. That copies of these resolu-
tons be sent to Robert p. Porter, Sup
erlntendent of census, and to each Min
neSota congressman. The debate was
upon't vacant land theory. as elab-
Grated by Pentecost. Mr.. Alexander
opened the discussion, but the theory
| did not seem popular one with the sim
gle tax club. Next Tuesday, ID. d.
Barber opens the discussion with
paper on How the Single Tax Should
Be Put in Practical Operation"
The National club met last Tuesday
evening at 312 East Fourteenth street.
No special topic had been assigned, and
the time was passed in general discus
sion.
The Equitable Aid association met at
the Labor Temple last Monday evening
and appointed Ii. ID. Blood and l.. w.
Lockwood delegates 10 the grand union.
The next meeting of the Union will be
held Jan. 10. There will be election of
officers.
The Temple club gave the second of
1Io oCllCS VI SOCldiS dG III6 LdDOr lGUlDIe
last Monday evening. The attendance
was not so large as usual, as the date
had been changed from Tuesday on ac-
count of the IlibeTnian benefit dance
| occurring Oh that evening. Those who
were present had an enjoyable time.
The next social will probably be held in
the main hall.
The G. G. c. club gave a masquerade
party at the Labor Temple Friday even
ing. About twenty couples appeared in
various Mosques and danced pro-
gramme of eighteen numbers.
The trades and labor assembly held its
usual lively session Friday evening.
Several new delegates We're received.
The committee appointed to investigate
the disposition OF paupers' bodies gave
an interesting report, and were given
further time to perfect their report.
An appeal was received from ST.
Cloud and vicinity protesting against
the introduction of contract labor in the
new reformatory. The assembly passed
resolutions indorsing the protest, and
pledging themselves to aid in every pos
Sible way in correcting the abuse.
A petition was forwarded to the presi-
dent of the United States asking that
the contractor on the Texas state capitol
be obliged to pay the penalty of $4,000
which he has incurred by violation of
the national contract labor law. The
representatives from Minnesota were
also notified of the action.
Thr following resolutions were also
passed:
Wbareae Caorga n Erorr ,o;,
| judge of this city, was during the street car
| strike last spring. so very jealous in
winning the strike for the street
car company as to give rise to the
| personal interest in expressing the working
| men engaged in the strike, by sentencing
| men brought into his court for being in
crowds on the streets, to fine and imprison-
ment. entirely out of proportion to the crime
| charged, even had any evidence been pro-
| duced against the prisoners, which was not
| the case: and
Whereas, When these cases were brought
before the district court onhabeas corpus pro-
| ceedings, that court deci ded that this up
| right judge (Emery), who poses as the star
retormer OF reform administration, had ex
| ceeded his authority, and had Illegally i'm
| prlsoneu men against whom there was not q
| particle of evidence; and
| whereas, When the city appealed to the
| supreme court from the decision of the dis
trlct court in the case of Sexton, who had
been sentenced to ninety days imprisonment
and 500 tor ninety days more) fine for the
alleged CRIME of shouting 'scab'' at tough
| cowboy car-driVer, imported from Kansas
| City for the purpose of intimidating honest
| Worklngmen (no evidence of the offense
| having been submitted at the trial in the
| municipal COURT, the supreme court in it's
decision said. in closing, that the record (of
| the municipal COURT shows that there was
| never any complaint against the defendant,
| nor particle of evidence to warrant his con.
viction.'' And,
Whereas, In a like case of Erickson, con-
| victed in the same court in the same man.
| ner, and with the same lack of discriminating
| evidence, the supreme court ordered the
! prisoner discharged on the ground that the
| court had no jurisdiction to try the case, and
that Erickson's Imprisonment was absolutely
illegal, and The judgment, therefore, void and
| without authority of law; therefore,
| tResolved, BY the trades and labor assembly
| that WIS denounce George d. Emery Judge of
| he municipal court as man utterly unfit to
| occupy the position in which he was placed
by misguided people, as his frequent acts
of tyranny and the usurpation of authority
not given by law to his court Will testify;
and, knowing it would be useless to ask him
to resign, and having little hope of securing
his impeachment, we ask that the next legis-
lhture abolish the court, and give the people
OF this city an opportunity to elect better
man TO some better court to be established in
its place.
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