The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-06-26

with you, thGigh I admit verifieation
would not tElfe added to their eredi-
bility. That they could not even
make "a pretense Of stating a fact
against Judge Prescott without stat
Ing q falsehOod, 10 any other tribunal
would have suggested the utter unre-
liability Of their entire statements.
AZ i stated to you when these un-
warranted charges were presented,
there Is not Justice Of the peace in
the land who Is 50 ignorant OF law as
70 consider or give weight 10 them,
much less to dignity them BY the
name Of evidence in q matter Of such
public interest. Il has remained
for the chief Executive In Kan
sas TO sit In judgment
upon coordinate branch Of the gov
eminent; TO try judge Of the State
upon the gossip Of whisky shops, and
the malicious falsehoOds Of irrespOn-
slble men, and without proof Of q sim
gle fact not consistent with the integ-
rity and unpartiality Of the court, 10
tFad1ee and villify Judge and counsel
as being guilty OfcOnduct unbeeOming
aIiy citizen, and especially 10 be con-
demned In an officer Of the law. 1
confidently assert, sir, that neither
you nor your friends can find among
the papers and evidence presented to
you, q single line of evidence tending
20 show any unfairness in the selection
Of juries, or In the trial Of cases
Neither can you find any evidence
showing that single person was kept
on any jury when II appeared he had
an opinion formed except in the one
case IN which a juror answered that
Q NnIh mH - fmmaH T.. .
State challenged him for that cause.
The defendant objected to his being
excused, WhereupOn the State with
drew its challenge. Immediately the
defendant wished to challenge for the
same cause upon the same answers
upon which the State had challenged,
and the court very properly held that
the defendant had waived such chal-
lenge. The defendant had before that
insisted upon Obleeting to the States
challenges for cause of opinion, and
where persons were thus excused by
the court, exceptions would be taken.
Defendants aud their cOnsel certainly
owe something, II but little, to the or
DERBY administration Of the law, and
courts are not bound to sit By letting
them blow hot and cold at the same
AAN 0EEAAAE1 III 0AAE NaAoNs
How h that an excuse for pardOning
another man, In whose case no irregu-
laFity even IL claimed?
The statements made In letters
written to you by II. d. Baker and
others were, when they attempted to
state any facts occurring upon the
trials. shown to be false by the
afiidaYits OF jurors who sat In the
cases. To this your attention was
called at the time. Aliidavits were
made by jurors who were anti-prOhi-
bitiOnists as we'll as by prOhibitiOnists
and whose credibility Il beyond ques-
ton. The sworn undisputed testi-
mOny OF such men showed to you that
In the case Of one Of these defendants,
four or five Of the Jury were anti
prOhibliiOnists. and I'm no case was
the jury composed entirely Of prOhi-
bitiOnists In some cases the State
waived its peFemptOry challenges
with anti-prOhibitiOnists in the box,
and prohibltionists- yet on the re-
naming panel object TO no one
cIiticislng my actions in these cases,
or the conduct OF the court aud other
counsel, but your action and structures
In this matter, are so completely and
directly opposed 10 all the testimony
submitted 10 you, that l feel called
upon In this public MANNER To de-
nOunee Il as an outrage upon the con-
stitutiOn and laws of the State, COM
mitted i'm no better interest than those
OF the open saloons; 10 deDrecate Of
fetal conduct which makes character
and reputation the best OF criminals
and 10 east back upon you the charge
OF Intentional unfairness-
In conclusion permit me.stO say,
that it Il with no feelings Of ill-wiil,
write this. / can most sincerely
unite with the law-abiding people Of
this State Ia their feeling Of profound
sorrow and shame, that the passions
aud pTejudices, the low vices ana de-
gradlng influences Of the saloon pow
er, have reached so high as to make
this Unjust and dlsgraeeful proceeding
q part OF the history Of our State.
That you have met the demands Of
the saloons in giving encouragement
to their disregard OF law will not be
gainsaid. If their commentator was
sought, you should have the supreme
satisfaction OF knowing that they are
not unappreeiative of the sacrifice OF
principle you have made for them.
What the intelligent and law-abiding
people Of the Slate think, time will
prove. would be glad to attribute
your action to Ignorance Of law and Of
the properties and duties OF the exec
utive Office did the circumstances
warrant me In 50 doing. That It