The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-12-08

me ~, there haD boen aGDouod g thiD
term about four thousand dollars In
0nao on the criminal onseo, and about
. many more caDes Win probably b
disposed Of BY judgment this term,
thoueh the flnes may not amount % .
much more and there b Q large hatch
LEFT 10 continue. Besides, Of the eighty
indictments just returned By the
been disposed Of BY convictions On
might have been disposed Of could the
this number Of offences committed
chiefly within the limits Of this city,
and Standing unpunished ct the open.
Ing Of court, who can ny that the
Grand Jury was not advisable, and
even necessary? And on the above
stated result Of their labo1 Of only two
weeks, and Of the courts laboFs Of only
three weeks, Why should the court b
charged - "doing nothing" and the
Grand Jury the modern Inquisi-
ton ?"
Again, Mr.. Editor, did you mean to
charge about the case Of John Ryan,
which you mention - being disposed
Of, that there was fhvoritism BY any
ofiicer that had anything to DO with
that transaction Such II the nAir
import Of your language used, II
II not? When the truth q, that Mr..
Ryan, standing charged BY indict-
ment Of the Grand Jury, and BY
complaint Of the city for the same
offence, the election was made to try
him for the offence on the Indictment.
and the city case wa dismissed BY
paying the costa.
The church, the courts and the
schools Of powerful New England
have always been its boast and it,
prowess The spires Of these three insti-
tutions point heavenward and upward
toward better things - powerfully here
and they dot the plains Of settled
Kansas almost - thickly - they do
those rock.b0und, granite" bills.
Shall the West be less enlightened
than the East? To fall to nurture
either Of these three institutions II .
fault, to abuse or frown upon them 10
outrageous.
A petty scrub-pony" race ut "the
park" with five dollars on side, may
take Q half column Of the modern
newspaper. with the details Of the af.
fair given to the public infinitely. Not
only the name, blood and qualities Of
animate objects but things are gone
into, even to the color Of the saddle,
blanket and the hose of the rider. The
pony race" In fine, II made sue
cess, II not grand affair. When these
things can be done, and the perma-
nent Institutions Of our country can
be slighted and its officers ffowned
upon, I feel like crying out against IL.
l respectfully submit, Mr.. Editor. do
the church, the courts and the schools
of our land get such treatment ct the
hands of the pres Of these days In
commensurate with their importancef
tits time, Sampson, that We had BE-
come and men no longer boys. We
have become Of age In years g we'll -
experienced In the a6Alfs Of life.
The horse race. the Sunday picnic
and the saloon should b things Of the
past In this community. 6alina should
have sown it, wild oats Of youth and
begin to adopt the sobriety Of yeers.
From the atmosphere OF the past that
has surrounded u 10 It not meet and
time that now we should come out
into that atmosphere, not only Of busi-
ness but Of intellectual and moral cul.
turs and worth, and 90 surely should
we all act that II may not be questioned
% to whether we are on the side Of the
d" ldv and order portion Of the COM
munity or on the other.
have talked with you before about
the treatment Of my court ct the
hands of your paper, that hes not
availed hence this communication,
which, though stricken OF In the
midst Of the present rush Of business,
I ask you to publish.
In conclusion, let me say, - other
papers in their localities do, can't you
publish full proceedings Of the courts :
It il no more than Just, at least where
there IL such an important session -
this term of the District Court has been
and where all the officers, from the
petit juror up, have struck hands and
like q band Of brothers worked to-
gether for q Just and proper enforce
ment Of the law In this community.
Come down and see Us we will treat
you well and try to inform you Of what
is going on there, fully and truthfully.
But II you must sit In your sanctum
up town, as in the past, and judge Of
US at that distance, we nevertheless
for every officer fair criticism
and Just commentator, and repel the
insinuation Of the gossip or the thrust
Of the assassin, against whom no one
can defend.
lam, very respectfully and truly,
II. PRESCOTT.