Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-10-30
foIrrlcs IN THE JURY nox.

Down South the carpet-baggers run
the courts. Judges and jurors are chosen,
decisions are made and verdicts delivered,
solely ON political grounds. This is ac-
tually the case, but the carpet-baggers
and their papers would never admit it.
Even among men as degraded and vicious
as they are, one could not be found mean
and vile enough TO openly advocate the
prostitution of the Courts of Justice for
political purposes. 1t was reserved for
the land of silver and sage-brush, and the
town of Phoebe, to produce a paper so
lost to every sense of decency as to advo-
cate the intrusion of political considera-
ton in the proceedings of the Courts and
the administration of justice: for this is
the counsel of the Phoebe Review. That
paper, in its issue of Monday, in effect
says it must have Republican County
Commissioners, who, in conjunction
with Republican Judge, must choose
Republican Grand Jurors, who must in
their turn be guided by political bias.
We have seen this, kind of thing 60 on at
the South with the carpet-bagsers, but
never there or elsewhere have we found
paper so thoroughly callous to the die
tates of good conscience, as to openly ad-
vocate 80 gross violation Of all the rules
that should govern the administrat on of
justice in any civilized country. That
has been left for the Phoebe Review.
But, leaving for the present that port on
of this matter, let us look for moment
to where tins counsel would lead us.
Contests between political parties are al
ways noted for their bitterness, but their
acrimony would be increased thousanl
fold directly it is underst God that party
lines are to be carried into the courts.
When it is announced and conceded that
a Republican will always be found ready
to decide against a Democrat, or vice
versa, the feud viii not stop there, but
will permeate and control all social and
business relations. What a picture
would community thus constituted pre-
sent! A line of demarcation woull b.
drawn in the courts, the churches, the
schools, the marts of commerce, and
places of public resort. In every city,
the minority, to escape injustice and OPP
preston, would have to migrate aid set
tie in somelocality in which Resentment
of the majority would chime in with theirs.
Such course could only end in ruin and
anarchy. Yet, such is the advice ten
dered by the Review. We wish now to
say few words to the members of our
own party. The Review is the recog-
nized organ of the Radicals in this coun-
ty, and therefore it may well be
believed that the course that it proposes
meets with the approval of its party.
This being the case if they get into
power, how will 1t be possible for any
man to obtain justice or have his rights
respected il he presumes to differ with
the Radicals on political grounds. He
would not be safe either in person or
property. This is merely another phase
of the old Puritan spirit that prosecuted
| Quakers, Methodists and others, simply
because they presumed to differ in opin-
ion. 1t is still marked characteristic
OF the Radical party. We, therefore, as
the Radical organ openly avows an in
tention to bring politics into the Jury
box, the forum and the market place, it
is time for all honest men who wish to
keep the administration of of Justice
undeiled, who do not think that all the
sins of the devil can be pardoned by
wearing Radical cloak, it is time for
them to decide whether they will support
party who proposes to determine caus-
es according to the political complexion
OF the litigants, or party that has for
Its motto equal and exact justice for all
irrespective of all political views. We
know how the honest men of all parties
Will answer the question - - n 49,