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


Courts Decision-Denver Now
Has Two Fire and Police
boards.
DENVER, March 1.-THE disgraceful
row between Gov. Waite aud Messrs.
Orr and Martin, the removed member S
OF the police board, over the possession
of their Office, in which the state militia
and federal troops took prominent
part, will be settled in the courts. The
chief executive has submitted the case
to the supreme court. as his legal adj
yiSers have advised him to do. Ii was
II O'Clock today before he fully deter
mined to take this course. When he
began to seriously consider the proposi-
ton yesterday, he hesitated because
he was afraid the affair might not re-
eeive immediate consideration, and it
required a good deal of argument by his
attorneys to prove to him that the
supreme court would act on the case at
once. That they were not mista ken is
borne out by the order made by the
court, just as soon as the matter was
submitted. This order sets the case for
argument at 2 O'clock Monday, and
counsel are notified that they must
have their typewriter briefs in the
hands OF the clerk of the court
AT THAT HOUR.
decision may be expected as early
as Tuesday. The communications en-
bracing the questions submitted to tire
court contain over four thousand words.
The question is simply this: Are
Messrs. Barnes and Mullens legally en-
titled 20 hold the offices of fire commits
sioners of the city of Denver? The rest
of the document is devoted to an argu-
ment to show that the supreme court
should take jurisdiction in the case in
view of the dangerous situation now
existing in the city of Denver, be-
cause of the calling out of the
militia, and the armed resistance of
Messrs Orr and Martin to the state
toOrps. There is no further danger of
bloodshed now. as the governor has
agreed to abide by the decision of the
supreme court. So far as this trouble
is concerned the militia has been dis
banded. Matters at the city hall were
i'll very heated state until this after
noon, when Messrs Mullens and Barnes,
/. the governors new appointees to the
fire and police boards, quietly slipped
into
: THE MAYORS OFFICE
, and took possession before any one was
aware they were in the neighborhood.
They had met Mr.. Rogers, member of
the old board, up town an hour before
this and organized. The first official
step WAS 10 notify Chief Pearse of the
fire department to report for duty.
Chief Pearse went in and politely re-
fused to recognize the authority of the
new board. Chief Stole refused to obey
the order, and the new board are out
until Monday. AS soon as it became
known that the city had two fire and
police boards Wells, Taylor and Taylor,
attorneys for the old members Orr and
Martin, made application before Judge
Glynn for attachments for contempt of
court for Messrs Mullens. Barnes and
Rogers, and also Mayor Van Home,
who formally recognized the new board.
The contempt is against Judge Graham's
now famous injunction. The hearing
before Judge Glynn comes up Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. This brings
both sides into the courts. There are
no prospects of further trouble, at least
for the present, as both parties have
agreed to abide by the decision handed
down.