New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-01
A JUDGE CREATES A SCENE
AN EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT In Z
CHICAGO COURT
JUDGE CoGGIN's HIGnHANDED WAY OF KEEP.
ING THE WORLDS FAIR GATES OPEN ON
suNDAY-HIs CONDUCT DENOUNCED
As JUDICIAL ANARCHY

suNDAY-HIs CONDUCT DENOUNCED
As JUDICIAL ANARCHY
cb,oaeo Aug. GA sensational scene was enacts
al &, court to-day. when Judges Goggn. dunno
and Brentano attempted to decide whether the In.
junction should stand restraining the Worlds Fair
directors from closing the Exposition gates on
sunday II was understood beforehand that the
;dc,a, trio were divided to the course to be pur
,od Judges Dunno and Brentano holding that the
,,vnc,,on should be dissolved. while Judge Goggn
he,d exactly the contrary Judge Goggin Is the one
before whom the motion to dissolve was maze
Judges Brentano and Dunno were invited oy MIN
o sit en- banc the three to hear the case Jointly,
IN view of the Importance OF the issues al stake.
BEFORE either OF his colleagues could announce
b,a views in opposition when court opened to-
dav Judge Goggin promptly forestaiied them with
an unprecedented move. He told the clerk 70 enter
an order TO continue the for sixty days. Judge
Dunne 10 whom the reading OF the majority op'h-
ion had been intrusted insisted on his righs 10 90
co He read the opinion and Judge Goggin renewed
hi. ATTEMPT to grant a continuance. EA-Juogs
Noron representing the Exposition Company, ad.
dressed the Court referring to the attempted con-
FINANCE as judicial anarchy. JUDGES nreh'ano
and Dunno induced Judge Gogsln 70 ieaVe the pencn
and n private conference was heid oy 'he '"'ee
i,,does After the conference Judges Brentano and.
-. returned to the bench and announced that
Judge Gogsin no longer desired them 10 SIT WIN
hi,o rbev tbersupon retired. leaving Judge Goggin
70 himself Judge Goggn then entered an order
overrune the motion to dissolve, ana refused ex-
indigo N,orans request set a date Tor nearing
motion to vacate that order
The SCENE in court was exciting In the extreme
Attorneys stood upon chairs and crowded about
the bar eager to catch every word Amid all
the confusion. with bailiHs loudly pouhdihg inc
bench in a vain effort to restore oroer Judge
Cocgin Insisted that his minute clerk shou'o
enter the order In conformity with mis- verbal
onnion and this was done. The order denies
the motion to dissolve the injunction NO record
was made to correspond with the decision OF
Judges Dunno and Brentano, and as O. result the
only order now standing In the case permits the
gates of the Exposition to remain open on sun-
days.
II Judge Goggins remarkable sixty Gays con-
,iruance holds good the Worlds Fair Will be at
an end before It can be finally settled by law
whether or not the Exposition should or shouid
not be open on Sunday.
Judge Goggin made this statement In explana'
ton OF his action: Il have respect for the CHIEF
Justice of the United states and a good deal Of
respect for Judge Stein, who granted the injunc-
ton. 70 set aside order granting an injunc-
ton I'm this case would cause the people OF this
State to lose confidence in its Judiciary" Judge
C;ogsin in the course Of long address, said that
the lawyers were trying to force on the court
old English law, that the acts OF the Legislature
were powerless turn 10 a corporation land
which had been purchased by the people for spe'
clGc park purposes lie added that there were
| twenty-four railroads running into jackson Park
now, and that the park is ruined.