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suit of a spirit Of amity and of that
mutual Difference and concession which
the peculiarity of our political situation
rendered Indispensable" 1t is fairly
plain and palpable, both from reason
and review of events in our history,
that without an arbiter to determine
finally and concIusively the rights and
duties embraced in the language of the
constitution, the union of states and the
life Of the American nation must have
been precarious and disappointing. In
deed, there could hardly have been a
well-grOunded hope that they would
long survive the Interpretation of the
national compact by every party upon
whom it rested, and the insiStence of
each to the last extremity, upon such an
Interpretation as would secure coveted
rights and benefits, and absoIve from
irksome duties and obligations,
In the creation of the world.
the earth was without form and
void, and darkness was upon the face of
the deep, until God said Let there be
light, and there was light.'' In the crea-
tions were without the form and SYM
metry of strength, and the darkness of
hopeleSsneSs brooded over the aspira-
tiOnS of our people, until light in the
temple of justice and law, gathered from
the divine fountain of light, illumined
the work of the fathers of the republic
On this centennial day we will deYoutiy
thank heaven for the revelation to those
who formed our government. of this
source OF strength and light, and for the
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CHIEFS OF THE suPFEME COURT.

tation of supreme crisis to set in
f0re-Ordained and symmetrical shape.
Much of the work of the convention was
mere adaptation and adjustment
of existing methods under we'll
organized and familiar principles.
But in the matter of the judicial power,
what the trainers of the constitution did
was specially their own work. original
and unique. The germ was doubtless
in that sense of justice and of the pre-
servation and enforcement of individual
rights which had taken ssuch firm root
in the earliest American communities,
but no local growth had ever been the
equivalent in any separate sphere.-or
the type in any attempted organization,
of the complex and far-reaching system
set in order by the constitution. This
work was not adaptation. but creation;
the workmen were not only experts but
inventors. They came together with
full and long and complete prepara-
tion for task which, as it grew on their
hands. gave the stimu ulus and inspira-
tion for an execution whiehoutran their
first intention, but was not beyond their
wisdom.
LAWYERS PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE.
1t was the standing sneer of British
statesmen that so many of the leading
colOnists were lawyers, each one think
ing himself competent TO hold brief
against the crown and parliament and
ready to join issue on every new asSer-
ton of their power and the colonsits
who were not lawyers, faucying them
selves statesmen, craZed with what
Shrewsbury. Pitts Irish viceroy, de-
scribed to him as the ''manla for state
making" These colonial jurists and
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\. WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY s. 1890.

the executive and legislative depart
ments of the government, national and
state, the bench and bar of the federal
and state courts and the people
OF the United States. The occasion, the
speaker declared. was a fitting one.
One hundred years ago on this day, the
first Tuesday in February, 1890, the SUI
preme court of the United States held
its first session at the Exchange in the
city of New York, and installed In
office the chief justice, two associate
justices and attorney general. This
action completed the organization of the
three departments of the government.
Judge Arnoux then reviewed at some
length the high and independent char
acter OF the court and the labors and
growth OF the body from its inception
up to the present time. Over 65,0O0.0O0
people of different races, religions. poll
ties and interest, to-day. he said, cheer
fully and loyalty submitted To the de-
crees of tue court. Judge ArnoUx con-
cluded by calling for the blessings of
God un"n the United States and the
honoraOle supreme court. Mr.. ArnouX
was warmly applauded during his re-
marks and on concluding his speech was
greeted with loud applause.
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OPPOSED TO LorTERIEs.
Fargo Dfvines Score North Dakota
Legislators.
Special to the Globe

Special TO the GIoDe
FARGO, N. D., Feb. 4.-The pastors
of the city held meeting this after
noon to protest against the lottery
scheme now being considered by the
legislature of North Dakota. Scathing
resolutions were adopted setting forth
the many curses which, in their opin-
ion, would suit from the passage of
the scheme, and winding up with an ap-
peal to the public to assist them in pre-
venting its adoption. A committee of
five was appointed to go to Bismarck to-
morrow morning, and labor against the
passage of such bill.
SENTIMENT DIVIDED AT GRAND FORKS.
Special to the Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Feb. 4.-There
has been a great deal of excitement in
this city to-day over the announcement
from Bismarck that there was proba-
biISy that the legislature would pass
the lottery bill, which in effect au-
thorizes any foreign lottery company
to make this state its headquarters in
consideration of the payment of 500. COO
a year for forty years. Public senti-
ment is divided, one class viewing the
proposition with the greatest alarm, and
the other believing it would be bon
ANA for the state. There is a general
belief that Grand Forks would be made
headquarters. Numerous protests
against the adoption of the bill and
many indorsing it.
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morning inaugurated. The weather
seemed designed to cast further gloom
upon the affair, for disagreeable rain
set in shortly after o'clock, which grew
heavier as the hour for the exercises
approached. All preparations had been
perfected for the event. however, and
neither the absence of the president and
his cabinet nor the atmospheric in
auences were permitted TO interfere
with the celebration. At all the princl-
pal hotels earlv calls were made upon
the distinguished guests from all over
the Union, and every attention was
shown them by the committee in charge.
Carriages rolled up to the doors and the
guests were escorted to the MetrOpo-
Titan opera house. where they gathered
in the waiting rooms and lobbies await
ing the formation of the procession.
At 1880 the procession,
HEADED BY THE JUDGES
of the supreme court of the United
States in their official robes, followed
by the various Judges of the federal
district courts. the New York state
court of appeals, the supreme, superior,
common pleas and other courts, marched
down the various aisles of the opera
house, and assumed the various seats
and boxes allotted them. The men,
bers of the supreme court of the United
States occupied seats on the stage,
along with eX-President Cleveland and
many other legal dignitaries. The i'm
menSe auditorium was crowded with
national and state lawmakers, citizens
and representatives of the profession.
Many ladies were present also. At
10:30a. M, when Mr.. Cleveland took
his place as president of the assem-
blage. there was loud and prolonged
cheering, and it was several minutes
before the honorable ex-president could
be heard.
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READ THE RIOT ACT.
speaker Young Roasts South Da
ko,a statesmen for Laziness.

speaker Young ROasts South Da-
kota statesmen for Laziness.
Special to the Globe.
PIERRE, s. D., Feb. 4.-The only
measure of Importance that was passed
by the house to-day was bill providing
for the appointment of a mine inspector.
which was dragged through by the
Black Hills members after a hard fight.
Legislation has seemed to drag, and
after the house adjourned Speaker
Young called the chairmen of the diff
terent standing committees together
and proceeded to read the riot act to
them. He stated that the session pre-
sumably was half gone and many
questions the constitution called for
to be settled at this session
had notsbeen touched. There were i'm
portant measures affecting the constitu-
ton on which even bills had not been
introduced, and the legislature could
not adjourn within the time limited by
the constitution until these questions
had been settled IN some manner. He
warned the members that there was no
time to spare hereafter, and the house
would have to get down to hard sub
stantial work from now on if the mem
bers wished to fulfill the duties required
explicitly by the constitution and due
to the state.
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ORIGIN OF r.1a COURT.
William Allen Butler sketches tn

William Allen Butler Sketches the
Supreme American Tribunal
The principal address of the day fol-
lowed. 1t was on 1.-The Origin of the
Supreme Court of the United States
and It's Place in the Constitution" and
the delivery was by the veteran lawyer,
William Allen Butler, LID. His re-
marks were frequently interrupted by
generous applause. He said. in sub
stance: This commemorative hour sets
before our view, in the retrospect, and
after the lapse of a century, the Struc-
ture Of our national government at the
moment when, for the first time, it
stood complete in all its parts. The
new order of things established by
the federal constitution. adopted by the
convention Sept. IL, 1881, came
very gradually into being. The ratifi-
cation by eleven of the thirteen states
was not completed until July, 17SS. The
first congress summoned to meet in New
York, as the seat of government, on the
4th of March. 17S9, did not convene un-
til the brginning of April, when. after
counting the votes of the electoral col
legeS, it declared Washington the preSi-
dent-eiect. His Inauguration followed,
OH April 80, but, as yet, there was no
federal judge to administer the oath of
office required by the constitution of
the chief magistrate of the republic
This service was performed by Robert
r. Livingston, the first chancellor of
New York, under the constitution of that
state of 1717. Congress, on the day
after its organization, entered on the
work of providing for the estab-
lishment of the judiciary by ap-
pointing committee, of which Oliver
Ellsworth, one of the trainers of the
constitution, and afterwards chief JUS
tice of the supreme court, was the chair
man. And the JudiciarvAc t.approved by
Washington, Sept. %, 17S9, substantially
as it exists to-day, was largely'the work
of this eminent jurist. Washington
promptly nominated, and the senate as
promptly confirmed, John Jay, of New
York, to be chief justice of the court;
and as associate Justices, John Rutledee,
of South Carolina; William Cushing, OF
Massachusetts; Robert H. Harrison, OF
Maryland; James Wilson, of PennsYl-
vania. and John Blair, of Virginia. OF
these, Jay, Cushing and Harrison had
respectively served as chief justices in
their own states; Rutledge, Wilson and
Blair had been members of 6he couven-
ton which framed the constitution.
FIRST SESSION OF THE COURT.
On the first S1unday of February, 1870,
the day fixed for the opening session of
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HEAD OF THE BAR,
President Hitchcock Parallels
the Court and Constitution.

Hon. Henry Hitchcock, of st. Louis.
then delivered an address upon "The
Supreme Court and the Constitution.
He referred to the exercise of the power
of the courts in organization, and said
that the vast reach of its power springs
from the great political fact that the
government of the Union is one which
in all Its departments operates directly
upon individuals. To the supreme
court, ''the living voice of the eonstitu-
tion," belongs the ultimate development
of the powers which that instrument
confers. 1t represented the conscience
of the people. The speaker alluded to
numerous important cases in which the
court has declined to take jurisdiction
of political questions. or those involving
the exercise of legislative or executive
discretion. In the exercise of its pow
ers. the chief, said the speaker, is that
of interpreting the supreme law of the
land. A summary was then given of
the powers of the court in exp0unding
the constitution since the civil war. In
an eloquent peroratiOn the speaker de-
ciared that the true power of the court
has resided and must ever dwell in the
sincere respect and unbought confidence
of the people of the United States.
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OPENING OF The EXERCISES.
Ex-President CIeveIand's Elo-
nuent Introductory Address.

ExPresident CleveIand's Elo-
quent introductory Address.
Mr.. Cleveland then, in clear voice,
delivered his introductory address. He
said: ave are accustomed to express,
on every fit occasion, our reverence for
the virtue and patriotism in which the
foundations of our republic were laid,
and to rejoice in the blessings vOuch-
safed to us under free institutions.
Thus we have lately celebrated with
becoming enthusiasm. tine centennials
OF the completion of our constitution
and the inauguration of our first presi-
dent. To-day we have assembled to
commemorate an event connected with
our beginning as people. which more
than any other gave safety and the
promise of perpetuity to the American
plan of government, and which more
than any other, happily Illustrated
the wisdom and enlightened fore
sight of those who designed our
creating our nation, the elements of a
free government were supplied by con-
cession of sovereign states.by surrender
of accustomed rights. and by the inspi-
ration of pure and disinterested patriot
Ism. If from these elements there had
not been evolved that feature in our
federal system which is our theme TO-
day, the structure might have been fair
to look upon, and might have presented
a semblance of solidity and strength !;
but it would have been only a SEM
blance: and the completed ediflce would
have had within its foundations the in
trinity of decay and ruin. 1t must be
admitted that It is hardly within the
power of human language so to COM
pass diverse interests and claims within
the lines of written constitution, as to
free 1t entirely from disputes of con-
struction; and certainly diverse con-
struetiOns are apt to lurk in the
DICTIoN OF A CONSTITUTION.
declared by the president of The conven-
ton which formulated it to be ''the re-
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LARE CIrY's FERRY.
John Howard will Build a Boas
and Operate 1t.


and Operate 1t.
Special to the Globe.
LAKE CITY, Feb. AT meeting Of
the common council of this city two
propositions for running a ferry wers
offered. one by Capt. 0. Murray and the
other by John Howard. Capt. Murray's
was. in substance, that he will build
and run ferry for ten years, according
to plans accepted by the ferry commit
tee, provided that the city will pay him
Sl,500, and will give bonds for
that amount, to be reduced at
the end of five years to $3.50,
John Howard made two propositions.
one that he WILL build and operate
ferry for ten years, according to plans
to be accepted by the ferry committee.
the city to pay him an annual sum OF
$3.50, or the city to pay him S1.4O0 and
take mortgage on the boat to secure
the amount, which will be reduced each
year $40. Mr.. Howard's bid being sl00
less than Mr.. Murray's he was given
the right to build boat and operate 1t.
He will commence to build the ferry in
short time.
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TO THE FINAL ARBITER.
Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix InVokes Di.
vine BLESSINGS.

When Mr.. Cleveland. who had been
most enthusiastically received through
out, had finished speaking, Rev. J. Nor
gan Dix offered prayer, invoking a di-
vine blessing on the vast assemblage
and their doings throughout the meet
ing. He spoke feelingly of the sad
bereayements in the families of Secre-
taries Blaine and Tracy, and moved
many of the audience to tears by the
touching manner in which he described
the tragic deaths of Mrs. and Miss
Tracy. DR.. Dix, in conclusion, prayed
for the president and cabinet, and
hoped that the absence of the magistrate
and officials from their presence was
Only temporary.
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sEARCHERs SENT OUT.

Freighters Believed to Have Per.
ished on Canadian Prairies.
Special to the Globe.
SASKATOON. N. W. T.. Feb. 4.-Two
frelghters, Peter McCallum and Wesley
Clark, with their outfit, left Moose Jaw
Jan. 10 with consignment of goods for
merchants of this place. Nothing has
since been heard of them. The dis
tance is 100 miles, over an open prairie,
and the time usually occupied in max
ing the distance with loads is from a
week to ten days. There have been
some severe storms since their depart
ure. and 1t is feared they have perished.
A searching party has been started out.
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Gradually Becoming Extinct.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 4.-Officials of the
Indian department who have lately Wis
tied the reserve say that the Sarcee
tribe, located south of Calgary. N. W.
T., is gradually becoming extinct.
Within the last seven years the num-
Der on that reserve has decreased at
least so per cent. OF the older Indians
about two-thirds are females. This dis
parity is accounted for by many braves
having lost their lives in wars with the
Crees.
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TO SUCCEED SUTPHIN.
M. j. Davis. the Bolting Re-
publican, Is Elected Mayor
Of Duluth.
Demoeraey's Choice Ran Well
But the Republican Candi-
date Was Distaneed.
North Dakota Divines Declare
Themselves Opposed to
the Lottery Scheme.
Canadian Freighters Sup
posed to Have Perished
On the Prairies.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH. Minn., Feb. An. ]. Davis,
the boIting Republican and fusion can
didate for mayor, downed John (.
Shaw, the Democratic nominee, in a
fair and square contest with ballots.
The regular Republican nominee, M. o.
Hall, was nowhere, and didn't carry
single precinct in the city, his heav-
lest vote in any place being fifty
four. The voting was the
heaviest ever known in Duluth, 4.732
votes being polled. Davis total vote
was 2,45s, Shaw's was 1879. and Hall's
242. Davis carried seven out of twelve
precincts, and his victory is tonight
counted as a death blow to saloons,
varieties and virtual publication of
the purlieus of st. Croix avenue. Fol-
lowing is the vote bV wards;
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An Old settler Gone.

Special to the Globe.
PRESCOTT, Wis.,, Feb. 4.-William
Atkins died of old age last night at
5 5o'cloek, aged eighty-eight years. The
deceased had been in feeble health, both
mentally and bodily, for some time. He
was one of the oldest Masons AMI also
one of the oldest of the Lodge of Odd
Fellows. and was one of the first set
tiers, having been here between thirty
five and forty years. He leaves a
widow. The funeral services will be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-05
South Dakota's supreme Court.

bDecIhI 20 lh6 JIOpe.
PIERRE, S. D., Feb. 4.-The first ses-
sion of the supreme court of South Da-
kota was held here to-day, and after
organization the time until adjourn
ment was occupied by the swearing in
of attorneys from this and other states
who will practice before it. Except the
argument of two unimpOrtant motions,
the calendar does not contain any very
important cases, but the term will
doubtless occupy from two to three
weeks. Judge Dighton Corson pre-
sided, his colleagues being Judges A.
G. KeIlam and ]. e. Bennett.
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1UCKLEss RAILRoADERs.
Three Section Men Kun Down and
Killed.

ia " NOCbAOh 4hACAA hhb OOh W IL ANU
Killed.
Special to the Globe
ST. CLOUD, Minn.. Feb. 4.-Charles
Larson, Ole Olson and Magnus Falk,
three section hands employed on the
Northern Pacific railroad. were Instant
ly killed two miles below Clear Lake
by being run over by a passenger train
on that road. At the place where the
accident occurred, the tracks of the
Manitoba and Northern Pacific run
parallel. A freight train was passing
on the Manitoba track, and the men
who were working on the Northern Pa
cific road bed were hidden from view
by the smoke from the passing engine.
1t was just time for the Northern Pa
cific passenger to pass, and that train
overlook the Manitoba freight at the
place where the men were working. and
before the unfortunate men became
aware of their peIlous position, they
were run down and instantly killed.
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Rawkeyes will rackIe Zinc Ore.

DUBUQUE. To-. Feb. 4.-Arrangements
have been concluded for the formation
of a stock company in this city for the
shape of dry bone, is found in the hills
surrounding Dubuque in large quanti-
ties. The company, which starts out
with a capital stock of 100000, will
build zinc rolling mill to employ 500
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-05
Blew Out His own Brains.

Special to the Globe
ALEXANDRIA. Minu., Feb. 4.-Theo
Hermes, a farmer OF Belle River. CON-
mitted suicide last Saturday night by
shooting himself. He was forty-eight
years old and leaves a widow and one
child. About five years ago he had his
leg amputated because it was affected
with a Tever sore. This had never got
well, hence his suicide.
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conducted by the l. o. o. F. and the
A. f. q A. M. Lodges.
WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
Hawkeye Democrats Submit
Proposition.

DEs MONIES, To-, Feb. AT the
opening of the house session this morn.
ing more members were present. Hol.
brook. Democrat, OH behalf of the oppo-
sition to the .epublieans in the house,
presented proposition asking the Re-
publicans to formulate an alternative
proposition, and the opposition would
bind themselves to accept one or the
other condition of it. A few quiet
speeches were made from both sides.
anu then the roll call on the speaker
ship was taken up. The vote stoodt
Hamilton, 36; Wilson, SO. After taking
four ballots the house adjourned till to-
morrow. CaucuseS will again be set to
work on proposition, and some pros.
poets OF breaking the deadlock are
seen.
DEs MONIES, To-, Feb. AT the Re-
publican joint caucus this evening no
result was reached till the eighteenth
ballot OF the caucus, making the thirty
first in all. 1t stood Townsend 80, Jarvis
Z. Mcmillan Al. The nomination of Mo.
MILAN was made unanimous and the
caucus adjourned.
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Dickering for a Transfer.

Special to the Globe.
CHAMBERLAIN. S. D., Feb. A rep
resentative of the Chicago. Milw aukee
& ST. Paul railway is here making ar
rangements for securing the steamer
Last Chance to be used as transfer
boat between here and the Sioux reser-
vation as soon as the land is opened to
settlement.
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The aldermen-elect are as follows:
First ward, Martin SOrensOn (Fusion,
Labor and Republican,; James Ding
wall, (Repubican); Second ward. d. J.
Sinclair (Rep.); Third ward, George F.
Ash (Rep.): Fourth ward. T. w. Hugo.
(Rep.); Fifth ward, c. o. Nelson (Rep.):
Sixth ward, 7. B. Perry Qnd.) The
mayor-elect has clear record in all his
public life, and is severely
down on wide open bolicy.
John Z. Shaw was the first
to congratulate Mayor Aleck Davis on
his success, and a grand ratifi cation
meeting is being arranged for to-mor
row night. The traitorous action Of
the Republican committee is RESPONSE
bic alike for the slaughtering of Hall
and the election of Davis. Some very
sweeping changes in the board of pub
lie works, the police force and other
CITY offices will follow.
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Headed for Washington.

Special to the GloDe.
HELENA, Mont, Feb. 4.-W. T. San
ders, Republican senatorial contestant
from Montana, left for Washington to-
night. r. c. Power, the other Republi-
can contestant, will follow in about
week