The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-09
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The Ection Of HE Supreme Court Of Ap.
ptals In the casa aRaInlt tho editor and pub.
llahss OF tbs lS1ElLlsIScEn for .llsgsd DON.
tempt, Maa tho sut jeet Of general d!.cu,sion
about town yesterday. A promIneut Demo.
Graf, n lawyer and \ friend Of The Judges Of
ths Supreme Court Of Appeals, remarked
when no ilss heata Of Tho rule ths. II could
only rssnlt In modification aud renet 10,
the court ard its frisndt. Judging from The
general comment on ths Gaze, this p,opbssy
wal w!se cneH A Tow partisan Democrats.
IA might be expected, sustain lhs d,cl,!on.
bat ,bess arc many lits,4l Democrats Of ir.
islliRence who denounce Il, and s!ili mora
who regret It. - -
A reporter asked a gentleman we'll knovn
~ q particular friend OF thp H.ats ndminIs.
t.atloa, including The court, what hs ihosght
o, The outcome OF the case. Bald be; II n.
gard tho act 0f the court h sn arbitrary exer.
ci,e Of power which They should not posst,y.
II they do. Ills n dangerous president, and
~ Democrat and champion OF that court
heretofore, |, for one, itsl inundated Whero
Is our bonsted American liberty II any man
or rat Of men IL superior In power 10 Tia MO.
p,s7 remember Mr. Hutchinson In his Ar.
guuisnt quoted from speech Of PIe.ideni
ffuohsnGti'r, Ia whiGh be uxid, niiudlpp Ia
ust such MI act, Such power, No lar a. h
gooV, contains tho very ePssnca and rank nos,
o. ht.pousm.'. That 10 true. God held M h
tina. decision 10 good lsw!" -
NO MORAL rJtcs.
Bald another gentleman, a Republ[cA,
whcn asked about The case: what mora
force can decision hAya which is rpDJpjsJ
by the parties who claim 10 hare bear
sr5rgea, and who acted as p,escrDf,r, indrs
aud l1ry2 lcannotuust myself to a;tsnlni
to t1prtss my opinion OF the want Of dp,Icacy
AID common regard for public s,nti,nen,
shown by that court. Do they tlInk NAV
can ierrorizt-bnlldtx Is bs.isy yord--ths
rress or tho public into sIleucsf Why. In Xxi,
Ury case Judge Johnson WIS d ,cInrd II,
court, and the statement WAS vol ohsd for bv
himself, 10 have prtjudged this csst: and
yet he fines the INTELLidxscxh for bsyinV
another case had bton prjudg.d, and ssys
the ohsrse, u true, wound furnish jnst
grounds for impeachment. Well, l see MIR,
Harlow sltcks 10 II, and says bis iaiorms.
lion WI from an entirely authentic md trust.
worthy s1dfce. Mf Russell eays Judge
JobnEon pr Judged tho conteiupt cRip. MI,
Harlow says three judges pttjudred he mar h.
dauus case. Judge johnson ssysn chsres
Of this kind Ia Just kround for impea chmeni :,
They ara all DtmCcraiyt and they make on;
pretty atrong ca>c."
Nkvkn BtEoRE THE COURT.
Lawye,s declare that the Gre was usve,
properly before the court "iIuw," said ar
attorney lsTs sseHsne, 'coald that court, d,
a court, know that Y. Il. HRr! wsS editor Of
tho lRrrLLlorscER At this time that article
appeHred2 This whols proceeding was The
most iuegul Jar aud !rjudlei.l transaction
eyer known III . coItt OF record. Tbs baf.
were extorted illegally, for tho proceeding
certainly vssuot dine psocts, Of law a, re-.
quIted by tbs BIZ OF Right. It YVES directly
In con!rayoniion OF every known principle 81
conmoa law, TO tay nothing Of tho cIpleg,
provision Of theB,Atute."
"rhs proceeding ives wrong In spirit,
wrong In form. wrong in principle, and Ia d
plain case OF What are you going to do about
~ AZ The Court OLA re,lrt, the Judges
!elt Gale in Sesltg IS they, Or at least one OF
them, had declared his intention 10 act be.
fore Mr.. Russelvs ep!,lle WIS r,etentcd Ia
the Court" said ceitsiu official last night,
There is avery general curiosity concern.
ing Mr.. Russeil's moliye and nurposs In prs.
ssEting the original Communication To the
Court lis IL generally credited by those
who knew him with some motive which has
not yet appeared, LINyeru lay be ia Too
careful OF Tie smallest detail, and too wall
yeEsed III the principles and spirit Of the
law, 10 bring a criminal proceeding in 80
unprecedented and informal q manner .s this
was brought, unlsas ha had purpcss In il.
What that purpose Isis q conupt.um which
20 person has yet solved to bis own sa,tsfac.
tion. II supplemental statement, r.ci,ing
what passed between himself E1d Judge
Johnson, Is regarded IS further obsou.ing
me ma!'pE, The more 80 becauss Mr.. Rua.ell's
blood Is not Of the character 10 btccme ind,
denly heated.
LEGAL raEcEprsr.
Concernirg the proper method OF bring.
ins m action In Case Of this kind, there Ia d
pTscs dent on record In The Ohio County CIR.
cult Court, Of such recon. occurrence AZ Ia
be still fresh In thu Ininds Of thn nnhlia