The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-04-07
Friday, April 7. 'S2
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

HE same DOQy OF men WIZ yHShSu 'he
two cattle thieves at Denver, Friday night, re
inforced to twenty-five rode about ten miles
out of town and capturing three more accused
of cattle stealing, marched them to grove
and hung them.-f1ouston Age.
If this is true the next thing in order is to
issue warrants for the IS scoundrels who COM
mitted these wanton murders and, in due
course Of law, hang them.
THE American project Of a railroad COM
pany in the ancient city OF the callphs IS TAX
ing away the breath of the unutored moslem.
1t is however only the project that as yet
starles the native mind. The concession
from the government has not, so far, been OBJ
tanned, but the American minister, resident al,
Constantinople, will probably bring that i'm
mediately about, when the company is quite
ready to begin operations
THE whiskey dlstillers who herd in the CAPT
tai are in great distress over the fiat of the
congressional republican caucus on the sub
ject of the whiskey tax. But they have no
idea of abandoning the field, and very pitt
of the committee may not be sustained in tn
House, leaves them yet a strong hand, which
they mean to play. In the meantime the
whiskey trade is suspended. Future traffic had
been engineered upon new base, and every
thing will have to be revised unless the we'll
clothed tramps that infcst the lobbes get con-
gress to revise the doings of the chicken
hearted committee that seem frightened at
having sat down on the distillers.
CoRBIN & Co. are the men who propose to
sweep the Atlantic with the swiitest fleet Of
steel passenger and mail steamers that ever
Glove the briny deep. reducing the time be
tween New York and Liverpool 5 and one
half days. The steamers are to be SO con-
structed that they can not be sunk, of 1900
to 10000 horse power each, and to plough the
main at from IS to 27 miles an hour.
This vast enterprise will, of course, require
the encouragement of Congress, and will
doubtless, receive it. The line will carry no
freight, but passengers and mails only. The
route will be new, with new tcrmini at both
ends. One, the eastern extremity Of Long Is
land, the other, Milford Haven, the most
westerly port of Wales, passengers taking rail
thence to London.
We further learn that the American flag is
once more to float from the mast head of
merchant marine, which will revolutionize the
shipping interests OF the world.
THE star route cases were argued on the Ist
inst Kerr opened for the prosecution, con-
tending that any concert Of action amounted
to conspiracy, and that it was not in the com
mission Of an overt act, which could consli-
tute separate crime. The fact of conspiracy
might or might not constitute crime. Mr..
Merrick followed for the prosecution in de-
tense of the indictments, claiming that they
were regular, and not informal because not in
conformity with the Maryland statute. The
Maryland statute Of I774, said Mr.. Merrick,
has never been pleaded at bar and is not IN
force. Mr.. MerriCk said we are not trying
Brady for his official acts, for any exercise Of
his official discretion, but for conspiracy, al
though the overt act may have been commit
ted under the cloak Of his official position
Judge Shellabagger, for the defense, argued
that the prosecution was bold invasion by
the court of the power of the executive 1t
was question of official discretion-of execu-
tive discretion. Whether it constituted crime
or not depended upon whether it was criminal
to expedite mails. AS an executive officer the
accused was liable to impeachment before the
Senate, but under these indictments, or under
any showing in the form Of indictment at all,
this court was not competent to try him. The
Senate is where the constitution has placed
the remedy. Let it remain there. 1t is not
within the scope of Judicial decency to try this
man here.
Judge Wyhe took the arguments under adj
yisement.
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