St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-30
SCENES IN COURT.
HOW the Great Injunction Case Pro.
ceeded.


ceeded.
Judge Kelly was in his place an hour be-
lore the time set for hearing the order IN
sno" cause IN injunction proceedings inyoly-
ing scanned. He devoted himself apparent
y' 10 careful examination Of the state
election law. In ones and twos Interested
cltlzens dropped in and planted themselves
IN eligible seats; but the judge paid no heed
TO tnem. Along about 11:45 John L. Townley.
Judge Rodger and some others took seats in
side the railing. When Judge Kelly had fin
lshed his perusal of the law he stepped down
from the bench and entered into nleasant
conversation with several members of the
bar. They chatted and laughed together
while every moment the crowd inside and
OUTSIDE the railing grew larger. There were
business men and laborers, lawyers and
public officials and many were there who are
never seen about the court house, from one
years end to another.
That there was deep and widespread in
terest in the great case was apparent from
the quiet bearing and intent manner of the
spectators. Occasionally the deputy sheriff
would admonish some thoughtless person to
remove his hat, and for a moment there
would be shifting of position; then all
would settle down again and Ak their gaze
on the honorable judge and the lawyers. All
of the men who had been certified as nomi-
summoned, and nearly all Of them showed
UP. Some were trifle anxious but for the
most part they did not seem to realize that
there might be grave danger for them in the
proceeding about to be opened. Only three
or four of the candidates secured places in
side the railing. The balance contented
themselves with seats among the spectators
or stood up about the room. The chief facto-
tum of the principal conspirator sat on the
railing near the jury box, and evidently en-
joyed the notoriety he had achieved for the
moment. Seemingly he had no counsel pres-
ent, and It developed later that he had no
defense to offer to the grave charges made
in the afidavits on which the complaint was
based.
E. E. McCrea acting for his chief City
Clerk Jensen hustled in Just before the OPEN
ing and proceeded to indorse several copies
of his answer to the complaint Walter
Chaplin, his attorney, took seat alongside
McCrea and laid out some notes he had made
for reference. On the opposite side of the
table were Jared How and Norman Fetter,
who had charge of claimants case, and with
them sat Thomas D. O'Brien, John E. Stryker
and David PEBBLES, advisers.
The preliminaries over, Mr.. How at once
asked that the restraining order be made ab-
solute. While his request was spoken in a
low tone, everybody at once became quiet.
Judge Kelly raised his head, and seemed
about to decide the case at once; but Chaplin
hastily arose and said he desired to be heard
on the motion.
You may proceed as soon as you DESIRE %
said the judge.
Then Mr.. Chaplin began, and from the first
word 1t was plainly evident that the position
he assumed was a disappointment to his
friends. To his opponents it was laughably
weak. Not a note of justification; not a
word about the right or the wrong of the
cause; not hint that any of the afldavits
was questioned-but just labored talk about
the added expense to the taxpayer If the
clerk should be compelled to change the bal
lot as already prepared. He sought to make
point. too. on the limited time for printing.