San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-28
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
[BY OUR SPECIAL CoyTnIRr1op !

PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.
/, lBY OUR SPECIAL Contributor
(. Ingratitude is unthawabIe, impeu
h etrable, unconquersbIe, unconquer
able even by love ITSELF that subdue
80 all things. Gold, silver and iron ma
be melted-even fiints may be dis
\ solved by fire, but an ungratefu
> heart cannot be melted even by tn
strongest and noblest flame-that O
love.
The person whom the world desip
mates as good natured man. is. gen
orally, q parasIte,-a sOft-heartad
limber-backed, flaccid fellow, or 8
tIme-serving, insincere, plotting dis
sembler.
A good natured man is not peeyisb
touchy or quarrelsome, but he is
neither devoid of temper or resent.
ment. He is good humOred and pleas.
ant, but he is neither a parasite nor a
fool.
No way has ever been invented to
lmpart the edge worn by a razor to a
tool destitute of steel. No more can
the same edge be put on fool that
an intelligent man will admit of.
Inc laws of Texas are not at all TO
Diane for the prevalence of crime.
since they prescribe adequate pun
lshment, and have provided the iudi-
clal machinery for enforcing the
laws.
There is hitch in the machinery.
that renders the operation of the Judi
clal machine q positive nuisance. The
petty jury constitutes this clog. There
Is nothing on land or in the sea, that
Is 80 capricious and unreliable as is a
petit jury.
No one can tell what queer chute it
viii take, nor assign any limit to it's
disregard of the claw and the testi-
mony." 1t takes the studs equal to q
cunning and foxy old mule, and
DUCKS worse than a broncho brimm-
ing over with cussedness.
In drawing jury in murder case,
all the best material tor jurors is ex.
GUIDED, and the incom petent men are
selected. This is the fault of the
laws.
One juror has IL in his power to
make mistrial at his pleasure. He
may do so, out of sheer stupidity, or
out of corruption, and may DEFY de- |
lection. An acquittal absolves the |
worst criminal.
The courts of appeal should be To- |
Gated so as TO best subserve the in |
terests of the people. Rusk, A bilene |
and San Antonio would be the best |
locations.
Or, they might be required to |
hold every alternate year aG Wealth |
erford, Waco and Hampstead.
These new courts of appeal will not |
expedite the decision of cases, as par
ties will prosecute appeals to the
court OF last resort wherever it is pos
sible.
The better plan would have been to
increase the supreme court to seven
judges and authorize three of them to
hear q certain class of cases and thrt @
to hear the others, but requiring the
full bench to decide novel and impor-
tant cases.
With this plan business would not
get behind, as each division of the
supreme court could be in session at
the same time.
intermediate courts only serve to
prolong litigation, as lawyers want to
run through to the highest court.
Clients are ruled in these matters By
their lawyers.
Superstition is the religion of feeble
1t makes religion to consist OF rites,
forms and ceremonies.
The exercise Of benevOlence and
charity should not be postponed to
our last wills and testaments.
1t is better to put men on their feet
and help them to become self-support-
ing and self-respecting, than it is to
dribble out scant aims to them and
keep them poor.
The righteousness, or want of be-
NC VENlA u