The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-29
QUAY Is "viNDICATED."
But the Defendants Continue "a
Tell the Truth About Him.

lSlu the lrutu AOOuV mums
After being out three and half hoUr'
tho jury In The famous criminal libe
suit Of Senator Matthew STANLEY Qua,
against the Pittsburg Post PublishinI
Co, Albert J. Barr, President. and Jss
Mills. editor. brought In . verdict o
guilty, In manner and form ~ indicted
Concerning the verdict IN the libe
suit the Post says:
"The jury In the Quay-PoSt libel css'
has found verdict OF guilty. This can
not surprise the public, as Il does no
surpsise us. A republican court. . re
publican prosecuting attorney. and re-
publican jury have convicted : demo
cratic journal OF libel on . leader Of ths
republican party.
In the Qusy trial 1t Beaver the frat
part OF the week the republican prose
cutting attorney took the jury panel oI
thirty. selected sixteen republicans out
OF Il and stood aside all the rest. Two
Of these sixteen were brothers .in-law oI
two of his attorneys. two were republi.
can office holders. and hnh was mas
standing close TO Senator Quay person.
ally. who has slated in that county q
frequently having handled his political
bets. The defendants were then given
the cheerless right OF striking out four
OF these sixteen men and going on trial
before the remaining twelve. OF course
there was verdict u guilty.
1 In Allegheny county In the tria
agsinst the Post the republican districI
attorney, adopting the polio, OF his re-
publican brother In Beaver county
called 6ny -three names from the panel
Seven Of these tailed 10 answer, leaving
forty out OF which 10 select jury Of
twelve. u these District Attorney
B0rIeigh and Mr.. Quay's private counsel
selected sixteen acceptable 10 them and
stood aside the remaining thirty. Ths
only right Of choice defendants bad wal
10 strike out four OF the sixteen. Even
ter the defendants had exhausted their
tour challenges and were absolutely
pOwerlcss In the matter Of selection, thu
prosecution stood sside other jurors. Ia
this manner we're the juries selected Ia
Beaver and Allegheny counties by Mr.
Quay's private counsel and the republi
can district attorneys 10 vindicats Sens.
tor Qusy.
\ In view Of the facts We are jnsii6ed IN
saying that the manner OF occurring thes,
verdicts 10 Of much more importance 4
the people than The results OF The trial
are 10 the defendants. IL means that th'
declaration In tine bill Of rights gusrau
teeing the frcedom OF the press Il . nuI
lily. Let II now be unslerstOod that I
democratic journal cannot in . republi
can county, with . republican pr0secu
Ting attorney. criticiae or sxposc the ras
lcsiiiiss OF any republican ofIiceholder
aud expect 10 receive that .isir and i'm
partial trial" without which the lsv
guarantees 10 man shall be deprived o
his liberty or property. So frmly sr'
W. convinced Of tbe njuaiice and wrong
of the tremendous possibilities OF evi
and oppression. inseparsbIe from thi
IperniciOua system. that the Post vii
protest against Il in the highest courts o
'our country. The tsture usefulDess enc
} liberty Of the press 10 combat wrong Il
high places 10 involved Ia this Issue.
lexisia In no other state Of the union thar
Psnnsylvsuis. 1t IL : relic OF despot
,lism."