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22 "SuprEmecourt j vs£_T! ** Of MINNESOTA.,} w*\ cT. !; To the general public the supreme court is a vague and mysterious agency' whose works are made manifest In the form ot \u25a0long and ponderous decisions—impressive by reason of their incomprehensibility— whose every utterance _ law; but with which there is associated no personality. There is no branch of the state govern, mint of which there is so little known. In the mind of the average person the supreme court is merely an unknown Eomefhing which has powers of final ad- judication and from which laws emanate. Even in the practice of law the supreme court is a comosite entity and Is suffi- ciently identified as the supreme court ot Minnesota^ or the supreme court of Mas- sachusetts, or Illinois, as the case may be. Its individual members rarely if evet appear in public life clothed in their own personality. work of the office, and his knowledge of the detail of the work of the court Is remarkable. -'\u25a0 „":-7 On the second floor of the capltol ex» tending across the south wing are the five little rooms which serve as cham- bers for the justices of the court, and closely adjacent Is the court room. Tma apartment 13 not, as might be supposed from the purposes to which it is devoted, a place of magnificent dimensions, but In all of its appointments from the stained glass windows to the severely plain fur- niture and appointments it is character- ized by an atmosphere of dignity which Is impressive. Dignity, formality and severe decorum are characteristic of the supreme court and all that pertains to it, and it appears highly fitting that it should be so. The justices, although in private life of genial and sociable habit, are, when on the bench, severely dignified and decorous, and the proceedings of this tribunal are so marked by formality as to be almost oppressive to the layman and cause him to constantly fear that he will uncon- sciously violate the rigid customs of the place. v >"o Mock Dignity. While this is true, at the same time It is not that artificial and sham dignity which is carried to extremes in the old country and becomes ridiculous and of- fensive. There is no personal element in it. There is no air of "I am a judge, therefore do me homage." It Is rather that dignity of responsibility due to the high official position they occupy as the representatives of the dignity of the state Separated into its integral members tne supreme court of the state of Minnesota at present consists of Hon. Charles M. Start, Rochester, chief justice, and the Hons. la. W. Collins. St. Cloud; John A. Lovely, Albert Lea; Calvin L. Brown, Morris, and Charles L. Lewis, Duluth, as- sociate justices. The justices of tni3 court are elected by the people a*'general election for terms of six years each, arid in case a vacancy should occur through the death of a member it is supplied by appointment of the governor. The salary of a justice of the supreme court of this state is fixed by the law at $5,000 a year. The other officers of the court are a clerk, a deputy clerk and two assistants, an offi- cial reporter and a marshal. The clerk is elected for four years and BRADLEY B. MEEKER < - First Associate Justice of the Mm nesota Territorial Supreme Court. %iirß}sp3Sß mre X^ndap _o ettr sjmoddu the other officers being appointed by the court. The present incumbent of th* Clerk's office is Dar F. Reese, who is now Serving his second term, and his deputy Is J. L. Helm, of whom It may almost |>c said that he has been In that position So long that the mind of man runneth jnot to the contrary. Upon Mr. Helm de- volves a greater portion of the routine «md its greatest Interests. There is noth- ing unnatural about It. It is unconscious- ly recognized by all who enter the temple of Justice. No person would, even Inad- vertently, give himself to levity ln the court room. However, in the court room, as elsewhere, many amusing Incidents occur and the Judges are always the first to take advantage of these opportunities for breaking the formality of the proceed- THIS WILL INTEREST EVERY LADY IN ST. PAUL tYho desires to be attractive and good-looking. She who does not lacks an interest In herself that she should be ashamed of. Unless one's complexion is faultless, unless It is free from disfiguring pimples, blackheads, moth patches and all other similar facial blemishes so common to women, ah* cannot be attractive, no matter how beautiful her features may be. Without a clear, spotless complextlon, she cannot be and Is not considered good looking by any one. The famous complexion specialists. HH9^ W% II ?f 73 and 80 Fifth Avsnua, ftewYork Oily, Have just arranged with MANNHEIMER BROTHERS to show the Misses Bell s celebrated Complexion Tonic to the ladies of St. Paul, and the sales- lady 'n Mannheimer's store will explain to every lady the marvelous effi- cacy of the Complexion Tonic and its remarkable tonic effect on a skin cov- ered with freckles, pimples, blackheads, moth patches, redness, roughness or oiliness of the skin, and wrinkles not caused by facial expression. . The Misses Bells COMPLEXION TONIC removes all these blemishes permanently and bestows a complexion that is beautiful to look upon. The Complexion Tonlo Is not a cosmetic to hide and cover up the blemishes, but a colorless liquid that ha= s tonic effect upon the pores of the skin, driving out the impuri- ties that clog up the pores and restoring the skin to the same delicate vel- vety texture it was in Infancy. The price of the Complexion Tonic is SI.OO a Dottle. .--'-»'\u25a0 Superfluous Hair on the Face, Neck or Arms Can be removed permanently by the Misses Bell's new discovery KILL-ALL- HAIR, which removes this annoying and disfiguring blemish 'forever and kills the root of the hair so that it will nev*r return. In order that 'every lady in St. Paul may have an opportunity to test the merits of the won- derful KILL-ALL-HAIR, and see for herself its , wonderful effect the sales- lady In MANNHEIMER EROS.' store at the toilet goods department will give to every lady, FREE, a trial treatment of KILL-ALL-HAIR which you can use yourself, and notice its effect. For those ladles who live outside -of St. Paul, and who arc desirous of trying the wonderful "KTLL-AIJ^-HAIR" Treatment, the Misses Bell will send a trial treatment free if you will send two two-cent stamps to the Misses Bell, 75 and 30 Fifth Avenue. New York _ ,Ask- the saleslady In Mannheimer's to explain the merits of the Misses Bells Preparations to you, and have her show you the Misses Bell's CAPTT LA RENOVA. for restoring gray hair to its natural color- the Misses Bell* HAIR TONIC for removing dandruff and curing itching, scaly and diseased scalps: the Misses Bell's SKIN (FOOD, a daintily scented ointment for « before retiring, and the Misses Bell's LAMB'S WOOL.SOAP-.for the bath Don't forget to visit the toilet goods department and ask to see th« Misses Bells Celebrated Toilet Preparation*. c tne V^^^ Sixth and Robert Sts., St. Paul, Minn. THE ST. PAUL GLOBE}, SUNDAY, MARCH % 1902, C. X. STARTj s Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Ccurt. lngs. It Is no uncommon thing to see the members of the bench Indulge in a quiet laugh when occasion oners. While there Is no body in the country less open to prejudice or more careful to guard its leaning dn a case from public scrutiny, the Judges are only human, and lawyers who practice before the court a great deal often are able to "size up" the court's opinion from the manner in which the Judges receive th© arguments. The day after the arguments in the celebrated board of control case were 'submitted a well known lawyer wrote out upon a Blip of paper the way in which the court would divide upon the question and seal- ed it. Several months later when the decision was filed this slip was found to be absolutely correct, although the de- cision was a surprise to the general pub- lic A greater proportion of the cases are submitted to the supreme court in printed form and without argument, the paper <book, as it is called, containing all of the data in the case, including the record Of the lower court. Motions are argued, and in rare instances an issue Is taKen direct to the supreme court without hay. ing passed through any of the lower Courts, and in such cases also arguments are* heard. When the court has determined upon Its decision in a case one of the Justices Writes the .opinion in conformity with the views of. the court. In many cases the' entire court cannot come to an agree- ment, and then dissenting opinions are filed. Cases have been known in which there were three various opinions filed. Jndge Start Keeps Things Going. Justice Start, being chief justice, acts, so to speak, as "stage manager" of the proceedings, and in this capacity is of great help to the court and the attorneys. Ho is most business-like and systematic, He is Impatient of useless delay, and very strict in keeping the lawyers to the point at issue. When a lawyer shoots off on a side Is- sue.. Justice Start immediately reminds him that he is not discussing the ques- tion before the court. While this Is so, he is most kindly In his attitude towards attorneys, and by questions and sugges- tions very often helps an embarrassed lawyer over a hard place. .While there Is not a more sympathetic man upon the bench than Justice Start, he is always noticeably dis- inclined to listen to arguments upon "general principles," "righteous proposi- tions," "question of Justice," or "human- itarian reasons." In other words, he re- alizes that the court has only to do with the legal phase of the question, regard- less of how unjustly the law may be ln any particular case. He is like the late Justice Mitchell In this respect, and nls decisions are clear-cut legal documents, not given much to side reflections. From the questions asked by the court, it Is often possible to perceive in which direction the members lean. Justice Col- lins is the hardest member of the court to "size up." He seems wholly unim- pressionable, and It is seldom that a lawyer oan perceive a favorable symptom or draw a crumh of comfort from any- thing he says or does. He says little, betrays no undue interest in the case and gives no inkling of how the argu- ments strike him. Judge Collins Is an unusually rapid worker, and his opinions bear the impress of spontaneity. Justice Lovely is the humorist of the bench. He can never resist the tempta- tion (to get a quiet simile out of any in- congruity in the arguments, and many a time when he asks a question there is a twinkle In his eye which strongly impresses one that he Is having some sly fun with the unsuspecting lawyer. He Is exceedingly patient with dull and tedioustargument*, and the lawyers get much encouragement from his contagious good nature. Judge Lewis gives very close attention to all arguments and follows the pro- ceedings diligently. ' His demeanor throughout the case Is generally very serious, and he impresses one as being an exceedingly careful and judicious thinker. Off the ] bench he is, though quiet, a most companionable gentleman. Justice Brown is never in a hurry. He AARiOaY GOODRICH, First Chief Justice of the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court, tilts back in his chair with his arms swinging at his side as unconcerned ap- parently as if waiting for a train. He asks fewer questions than the other members and refers to the books very seldom. He acts in a very leisurely sort of a way, (but is an unusually hard worker and considered one of the clear- est thinkers on the bench. The supremo court of Minnesota has never been composed of a more genial, companionable lot of men than the pres- ent judges. People who do not know very often say, "What a snap the judges have." On the contrary no public official works harder than a supreme court justice. Some of the arguments they are forced to listen to would not be endured by many men for any money compensation. It is no unusual thing to hear a young lawyer harangue' the' court on some petty question, as if the fate of the nation and the integrity of the constitu- tion depended upon his burning logic. Then there are | the * numerous briefs to be read and considered in each case, the vital points of law to be decided and promulgated in decisions which will ef- fect future jurisprudence. The great re- sponsibility imposed and the possible results make the writing of these de- Territorial. Chief Justices- Aaron Goodrich—lß49-1851. Jerome Fuller—lßsl-1852. Henry Z. Hayner—lßs2-1853. -William H. Welch—lßs3-1858. Associate Justices- David Cooper—lß49. Bradley B. Meeker— Andrew G. Chatrield—lßs3-1857. Moses Sherburne—lßs3-1857. R. R. Nelson—lßs7—lßsß. C. E. Flandrau— State. Chief Justices Lafayette Emmett—lßsß-1865 Thomas Wilson—lß6s-1869. James Gllfillan— Christopher G. Ripley—lß7o-1871. S. J. R. McMillan—lß74-1875. James Gllfillan—lß7s-1894. Charles M. Start—lß9s-1907. Associate Justices— a Charles E. Flandrau—lßsß-1864. Isaac Atwater—lßsß-1864. S. J. R. McMillan—lß6l-1874. Thomas Wilson—lß64-1865. John M. 1865-1887. George B. Young—lß74-1875. F. R. E. Cornell—lß7s-1881.' D. A. Dickinson— Greenleaf 1881-1882. William Mitchell—lßßl-1900 C. E. Vanderburgh—lßß2-1894. Leron W. Collins—lßß7-1907. Thomas Canty—lß94-1900. Daniel Buck—lß94-1900. John A. Lovely—l9oo-1906. C. L. Brown—l9oo-1906. C. L. Lewis—l9oo-1907. The First Court. Judge Goodrich Opposed. CALVIN L. BROWN,- { Associate Justice Supreme Court of Minnesota. clsions a hard, arduous task, imposing patience, calm judgment, careful thought and thorough Investigation. No other class of men have so little leisure time at their disposal. MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT. In 1849 upon the organization of the territory of Minnesota, President Taylor appointed Aaron Goodrich, of Tennessee, chief justice of the supreme court; Da- vid Cooper, of Pennsylvania, and Brad- ley B. Meeker, of Kentucky, associate justices. The first territorial court was held in 1849 in the court house at Still- water. Many of the first lawyers of Minnesota were admitted to the bar at that term of court. The first one to take the oath was Hon. Morton S. Wilkinson, then practicing at Stillwater, and after- wards' famous in the senate and house of the United States congress. Others were Henry L. Moss, Edmund Rice, Al- exander Wilkin, Lorenzo A. Babcock, David and Henry Lambert, James Wake- field, Alexander Mitchell, E. G. Whitall, B. W. Lott, and John S. Goodrich. Henry L. Moss, first attorney general of the state, and still living, speaks as follows of the early territorial court: - "-r " "In a subsequent proclamation issued after coming here Gov. Ramsey assigned the judges to different portions of the territory for the performance of their duties. The proclamation assigned Chief Justice Goodrich to administer justice over the civilized portion of the terri- tory, which embraced the entire country lying west of the St. Croix river and east of the Mississippi, extending to the Brit- ish possessions. It banished Judge Cooper to the uncivilized and Indian country west of the Mississippi and south of the St. Peter river, with headquarters at Mendota. It sent Judge Meeker into exile in the wilderness, that terra incog- nita lying west of the Mississippi and north of the St. Peter river, a land where lay the beautiful Lake Minnetonka, with its charming and picturesque shores, yet undiscovered. His headquarters were In an old dilapidated mill on the west bank of the river at St. Anthony falls. "The second term of the court held in the territory was by Judge Cooper in Stillwater in the month of February 1850. This form Is noted for having the' first criminal trial for murder under Minne- sota laws. It was a case of a boy about thirteen years of age, by the name of Snow, killed by a companion of about the same age, on Third street, near the cor- ner of Franklin street. The prosecution was conducted by Morton S. Wilkinson and Putnam Bishop; the defense by Michael E. Ames any myself. The fir- ing was from the southerly side of the street, with an ordinary shotgun, direct- ly across the street where stood the Snow boy, both looking at each other. A sin- gle small bird shot penetrated the eye and brain of the Snow boy. The jury con- victed the boy of manslaughter, holding that, even in the absence of malicious intent, the firing of a gun across a public highway where people were passing was an unlawful act. Judge Cooper, in pro- nouncing sentence, there being no peni- tentiary in the territory, committed him to the guard house at Fort Snelling for ninety days, during the first two of which, and the last one, he was to be kept in close confinement and fed on bread and water. James M. Goodhue, of the Pioneer, commenting on the. decision of Judge Cooper, said it was a specimen of dispensing justice in homeopathio doses. .-.:.;-- -y "There are gentlemen still living who were of a self-constituted committee who in the early spring of 1851 went to Wash- ington and called on Daniel Webster, sec- retary of state, to secure the removal of Chief Justice Goodrich, and at the same time called on James Collamar, postmas- ter general, to secure the removal of Franklin Steele, the postmaster at Fort Snelllng. This committee met with no success. The secretary of state, after hearing their complaints decidedly and positively declined to give the matter any consideration. Gen. Co]lam turned their application over to Henry Fitz Warren, the first assistant postmaster general, who, unfortunately for their purpose, was personally well acquainted with Mr. Steele; and their application for his re- moval was not entertained. "The opponents of Judge Goodrich did not cease in their efforts to secure his removal. There were not wanting other Causes of complaint against him during the year 1851, and early In January, 1852; and a letter to President Fillmore was formulated, containing specifications of Incompetency and unfitness as a judge and of improprieties on and off the bench' The letter was signed by a number of prominent attorneys, and was sent to a gentleman now living, who at that time was stopping in Washington, with a re- quest that he make a personal presenta- tion of the same to the president. Whether or not he did as requested. I never knew. The opposition and charges against the judge were sufficient, and in a short time thereafter, In January, 1852. he was removed by President Fillmore, and Jerome Fuller, of New York, was appointed chief justice of the territory. "The opposition to Judge Cooper arose from entirely different causes. He was considered a good lawyer; techlncal and precise, but he was so positive in his convictions that he could not endure op- position •to them, and frequently exhib- ited irritation, and sometimes anger to those who differed from him. His re- finement in manner and dress was the occasion of ridicule among the hardy and i robust lumbermen -with whom he came in contact. As early as the winter of- -1851 Mr. Goodhue's editorials were over- bearing and unmerciful toward him. Friends made an effort to have these attacks upon him cease. It was of.no avail. Joseph Cooper, residing at Still- water, a brother of the Judge, took up the I matter, - and _ad* it ft £©rsonal fcffair \u25a0\u25a0•.\u25a0- any emergency. On a February morning they met face to face on the sidewalk a short distance above where now stands the Metropolitan hotel, and the conflict came. lam not aware that it is known which of them made the first attack. A shot from the pistol In Goodhue's hand struck Cooper over the left groin, in- flicting a wound which, though not fatal, made him an invalid for life. The knife in Cooper's hand made a deep slash across Goodhue's abdomen. This trag- edy occurred directly in front of the building where the territorial legislature was then in session. Judge Charles E. Flandreau, -who sat upon the supreme court bench of both the territory and the state, gives tho following description of the first supreme court: "When the territory was organized its judicial power was vested in' a supreme court, district courts, probate courts -and justices of the peace. Three judges ; were allowed it, a chief justice and two .associates. The judges held the trials ; individually and assembled "in bane" to i sit as a supreme court of appeals. This | allowed a judge to sit in review of his j own decision, which is not to be com- ' mended, but did not produce any notice- : able disturbance in the administration of I justice that I remember. I "The first chief justice was Aaron ! Goodrich. I think he came from Ten- j nessee. He was quite an eccentric per- | son, and not particularly eminent as a lawyer. When his successor, Jerome Fuller, was appointed, he refused to \u25a0 yield, claiming that, as hi* office was : judicial and federal, his term lasted dur- | ing good behavior; but his contention, ; of course, did not prevail. At one time Personality of Early Judges. JOHN A. LOVELY, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Minnesota. Judge Goodrich, Judge Chat Art d and William Hollinshead were appointed to compile the statutes from 1849 to 1859. Goodrich got up a code of his own which was unique. It was not a compilation at all, but an original code. I remember one provision which was a cure-all for matters unprovided for; it was about as follows: 'If any question shall arise, civil or criminal, which Is not provided for in this revision, the ancient statutes shall prevail In regard to it.' It got Into print, but no further. "David Cocper was one of the first two associate justices. He was from Penn- sylvania, and a very peculiar man for the position. We always called him a gentleman of the old school. It was not on account of his age. because he was quite a young mar, but arose from his manners and dress He was a very so- cial man. and liked good things, and when exhilarated the more punctlllious and ceremonious he became in his deport- ment. He always wore shirts with cam- bric frills down the front, and lace dangling from each cuff, in the manner that French courtiers decorated their hands ln the days of Louis Quatorze. "Bradley B. Meeker was the other as- sociate justice on the organization of the territory. He was a queer genius in his way, and became the owner of a considerable tract of land between St. Paul and St. Anthony, iyhlch Included the famous Meeker's Island In' the Mis- sissippi. He died suddenly at a hotel in Milwaukee, having started on a journey to pass through that city*. "The next territorial bench consisted of Jerome Fuller, chief justice, and Andrew G. Chatfleld and Moses Sherburne, asso- ciates. Fuller only remained a. short time, and I find no record of his making. Chat- field was from New York originally, but was appointed from Wisconsin. Sher- burne was from Maine. These two latter gentlemen were good lawyers, and made good judges. They served from April 7, 1853, to April 23, 1857. "After these came Henry Z. Hayner, as chief justice. There seems to be no record of his ever presiding at am- court. He may have done so, but I have be-n unable to find anything that shows it, and tradition has never affirmed it to my knowledge. He was succeeded as chief justice by William H. Welch, with whom were associated Rensselaer R. Nelson and myself. We all served from April 13. 1^57, to May 24, 1858. The state was ad- __» THE EMPORIUM » Saturday's Bargains and many more will be continued Monday. March 3rd, 1902. ALL ARE invited, 92-94-96 E. Seventh St, Kennedy? HcLeod, KlcArther Company. in the defense of his brother. Rumors of threats and personal attacks were in the air. Each had prepared himself for roitted on May £• ISSB' Judse Wel<* was from Michigan, but was living in the ter- ritory of Minnesota when appointed NVl- son and 1 were from New York, but both were appointed from the territory Early Practice Somewhat -Mix,-,!. It can readily be seen that the prac- tice in the courts in those days must have been just a little mixed. The New York code was invented in 1879, and being such a radical departure from the com" mon law and chancery practice, the old- er lawyers were reluctant to learn its ways, even In its home in New York- but when administered by judges from Ten- nessee. Pennsylvania, Michigan Maine and Kentucy, all of whom were wedded to their own way of doing things and thought they could not be improved upon the jumble was of course rather amusin- As in everything els however, we all got through people usually do— and tho territory flourished." Col. Newson has left these pen pic- ti.es of other territorial justices: "Judge Chatfield was a straight, splen- didly built man. with a florid comp!evi 0 -i and an elegant address indeed ono might say he was 'a fine American gen- tleman of all the olden time.' He was a judge of the finest purity of character, very careful and very honest; very sin- cere and very conscientious in his con- victions of right. He removed to Belle Plaine many years ago, and there ha died, universal! mourned by the whole bar of the state. "Judge Sherburne was a man of fino proportions, with large towering fore- head, and immense eyes, and he was an excellent judge. His decisions have never been overruled. The latter part of his life was spent in Sherburne county, named after him, and he went down to the grave in the full vigor of manhood. "The first chief justice of the state su- preme court was Lafayette Emmett, who Is said to have been a most distinguished looking man. He was very generally esteemed for his ability as a lawyer, and for many amiable traits of character which, adorned the man. He was of are- tiring disposition, quiet, unassuming, un- demonstrative. ".The supreme court has honored, and been honored, by men of learning, ability and noble traits of character. Many of the judges were famous in other direc- tions, several of them being members of congress. J The late Justice William Mitchell was known throughout th»« United States as c man of exceptional legal keeness and his opinions were read- far and wide for their lucidity, depth of. thought and thoroughness." cin-ap Rates to California Tickets on sale daily at Minneapolis & St, Louis Railroad offices, at rate of $32.90 from ' St. Paul or Minneapolis to Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, etc. Best and most direct route. Call 396 Robert street, St. Paul, for tickets and berths. » Nasal _<^ySS. 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Page 1: MARCH vs£ T! IB » ** Of THE EMPORIUMchroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059523/1902-03-02/ed-1/seq-22… · 22 "SuprEmecourt j vs£_T! ** Of MINNESOTA.,} w*\cT.!; To the general

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"SuprEmecourt j vs£_T!** Of MINNESOTA.,} w*\cT. !;To the general public the supreme court

is a vague and mysterious agency' whoseworks are made manifest In the form ot

\u25a0long and ponderous decisions—impressiveby reason of their incomprehensibility—

whose every utterance _ law; but withwhich there is associated no personality.There is no branch of the state govern,mint of which there is so little known.In the mind of the average person thesupreme court is merely an unknownEomefhing which has powers of final ad-judication and from which laws emanate.

Even in the practice of law the supremecourt is a comosite entity and Is suffi-ciently identified as the supreme court otMinnesota^ or the supreme court of Mas-sachusetts, or Illinois, as the case maybe. Its individual members rarely if evetappear in public life clothed in their ownpersonality.

work of the office, and his knowledgeof the detail of the work of the court Isremarkable. -'\u25a0 „":-7

On the second floor of the capltol ex»tending across the south wing are thefive little rooms which serve as cham-bers for the justices of the court, andclosely adjacent Is the court room. Tmaapartment 13 not, as might be supposedfrom the purposes to which it is devoted,a place of magnificent dimensions, but Inall of its appointments from the stainedglass windows to the severely plain fur-niture and appointments it is character-ized by an atmosphere of dignity whichIs impressive.

Dignity, formality and severe decorumare characteristic of the supreme courtand all that pertains to it, and it appearshighly fitting that it should be so. Thejustices, although in private life of genialand sociable habit, are, when on thebench, severely dignified and decorous,and the proceedings of this tribunal areso marked by formality as to be almostoppressive to the layman and cause himto constantly fear that he will uncon-sciously violate the rigid customs of theplace.v >"o Mock Dignity.

While this is true, at the same time Itis not that artificial and sham dignitywhich is carried to extremes in the oldcountry and becomes ridiculous and of-fensive. There is no personal element init. There is no air of "I am a judge,therefore do me homage." It Is ratherthat dignity of responsibility due to thehigh official position they occupy as therepresentatives of the dignity of the state

Separated into its integral members tnesupreme court of the state of Minnesotaat present consists of Hon. Charles M.Start, Rochester, chief justice, and theHons. la. W. Collins. St. Cloud; John A.Lovely, Albert Lea; Calvin L. Brown,Morris, and Charles L. Lewis, Duluth, as-sociate justices. The justices of tni3court are elected by the people a*'generalelection for terms of six years each, aridin case a vacancy should occur throughthe death of a member it is supplied byappointment of the governor. The salaryof a justice of the supreme court of thisstate is fixed by the law at $5,000 a year.The other officers of the court are a clerk,a deputy clerk and two assistants, an offi-cial reporter and a marshal.

The clerk is elected for four years and

BRADLEY B. MEEKER <-First Associate Justice of the Mm nesota Territorial Supreme Court.

%iirß}sp3Sß mre X^ndap _o ettr sjmodduthe other officers being appointed by thecourt. The present incumbent of th*Clerk's office is Dar F. Reese, who is nowServing his second term, and his deputyIs J. L. Helm, of whom It may almost|>c said that he has been In that positionSo long that the mind of man runnethjnot to the contrary. Upon Mr. Helm de-volves a greater portion of the routine

«md its greatest Interests. There is noth-ing unnatural about It. It is unconscious-ly recognized by all who enter the templeof Justice. No person would, even Inad-vertently, give himself to levity ln thecourt room. However, in the court room,as elsewhere, many amusing Incidentsoccur and the Judges are always the firstto take advantage of these opportunitiesfor breaking the formality of the proceed-

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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE}, SUNDAY, MARCH % 1902,

C. X. STARTj s

Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Ccurt.

lngs. It Is no uncommon thing to seethe members of the bench Indulge in aquiet laugh when occasion oners.

While there Is no body in the countryless open to prejudice or more careful toguard its leaning dn a case from publicscrutiny, the Judges are only human, andlawyers who practice before the court agreat deal often are able to "size up" thecourt's opinion from the manner in whichthe Judges receive th© arguments. Theday after the arguments in the celebratedboard of control case were 'submitted awell known lawyer wrote out upon aBlip of paper the way in which the courtwould divide upon the question and seal-ed it. Several months later when thedecision was filed this slip was found tobe absolutely correct, although the de-cision was a surprise to the general pub-lic

A greater proportion of the cases aresubmitted to the supreme court in printedform and without argument, the paper<book, as it is called, containing all ofthe data in the case, including the recordOf the lower court. Motions are argued,and in rare instances an issue Is taKendirect to the supreme court without hay.ing passed through any of the lowerCourts, and in such cases also argumentsare* heard.

When the court has determined uponIts decision in a case one of the JusticesWrites the .opinion in conformity with theviews of. the court. In many cases the'entire court cannot come to an agree-ment, and then dissenting opinions arefiled. Cases have been known in whichthere were three various opinions filed.

Jndge Start Keeps Things Going.

Justice Start, being chief justice, acts,so to speak, as "stage manager" of theproceedings, and in this capacity is ofgreat help to the court and the attorneys.Ho is most business-like and systematic,He is Impatient of useless delay, andvery strict in keeping the lawyers to thepoint at issue.

When a lawyer shoots off on a side Is-sue.. Justice Start immediately remindshim that he is not discussing the ques-tion before the court. While this Is so,he is most kindly In his attitude towardsattorneys, and by questions and sugges-tions very often helps an embarrassedlawyer over a hard place..While there Is not a more sympatheticman upon the bench than JusticeStart, he is always noticeably dis-inclined to listen to arguments upon"general principles," "righteous proposi-tions," "question of Justice," or "human-itarian reasons." In other words, he re-alizes that the court has only to do withthe legal phase of the question, regard-less of how unjustly the law may be lnany particular case. He is like the lateJustice Mitchell In this respect, and nlsdecisions are clear-cut legal documents,not given much to side reflections.

From the questions asked by the court,it Is often possible to perceive in whichdirection the members lean. Justice Col-lins is the hardest member of the courtto "size up." He seems wholly unim-pressionable, and It is seldom that alawyer oan perceive a favorable symptomor draw a crumh of comfort from any-thing he says or does. He says little,betrays no undue interest in the caseand gives no inkling of how the argu-ments strike him. Judge Collins Is anunusually rapid worker, and his opinionsbear the impress of spontaneity.

Justice Lovely is the humorist of thebench. He can never resist the tempta-

tion (to get a quiet simile out of any in-congruity in the arguments, and manya time when he asks a question thereis a twinkle In his eye which stronglyimpresses one that he Is having somesly fun with the unsuspecting lawyer.He Is exceedingly patient with dull andtedioustargument*, and the lawyers getmuch encouragement from his contagiousgood nature.

Judge Lewis gives very close attentionto all arguments and follows the pro-ceedings diligently. ' His demeanorthroughout the case Is generally veryserious, and he impresses one as beingan exceedingly careful and judiciousthinker. Off the ] bench he is, thoughquiet, a most companionable gentleman.

Justice Brown is never in a hurry. He

AARiOaY GOODRICH,

First Chief Justice of the MinnesotaTerritorial Supreme Court,

tilts back in his chair with his armsswinging at his side as unconcerned ap-parently as if waiting for a train. Heasks fewer questions than the othermembers and refers to the books veryseldom. He acts in a very leisurelysort of a way, (but is an unusually hardworker and considered one of the clear-est thinkers on the bench.

The supremo court of Minnesota hasnever been composed of a more genial,companionable lot of men than the pres-ent judges.

People who do not know very oftensay, "What a snap the judges have." Onthe contrary no public official worksharder than a supreme court justice.Some of the arguments they are forcedto listen to would not be endured bymany men for any money compensation.It is no unusual thing to hear a younglawyer harangue' the' court on somepetty question, as if the fate of thenation and the integrity of the constitu-tion depended upon his burning logic.

Then there are | the *numerous briefsto be read and considered in each case,the vital points of law to be decided andpromulgated in decisions which will ef-fect future jurisprudence. The great re-sponsibility imposed and the possibleresults make the writing of these de-

Territorial.Chief Justices-Aaron Goodrich—lß49-1851.Jerome Fuller—lßsl-1852.Henry Z. Hayner—lßs2-1853.-William H. Welch—lßs3-1858.Associate Justices-David Cooper—lß49.Bradley B. Meeker—Andrew G. Chatrield—lßs3-1857.Moses Sherburne—lßs3-1857.R. R. Nelson—lßs7—lßsß.C. E. Flandrau—

State.

Chief JusticesLafayette Emmett—lßsß-1865Thomas Wilson—lß6s-1869.James Gllfillan—Christopher G. Ripley—lß7o-1871.S. J. R. McMillan—lß74-1875.James Gllfillan—lß7s-1894.Charles M. Start—lß9s-1907.Associate Justices— a

Charles E. Flandrau—lßsß-1864.Isaac Atwater—lßsß-1864.S. J. R. McMillan—lß6l-1874.Thomas Wilson—lß64-1865.John M. 1865-1887.George B. Young—lß74-1875.F. R. E. Cornell—lß7s-1881.'D. A. Dickinson—Greenleaf 1881-1882.William Mitchell—lßßl-1900C. E. Vanderburgh—lßß2-1894.Leron W. Collins—lßß7-1907.Thomas Canty—lß94-1900.Daniel Buck—lß94-1900.John A. Lovely—l9oo-1906.C. L. Brown—l9oo-1906.C. L. Lewis—l9oo-1907.

The First Court.

Judge Goodrich Opposed.

CALVIN L. BROWN,- {Associate Justice Supreme Court of Minnesota.

clsions a hard, arduous task, imposingpatience, calm judgment, careful thoughtand thorough Investigation. No otherclass of men have so little leisure timeat their disposal.

MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT.

In 1849 upon the organization of theterritory of Minnesota, President Taylorappointed Aaron Goodrich, of Tennessee,chief justice of the supreme court; Da-vid Cooper, of Pennsylvania, and Brad-ley B. Meeker, of Kentucky, associatejustices. The first territorial court washeld in 1849 in the court house at Still-water. Many of the first lawyers ofMinnesota were admitted to the bar atthat term of court. The first one to takethe oath was Hon. Morton S. Wilkinson,then practicing at Stillwater, and after-wards' famous in the senate and houseof the United States congress. Otherswere Henry L. Moss, Edmund Rice, Al-exander Wilkin, Lorenzo A. Babcock,David and Henry Lambert, James Wake-field, Alexander Mitchell, E. G. Whitall,B. W. Lott, and John S. Goodrich. HenryL. Moss, first attorney general of thestate, and still living, speaks as followsof the early territorial court: - "-r "

"In a subsequent proclamation issuedafter coming here Gov. Ramsey assignedthe judges to different portions of theterritory for the performance of theirduties. The proclamation assigned ChiefJustice Goodrich to administer justiceover the civilized portion of the terri-tory, which embraced the entire countrylyingwest of the St. Croix river and eastof the Mississippi, extending to the Brit-ish possessions. It banished JudgeCooper to the uncivilized and Indiancountry west of the Mississippi and southof the St. Peter river, with headquartersat Mendota. It sent Judge Meeker intoexile in the wilderness, that terra incog-nita lying west of the Mississippi andnorth of the St. Peter river, a land wherelay the beautiful Lake Minnetonka, withits charming and picturesque shores, yetundiscovered. His headquarters were Inan old dilapidated mill on the west bankof the river at St. Anthony falls.

"The second term of the court held inthe territory was by Judge Cooper inStillwater in the month of February 1850.This form Is noted for having the' firstcriminal trial for murder under Minne-sota laws. It was a case of a boy aboutthirteen years of age, by the name ofSnow, killed by a companion of about thesame age, on Third street, near the cor-ner of Franklin street. The prosecutionwas conducted by Morton S. Wilkinsonand Putnam Bishop; the defense byMichael E. Ames any myself. The fir-ing was from the southerly side of thestreet, with an ordinary shotgun, direct-ly across the street where stood the Snowboy, both looking at each other. A sin-gle small bird shot penetrated the eye andbrain of the Snow boy. The jury con-victed the boy of manslaughter, holdingthat, even in the absence of maliciousintent, the firingof a gun across a publichighway where people were passing wasan unlawful act. Judge Cooper, in pro-nouncing sentence, there being no peni-tentiary in the territory, committed himto the guard house at Fort Snelling forninety days, during the first two ofwhich, and the last one, he was to bekept in close confinement and fed onbread and water. James M. Goodhue, ofthe Pioneer, commenting on the. decisionof Judge Cooper, said it was a specimenof dispensing justice in homeopathiodoses. .-.:.;-- -y

"There are gentlemen still living whowere of a self-constituted committee whoin the early spring of 1851 went to Wash-ington and called on Daniel Webster, sec-retary of state, to secure the removal ofChief Justice Goodrich, and at the sametime called on James Collamar, postmas-ter general, to secure the removal ofFranklin Steele, the postmaster at FortSnelllng. This committee met with nosuccess. The secretary of state, afterhearing their complaints decidedly andpositively declined to give the matter anyconsideration. Gen. Co]lam turned theirapplication over to Henry Fitz Warren,the first assistant postmaster general,who, unfortunately for their purpose, waspersonally well acquainted with Mr.Steele; and their application for his re-moval was not entertained.

"The opponents of Judge Goodrich didnot cease in their efforts to secure hisremoval. There were not wanting otherCauses of complaint against him duringthe year 1851, and early In January, 1852;and a letter to President Fillmore wasformulated, containing specifications ofIncompetency and unfitness as a judgeand of improprieties on and off the bench'The letter was signed by a number ofprominent attorneys, and was sent to agentleman now living, who at that timewas stopping in Washington, with a re-quest that he make a personal presenta-tion of the same to the president.Whether or not he did as requested. Inever knew. The opposition and chargesagainst the judge were sufficient, and ina short time thereafter, In January, 1852.he was removed by President Fillmore,and Jerome Fuller, of New York, wasappointed chief justice of the territory.

"The opposition to Judge Cooper arosefrom entirely different causes. He wasconsidered a good lawyer; techlncal andprecise, but he was so positive in hisconvictions that he could not endure op-position •to them, and frequently exhib-ited irritation, and sometimes anger tothose who differed from him. His re-finement in manner and dress was theoccasion of ridicule among the hardy and irobust lumbermen -with whom he camein contact. As early as the winter of--1851 Mr. Goodhue's editorials were over-bearing and unmerciful toward him.Friends made an effort to have theseattacks upon him cease. It was of.noavail. Joseph Cooper, residing at Still-water, a brother of the Judge, took up the Imatter, -and _ad* it ft £©rsonal fcffair

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any emergency. On a February morningthey met face to face on the sidewalk ashort distance above where now standsthe Metropolitan hotel, and the conflictcame. lam not aware that it is knownwhich of them made the first attack. Ashot from the pistol In Goodhue's handstruck Cooper over the left groin, in-flicting a wound which, though not fatal,made him an invalid for life. The knifein Cooper's hand made a deep slashacross Goodhue's abdomen. This trag-edy occurred directly in front of thebuilding where the territorial legislaturewas then in session.Judge Charles E. Flandreau, -who satupon the supreme court bench of boththe territory and the state, gives thofollowing description of the first supremecourt:

"When the territory was organized itsjudicial power was vested in' a supremecourt, district courts, probate courts

-and justices of the peace. Three judges; were allowed it, a chief justice and two.associates. The judges held the trials; individually and assembled "in bane" toi sit as a supreme court of appeals. This| allowed a judge to sit in review of hisj own decision, which is not to be com-' mended, but did not produce any notice-: able disturbance in the administration ofI justice that I remember.I "The first chief justice was Aaron! Goodrich. I think he came from Ten-j nessee. He was quite an eccentric per-| son, and not particularly eminent as a

lawyer. When his successor, Jerome• Fuller, was appointed, he refused to

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Personality of Early Judges.

JOHN A. LOVELY,Associate Justice Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Judge Goodrich, Judge Chat Art d andWilliam Hollinshead were appointed tocompile the statutes from 1849 to 1859.Goodrich got up a code of his own whichwas unique. It was not a compilationat all, but an original code. I rememberone provision which was a cure-all formatters unprovided for; it was aboutas follows: 'If any question shall arise,civil or criminal, which Is not providedfor in this revision, the ancient statutesshall prevail In regard to it.' It got Intoprint, but no further.

"David Cocper was one of the first twoassociate justices. He was from Penn-sylvania, and a very peculiar man forthe position. We always called him agentleman of the old school. It was noton account of his age. because he wasquite a young mar, but arose from hismanners and dress He was a very so-cial man. and liked good things, andwhen exhilarated the more punctllliousand ceremonious he became in his deport-ment. He always wore shirts with cam-bric frills down the front, and lacedangling from each cuff, in the mannerthat French courtiers decorated theirhands ln the days of Louis Quatorze.

"Bradley B. Meeker was the other as-sociate justice on the organization ofthe territory. He was a queer genius inhis way, and became the owner of aconsiderable tract of land between St.Paul and St. Anthony, iyhlch Includedthe famous Meeker's Island In' the Mis-sissippi. He died suddenly at a hotel inMilwaukee, having started on a journeyto pass through that city*.

"The next territorial bench consisted ofJerome Fuller, chief justice, and AndrewG. Chatfleld and Moses Sherburne, asso-ciates. Fuller only remained a. short time,and I find no record of his making. Chat-field was from New York originally, butwas appointed from Wisconsin. Sher-burne was from Maine. These two lattergentlemen were good lawyers, and madegood judges. They served from April 7,1853, to April 23, 1857.

"After these came Henry Z. Hayner,as chief justice. There seems to be norecord of his ever presiding at am- court.He may have done so, but I have be-nunable to find anything that shows it,and tradition has never affirmed it to myknowledge. He was succeeded as chiefjustice by William H. Welch, with whomwere associated Rensselaer R. Nelson andmyself. We all served from April 13.1^57, to May 24, 1858. The state was ad-

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in the defense of his brother. Rumorsof threats and personal attacks were inthe air. Each had prepared himself forroitted on May £• ISSB' Judse Wel<* wasfrom Michigan, but was living in the ter-ritory of Minnesota when appointed NVl-son and 1 were from New York, but bothwere appointed from the territoryEarly Practice Somewhat -Mix,-,!.

It can readily be seen that the prac-tice in the courts in those days musthave been just a little mixed. The NewYork code was invented in 1879, and beingsuch a radical departure from the com"mon law and chancery practice, the old-er lawyers were reluctant to learn itsways, even In its home in New York- butwhen administered by judges from Ten-nessee. Pennsylvania, Michigan Maineand Kentucy, all of whom were weddedto their own way of doing things andthought they could not be improved uponthe jumble was of course rather amusin-As in everything els however, we allgot through people usually do— and thoterritory flourished."

Col. Newson has left these pen pic-ti.es of other territorial justices:

"Judge Chatfield was a straight, splen-didly built man. with a florid comp!evi 0 -iand an elegant address indeed onomight say he was 'a fine American gen-tleman of all the olden time.' He wasa judge of the finest purity of character,very careful and very honest; very sin-cere and very conscientious in his con-victions of right. He removed to BellePlaine many years ago, and there hadied, universal! mourned by the wholebar of the state.

"Judge Sherburne was a man of finoproportions, with large towering fore-head, and immense eyes, and he was an

excellent judge. His decisions havenever been overruled. The latter partof his life was spent in Sherburne county,named after him, and he went down tothe grave in the full vigor of manhood.

"The first chief justice of the state su-preme court was Lafayette Emmett, whoIs said to have been a most distinguishedlooking man. He was very generallyesteemed for his ability as a lawyer, andfor many amiable traits of characterwhich, adorned the man. He was of are-tiring disposition, quiet, unassuming, un-demonstrative.

".The supreme court has honored, andbeen honored, by men of learning, abilityand noble traits of character. Many ofthe judges were famous in other direc-tions, several of them being members ofcongress. J The late Justice WilliamMitchell was known throughout th»«United States as c man of exceptionallegal keeness and his opinions were read-far and wide for their lucidity, depth of.thought and thoroughness."

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