St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-14
The Milwaukee Railroad Or
dered to Place Gates on
H. & D. Crossings.
A Queer Case Of CHARITY"
Before the Supervisors
Of the Poor.
More Examples OF Exorbitant
Charges by EleetionJudges
The District Court.

can say trutnlully that the Democratic
memberS-elect have decided to attempt
the adjustment of the municipal court.
But, suppose they have arrived at some
such decision? Would 1t be such bad
thing for the city if the municipal court
were to cease to exist? What is the
municipal court? An anomaly. 1t is a
court and yet it is no court. In criminal
business It's jurisdiction extends to mis-
demeanOrs alone and to the preliminary
hearings accorded persons accused OF
crime. In civil matters it is above the
Justices court and below tie district,
possessing some of the characteristics
and powers of both, and yet unlike
either. An appeal from the municipal
court goes directly to the supreme
court. In this respect it seems
10 stand on level with the
district court. but it doesn't. Suppose
it were intended to do away with the
municipal court. Could not some
tribunal. be established to do the work
of the municipal court, and at the same
time obviate the ciunSlneSS which OBJ
tains now. How would it do to estab
liSh criminal court to take care of all
the criminal business Of the city?
Under the present system, If Il man
| commits q crime, or Is accused OF a
crime, he has a hearing in the munich
pal court. Then he goes TO the county
Jail, where he is held, maybe week,
maybe month. maybe sixty days.
There he is an expense TO the company,
and, more than that, he is done an in
| justice. In many cases men charged
with criminal OtfenSeS are innocent.
Why should they be locked up Tor
weeks and months. Would it not be Il
| good thing to have criminal court
where men arrested for criminal Of
| lenses could be given a speedy tIial?
| Besides being an advantage from the
| standpoint of justice and economy, it
| would relieve the already overbur
| dened district court. Should such court
| be established, the civil business
| which now goes to the municipal court
| could be handled by the justices OF the
! peace anu the district court. Where is
! the necessity for municipal court and
| Il Justice court, with almost equal juriS-
| diction? AS for the misdemeanors,
which now constitute almost all of the
criminal business of the municipal
court, they could be taken care of either
i'll the Justices court, or in the police
court. Nearly all of them are small
! matters, like drunkenness. or diSorderly
| conduct. Whatever is done, it certainly
looks as if the municipal court could be
thereby.
G. M. Loring arrived In Minneapolis
yesterday from the East, where he has
been for about three weeks, endeaVor-
ing to regain his health He declined
to say whether he would accept the APP
pOintment to the vacancy on the park
board. He did. however. say something
| about the result of the eiectiOn-uot
much, but enough to Substantiate the
general opinion that the Republicans
deserved their overwhelming defeat. 1t
was this, ABOUT election:
Il would rather not express any opinions
to-day. / am hardly able 10 submit to an in
terview. l will say, however that the result
of the election in our city has taught US all
some valuable lessons. One of them is this:
The board of park commissioners, the board
of education and the library board should be
i'll no way affected by or dependent upon
politics. The commissioners of these various
boards should lie appointed. The same is
true of the Judiciary. The Republicans have
themselves 10 blame for this matter, though,
as they refused to accept the proposition of
the Democrats
Out of all the talk concerning possible
or probable legislation has come one ac-
acknowledgement. Ii comes from S. A.
StOckwell, of the Thirty-third district,
who has already matured one plan for
proposed legislation. 1t relates to the
street railway company. 1t does not
mean interference with that company's
charter. but it contemplates making
that corporation pay something to the
city for the valuable privileges itenjoys.
MIR. Stockwell says that the street rail
way company has about S4.0O0,0O0 or
more in stock, (which represents nothing
more than the privilege to use the
streets. He proposes that this privilege
should be paid for to the people instead
bonus. He says that in other cities the
use of the streets is paid for,
and he quotes figures from New
York and New Orleans in SUBJ
! tantlation of his statements. He thinks
Minneapolis has missed one of the most
| fruitful sources of revenue for many
| years.and he wants to make up for it as
| soon as possible. Although the scheme
is not fully matured. it is now proposed
| to tax the street railway a given per-
centage upon It's gross receipts. This
| Will require that the people know eX-
actly What the receipts are, and it will
show to degree, at least, where the
money goes.
The friends of Aid. Adams, the de-
feated candidate for alderman in the
Twelfth ward, have reiterated their
| charges against his opponents, to the
| effect that the voters of the soldiers
home were made INTOXICATED on the day
of election, and while in that disgrace
| full condition were Influenced to vote
against him. Aid. Adams said yeSter-
| day:
Harry Cramer was in that scheme be.
| cause refused TO promise him the street
| commlssionership. Aid. Woodward was on
inc city COMMITTED. yet he did all in his
power against me; He did it in the face of
or get off the city committee. But I've not
done with those fellows yet The gaand iury
Will get closer to some of them than they
| will enjoy
1t is also said that Mai. R. R. Hender-
son will Investigate and find out if any
one at the home knew about or had any
| thing to with this business.
| ~
It is said that Sheriff-elect Swensen
! has offered the position of chief deputy
to Amos Sardeson, who held that posi-
ton when SWensen was sheriff before.
-
Thomas Scott and Alex Mullen, of
| the Democratic county committee, went
to Saltwater yesterday to induce Con-
gressman-E!ect Castle to deliver a
| speech in Minneapolis Saturday night.
If they are successful in their mission
the Democrats will hold a ratification
meeting. p. B. Winston will preside.
Congressman-Elec Castle will be the
orator of Intervening, and g. M. Foote
and w. &. Bronson, OF Saltwater. vii
also be heard.
COMPTROLLER Calderwood and Deputy
Rogers were busy all day yesterday
scaling down and pruning the bills sent
in by the judges and clerks of election.
They used the knife to such an extent
that they will be able to keep the ex-
pense within the limit Of the appropri-
alton. The allowances made for Judges
and clerk hire. special police, rent, fuel,
lights. etc.. aggregate S14,0l1.32; for
booths. printing, carriage of booths, etc..
s6.495.01; making total of $40, 5O6. 33. If
all the bills returned could be printed
| they would make couple of columns