St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-04
That Big Harvest Celebration
Seems to Drag Just a
Little Bit.
Free Masonry Dragged Into
the Trial OF Letter Car
riep Gardner.
Grain Men Having Trouble
With the Railroads--NeWS
Of a Day.

Wednesday occurred the famous
prosecution of minister of the gospel,
one of the lords anointed, I'm a criminal
court room on criminal charge. After
the jury that tried Rev. Il. l.. Morrill,
failed to agree Ed Stevens announced
that he would not push the case further.
He thought that the fiery pastor had
been punished enough. He was willing
to rest on his own laurels and leave
Morrill, to his fate. Time will show
that this case, bound to become his
torical, has not been ended yet. True
the action against the preacher was
dismissed yesterday afternoon on motion
of the prosecution. This did not end it.
Morrill, is smarting under the humili-
alton inseparable from being dragged
into court to stand trial on a criminal
charge. He wants two things now
vindication and revenge. The jury
failed to vindicate him by falling to
agree. He will seek for vindication on
his own account and will get the re-
venge at the same time. Morrill, is
not the man to lie down in the furrow
and wait till the sun has gone down
before exhibiting his activity. He
showed that when he took up the chal-
lenge of the grand jury and brought
the case against Lasher. He is just as
willing to prolong the fight against Ed
Stevens and the men who are supposed
to stand behind him. There is no
doubt that Stevens began the action
against Morrill, on his own account.
That, however, makes no difference to
Morrill, and the men who act with him.
They think that Ed was merely carry
ing out the plans of other men. They
will make fight on that basis.
morrill, testified OH the stand that his
trip that ended in the municipal court
was made in the interest of the minis
terial committee that called on the
mayor last spring. That shows that
that committee has 1t in mind yet to
make fight OH the places that are do
ing business contrary to the law. If
Morrill, was working thus energetically
in the interest Of that committee, how
much more energetically will he work
now, since he has been dragged up
Ill court as common malefactOr
The GLOBE is informed that a crusade
will be inaugurated in few days in
Minneapolis that will utterly discount
anything of the kind that ever occurred
i'll Minneapolis. A representative of the
reformers has been subjected to humili-
alton because he dared to tell of some
OF the things that he had seen In the
city of Minneapolis. He cannot be in
convenlenced much more. Now he and
his sympathlZers will undertake to act
instead Of talking. He has been the vic
tim of complaint sworn out by man
who claimed to be acting IN the interest
Of the peace and dignity of the state of
Minnesota. Morrill, will undertake to
show the people that he, too, can swear
out complaints in the interest of the
peace and dignity of the state of Mime
sofa.
This crusade which has been precipi-
tated by the arrest of Morrill, will be of
the most sweeping character. 1t will
take In everything to which the church.
ly element of the city is opposed. The
saloons that keep open after the hour
prescribed by the law, the saloons that
sell liquor on Sunday, the places where
games OF chance are provided for the
man who wants to WOO the goddess
with the heart of the summer girl !;
all these will be proceeded against.
This matter could not have occurred
at a more opportune time for the re-
formers. The grand jury will be in ses-
sion, in few days. There will be some
work done before that body. 1t will be
spasm of reform and it will be q rig
orous one while it lasts. 1t is limited
that one Of the first places to be pro-
ceeded against is the Monogram saloon
and the gambling room over it. Morrill,
says that he was in there so that he will
not have to make that complaint on
hearsay evidence. The war will be a
hummer.