The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05


Of .hete.
He proposes that majority OF Jury may
render a verdict. Then he must provide for
Tie evils OF Yerdics without consideration,
merely on the impuisive votes OF seven men
sgainst five, while the five may be right and
Tie teven wrong; the five wise and the seven
fcolish. The msj0riiy Must govern through
ont. TIE jury may ballot in three minutes
af.er leaving the box, ard mai 1rity decide
TO return verdict aad DO 50 in five minutes.
We can. NOT, by Law, tx the time, or method,
or course Of delibeIaiion. for that will de-
stroy the whole i6ea and principle of trial
by jury. II We have ms 5riiy rule, unless
We also have this regulation, it will create,
for juTies, every evil Judge Har2is enumer-
stts--and mere he does Rot-a.tscaing 10
legislation.
60 With his proposition OF scholastic eiuca-
ticp. TIE best educated and wisest taking
nan ever knew was almost 3 pauper, and
he cosid be persuaded or led against his
knowledge, his inclirations and his precepts.
His neighbor could neither read nor write,
yet be knew bis leading rights and duties az
8 citizen, rarely failed in judgment, man.
scsd large business and became wealthy.
TIE FIRST would have been dough in jury
room; the latter would have reached = sound
ccnclusicn en- the facts befo-e him. While
every man should be abe 10 rssd a1d writ.
ard cipher, the evils Judge HarGs would
cure havs their origin far back OF where be
begiIs and tie education aud legal provi-
sioIs fer their cue mus. bsgin where they
arise.
TIE merta'ily OF men IL al first born With
item and is largely the result OF accident
birth are the same--sccidental. The educs-
tion, exemplary as we'll as scholastic deter
mines the mental motive power aud direc-
ton in life, only in part. Education csn bs
aimed to develop good and repress evil ten
denotes, but only TO the extent the surround
irgs and the mental organism will permit.
a person with ecquisil,vensss, sscrstiveness,
caution and frmness will acquire property
wsth no scho,as.ic education, may be shrewd
in busiress and have sound judgment Oae
without these elements may become e great
scholar, bat will be hungry for bread, with.
cut found judgment
With tbs give him reverence. bsnevoience,
elt-ts'sem AID love OF appreciation, and he
will be public bensfac or Give him edu-
cation and hs will bs all the better. Take
from bin the four last, and with or without
learning he will hare no acrnplss about &C.
curing properly. and may be thief. Cau-
ton maySsve him or may not. Ooa with
out the four FIRST elements and with the four
last may be great schoiar, but will be likely
to lack for bread and be without sound jadg-
meEt. Give either the four latter without
the former ard they would bs enthusiasts
without practicslity, living ard giving at
the expense of others, and could neither
make nor execute wiss Ia We with sll the book
learning possible to acquire. The same
conditions and relations hold good a. TO tho
morals, and through all The co nbinatlons OF
physical development Physical frs, and
mental DEF eadent on TIE hysical, frat and
last.
Laws enforced and education directed to
prevent procrsstr,u By criminals will de.
crease criminal mentslism and crimes. En-
forced laws for education that develops good
mental traits and suppresses bad ones will
make better men in everything. Simply
scholastic education will be wisely used by
coed mlnds, and bad ones will use it to grail
~ evil tendencies. The wiser the man with
a bad mental organization the more danger.
Gus be is, the harder to circumyent or keep
from places OF influence.
While the right CT suffrage is too cheap
and love Of license (called liberty and of
personal gain, and of Individual power are
too great and should be lessened aud limit
ed, they are the ouigrowih OF our vsstness-
our unlimited space and msterial resources.
As We grow mora numerous AID jostle each
oiher for want CT showroom, and ous in
teTests clash more and mors, new outgrowths
will bring new forces good and evil-that
will still maintain en- equilibrium, and our
knowledge OF and love for.liberty will retain
it for Us and maintain public order.
Heaven itself locks on with establishment
to see nearly 10000. coo of people, occupying
nearly 1000 600 Of square miles, with the
highest civilization yet attained, and no
army or navy or national police worth nam
ing: where a half million of people can a.
semble on public occasion, maintain order
and need no restraint. In our progress 50
far the good dominates the evil, and our
progress in education, intelligence. legisla
tive and administrative wisdom has been
consistent with our surroundings. Sooner
or later education will Systematically begin
ard practically teach how to prevent diseased
and deformed humanity, phys'c 81 and men.
tal, and the knowledge will 90 upon the
statute rs law to practically enfJrce IT, Bat
{ must come in it's order and can not be
forced. Then, and not before, the evils oil
which Judge Hargis complains viii begin to
di,appear. The lobby, the incompetent Leg
islature 1.-THE laws delay" are bat stations
on the highway of moral ard physical force:
| leading to higher level, and necessary in
their time and place as stepping stones tC
reach that level; while but for them greater
evils would have visited. @. II. REEVE.