The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-11-13
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have 10 thank him for the extra ,pavio
a Especial Prosecutor" when one va
no more needed than five wheels 70
wagon They can thank him for & Tel
days session of the Grand jury at 50,
per day. They have 10 thaakihim an,
his ''slxteen respectabley adiatants 70
the pay Of about 800 witnesses non,
ofwhOm '.know anything ssiqo9 eso
The whole expense Of the undirui
hed and partisan action of Judge Stonl
will cost the taxpayers Of Ssndask,
county t'the lowest calculation ONE
THOUSAND sD0LIARSl SlsssOf sacl
is the great Grant party, Weiasssrt
and 1000 Taxpayers will endorse us
tlas such a partisan Judge is unfit t
preside as q court and the first act o,
tae Legislature upon conYening should
be to impeach him.-Messenger. 5a
The above attack upon Judge
Stone appeared in the Messenger Of weeb
before last To those acquainted with
the situatiOO,it, perhaps, might be regar-
ded as unworthy Of notice. mere par
tizan attack. But the object Of ii is 50
apparently to blind the people as to the
cause of Judge Stones action. and draw
their attention wholly to the costs of the
proceeding, that a reply may not be
out of place.
The reported cases Of fraudulent vot-
ing and the arrests of persons for 50
voting, had been so numerous that il
became important for the Grand Jury
to inquire into the truth or falsity Of
the charges. The right to have the
matter at issue investigated at once not
only inheres in the prosecution, but in
the prosecuted, aud the more speedily
the matter can be disposed Of she soon
er the rights of either party win be
recognized. If it is unjust to oblige q
citizen to remain under the stigma Of
dishonesty, when be can establish his
innocence, it is equally unjust to obhge
a wronged citizen or citizens, to await
'fhe laws delay" when they believe
they can establish the guilt of the aC-
cused, and place him or them within
the jurisdiction Of the court By the
action of the Grand Jury, if the &C.
cused is discharged, his wrong is the
sooner redressed; if held for trial, the
rights of the prosecutor are sooner es-
tablished. And this should be pride
and boast of our people, that none are
made to suffer by the laws delay, tho
its prompt action should add a moiety
70 each ones tax. So much in regard
to the costs incurred by Grand Jury.
The objection of the Messenger to
the appointment of a Especial PrOssCu-
tor,D is equally untenable. McArdle,
under bonds for trial before the U. s.
Court at Cleveland, on a charge OF is
suing and putting in circulation fradu-
lent naturalization papers, and who,
in his testimony before the commission,
said
delivered papers to Thomas Pollard
Of Olmstead; don't know how many !"
saw none of the parties for whom the
papers were msde-administered no
oath" DC dc,
was found acting in the capacity of
Deputy Clerk, or Deputy sherifF-in
the latter capacity seeming TO have
charge of the Grand Jury, and to be
admitted to their deliberations. 1t was
in his interests to so influence the Grand
Jury, most of whom were mis- political
friends, that no true bills should be
found against the accused. 1t would
help his case at Cleveland. His own
self-respect should have indicated to
hin that he was presumiDg too far.
Not only was this the case, but it was
publicly charged that the Sheriff had
taken prisoners from the Jail at sunset
persons legally restrained of their
liberty-to vote; who had only gained
a residence here because they were
charged with crime, and we're SO re-
strained in the Sherif7s custody. 1t was
also charged, publicly, that many Of
the papers issued by McArdie, had been
used, and that other frauds upon the
ballot box had been perpetrated through
out the county. pe5
Under these circumstances when the
Grand Jury had been in session several
days, a motion was made, IN OPEN
COURT, by an attorney, for the appoint
ment of an Assistant Prosecutors, the
mover charging, at the same time, land
other responsible citizens supported the
charge, )that such frauds had been com
mitted, and that intimate friends of the
Prosecuting Attorney were among
those implicated. Judge Stone took
the matter under adVisement and
afterwards, when making the appoint
msut stated, inOpen court that he had
consulted with the foreman of the Grand
Jury, and his advice was that an Assist
ant Prosecutor be appointed. He also
stated, in open court that be had adVi-
sed with the Prosecuting Attorney, and
that he, also, requested that the appoint
ment be made. This, we presume, the
Prosecuting Attorney viii not deny.
Yet the Messenger eoolly charges judge
Stone with the responsibility, when its
own friend, the Prosecutor requested
it, in order, perhaps, that he might be
relieved from the delicate duty of in
quiring into the weakness of his friends
The objection that the Grand Jury
was in session ten days, at cost Q.
$40 per day, is badly taken. Itis vel
known that the Jurors were nearly al
Democrats, and that majority could
have adjourned at anv time. If tbey