Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-24
M'KAY CALLED DOWN.
Humble Apology From the Defiant
Farmers Alliance Judge,
WHO UPSET THE SUPREME COURT.
He Pleads an Old Statute to Justify His
Strange Decision.
RELEASED ON TWO MONTHS PROBATION
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TOPEKA, KAs., July 23.-Chief Justice
Horton took but little time this afternoon
in convincing G. W. Mckay, the Alliance
Judge from Harper county, and the guar
that the orders of the Supreme Court must
neither be ignored nor evaded. Judge Nc
Kay, @. C. Rocker, Honeywell's guardian,
and J. B. Bradley, his attorney, were in
the courtroom when the Supreme Court
judges appeared to hear the defense. A.
Mackey, law partner of the late Col Sam
Wood, appeared for the defendants, Martin
and Keeler, whom Judge Mckay endeav-
ored to retaiu, declining to take the
case.
Judge Mckay was charged with having
issued orders in direct violation of an or
der issued by the Supreme Court In be-
ginning his argument for the defense,
Mackey particularly admitted the allega-
tions made by the plaintiffs, there being no
dispute as to facts, but he attempted to JUS
tify the action of Judge Mckay by reading
an old statute, which, he said, he thought
was sufficient authority to justify the Judge
in pursuing the course he had.
Called Down by the Court.
he was interrupted IN tmS by Judge
Horton, who cited an old decision of the
Supreme Court, where it was held that the
statute did not apply in cases of this kind
Then Mackey tried to enter into the merits
of the case, but he was informed that the
only question at issue was whether the de-
PENDANTS had disobeyed the instructions of
the Supreme Court. The defense could go
no farther All of it's arguments were
promptly met by the three Judges on the
bench, and it was not necessary for the law
yers for the plaintiff to ask any plea.
Chief Justice Horton then stated that if
Judge Mckay and the other defendants
were willing to assure the court that they
would carry out the orders already made,
the matter would be disposed of very
easily, but if they were not, he could show
pleasant that the rulings of the highest
court of the State could not be treated with
impunity. He then called upon Judge
Mckay to make statement. The little
man reported promptly, and with some en-
barrassment declared that he believed he
had proceeded according TO law, and that he
had no intention of holding the Supreme
Court in contempt Now that he thorough
ly understood the position of the Supreme
Court he promised to govern himself ac-
cordingly.
Trying to Excuse Mckay.
Attorney Bradley then, in long and evil
IDENTIFY carefully prepared speech, made an
explanation. He went into the history of
the case in detail, and explained how his
client had been advised. He thought the
circumstances surrounding the case war;
ranted him in taking the course he had He
finally made the promise demanded by the
Supreme Court judges.
o. c. Hooker, the guardian, next told his
story. He was the best talker of them all,
and he pictured graphically the imposition
to which Honeywell, his ward, had been
subjected. He declared that he had no in
tention of disobeying the Supreme Court.
When he had finished, Chief Justice Hor-
ton, in very severe terms, criticised Judge
Mckay, and continued the case until the
regular term of court in September, when
he promised that if no further attempt was
made to disobey the injunctions of the Su-
preme Court no punishmentwoul be meted
out to the defendants.