The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-30
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT,
10 THE DAILY BTELLEGBNoER
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CHICAGO, M9tch 2g.win lhe Crlmna
Court to-day, Judge WilliamS sentence
MilDlF =, storey, eal.oF OF Ine CnlGag
Time, 70 !en days imprisonment IN W
county lai, l9r contempt OF eour., y, nav
ing Plplsled afteles coastractlVsly ~
tiecslng upon the character Of certal'
memOeEs o' tue grand jury
Mr.. Story at present occupies Jaile
Douglas private Office, where he receive
friends and citizens, who call by hun
dreds, with as much ease as II in his owl
office, He expects to be released npol
an order Of Judge McAlisler, Of thl
Supreme Court, before whom q super
cedeas has been made by Mr., Cloudy, Onl
Of his counsel, There Is q good deal o
excitement In tho city over the action o.
Judge Williams, The general sentiment
condemns 1t as an extraordinary and
high,haDded exercise Of power. The
article referred to by tho court In justili,
cation Of It's order, Crillcisiug the grand
Jury and the States attorney, was written
after several indictments had been ro'
turned against the Times, and could moi
be construed as obstrucling the prOceed'
ings Of the court. The ayermGnt OF tic
article that corrupt and dlsroputablo men
were on the grand jury, II Is claimed car
bc substantiated, and the criticism Is re-
gardel Us ilstiRable. Tho fOcling In this
community Is that the court has exercised
q dangerous power and has struck blow
at tho freedom Of speech,
The city dailies without exception con.
demn the action Of Judge Williams, OF
tho evening papers the Foa and Mail
speaks In terms Of soyerest ccnsure Oi
the matter and manner Of the charge,
which II says was delivered In tho most
yindiCtive manner,
The Journal says, cditOriallyi We nm
hesitatingIy pronounce this proceeding q
judicial outrage Of the most Ilagrgnt
character, and venture The prediction
that II will not bC long before The Judge
will have occasion to repent him Of hls
rashness. We publish In our city col
umns q pretty full synopsis Of the Judges
decision.
The morning papers will publish edi-
torials Of similar character.
The Tribune says, after asserting that
II speaks In no partisan spirit, and Ger.
tainly not as SympatlIizing with the
ITmes; We are opposed TO the impris-
onmont nf any clifton without duo pro.
cess Of the law, and we do not regard
the summary proceeding Of the commit.
tal to Jail for contempt Of any individual
ns due process Of law, for the right, II 1t
exists at all, goes to tho extent Of con-
linenient for life. Judge Williams, In
imprisoning Mr.. Story for ten days, as-
serted the right to oonnRe tic prisoner
during the remainder Of his lie, The
American people will not consent to hold
personal liberty Ut the will Of any Judge
Of my court. Judge Williams, IN The
courseOf his opinion, admits that he read
the offensive articles In the Tines with o
feeling Of intense indignation, but says
that feeling passed away. lie defends aud
eulogiMs tile States attorney and pro.
cceds 10 declare that no city In tile United
States has been the scene OF anCIi events US
have been transpiring IN Chicago for tlle
past few weeks. Judge Williams iOrgcts
that recently III New York three judges
were nersislcnlly attacked and pursued
to impeachment hy tie journals Of that
city, and that one ii them died Of shame
and remOrse. In the CnSc Of Story, how.
ever, Il does not appear that the admins
tration Of Justice has been inpeached an
iula, but tic people will not allow judges
to aSsumc the exercise OF prcrogatiVea
dangerous 10 the freedom Of speech nnl
liberty Of tho citizen. They will not per.
nit the doctrine Of the construction Of
contempts, as illustrated In the Story
case, to become the law Of the land.
Tic iater-0 0cedg says: Tho lmpriSon.
n,ent Of the editor al The Tines, without
any due process OF law, upon the employ
ment Of an unknown power by the Judge
Of The Criminal Court, Is q matter whose
interest reaches far beyond the indivilu.
ais who enact the chief parts In this per
regard II from the staildpGIaltl. point Oh tIi she IN
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