Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-07-03
THE FERRY ROW.

THE FERRY ROW.
There is again hubbub over the VII
mona ferry matter. 1t will be rsmem-
bered that, in May Of last year. 9 ferry;
license was granted toe. A. Patterson,
his bid beng e4sl per year. that, imme-
diately thereafter. q rebate of $50 was
gwen 10 Patterson by the county board !:
that. after the payment OF such rebate
Jacob Wollmaa's bid WAS hlgaest that
Wollmaa thereupon rendered payment of
his bid II full and offered good bonds
that his tender was refased by the board i,
that therespoa WollnaR proceeded to-
run ferry at Winona that Patterson
procured temporary injunction in dis.
trict court: that on the day of hearing
Judge. Winchester refused to make the
injunction permanent, the contention Of
F. H. Register. counsel for Wollman,
beng that Patterson had not ''come into
court with clean handa." as he had not
made further payment of license
money, as agreed upon in his contract
with the board that the law providing
for monopolistic ferzy licenses was un-
constitutional. being in eouflict with the
paragraph Of the organiclaW which says
that ':No privileges or immunities shall
be granted to any citizen or class of citi-
zens which shall not be granted to all
citizens on the same terms;" that the
case was appealed to the Court of Last
Guesses and reversed at the recent term OF
said court
At an early stage of the proceedings
Agent Cramsie, of Standing Rock, who
has charge Of the grounds where tho ferry
lands on the west aide, dntewened, shut
out Wollman. and gave Patterson the
privilege Of landing on the reservation
shore. All of which was very pleasing
to Mr. Patterson, and he complimented
nsjor cramsle 10 high terms. But "time
j passed on" as the novel-writers say, and
! MI. Patterson. with his great abilities in
that direction, succeeded in making an
enemy Of the Indian agent. The agent
then granted exclusive permission to
Messrs. Chaa. Welah and Joseph Allen to
/ run ferry-or, at least, to land on the
J reservation side. Whereupon Mr.. Pat.
terson sold his boat to them. Thus mat.
ters stood when the Last Guessers hand.
l ed down their opinion. Thereupon Mr..
Patterson, who had actually paid the
/ county but $90.5O for all the time that he
had run the ferry without opposition
and who certainly had no moral rights in
the case, swore out warrant agains,
Welsh and Allen, the men to whom he
! had sold his boat. States Attorney
Armstrong went down and prosecuted
the case before Squire Southwick. De
Pendants were fined IS and costs, anc
they at once quit ferrylng. The tria
took place on June 24th, as we are in.
formed. and the sotA of May was the
date upon which the prisoners, according
to the complaint, broke the law.
90
Now, one would naturally think that,
when . man or men had been tried and
convicted of . continuous oftense, had
| abided by the decision of court Or jury,
and had given up the violation of law
alleged. they would not again be sub.
jected to arrest and trial for the same
oftense-an otfense that took place pre-.
vlous to the first trial. But last Friday
G. A. Patterson swore out another war.
rant against Welsh and Allen and Welsh'a
son. Welsh was arrested Friday and ta.
ken before Justice Southwick, The jus.
tice was sick and did not want to try the
case Patterson wanted the deputy
to at once cart his prisoner of across
country to another justice, although 1t
was then late in the afternoon. But the
Justice postponed the case to Saturday
Patterson scolding the justice fer 90 do.
is Glanavon farmer, went to Winona,
and was at 0uce arrested. Both Welsh
and Aliens cases we're put over to Mon.
day, at which time they intended to
waive examination and have their cases
taken to the district court. But on Mon.
day Justice Southwick dismissed the
gases 90
The writer was in Winons ON Friday
and Saturday. Navigation had closed.
No ferry was running. Sick people and
people with sick relatives on the other
side were unable to cross. The town was
dead and the citizens disgusted. Some.
thing ought to be done:for the relief Of the
people OF Winona and vicinity. II Pat
terson had acted In good faith with the
county by paying his license money dur.
ing the time be was run0ing as Major
Cramsie's selection. he would now be en-
titled to sympathy. But sympathy, even,
wouldn't cross passengers. Major Cram