St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-29
RAISED A RIPPLE.
The Nominations for Supreme
Court Judges.

RAISED a RIPPLE.
The Nominations for Supreme
Court Judges.
Ex-Goy. Yale was allowed the floor
and made very fattering speech in
eXtolling the good qualities of the men,
bers of the supreme court. He wound
up by nominating Judges Dickinson,
Vanderburgh and Mitchell.
Freeman P. Lane, of Minneapolis, of
fered the following amendment:
Resolved, That the chairman of this
committee of thirteen, consisting of
convention be directed to appoint
81 at large. which committee shall be au-
tn orlZed TO confer with like committee
selected by the Democratic convention fer
the purpose Of nominating three associate
ju ges of the supreme court.
He thought it policy on the part of
the convention to do this. because if
they Endorsed the nomination of the
three judges named, they indOrse a
Democrat. This would put them in all
awkward position. as the Peoples party
had made certain nominations for the
supreme court, and developments
might result in the election of three
Democrats. He, therefore, urged the
adoption Of the amendment.
EXGov. \ ale was opposed to any con-
sultatlOn on the part OF the Republicans
with Michael Doran. He did not think
the Democrats were so low down that
they would truckle with the Peoples
party in order to down the Republicans.
["Yes," "Yes."l If there was majority
in this state opposed to them let them
go down with their colors flying. APP
plauSe.
Mr.. Barto declared he was a staunch
Republican, but above that he favored
non-partisan judiciary. He did not
think the election of three good judges
should be placed in jeopardy. He was
in favor of the resolution or something
like it.
S. &. Smith raised a point of Or
der which ruled out the proceedings in
regard to the judges.
MIR. Freeman thereupon moved his
motion as an original proposition. This
was the only way to keep the election
of the judges out of rough and tumble
fight. BY this arrangement they might
be enabled to retain their two Repub-
lican judges. and the Democrats have
one representative on the bench, in
place of three as the non adoption Of
his resolution might result.
Jacob Z. jacobson, of Lac qui Parle,
moved to lay the notice on the table.
The motion was agreed to, and the
nominations for judges were called.
Gov. Yale nominated Judge Mitchell,
Of Winona.
f. p. Lane remarked that Gov. Yale
doubted his Republicanism, now Gov.
Yale had nominated Democrat for the
office of supreme court Judge. f. Z.
Lane claimed he was too good a Repub-
lican to nominate Democrat. and he
therefore nominated Judge Brill for su-
preme court judge. He remarked that
the supreme court was running alto
gether far after the moneyed corpora
lions.
Loud Kisses were ieveled at Mr.. Lane,
and lie retorted: Let NE remind you
that there are only two animals that
hiSS-a snake and goose"
Senator TaWney rose to a point of
order.
Mr.. Potter-The gentleman from Hen
neDln is out of order ii, casting retiec-
tons on the supreme court.
MI. Lane-1f that be true we had bet
ter stay at home.
F. E. Searle, of st. Cloud, said Mr..
Lane had spoken more than four min
uteS, allotted to speakers.
A. Z. Rice, of kandiyohi. did not want
to choke Oil debate, and suggested Mr..
Lane be allowed to fully state his case.
stated case he had against the SUI
preme court and Judge Mitchell. 1t
was Ill regard to an insurance appeal-a
case wherein the st. Paul Fire and
Murine Insurance company required
that an Individual, A, furnish a certiti-
cate from his neighbor B., setting forth
that his loss By fire was bona tide. b.
was an enemy of A. and refused
the certificate, and the supreme
trf Of
mOuthpiece, Judge Mitchell, stated
that because his .neighbor refused
to certify that A sustained loss by fire
legitimately lie could not collect single
dollar of insurance. Mr.. Lane added
when the supreme court was so far
away from the common people it was
time 10 protest. Wasn't it time to make
a change? [Cries of Eyes. yes."l
Gov. Yale replied that Mr.. Lane hav-
ing failed in the supreme court was TAX
ing an appeal to that convention. Mr..
Lane asked them to believe that the
Judges were wrong and he was right
1t that was fair argument he had
nothing more to say.
Z. L. Young. OF Swift, gave another
version of the Lane case. He SAID the
supreme could not do otherwise III tue
matter. The law provided for form of
Insurance policy, and this policy re-
CURED, If the insurance company de.
sired. the person who suffered loss from
fire Must secure certificate from the
nearest notary OF magistrate showing
about the fire. This policy was
known as the Minnesota Standard.
and was decided upon by the
insurance commissioner. This was
the law, and however unjust the
supreme court judges had no other
course but enforce it. They bad no
power to repeal it. The law was passed
by the Legislature of 1889, of which Mr..
Lane was a distinguished menper. The
legislators were responsible for the uu-
wisdom of the law.
Frank +. Davis supported the nomi-
nation the three judges. I. Simpson,
of Winona, favored the nomination Of
the three judges.
Dr.. Smith moved that the nomina-
lions OF the judges be referred to the
state central committee.
Gov. Yale opposed.
Motions and counter motions were
made and all ruled out of order, when
vote was taken on Dr.. Smiths motion.
A vive yOce vote failed to settle the
matter, and the roll call was ordered.
The result was:
For the motion 3os
The motion was therefore lost. La
fayette French moved that Messrs.
Vanderburgh, Mitchell and Dickinson
be the nominees of the convention for
judges.
A point of order was raised, and, to
put matters right, Gov. Yale withdrew
his motion regarding Judge Mitchell,
and Mr.. Lane withdrew the name of
Judge Brill. Mr.. Lane then wanted to
have his motion taken up. but the con-