The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-16
Law US. Justice.


DRY in their nature, and thereafter the
members are governed by the said rules. Ii
the rules initiate against urgent business, a
member moves that the rules be suspended
until the house takes action on certain
measure; but the rules are not often sus-
pended, consequently legislation suffers.
Under prohibitory rules the house proceeds
| to enact prohibitory laws with severe pen
alties attached in case of violation. During
the session many statute laws are repealed,
others amended and new ones enacted, SO
the law-abiding citizen may count on rad
ical change in the law every two years The
statute provides certain rules, regulations
and forms to be observed in the execution
of the laws, hence it becomes necessary that
all officers elected to execute the laws be
we'll posted in the provisions of law and the
rules pertaining to the execution thereof
Under our form of republican government
the executors of the law are elected by the
people, and the people elect them without
any regard to their qualification for said
duty, consequently they have no right to
expect judicious enforcement of the law.
At the close of each session of the legisla-
ture an appropriation is made to defray the
expense of publishing the Session laws in
each county. The contract is generally let
to some publisher, who proceeds to print the
same upon the least amount of paper, type
and ink that can be used; then sends copies
of the same to every paper in every county
in the state; the said papers send the said
COPIES in connection with their own papers
to their patrons, and so the laws are pub
lished. When the people receive them
they find that the laws are illegible without
a magnifer. Consequently they are not
read by 90 per cent. of the people. But it
makes no difference, the laws have been
published and the people must abide the
consequences.
If citizen wishes to learn his rights by
law he must go and consult some attorney
and pay him fee for disclosing State Sc
secret, and ten chances to one the attorney
will give the applicant misadvice and in
duce him to begin an action at law. AS a
matter of course the plaintiff must employ
counsel, Court, Constable and witness; the
opposing party joins issue and contests the
case. If by any means the plaintiff fails to
prove his claim, or the defendant has
trumped up set off that more than balances
the plaintiffs claim, the Court will render
Judgment for the defendant for damages and
costs, all of which the plaintiff must pay,
also an attorneys fee and witness fees for
the opposite party. The plaintiff has learn
ed lesson in law that will last him a life
time, and the bar has lost client. Did the
law protect or damage the plaintiff? In
niue cases out of ten the man that seeks
justice by law is damaged by law or lawyers
Wherefore the law, or lawyers, are less a
blessing than a curse to the human race. It
is well known that many of the statute Jaws
are unconstitutional or illegal, which may
be called lobby laws or crank laws which
passed the legislature at private expense
and for private use of some corporation or
society. Such laws are executed as long as
the people will endure, and until an appeal
is taken and the law declared null by the
Supreme Court. Excessive legislation gen.
orally promotes injustices. By way Of illus
tration will give an instance: certain boy
in the town of Bristol, who followed The
pillow and harrow one week last spring,
learned from smaller boys that fish were
running in the creek, this report produced
a fshy taste in the big boys mouth and
fshy ideas in his head, and as there is no
remedy known for such condition of body
and mind except fish, fish must be had
Early on Sunday morning the pillow boy
with spear IN hand started for the creek
necessity knows no law-the boy run the
creek for miles and speared everything that
wagged tail at him. Before noon he re-
turned home with fine mess of fish for
mother, who cooked them for dinner The
boys fishy appetite was cured and he was
ready to perform another weeks work. The
boy was unconscious of having committed
any offence against law or any human
rights, but as matter of law, the boy had
violated the penal code three times that
morning, first by violating the Sunday law,
second by violating the fish law, third by
tresspassing on his neighbors premises, for
any and all of which he was liable to arrest,
fine or Imprisonment. Question: who was
to blame in this case, the legislators or the
boy Yours in behalf of justice and boys
| rights E. JONES.
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