The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-25
CALLICK'S NEW LAW
PROVES A BOOMERANG
Court Commissioner Is AS
signed to Smallpox Case
by Probate Judge

A law which Court Commissioner
Henry Gallick worked very hard to
pass through the legislature at the
session just closed. has risen up like
an ungrateful child and slapped him
squarely in the face. He sent it forth
to- do good work and bring back to
him many Shekels Instead it has
acted as a boomerang and comes back
to take the golden pieces away from
its father.
The whole trouble arose yesterday.
II is still rising and will only be set
tied when the court commissioner says
whether or not he shall obey the law
which he framed and secured the pas
sage of.
Information was filed early in the
afternoon before Judge Bazille in the
probate court charging one George S.
Lyon with insanity. The insanity as
manifest in the said Lyon was de-
clared to be in the form of a danger
Gus and diSagreeable mania, and an
immediate hearing was asked, as is
provided under the law. That was all
well with Judge Bazille until the COM
planning witness remarked that the
person against whom the charge was
lodged was confined in the quarantine
hospital recovering from an attack of
smallpox.
Thinks of GaIlick
Judge Bazille's interest suffered
about the same depreciation that the
interest of a man does when he is
watching an interesting street fight and
suddenly gets hit himself. He quite
lost all interest for the moment, until
suddenly he bethought himself of the
statutes, then he dismissed the COM
plainant with the promise of an imme-
diate hearing.
His first official act in the case was
to step to the phone and call up Court
Commissioners Gallick.
Hello. this you, Gallick?'
YES"
We'll. this is Judge Bazille. There's
an insanity case out at the smallpox
hospital and L want you to go out and
take charge of the hearing. You can
impanel a jury of the doctors out
there"
Say, Judge how was that? The
smallpox hospital? But. judge, they've
got smallpox out there. They'd keep
me out there if | went. can't go out
there, possibly" Visions of unlimited
May wedding fees were taking wings
unto themselves and fitting away be-
fore the eyes of the startled court COM
missioner
Sorry, Gallick. but 1 can't help it.
I'm busy and you know that law that
was passed this winter says that | can
Il
and you have to take them and get the
fees. Sorry, but 1 can't attend TO it
myself
The court commissioner handed in a
few more protests, but the judge was
inexorable and the conversation ended.
"Of course, I'm sorry for Gallick, -
he explained, as he hung the. receiver
up, but / can't help it, I'm busy and
can't go. There's a nice little fee in it
for him, but of course once he gets into
the hospital he will be long time get
ting out and he will probably lose more
than he makes, quite good deal. Still
it will be good experience for him."
What Law Provides
The law, under which the order was
issued, provides that in counties hav-
ing population exceeding $50, 900 the
judge of probate can turn overflow
cases into the hands of the court COM
missioner 1t is framed with the idea
of helping the court commissioners, but
the idea of examining smallpox patients
probably never entered the minds of
the framer of the law
When Judge Gallick closed his Office
in the afternoon he was still seeking an