St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

for congress in district where nomination
means election. 1t was while he was a Judge
that he laid the foundation or rather revealed
the cause of his greatness. Shortly after his
election he made the court and the people
feel that he would put up with no neglect Of
duty. His predecessor was an easy-going
old fellow. He was not well enough acauaint-
ed with human nature to know that the Sc
verest discipline and the most apparent lax
ity are at times, and in their turn the essen
tial c2per for q politician. But old Luke
understood this; he knew when to excuse.
knew what the public would regard as law
full excuse. Still, he remained in the expert
mental state of greatness until a certain
meeting of the circuit court. A famous
murder trial was on, and to secure Jury
free from prejudice, and especially free from
the fear of the friends Of the families con-
nected, was not an easy matter. Hundreds
OF men were summoned, and some of them
failed to appear; and then deputy sheriffs
we're sent out in every direction to arrest the
recreantS and to bring them to court It
was great day when they were arraigned to
plead guilty or not guilty to the charge of
contempt to show cause why they should
room was crowded. Merchants neglected
their duties at the "store;' blacksmiths left
their anvils; women fastened away from
their household afTairs-the whole village put
aside its wonted occupation. Ten men were
arraigned for trial. They were seated on
long bench, and beginning at the head they
were compelled TO stand and face the Judge
The first was doctor.
"You received the summons to appear at
this bar and serve as juryman, did you
not?" the judge asked.
81 did your honor"
"Then why did you fail to appear7"
'For this reason, your honor: There IS a
great deal OF sickness in my neighborhood
and could not Gomez
''To some judges, that might be valid
excuse, sir, but to me it is not. have lived
long time, and while I have no prejudice,
my experience teaches me that the average
man is as well off without doctor as with
him. And know something about you, sir
(. You belong to that unprogressive school that
believes in bleeding, don't your
swell, am forced to think that bleeding is
sometimes necessary
Eyes; and L fancy that you believe it to be
at all times necessary. I understand that a
man named Pollock had his arm torn off at a
sawmil some time ago and that notwithstand-
ing the fact that he had already lost several
quarts of blood, you Soused a knife into him
and bled him again. Doctor, think that
term in Jail will teach you lesson and at the
same time confer blessing upon those of
your neighborhood who happen to get hurt at
sawmills. Mr.. Sheriff, the doctor will re-
main our guest for two months. Stand up
there, SIR"
Another man arose. "Your name is Lat
more, I believe
Eyes, SIR" the man answered.
'fYou are blacksmith am told
"I am, SIR
summoned?"
81 would have come, your honor, but just
as got ready man rode up to my shop and
declared that must shoe his horse. He said
that he was preacher and that if I didn't
shoe his horse he couldn't reach his appoint
ment and would therefore disappoint large
number of people"
''Yes,'' said the Judge, "and this preachers
name is Brimley, believe
at think that is his name. sir.''
"tAh, bah; and have taken the trouble to
investigate him. He believes in infant damn
alton. He has said that there were children
in torment. children not yet year old. And
I further understand that woman over in
Clay County almost went crazy after hearing
this man preach, simply because she was
afraid that her little child had gone to hades.
The world is now too fa- advanced for that