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Mayor HEATH when in office discovered
that it was necessary to protect the city
from fraud, rascality, and bad work in the
sewer service, and, consulting with Mr..
CuEsnEouGH aud other engineers, he selected
Mr., DAVID HAL1AN1N and placed him in
charge.
Mayor HEATH bears testimony to the mans
integrity, intelligence, and fearless honesty.
HA11ANn was selected by Republican
Mayor because of his capacity, and because
he never faltered in the strict performance
Of his duty.
HA1nAN1y is Of Irish birth, When he came
to this country lad he was fortunate to
make the acquaintance Of Judge WILLIAMS,
who befrieuded him and aided him until he
has done with honor to himself. He hes
been a contractor as well as public officer,
and in all Chicago there is not a man with a
wider personal acquaintance or more devoted
friends, A Democrat under all circun1-
stances, his Irish instincts never per-
mitted him to forget friend. When
Judge WILLIAMS was nominated he avowed
his purpose to vote for. the man who had
aided him in his youth. To vote for WILL
1Ams required him to cut one name from
the Democratic ticket. He selected TU1EY's.
Then did Tu4EY rage, and the Eagle scream.
They concluded that it was necessary to strike
terror into the Irish, to give them solemn
warning against voting for any Republican
for Judge, and especially against voting
against TU1E4. So the Mayor peremptorily
dismissed HA11AsN, that all the other Irish
in Chicago might be terrified into voting for
TU1EY.
DAVE HA11AS1N, as We said yesterday, has
more personal friends in Chicago than have
HAnR1soN and TU1EY combined. There are
thousands Of Irish in Chicago who will hold
that HA11AS1N's determination to vote for
WILLIAMS possesses more Of the attrl-
butes of truth and manliness than the
"chivalry of the two Kentuckians, Tu1ET
and HARRISON. The cause of HaL1As1x will
be made the cause Of every Irishman who
honors friendship and despises petty mean
ness and tyranny. To the Mayors proclama-
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Voters should remember that the only
charge preferred against Judge WILLIAMS is
that he owes money which he is at present
unable to pay. Is every man in this commu~
nifty thus situated to be denounced as un-
worthy of confdence2 Are the thousands
who, under stress of the times and Of cir
cumstances, sought the relief Of the Courts
Of Bankruptcy, to be adjudged unworthy Of
public trusts? Is tho property qualification
to be interpolatcd in the Constitution to
crafty the spite Of q vindictiva old man?
We call upon the hoary old sinner who pur-
sues Judge WILLIAMS with degree Of passion
and hate worthy the arch fend we call
upon him TO point to asingle unjust decision
made by Judge WILLIAMS during his long
career on the Bench We challenge him to
name onet
, 1879-06-01

Tomorrow will be held, all over the State,
an election for the full Bench Of Circuit
Judges, and for three Of the seven Judges
of the Supreme Court. Tho voters Of this
city and county viii share with other coun-
ties in the election Of one Judge Of the
Supreme Court, and will have exclusively the
choice Of five Judges of the Circuit Court
Prior to 1870 there was but one Circuit
Judge for this county. Judge MANERREwas
elected to that Office without opposition. At
his death, in 1868, E. S. WILLIAMS was
elected, without serious opposition, to fill the
vacancy. In 1867 he was elected his own
successor. Ii 1870 the number of Judges
YVES increased, and Judges BOOTH, ROGERS,
and FARwE11 vera elected, without any po-
litical division. In 1871, Judge Tee, a DEM
ocrat, was elected without opposition and
in 1873, Judges WILLIAMS, ROGERS, FARwE11,
BOOTH, and Tree were all reelected without
any opposition. Judge Tree subsequently re-
signed, and Judge MoAL11srER was elected
to succeed him. Though the political afilia-
tons of al1 these Judges were well known to
the whole people Of this county, Repub-
Gcans voted IS cheerfully for the Democrats
as they did for the Republicans.
One Of the peculiar political blessings
which Chicago has enjoyed during her whole
existence has been that Of IN able, expert
enced, honest, and incor1upible Judiciary.
No man has held judic1al Office in this dis
trict who has ever been accused or sus-
pected of corruption. The people Of all
parties have fully appreciated. this blessing,
and have never permitted themselves to
dismiss any Judge from Office because Of his
political sentiments. No Democratic Judge
in this county was ever displaced by the
candidacy Of Republican.
In spite Of the universal desire Of the
people Of all parties to keep party politics
out OF Judicial elections, the Democratic
party organization Of this county determined,
after the Mayors election, to nominate five
Democrats. for the Circuit Court, On the
express ground that Judges WILLIAMS,
BoorH, and FARwE11 were Republicans, and
that the Democracy, being in majority, were
entitled to all the elective Offices, including
all the Judgeships. They assumed the re-
sponslhi1ity, therefore, of making the judicial
election partisan one, and Of declaring that
no Republican should be allowed to hold the
office OF Judge in this county when the Dem
ocrats had votes enough to elect a Democrat
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money inferred from engaging cAt7H-
siyely in its manufacture, or the intent to
steal lnferriblo from the willful taking Of an-
others goods without leave md Without pre-
tense Of title. For thousands Of yours the
accused was never permitted to testify on
this question Of intent, or on any other, be-
cause it was assumed that no truth could be
got out Of him concerning it. It Is the in
terror and vital question in all criminal
cases, and under our statute permitting
the prisoner to testify there is nothing to
exclude him from swearing to an absence OF
criminal intent while swearing at the same
time to acts from which The law infers the
intent But, after the witness has done
all his swearing, the fact still re-
mains untouched that the selection
Of deadly weapon with which to inaict m
injury raises legal presumption Of an in
tent to kill, such as the use OF ones fists OF
Of walking cane would not raise. The
evidence Of prisoner, while it may be tech
nically competent to be heard, !. e., admis-
sible, is as unfit in its nature to convince as
evidence that the prisoner eating had no in
tent to satisfy his hunger. he is not COM
petent to swear away the power Of infer
ence, or the rules of common sense, and his
testimony when given falls under the same
general principle of the human mind which
causes it to be impossible to prove that a
given amount of roofing done in field
where sheep and hogs are pasturing together
was done by the sheep and not by the
hogs. Of exactly thus character is the
testimony Of an armed man, who shoots
at known unarmed man, to the ef-
feet that he feared great bodily harm,
but did not intend to intiict any. Judge
MoAI11sTER, therefore, in charging in such
broad terms in behalf of 6u111vAN's compe-
tency to disprove the intent to kill, inferrlble
from the use by him Of Q deadly weapon,
should carefully have distinguished between
his competency to testify to the assertion
and his competency to establish its truth
This involved that distinction between COM
potency aud credibility, and between eVi-
dence which is in accordance with common
experience and that which defes it, upon
which Judge McA111sTEa wholly failed to
dwell. In the day of his fuller vigor, when
he sought to administer justice rather than
to administer WITNESSES to the defeat Of
Justice, he would not have left such essential
points garbled or untouched.
, 1879-06-01

The Illinois Legislature, without exception
the worst with which the State was ever
cursed, ended its official life yesterday noon.
Had it *sdied in the bornin' " the people
would have been nearly million dollars
wea1thier than they are to-day. It is, how
ever, consoling to know that the rapacious
blackmailers and tax-eaters Of which it was
com7osed will never again emerge from the
obscurity to which they have been relegated
by the unsparing criticisms Of the press and
reooy,]o
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favor Judge WILLIAMS reelection, and Will
vote for him, because they EMO"
BY experience that they can trust to his H.
tegrity, his good judgment, and his thorough
knowledge of law. The people OF COOK
County, every man of whom may be a htl-
CANT some day looking for JUSTICE cannot
afford to ignore the sentiment OF the Bar IN
this case, nor to consent to the retirement OF
q Judge who, for sixteen years, has oon1-
manded the confidence and respect OF every
person in the community except WILBUR F.
CTopEv
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Who is BARNuM2 4 candidate for Judge on
the Democratic ticket. How did hs happen 20
secure the nomination? Nobody knows. 10
offered, it Is said, to defend MYERS, Of the Bee
hive Bank, for nothing. which shows that be
a man Of generous heart. But how will the
swindled depositors In that rotten concern re-
gard this sort Of generqsity! He claims ored'''
it is said, for remarkable decision Of ths S;t
preulc Court, which, II unreversed: will forever
prevent the State from adopting any system ol
compulsory education, and yet be expects 10
receive the entire Socialistic vote! Compulsory
education is prime desire OF the Socialists
Has Mr.. RARNuN informed them of the manner
in which he induced the Supreme Court to et9sa
their darling scheme In advanced They viii oo
we'll to look up this case It went up from
MCALL1srRR, and he followed it, having beeo
placed upon the Supreme Bsnch- o. course
having decided the case bolow, be could pof aes
In the review Of it above; but, curioas!5
enough. his decision was affirmed. Not upH
this, but into the belly Of the opinion theIa was
injected q dtctum in conflict with oil tho r.
corded decisions in this country Oh the sn1jee''
which in effect settled In advance that no 81
TEN Of compulsory education should ever 10
adopted io this State. And RARsu4 e@a'p'4
credit, among lawyers, for this e1traofdina15
decision! The credit may more properly "
divided between BAnsUA and MoALu1sTER.
, 1879-06-01

Wo have no disposition. to do Judge
D1cKrx injustice, and therefore concede
that he was not nominated by the Democratic
Convention held in this city, and that, there
fore, he is not running as the Democratic
candidate While concediug this, it must be
added that the Democratic Convention did
not nominate him, and did not indorse him,
because he-bcing Democrat, and running
in strongly Republican Mstriot-would be
injured by such nomination. It is to be
added TINT all the Democratic tickets voted
in this city will bear his name as candidate
for Judge of the Supreme Court.
, 1879-06-01

makes himself responsible for all the conse-
quences Of his assault. To say that an
armed man can go to his unarined enemy's
house, assail him first with words and then
with blows, and then become in such fear of
his miserable life that be must kill that un-
armed enemy in self f-defepse, il to blaspheme
the majesty OF Justice, and to insult tho COM
mon sense of the whole world; and to
charge jury in such case SO as to leave
such IN impression on their minds places
the Judge on the bench in a relation to the
prisoner at the bar and his crime which one
hesitates to characterize in words.
, 1879-06-01

TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established branch Offices
for the receipt Of subscriptions and advertisements AZ
follows:
NEW YoEE-Eoom % Tribune Building: F. T. Nc
FApDkN, Manager. ..
PARIS, F1ance-So. 16 Tue dc IL Grange-Batellere.
Il. MAA1EE. Agent
LONDON, Eng--Amer1czn Exchange, 44s Strand
HHxRr F. GuL1G. Agent.
WASHINGTON D. C--l3le street.
, 1879-06-01

The Atlanta Constitution is moved to remark
that "THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, in pursuance u
desire to benefit the colorcd race. should Or
ganize a land agency, a fertilizer factory ar}~
goods bazar, and grocery store; for Il Is USE
less to merely give negro pand unless ne, :, ;,
also provided with the whcrcwtthai to 4te
This ill-uatured remark was elected By the 1ac'
that Two OF TIE Tn1BuxH's staff coFrespo4F
ents have made personal inspection OF me stn.o
Of society that caused the negro erodus' ~
along the line between Cairo and New oFseape'
and have given the public the result Of ther ~
servations. This paper has not only coheeteu
more reliable and valuable information On ~.
subject than anY other dozen Journals puu
lfshvd ar the North, but more than all tps
Southern papers combined; und in doing tals
has been the object to discourage the e1oeus Gus
rather than otherwise and to this eno ,,aas aas
pointed out the proper remedy. That re@eay 'se5'
Is to. trent the colored people ps't'A'
, 1879-06-01

A large number Of the Democratic men,
bers Of Congress have already gone home,
aud it is well known that the balance of the
uasayory crowd wish themselves well out OF
q bad scrape. Present appearances indicate
that the Democratic backdown will rasem-
BILE the Bull Run rout, when every fellow
will look out for himself.
, 1879-06-01

ton that "No Irish noed apply" to him, IN
less they vote for Tu1E1, there will bo
generous and an effective reply tomorrow ut
the polls. WILLIAMS election will be the
most crushing mode for defoating and re-
buking Tu1EY and the Mayor.
, 1879-06-01

ST. BERNARD c0MMANDERY. NO. IS. E T.
Stated Gonciave "wednesday evening June + IT,, 4 9
o'clock WORK the K T order Visiting slE knights
J. o, DICkERSON. Recorder.
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- hare made up my mind thdt this young man
ought not to be e0nuicted Of murder. ."-Judgf
AcAl1isfer.
This from the Judge on the Bench, Of the
criminal in the dock who was to be tried by
him, who thus decided the case in advance.
We venture to say that not since the time Of
JE1FnErs has there been an instance OF SO
base q prostitution of the judicial Office.
JEFFREYs intimidated witnesses, buiGed coun-
sci, condemned the innocent, and pro-
nounced sentence in defiance Of both law
and Justice, in the interest of the Crown.
AIoA111srEn wrapped the ermine Of his high
Office about the person Of the criminal
charged with the shedding Of innocent
blood, shielding him from the avengiug arm
of Justice in the interest of assassination.
JErFRE9s was servile instrument Of cruelty
and oppression; McA111srER the. slave Of
blind prejudice And we are asked if this
is all the chnrge We have to prefer against
MoA11BrKR. As if this is not enough! We
answer: This offense is so heiuous that it
tips the scale against all the virtues that may
be possessed by Mr. McAL11sTER-
Tho two Advisory Committees Of the
dominant party in Congress held long and
important meeting yesterday, at which they
discussed the situation relative to the ap-
preparation bills. THURMAN presided It
was decided to recommend the passage of the
Army Appropriation bill, with the proviso
that none Of the money shall be used in the
payment of expenses incurred should tbs
troops be used for police purposes at the
polls. It was also determined to pass the
other bills, emitting any provision for the
payment of Supervisors or Deputy Marshals
OF Elections. The Committee also agreed to
recommend the passage Of separate bill con-
faining the principles vetoed by tho Presi-
dent relative to the method Of draw
ing juries and the abolition Of the
Jurors test oath. The Committee took par
ticuler pains to announce that, while their
action might in some quarters be regarded as
q "backdown," those who threatened to
withhold the supplies did so on their own
hook, and not on behalf Of the party, for
whom they mad no authority to speak. Tho
Committee will meet again Monday. by
which time the recommendations will be
fnrmuIated
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coRINTHIAN CHAPTER, 80. ea. r. 4: NJ
Special convocation Monday evening, june = ~ q
luz Companions are cordially Invited by order Of
the Ii. E. II r. .,,.>,-
, 1879-06-01

Us an nreVerSlDto part
TIE PRESUMPTION or
GUILT.
"The jury are In
etrncted that a presump-;;
tion is a conclusion
which, In tho, d6seAce Of
oroo} tending to q dtf-
f<rent result, attaches to
OF follows certain facts; !;
a8, for instance, from
such deliberate use Of
q deadly weapon tas re-
suits In death, the law, In
the absence Of proof
shoE.nq Ehat The tnten-
t.on aetvd!ly 1ca&, pre-
sumes IN intention to
kill: but this and al
other l<oaf >presufaptions
are liable to be overcome
BY evidence beartng upon
the particular fact: anti
II, from all tho evidence
In the case. the Jury en-
tertain reasonable doubts
as to whether tho pistol
was fred In the heat and
excitement Of tie scume
as an Involuntary OR NJ;
sT1Sur1yE oct, aud With
ont III intention to fire
or to Kill, then the jury
shonll give the defendant
tue benefit Of SUCH doubt.
and AcQU1T Hrn; provid-.I
ed the jury believe that
the act Of drawing the
pistol was for the In awful
purpose Of deienaingl
himself or his wifc.'
, 1879-06-01

APOLLO cosMASDERY, No. !. .,r.,- r stated 4sd
order Of the Temple viii be conferred. Members OF
Arvlto who hare equipments are expected 10 Appear
coufoped Visiting Sir Knights arc always welcome.
~ ~A"S - ~ II, S. TIFFANY, Recorder.
, 1879-06-01

M'ALlIsTER ON PRESCRIPTIONS OF LAW.
In the course Of Judge MoA1I1sTERs rul-
ings in the SULLIVAN trial, he had occasion
to treat Of two presumptions OF low, one
bearing in favor Of the prisoner, VIZ: that
every accused person shall be presumed In
nocent until he is found guilty, and the
other bearing against the prisoner, VIZ: that
every person possessing capacity to commit
crime, and causing the death OF another BY
the use of deadly weapon, shall be pre-
sumed to have intended to kill. Both these
presumptions are rules Of law, and, until the
passage Of the statute permitting the accused
in criminal case to testify IN his own be-
half, there WAS no possible mode Of contro-
verting by evidence the operation OF the lot
ter rule, since no other witness but the pris-
oner could presume to swear that his secret
intent differed from that which the law in
ferred from his outward act SULLIVAN,
however, had, on the various trials, and also,
we believe, at tho inquest, sworn to his in
tent in various ways, some OF which, as, tor
instance, his thought relative to gouging
HANFoRD's eye, and to shooting HAN-
FoRD's arm or hand, did not in any
way tend to exoulpate him. On the second
triel, however, SULLIVAN seems to have tes-
titled that he drew the pistol instinctvaly,
while MoMU11EN was holding him, so that
ho could neither advance upon HANFonD nor
retreat, with no other thought than to de-
fend Mrs. SULLIVAN from the attack Of Ham
FORD, who, either in fact, or as SULLIVAN had
been made to believe, had struck Mrs. Sui
11yAs, and that the pistol went off inadvert-
emily, though there was also coupled Yith
this theory Of inadyertence the somewhat
incongluous theory Of self-defense, viz:
that SULLIVAN, in the oct of firing the pistol,
had reasonable grounds to fear great bodily
harm to himself or wife, and was therefore
justified in firing in self-defonse. Sufficient
evidence was given to place both these
theories before the jury. Now observe the
difference between Judge McAL11srrR'a mode
of defining the two presumptlons Of law,
viz: that Of innocence, and that Of intent to
kill, inferrible from the use by sane person
of deadly weapon. Observe how one OF
these presumptions is defined away until it
vanishes into thin air before the word Of the
prisoner himself, while the other is treated
as an irreversiblo part of Magma 0harta:
TIE PRESUMPTION oHTns rREsuArr1oR OF IN
cr1t1r i0CENCE-
.4rhe iurv are in 'tThe Jury are further
, 1879-06-01

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uulcation Of leir 1odse e be hsld at the Aas9ni:
Sunday morning. June !, At A:so O'Clock for the pur~
pose OF attending funeral OF late ro Albert r.
kapp. Cars TO Grace1and Visiting brethren cor
daily invited. Is order Of :,
CHAS. Il. BRADLEY, Secretary.
QUEEN ESTHER CHAPTER NO. a. 9: E. s.
Regular Communication Monday evening. June = at
O'Clock sharp, at German1a Hall. Nos. q aud G6
North Cark-st- full attendance Is earnestly re.
Quesed business Of importance - to be considered
by Chapter Visiting members are coure9nsiy IN
Worthy Matron.
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