The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-20
BLOoDLEss WAR is OVER.
Denver's Usual Rural Quietude
Again Prevails.


Denver, Col, March 19-The supreme
court room was crowded this afternoon
with lawyers. politicians and other in
terested citizens while arguments were
being made on the question submitted
by the governor to decide whether Orr
and Martin or Mullins and Barns are
legally entitled to act as members of
the fire and police board.
Wells, Taylor and Taylor, counsel for
Orr and Martin, whom the governor at
tempted to remove, yielding to the
force of public opinion, concluded to
appear on behalf of their clients, and
in a communication to the court, declar-
ed: Should the court, despite it's set
tied determinations heretofore express
ed in kindred cases, conclude that it has
the authority and shall, therefore, try
in this summary and unusual way, the
title to these offices, and shall judicially
determine that issue adversely to our
clients, we shall advise them to
promptly comply with such ruling and
to Immediately surrender the places
they now hold without further con-
tention."
Orr and Martin have agreed to fol-
low the advice of their counsel These
lawyers presented themselves, however,
not to argue the case on it's merits but
to contend that it should be referred to
the district court, from which an in
| junction had been issued forbidding the
unseating of the old members of the
board, as a question of private right
was involved.
Thomas Ward, Platt Rogers, j. War
ner Mills and Charles HartzelI present
! ed the case for the governor. They
argued that a solemn occasion" had
arisen, and the public peace depended
fIa
to the question submitted by the gov
lernor as provided in the constitution.
| They cited decisions of the court to
prove that no private right was in
volved and that the governor, in re-
moving Orr and Martin for causes stat
ed in writing and not of a political ma
ture, had exercised right inherent in
! his Office and no court had the right
to review his action
The court took the matter under adj
visement. Its decision is not expected
until the latter part of the week
| AT the city hall nearly all traces of
the recent bloodless war have vanish
ed. A large number of the conserva-
tive police officers held a secret meet
ing today and decided they would not
lagain resort to arms to defend their
positions. One of them stated they
realized now they were led into trar
when they signed an agreement to
stand by the old board regardless OF
consequences. The officers who refused
to sign this agreement were dropped
from the force.
Some questions asked the attorneys
by the judge indicated that the latter
are of the opinion that the governor
made the solemn occasion by call
ing out the militia and viii give an
opinion as to his right to do so. 1t is
feared that the court will refuse tc
give an answer to the governors ques-
ton.
The contempt case against Mayor
Vanhorn and the new commissioners
in the district court was postponed un-
til tomorrow. Mr., Rogers. of the coun-
sci for the defense insisted after aft
davits had been filed against the gov.
ernor, he should also be brought ir
for contempt and the question wheth.
er this court had exceeded its author
ity be tested.