The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-23
QUAY WINS AGAIN.
The Pittsburg Post Convicted O
Criminal Libel.

The Pittsburg Post Convicted of
Criminal Libel.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 22-After being
out three and half hours the jury in the
famous criminal libel suit of Senator Quay
Company, Albert j. Barr president and
James Mills editor, brought in a
verdict this evening of guilty in
the manner and form as indicted.
Concerning the verdict in the libel suit the
Post will say tomorrow: "The jury in
the Quay-POS libel case has found a verdict
Of guilty. This cannot surprise the public
as it does not surprise us. A republican
court, a republican prosecuting attorney
and republican jury have convicted a
democratic journal Of libel on the leader Of
the Republican party.
HIGH-HANDED PROCEEDINGS.
"In the Quay trial at Beaver the first
part Of the week the republican prosecuting
attorney took the jury panel of thirty, Sc
lected sixteen republicans out of it and stood
aside all the rest. Two of the sixteen were
brothers-in.law Of two of his attorneys, two
were republican Office holders and the
fifth was man standing close
to Senator Quay, personally, who was
stated in that county, as frequently having
handled his political bets. Defendants were
four OF these sixteen men and going to trial
before the remaining twelve. OF course
there was verdict of guilty.
THE TRIAL IN ALLEGHENY.
In Allegheny county, In the trial against
the Post, the republican district attorney,
adopting the policy of his republican brother
in Beaver county, called fifty-three names
from the panel. Seven of these failed to
answer, leaving forty-six out Of which TO
select Jury of twelve. Out of these Dis
trict Attorney Burleigh and Senator
Quay's private counsel selected
sixteen acceptable to them and stood
aside the remaining thirty. The only
right Of choice. the defendants had was to
strike out four of these sixteen. Even after
the defendants had exhausted their four
challenges and were absolutely powerless in
the matter of selection, the prosecution
stood aside other jurors. In this manner
were juries selected in Beaver and Allie
gheny counties by Senator Quay's private
counsel and the republican district attor-
neys to vindicate Senator Quay.
IMPORTANCE OF THE RESULT.
"In view of the facts we are justified Ia
saying that the matter of securing these
verd!cts is of much more Importance to the
people than the results Of trials are to the
defendants 1t means that the declaration
in the bill Of rights guaranteeing freedom
OF the press is a nullity. Let it now
be understood that democratic
journal cannot in republican
county with arepublican prose cutting attor-
ney, criticize or expose the rascalities Of any
republican office holder and expect to re-
ceive that fair and impartial trial, without
which. the law guarantees no man shall be
deprived of his liberty or property.
$50 firmly are we convinced of this In
justice and wrong, of the tremendous possi-
bilities Of evil and oppression inseparable
from this pernicious system, that the Post
will protest against it in the highest courts
of our country. Future usefulness and lib
erty of the press to combat wrong in high
places is involved in this issue. 1t exists in
no other state of the union than Pennsylva-
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