The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
FROM HERALD DR. UNK HERALD
SOBER.
The last issue Of the Rock County

CuulC dSuU CuUICu feVpIc III Sclle1dI
reiterates in the last issue of his religiO.
philosophical journal, his oft-repeated
opinion that Most preachers are sound.
ing brass and tinklimg cymbals." Com
ing as 1t does from i man whose faith
in spirits, spoeks aid glouls supplants
all confidence in realities. and whose
judgment Of material matters IS shown
by his belief that the Advance is the
greatest local paper III the United
States, preachers need not feel serious
ly offended by the Intellectual attacks OF
this editorial lul,atic.
In its issue of December l, 1881, the
Herald SAID:
IN this next to the last review Of our
exchanges, as has been our custom here
tofOre, we take up first the WOrthing-
Advance in all respects, indeed, we
ally, Bro. Millrr's form shall be ''pied"
and his life-proof shall he read by t''e
great Proof of-rea<ler. Bro. Miller will le
markt Il ''wrong front" and cast into
the "hrll-l'ox.': Nevertheless, we re-
gard the Advance us hy far the most
ably edited paper in our list of exchang
rs, and even in the matters wherein
the Advance and the Herald have he'll
disc 'rd;.nt opinions, we can but admire
the force, perspicuity and independt nee
with which Bro. Miller's views have
been presented.
So we appeal from Phillip drunk tt
Phillip sober. We appel from the
Herald drunk il. 1883 to the 1Ierald
solver in 1881. The Herald editor
was undoubtedly in his right mind
when he penned that compliment il
1881 and only voiced the sentimen,
Of scores Of other papers.
lie is Il callow youth, not yet solidi'
fed and stiFened up. Ills ability t.
stand upright is about equal to that oi
All cmpt; bag. lie is not old enough t'
stand alone and must lean on the tler-
gy, and the cl,'1rc'r and political rings,
etc. for support. But. rs we have Of
ten said, h. will grow. lie is learning
of the ADVANCE and will move along
camping down on the very ground
where we c;mre,l years before. We are
gradually infuSing into Kim our ''lu:la'
cy' and as Lincoln said Of the wlliskey
which Grant USED, we wis', we had {:
greater supply If ''lunc:ly:' so that VT
could give it freely to the rest Of the ed
itors. For the present, we shall dose
Bro. Mi!lera> freely rs his tender brain
will bear and il n;:e time we expect tu
r. j"icr t. see him Il fulfil ',ly Il una
tir.' h:lvin! the backbone to stand us
in his own zig: t and b.. independent in-
stead "f bring tim"-scrving, preacher
ri,l.ien and Il political tool.
To sl Nv how the Herald stand, ut
home, not witI's' ;n'ling ~ toadyisn1
t" orthodoxy, ringisn, and Mrs. Grun.
'ly, we quote from u series Of resol:..
ti"ns adopted |y county convention
held III Luver'e last fall:
Resolved. That we strongly dsap.
prov: of the course pdr>url by th+
Rock County ll'r,|d in refusing t.
publish, I,e call for this convention save
~ i. paid advert iSrm+nt. in ClampiOn'
ing the CAUSE Of ringSttrs and advrn'
tu'+rS in search of the spoilS OF office
and its general unfair and unreliable
G ursr nl'"n quest ions of local politics
aud resolved further. that said news
'a"rr RS at .'cstnt managed, is not tn
tiled to public confidence or support.
OUt JURY SlS7EM
EDITOR ADVANCE: 1t is high time
or rather the time has come, that this
most Important question should Ut
br'ught before the public. Knowled e
and wisdom in the American people
are making rapid progress in all kind:
of improvements, and bills of all kind.
and amendments are presented by OH
representatives III both houses. O
course great many Of them are Meces
s:.ry and their necessity puts then
through, and 50 it should be. This oil.
jury syslSm the American people hav,
Inherited from their mother. 1t is iii
old Engiisl, system whicl, has been kep
up to this day. It is not in the lecisio,
'Uf the eleven men, but the power lie
wholly in tile hands of one man, th'
twelfth ami the last one, and who il
lie? lie may be i simple head, lie ma,
be Il traitor, he may hold in his rlgl,
hand in one of his pockets ten, :
fifty, Il hundred, or 4 Thousand della
bill, from one Of the parties, and as
natural consequence from the guilt,
party, not to agree with the rest.
This is very clear and it shows plai,
that it il not the Eleven, or il majorlt,
Of them, but III Il great many cases, it i
only the one that decides tile case, anc
what has been the result of this cl,
jury system? Hundreds and thousand
of dollars have been paid out of ol,
National Treasury just by saying "
could not agree. New trials had to b
ordered and were admitted. This la
provoke d, and puzzled our smartes
lawyers, when they could not get just
ice done t" them and their client, prob
ably siml ly because the Opposite pa t
had the III, st money. The necessity q
this cl,amge has been felt from our high
est tribunals down to the city and tow
justices "f the peace, and can't TIN
| jury system be so amended as to hav
only nine men, instead Of twelve? an
let majority "f six we'll trained me
decide tile case and rule; instead of lei
ting the whole responsibility rest npo
4 single m,n that may have his brain
in the hollow Of his foot instead {
where they should te:
1t is 4 very important question:
Through this twelve men, or we ma
call it one man. jury system, scores {
thu m have escaped out Of the l:amsls O
justice, and the Just had to suffer.
would ask again why can't there he
bill introduced making this importar
change? The old Scotch law on the ~,
system would probably answer We
enough in criminal cases. where it give
the jury power when the evidence don
show sufficient, to give verdict Of
not proven.
In my many years experience, wou1
respectfully recommend our jury sy
tenn to he changed, for the benefit
justice. 1t is a necessary move, or astt
to the front, in order to keep up wit
the times.
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