The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-04-03

pank OF the river Del0W ana ABOVE lneDeS,
are strata of clay, inexhaustible in quantity
that are especially adapted for the manu-
facture OF the pipe or any other article of
earthernware, in the production of
which like crude material can be
employed, We have only space to thus
hastily call attention to the eligible
chance for investment offered by this coun-
ty, and to add that If further details are
desired by those who "mean business" in
the matter, we can place such parties in
correspondence with well 'rformed resi-
dents, who will esteem it pleasure to i'm
part, with great particularly, al the infor-
nation in their possession.
We are of those who regard the jury
system a legal nuisance, and would gladly
see it numbered with the things that exist
in memory, and not n fact But, while
the system is meinta'ned at all, we should
be sorry to see it hampered n its apprecia-
ton, and rendered still more obnoxious to
the civilization of the times, by such inter
pretations of the statute and common law.
as were recently given by Judge Morn, of
the Cook county circuit court. In the face
Of the fact that the statute of Ill 1ois de-
clares the essential qualifications Of juror
to be, that he shall speak and under
stcId the English language; hat he
shall be of sound m'ld end a
legal yotcr-iu the face of this,
Judge MORN has declared that the
statute is incomplete, and that, therefore, a
resort to the common law is necessary to
determine who are really qualified to sit as
jurors Hence, since the old common law
requires freehold qualification, Judge
Moral would exclude from the iu!J box
all those who, in addition to he rcqu'c-
ments of the statute, would not answer the
freehold requirement of the common law.
Thi' at all events, is the substc ice Of tle
judges decision, as published I the news
papers, end a most dangerous md esJaor-
binary decision it is. lis tendency
would be TO create priv.
lodged class, and to deny to the
accused in our courts Of justice, the right
which is the only distinguishing and COM
mendable fea,Lre Of the jury systematic
right of every man TO be tried by jury Of
his peers. There is, in truth, not a single
fact involved within the scope Of the decis-
ion that commends il TO the approval of the
people. It would not bring to the jury box
any greater degree of intelligence or per
sonal integrity than is secured under the
statute. II would divest the system of its
only really democratic fea,dre, and would
give vitality to the exploded idea that prop
erty in itself ought to confer special pri' .
leges and dgnities-an idea 50 hurt
full and Vicious that the great
mass Of the people would cry
out, as with the voice Of a single man,
against its adoption even in the regulation
OF the right of suffrage, and much more
earnestly would they protest against its In
corporation into c1y law intended to affect
more directly the rights Of person and
property, under either our civil or criminal
code. As we have already intimated, we
should be glad TO see the jury system etfec-
tually taboocd as an arm OF our judicial sys.
TEN; and, although Judge Moran's decision
is well calculated to hasten such an end, we
have no wish TO see il accomplished through
the operation Of such means. Inc decision
should bs reversed therefore, With all pos
sible expedition.
-Property.holder4 and influential cit.
zens generally, are waking up 10 the neces-
ST.; Of giving some attention to the ap-
preaching city election. They have, and
very properly too, arrived at the conclusion
| that 1t is a matter Of some consequence to
the city that good men and true be cleo.
ted, in their respective wards. as aldermen
In the Fifth ward the voters seem determ-
ined to take no refusal from Mr. Tom Hal
liday but to insist upon his candidacy for
reelection. We certainly join the Fifth.
warders in the assertion that Mr. Halliday
cannot be spared from the council. His
presence there is more Of need to the CT, !
at large than to the Fifth ward, and we
therefore urge his immediate constituents tc
stand firmly in their determination NOT
to excuse him. In the Fourth ward Mr.
Kynaston declines reelection, and a strong
pressure will be brought to bear upon Mr.
John Y. Turner to offer himself as a candi.
date. Mr.. Turner is an old citizen of I'M
Improbable integrity, of good practical
| congo and with a will 10 pmDloy il on All