St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
GUESS ON THE REcEIvERsHIP
THE LATEST ONE REGARDED as
THE MOST ABSURD net
MADE.
WHAT IT WOULD REALLY MEA
IL Supreme Court Justices Decided
That Judge Hanford Exercised
Primary Jurisdiction.

will be submitted to the associate SUI
preme court justices of the Second.
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth circuits.
Argument will be heard by them next
Tuesday at Washington. These lust
ices are Peckham. Harlan. Brewer and
Field
/ The above information was received
IN St Paul yesterday from New York.
and may safely be regarded as the be-
ginning of the end of the noted case.
The prevailing opinion is that the die
tun of the supreme justices will be
announced within a week of their
hearing.
Accompanying the New York dispatch
is forecast of the action of the su-
prerne judges, which, while il occs-
sions little comment here in St PauI
among those interested in the case ls
still ingenious. Here it is.
II Is deemed certain that the justices Will,
upnold Judge Hanford's exercise of n,irarz.
ha Inc erect OF this decision will
De Iar-reaching. II will render invalid rha
appointment of Receivers Bipelow and M
Henry, by Judge Jenkins II will thus o,sr
i inlJm completely all remnants of the VII
iaio administration, which proved so disas-
trous Tor the railroad and viii place the Corn
pany entirely under new conscientious
ana i1, ape management. by which its interests
VIII De Wei conserved. The praeficaI and
actual result of the expected decision will
also be to place the matter of the receivershin
u, ~ tne hands OF Judge Hanford with the GER
Tni4sd % S. tne concurrence of all the other
Shlteu states courts interested includine
those IN New York, st. Paul and MiIwsiIIxae
ms VIII insure harmonious recaiyershin
s w,ic1 Wv wiz De IN accord with President Ives
ana the large bond and stockhoiding inter
est winch he represents. 1t will neeessarilv
&c accepteu by other interests. ALI this will
insuae UNITY, wnlch has hitherto been lack
ing IN Northern Pacific affairs and will nave
the way for speedy reorganization. thereby
Impartlng strong impulse to the growth and
PROSPERITY OF the railway and the States with
Wnlcn II is connected.
receiver McHenry was seen last
night. After reading the telegram. he
SAID to the G 10 be that the simple
statement in the beginning was in fbe
main correct, but that all further COM
ment was OF necessity mere surmise
as TO the step the supreme court JUS
tees would take In, the matter 1.-THE
personnel OF receivers for the road is
not the important question" he said
NOR is it that question which the ius.
tlces OF the supreme court have to pass
upon, but the question of primary iu-
risdiction.''
Mr.. McHenry declined to express any
view as to the probable action Of the
judges
AS the time for final action draws
near the view is expressed that ST.
Paul people, as a rule, do not realize
what would result from such action
as that forecasted in New York. In the
i1rst place, the decision of the supreme
court judges is simply on judicial
question as to where the primary juris-
dictfon shall be vested, and in no wise
have they anything to do with the num-
Der or personnel OF the receivers.
lx4fr.
will be that either Judge Jenkins in
Milwaukee or Judge Hanford in Seattle
has primary jurisdiction over the great
Northern Pacific system. The people in
the West appear to be more keenly alive
to the Importance Of this decision If the
utterances of their citizens and the sto-
ries in their papers may be taken as an
indication, than are the people here
where the general offices of the com
peny are situated. Suppose, for exam
pie. that Judge Hanford is given pri-
mary jurisdiction. Instanter his ap-
pointee has absolute authority over
the entire ne, while all other appoint
ments previously made expire as a mat
ter of course, lacking his confirmation.
Surprising Judge Hanford should ap-
point Andrew F. Burleigh-which is
quite likely in case the supreme court
makes a decision in favor of the West
solute ruler. Messrs. Bigelow and Nc
Henry would perforce cease to be re-
ceivers 1t is quite likely that Mr.. Bur-
leigh would yield to the vigorous de-
mand of his people to remove the gen.
eral offices of the company to the state
of Washington. Most, if not all, of the
general officers Of the road would prob
ably seek new positions. The 400 or
more employees in the general Office
would no doubt be turned adrift, and
with the discrimination in passenger
and freight rates which could easily be
exercised at the other end Of the road
ST Paul could, without the slightest
difficulty, be turned into a way sta
ton so far as the Northefn Pacific is
concerned There are vast interests at
stake, and in the opinion of men who
have kept posted on the development
in the matter. the Western people would
not be slow to avail themselves of the
chance to take unto themselves the add
ed wealth and the added dignity.
This is not fanciful picture, but
what might actually happen, for as an
official of the Northern Pacific put it
last night, ''Wlso shall say what the
supreme judges will do?"
The prevailing sentiment, however, is
that whatever step is taken will not be
ininical to the best interests OF St.
Paul.
Nothing could be learned of the ac-
curacy of a statement sent out from
Milwaukee yesterday to the effect that
settle on Judge Caldwell's court in ST.
Paul, as the court OF primary jurisdic-
ton.