, 1879-02-09
Collins Jury Bill.

TO 1he Ea'For o. ING 1''oH's'
CHICAGO, fep. o.-lhe c'auS'e pioooseu =,
the resolution OF Mr.. Collins, recently prescnted
in the House, il, the rule Of unan,nlty required
hu ;r;.r with tho onand,nept s,,pppsted in
h,,rea.,.,, T,rr,-,-, ;. Vic .nf1 .a1utarv
1nuisua9 AA.po, - = 10y .aanta, n1 II, .
Legislature.
The chanpe contaminated. viz: abolishing the
r,1a of ,,,ar;,r;t,, IN ~. ;nrv system 1v this
'u4o " una4's' ~ - 'A.5
resolution, Is worthy o1 more taAn d oaes'ue ~
mark, and il one that would have been maze
long ago il we were not, as people, SO strongly
,,o,,1ad :, ,,r ;do:s t. ie crr;,ns tn consider
"sou.o '4..,.1 w c,'".-: :r,~1, ~ .-ra1,,a
why tnis fel1c u oaroati"-a lo1Y " 1"1l'e .e
men, whose verdict muss De unahimous-haS
survived to the present day. It is curious re-
Election upon our superstition. upon our apathy,
i'm % 70 utterly absurd and irrational that lew
con he fnmnd Tn nraise If. and none can give any
io~ical reason for its existence or continuance.
In The flrlibcrations OF no BODY Of men now
known is unanimity required to reach bind
ing decision. It is not required of the Leg1s-
lotnrr nor Of Congress. neither are the Supreme
~ nnn11atc Cnnrrs romprlled to arree. nor
3oes thc law irnnose tht. burden OF Unanimous
vof, mon thc Directors. Trustees. or Managers
~ thr varifus cornorai1ons exististing Il, the
STATE ~ And vet absurd as It is. if the Di-
rect<,re of nnc of these corDoratioas honestly
foiI In determine n question and are forced into
y snir f,c, ,e men must u1ree before q Judgment
ron he ohtnincdt HOW unreasonable that the
low shoui1 allow in one case q majority to
norarn' md wi1eu the same case is to be DECIDED
b.. thn in+ervonrion of ano+jer creature Of the
iawl thc iury. that uuauimirv should be re-
nn;rradi
T'horr r. mt sinr|c orrnme,,t of any yeirht
vhotever hat ran hc a7vanred tn holster M
tha nrosa,t ru]n rf unonj,o,tr. The arouu,ent
tno+ - ~" ,n,r ~ 1he ;nrr can nravenr yerlIict
and thus comnei discussion Of the merits, IS
rr,1a hmto If whnt forre9 He ran do and often
daas ,t,a ,-ra,tns+ ;ni,,st;ce and The onc man
o,,;a1,v oo~ao: wth r1,n afovan 10 ohvfato 7be in
len..a,:o1,.a of ~ 1onp saseion in the dingv
49,, ronn, Trairn NOR ara usEcd tn arrce
nnon uari,ict ;nrot,;jno r1anv contradictions
"asc con hr reachcj1 'rhin1, nf 1b.. ni,snrflitvi
sT,.orva 80, aIta. i;afcn;no r. fhc controi;c-
+n.,. statnmenra of annorent1v. trnst-
u.n5st1.. 49, .r;tnaesas 70 H., ;ngan;one or-
r.,'na:',. mu..a "'. ~ oo,os;n1 co,nse, ,nd r.
So ovtordcd fnstruct1ons of the Court
40 ~oon;rad +o harmonic avery no;nt ond
s.,.rr;1n,,,x,, ngTee mon thrir ycrf1icti Il It
rnneon,hia IN ennnnsn that tweiv. mon will
hn.,a Tho snme nn;u;on who, rhav entpr rho ;nrr-
ron,n ny AMI s II nnt the truth tba} thia unan;m,tr
~ onIr ~ the surface hrnnnht ohont either ~
rnooeinass frn,n confinement ~ faar of "a
Nina +;n,es nnr oi Ten stvarict -, orc he rnsnlt
of The s,rrrendcr or comnromise Of in1ivifInaI
on;n;on # tho ,ninoritr ia vnrv small
tbnse who firm it. n,ay reasona NV susncrt them,
sa,vcs n,,etsenn md 81 he mare rro1li1v 1je.
nnscd to chanre their views. Brs1le. Few ike
~ onneor tn he ohstinatc and nm vie]dino "
Tawvars have recommended this chanon t4&nr
boTora this hnt for some reason inrvn1ir9h1a re-
vet hav.s With the incubus unon US. # We snhm,t
onr rosn tn nrhitrotors. a majority rule II n;:i
nr;ns conrts sit in banc, maioritv
oninion is what we EXPECT. The Suoreme j;onrt
~ ,ha Stn+n and of the finited Sfa;as ;n,nrnrat