St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-28

deal altogether with criminals. The
larger proportion of the cases brought
before it are for miSdemeanors or vio-
lations OF some city ordinance. A per-
| son committing a mlSdemeanOr. or who
violates city ordinance, is not COM
monty regarded as criminal, and there
| lore the rules regulating his cOnfine
ment ought not to be as rigid as
those provided for criminals. An
| other consideration also should
be made. Most Of the persons
brought before the municipal court
| come from the humber walks of life.
father drinks too much liquor. He
is found upon the street and is arrested.
He Is brought into court and pleads
| guilty to the charge of being drunk, or
| to the charge of being diSorderly, and is
committed to the workhouse. During
the next day or two his wife comes into
court and pleads for his release. The
family depends upon the daily labor of
the father for support; large family
| OF children are CRYING for bread at
home. Shall this family suffer the hor-
rors of hunger because weak father
has violated city ordinance, and be-
cause there Is no one appointed by law
to release the sobered and repentant
father from the workhouse? Is it not
the humane duty of a judge in such
case to protect the weak and innocent
family by following the custom of years
and release the man who can supply
1000 ana clothing to those who suffer?
How Releases Are Granted.
Most of the releases granted by this
court are upon considerations like this:
L have subjected myself to unjust criti-
clsn because | have listened to such APP
pealS, and shall continue SO to do while
am Judge of this court, or until an
other mode is suggested to meet the
difficulties presented by the peculiar
| position III which L am placed. The list
OF releases you publish covers a period
or seventeen months. During that time
2,575 persons were committed to the
workhouse, and l91 released. Of these,
116 were released by Judge Twohy and
90 by myself. Ten were released on
payment of fine, on request of the chief
or police to be held for more SeriouSSOf-
lenses, because he was required in
the probate court, 6 on request of the
chief of police to be sent out of the city,
and were released on request of
workbouSe physicians Oh account of
sickness. The persons recommending
releases have been: Archbishop Ire
land, Mr.. Hutchins. the relief
son, of the newsboys' home;
Mayor Wright. Chiefs Clark and Gar
win, Mr.. Fitzgerald, the superintendent
of the WoIkhouSe, DrS. Ancker and
Markoe, c. j. Montfort. Rev. j. F.
Busch, Hon. j. B. Sanborn, Mayor
Smith, Josiah Fairchild, Leon L. Cham
berlain and many other prominent citi-
zens. A Republican council has inves-
tIgated this matter of releases and has
recommended no change. A reform Re-
publican legislature has come and gone
since the council report was made, and
no sign of disapproval of the present
order of things has been heard from it.
And am convinced the public at large
is satisfied with the course of the pres
ent judges in this regard. In regard to
the Scheffer law, L beg to inform you that
this court tries the cases as presented
to 1t by the county and city attorneys
and the police authorities. Since the
Scheffer law was passed, as far as can
remember. not single person has been
charged i'll this court with drunkenness,
where the OffenSe was designated as the
second or third 0ffenSe. No lawyer will
claim that it is the duty of the judges of
this court to formulate the charges pre-
scented before it :Or trial, and | do not
think it is good politics for you to so
claim. 1t is not good politics, simply
because it is not true. As | said through
the columns of your paper two years
when some other authority will be Gu
trusted with the right to issue releases
from the WorkhOuse-the coming legiS-
lature may provide such. Obediently
yours, Ii. w. CORY.
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 81, 1892.
Capt. Ii. Il. Hawkins. Democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor, and
j. Adam Bede, the eloquent Duluthian,
will have reception next Saturday
evening at Market hall that will give
new courage to Democratic workers all
over the state. The Central Cleveland,
Lawler and Castle club has taken hold
of the affair in a way that means busl-
ness, and every hour between now and
the time of meeting will be devoted by
a committee of hustlers to the perfec-
ton of details.
The central club delegates last night
resolved to request all clubs and all
Democrats in the city, whether uni
formed or not, to assemble at Bridge
square at 7:15 p. m. Saturday next. to
escort Capt. Hawkins and Mr.. Bede to
Market hall over line of march to be
announced hereafter. Vice Chairman
BOyesen, who presided at Turner hall
last night owing 20 the absence Of PreSi-
dent Willis, will name marshal and
aides today. and these Will constitute
the committee on arrangements. The
central club will shoulder the manage
ment of the demonstration, so far as the
local arrangements are concerned, and
the hosts of Democracy can rest assured
no detail will be neglected.
At last nights meeting reports of or
ganization from all parts of the county
were received. The Fourth and Elev-
enth ward clubs and the Hebrew club
delegates were especially enthusiastic.
The officers of the latter Climb will at
once proceed to organize club on the
West side, and thus introduce into the
ranks of Democratic workers an ele-
ment of our population which has here
tofore taken only silent part in cleo
ton work. All the members of the
Hebrew clubs are in dead earnest and
mean to make their influence felt for
Cleveland, LAWYER. Castle and the other
candidates on the Democratic ticket.
The business of the meeting was in
terrupted at one point to receive visit
from the Sixth Ward Marching club,
which turned out in encouraging force,
| with band in the lead. The club uni
form is a workman'S shirt of white,
overalls, blouse and cap, with torch,
and presents very attractive sight
when the men are formed in marching
order. Speeches of congratulations
were made, cheers given for the parad-
ers, such as only Democrats can give,
and the Sixth warders went back
to their people trimming over
with enthusiasm and courage.
On the way home the club made de-
tour to pay its compliments to the
GLOBE by a serenade and rousing
cheers for Democratic principles, lead
ers and candidates. For the good wishes
of the Sixth ward club the GLOBE is
duly grateful, recognizing, as it does,
that it is by the men composing this and
other Democratic bodies that victory
must be achieved on the Sth of Novem-
Der.
The action of the Democratic county
committee regarding the holding of
primaries and the setting of a date for