St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-21

tee from the Office of John J, Rhodes,
The arrest of Hon. r. A. Walsh was
made by the sergeant-at-arms of
the house, J. w. Wells, colored
man. The arrest was made under call
of the house of representatives, which
was precipitated for the special purpose
of rescuing Mr.. Walsh from the sun
posed clutches of the court and un6er
the impression that he was being un-
willingly detained by the district court
OF Ramsey county, and was designed to
guarantee Mr.. Walsh his liberty and re-
store him to the privileges and immun-
tiles of a branch of the legislature and
a coordinate branch of the state gov
ernment. 1t was also probably designed
to measure spears with the judiciary
branch of the government, but FORUM
ately fell short of its purpose, unless
the action of the court in repulsing the
officer of the house for 4 few moments
and compelling him to respect the dig
nifty of the court and wait until the
court had gotten through with Mr..
Walsh, may be construed as triumph
of court and law over the lawmaking
power.
The Scene Was Memorable One.
witnessed as 1t was by by many prom
Inent attorneys and a body of legis-
lators who had followed the assistant
sergeant-at-arms to witness the pro-
ceedings. The court and counsel on
either side of the controversy were
daZed for few moments after Sergeant
Wells entered the court room and,
walking past the counsel to where Mr..
Walsh was sitting in the witness box,
said:
Judge Egan, under the resolution of
the house l am directed to procure
the body of Mr. Walsh"
After a few moments pause Mr.. Wells
stepped closer to Mr.. Walsh, as if to
pick him up and carry him off. The
crowd looked on with astonishment.
Judge Egan in the meantime caught his
breath, and, somewhat recovering from
the shock, said: zone moment, sir;
one moment. Please take a seat. Mr..
Sheriff, stand here for a moment"
Mr.. Wells stated that he had been
commissioned by the house to ask the
court for a reason, in case 1t refused the
request for the person of Mr.. Walsh.
Judge Egan showed his displeasure at
the latter remark by an emphatic mo,
SIR and added: due respect will be
given to your mandate, MIR. SeTgeant-at-
arms; you are in court of justice and
your application will be Onsidered in
due time. You are interfering with
Justice while administering justice"
The court addressed the sheriff, but
stopped in the midst of the remark as
MI. Wells took a seat.
The examination of Mr.. Walsh ASIA
witness had about completed. Judge
Egan asked counsel if either of them
had any further questions to PROFOUND
to Mr.. Walsh, and receiving negative
replies, the witness was excused from
the witness stand, and followed the
sergeant-at-aIms from the court room.
This was after Judge Egan, in com
menting on the action of Mr. Wells,
said that he considered his course as
UnSeemly. improper, unprecedented and
not warranted by the dignity of the
house, and of the counsel who repre-
sented the state.
Mir. Mum spoke in his own defense,
and said that he and the attorney gen.
eral had no idea that such course would
be pursued. They had volunteered On
Saturday that Mr. Walsh would be
present in court, if desired, to answer,
and in no sense were they aware that
such proceedings would be taken.
c. ID. OBrien stated to the court that
he was we'll assured that counsel OIL
the other side had not participated in
the proceedings of the sergeant and
were too much taken back to stop the
actions of the sergeant,
1t was nearly noon when the court
discharged MIR. Walsh, and it was after
he had given all the testimony that
could be gotten out of him. Court then