St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-27
STORIES OF CALDWELL.
TIE FEDERAL JUDGES VARIOUS EX-
,5af PERIENcES.
OPPOSED TO USING A PASS.
Judge Caldwell Has,Sat Upon the
cra + Federal Bench Thirty Years
sal Has Appointed More Railway
Receivers Than ANY Other
Judge-Looks Out for the In
: terests OF Employees,

ES
Hon. Henry e. Caldwell, of Little
Rock, Arkansas, has been on the fed
eral bench for thirty years, and for the
past four years has been circuit judge.
He is regarded as one of the finest
jurists in the breadth of the country.
AT the same time he is a most compan-
ionable gentleman. 1t is said that he
has appointed more receivers Of rail-
roads than any other judge in the
United States and has record for con-
Quoting such affairs that has made him
noted. His rulings have been quoted
by the United States supreme court
itself on several points and highly com
mended to lower courts. He is noted
for blazing new line of procedure in
such matters, especially in the direction
of taking care of employees of railroads
and providing for securing the claims
OF the citizens who sue roads for claims,
such as personal injury actions of en-
ployes and others as well as claims
growing out of passenger and freight
traffic.
Judge Caldwell travels around the
country almost continuously, except
when sitting on the bench of the U nited
States circuit court of appeals in this
city and IN st. Louis. His territory
covers ten states and three territories,
ane his circuit is the largest and en-
braces more business than any other in
the country by a large. percentage.
Judge Caldwell does not ride on rail
road pass. He relates an incident in
that connection. He said that when he
was appointed as circuit Judge several
years ago he received hatful of
annual passes, covering nearly all the
roads in the country. He refused to
use them. Among others was pass
sent him for himself and family, good to
the Pacific coast. This one was sent by
a relative, who is prominent railroad
official. 1t was sent back. In time
another one was sent. and with it let
ter from his relative. stating that there
was nothing wrong i'll accepting it.
The judge said: 81 sent that one back
also, and wrote letter to "rom' telling
him that | was about to go out Oh my
circuit, and would charge the grand
juries that the issuing of passes to 9TH
ers than employees of roads Was a viola
ton of the interstate commerce law,
and that the officials of roads SO offend
ing should be indicted. / told him that
l expected he would be indicted, as the
number of the pass sent me was PIG,
and suppt sed he had violated the law
215 other times at least. | said also:
Now, Tom, when you are indicted, as
expect you will be, and you come before
me to be sentenced, don't want to
think that | have one vi your Internal
passes in my pocket"
7 Judge Caldwell tells a story that illus
trates how the people of this country
desecrate the Sabbath. He said that a
year or two ago he was driving around
Lake MinnetOnka one Sunday, in COM
pahy with Minneapolis man. They
F saw two men moving grass with ma
chine. His little daughter was in the
carriage and asked if the people in this
country did not go to Sunday school.
The Minneapolis man said: ''Oh, yes.
8 We have the finest Sunday schools in
! the Northwest" and made the usual
Western speech about the Sunday
schools. The child's next question was
then directed as to why the command
ment about observing the Sabbath was
not observed. The Flour city gentle
man was nonplusseG for time; but his
Western ingenuity prompted the reply
that it was not so much breaking OF
the Sabbath that should he thought OF
as Obeying the command to make hay
while the sun shines.