The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-09
The Jury Commissioners.

The Democracy of Monroe do not think theil
Republican brethren so bad set of fellow.
after all, when their votes are necessary TO as
sist in carrying out project dear to their souls
This fall so far as the Representative question
Is concerned, Democracy is particularly gra
cious to Republicanism. They want us to turr
IN and help elect Monroe's nominee, Kstler
rs punishment to Carbon for grievances sup
posed to have been afflicted upon them, and
think it would be all wrong for us to nominate
and vote for candidate of our own ! and, yet,
how is 1t about Jury Commissioner? That
is small Office a very small one, in one sense,
though, i'll all other senses, very important
one
For the purpose Of securing arrays of Jurors
impartially selected, and to prevent the posi-
hility, as has repeatedly been the case, of par
ties being compelled TO submit their lives
liberties and properties to the arbitrament Of
packed Juries, the present law regulating the
drawing of Juries, was pa.sed-the understand
ing being clearly that the Jury Commissioners
should be made up of one man from each party.
Monroe Democracy, acknowledges this fact,
and, yet, in violation of the spirit of the law,
they instruct their County Committee to secure
its evasion in the election Of full Democratic
Board.
Again: the law contemplates that each coUn-
l. in the State shall make but one Jury Dis
trict, and only one, to be represented in the
Commission by two Commissioners, but one of
whom shall be voted for by each voter Mon
roe Democracy, arrogates to itself the power to
change this-to divide the County of Monroe
into two Districts, for the purpose ofsecuringa
one sided, partial Commission, and instructs
its County Committee to set forth which town
ships shall vote for one Democrat, and which
for The other thus plainly negativing both the
latter and spirit of the law.
IN accordance with this igh-handcd pre-
sumption, we have the organ of the Democracy
of Monroe, setting forth as the will of that
Democracy, as expressed through the County
Committee, that ''the voters of Barrett, East
Sroudsburg, Middle Smithfield, Paradise
Price, Smithfeld, Stroud Stroudsburg and
Coolbough, will vote for James G. Kintner
and the voters of Chestnuthill, Eldred, Hamil-
son, Jackson, Pocono, Polk, Ross, Tobyhanna
and Tunkhannock will vote for jerome II
Fetherman," for Jury Commissioners. We
find no fault with the candidates, for we be-
iieve them to be honorable men, but we do find
FAULT with the spirit which can induce so pal
pab!e violation of both the letter and spirit
OF law.
Il is said that no danger can grow out OF
such proceeding. But how are we to believe
that, when so bold an insinuation of want OF
confidence is hurled at the Republican voters
Of the county. The act is either induced by a
want of confidence in us, or by a desire to
have things so well in hand, that if packed
Jury becomes necessary for any purpose, de-
mocracy, though her illegally elected Jury
Commission, will find herself prepared for the
emergency. 1t is this infinitesimally small
action on the part of the democracy of Monroe,
that makes it more than question whether
Republicans should aid in fighting their bat
ties.