St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-09
No PROOF IN MORMER CASE
VOTE CATCHING E0T CONSIDERED BY
JUDGE c0RY.
WILL DO JUSTICE TO AEL.

Searching Reply to the Malicious
Attack of the Pioneer Press on
the Municipal What
the violence Showed. or
Rather Failed TO Show, in the
Case.
The Pioneer Press yesterday morning
contained lis usual malicious and men
dacious attack upon Judge Cory, Of the
municipal court, designed for political
effect. The extent OF the mendacity of
the attack is shown by the following re-
ply, which Judge Cory sent that paper
last night:
To the Edi tor of the Pioneer Press.
Every man to his trade' is an old
saw, the sound sense of which has stood
the test of time. There are law journals
edited by lawyers that command the
respect OF lawyers, for the reason that
the propositions they discuss are based
upon facts; and there are journals edit
ed by laymen, who arrOgate to them
selves omnisc:ence and infallibility, that
crlticise the acts of every one, be lie
layman, preacher, legislator or Judge.
and command no respect. for the reason
that the public has learned by expert
ence that the propositions they discuss
are not based Oh fact, but on the con-
trary, the facts are manufactured to
season roast" or bolster up chronic
attack of spleen. This surge of
thought is compelled by an ante
election editorial which appears in the
Pioneer Press under date of March S,
1894, preliXed by the display headline,
Judge Cory NullifieS all Ordinance,"
which editorial is based upon Shadowy
facts, presumably known by your pro-
found laWy creditor to be such, and pre-
sumably justified by the near approach
of an important election, the result of
which is attempted to be decided by
deluge of mud
The gIst of your editorial is that at
the suggestion of Judge Cory Acting
Mayor Hickman made a written order
that peddlers should be removed from
certain designated portions of Seventh
and WabaSha streets; that peddler
was arrested for disobeying the order of
the mayor, and that Judge Cory sum-
marily discharged the peddler from
arrest and muIlIfed the ordinance; that
In discharging the peddler from arrest
Judge Cory was not unmindful of the
actions of the low class of Russian and
Polish Jews. as you cab them, who had
recently nominated him for reelection
TO the office of municipal Judge.
In reply to your editorial, permit me
to say that L never suggested to Mayor
Hickman. either in or out OF court. that
he should make any order, oral or writ
ten, of any kind referring to peddlers.
or TO any other persons, or referring To
any subject or thing. The city attorney
and his assistants and Acting Mayor
hickman will corrobOrate me in this
statement. L preside in the municipal
court to the best of my ability. and do
not Interfere in the other branches of
the city government.
General Order No. 4, issued by Mayor
Hickman, provides:
GENERAL. ORDER No.4
First-PeddIers shall not permit their
wagons or Other vehicles to remain at
any point Oh Seventh street between
Jackson and Wabasha streets. nor at
any point Oh Wabasha street between
Fourth and Ninth streets, for the pur-
pose of tranSacting business OH said
streets.
Second-Police officers will order any
peddlerS violating the above to move
on" with their wagons or other vehicles,
and if such order is not obeyed, will
arrest the offenders.
In the case of Mormer, the peddler
referred to in your editorial, the evil
dence showed that Officer Joe Davis
arrested him because the peddler had
disobeyed the order of the mayor,
Officer Davis stating to the court that
the order of the mayor was 10 the effect
that peddlers should not be allowed to
do business on certain portions of Sew