The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-05

| struggle, between our corporate
enemies and the people, the same
methods which were used to crush
the misguided leaders Of the labor
ing men of Chicago may hereafter be
used to crush those who cannot be
corrupted, and who simply ask for re-
form by legal and constitutional
methods: S:-who do not ask to DESTROY
government but to perfect it
through the ballot box.
The other day Gov. Altgelt, of Illi-
nois, pardoned the three surviving
sO-called anarchists: and in doing SO
he gave history of the case, (con-
tanning 1900 wOrds,) which is an
astonishing revelation; and one that
must carry alarm to every reasoning
mind. We make some extracts from
that important document; we are
sorry we have not room to print it in
full, because the daily press, as usual,
are miSrepreSenting the facts and are
unanimous in denoucing the COVER
nor.
He says:
The several thousand merchants,
bankers, judges, lawyers, and other
prominent citizens of Chicago who
have by petition, by letter, and in
other ways urged executive clemency,
mostly base their appeal on the
ground that, assuming the prisoners
to he guilty, they have been punish
ed enough, but a number of them
who have examined the case more
carefully, and are more familiar with
the record and with the facts dis
closed by the papers on file, base
their appeal on entirely different
grounds. They assert:
First-That the jury which tried
tn the ocnM;oH case was a packed jury selected
Second-that according to the law
as laid down by the supreme court
both prior to and again since the
trial OF this case the jurors, accord
Ing TO their own answers, were not
competent jurors and the trial was
therefore not legal trial.
Third-That the defendants were
not proven to be guilty of the crime
charged in the Indictment.
FOurth-That as to the defendant
Neebe, the States Attorney had de-
clared at the close of the evidence
that there was no case against him,
and yet he has been kept in prison
all these years.
Fifth-That the trial Judge was
either so prejudiced against the de-
fendantS, or else so determined to
win the applause of certain class in
the community that he could not
and did not grant fair trial.
Upon the question Of having been
punished enough | will simply say
that if the defendants had fair
trial and nothing has developed since
to show that they are not guilty of
the crime charged in the Indictment,
then there ought to be no executive
interference, for no punishment un-
der our laws could then be too severe.
Government must defend itself: life
and property must be protected and
law and order must be maintained:
murder must be punished. and if the
defendants are guilty of murder,
either committed with their own
hands Or by some one acting on their
advice, then, if they have had fair
trial, there should be in this case no
executive interference. The soil of
America is not adapted for the
growth Of Anarchy.
JURY SPECIALLY DRAWN.
Mrst-The record of the trial
shows that the jury in this case was
not drawn in the manner that juries
usually are drawn: that is, instead of
having a number of names drawn
out Of a box that contained many
hundred names, as the law contem-
plates shall be done in order to in
sure fair jury and give neither side
the advantage, the trial Judge ap-
pointed one Henry L. Ryce as a
special bailiff to go out and summon
such men as he (Ryce) might select
to act as jurors. While this practice
has been sustained in cases in which
it did not appear that either side
had been prejudiced thereby, it is al
ways dangerous practice, for it
gives the bailiff absolute power to
select jury that will be favorable to
one side or the other. Counsel for
the State, in their printed brief, say
of defendants, while it appears that
counsel for the defendants were in
favor of having someone appointed.
The record has this entry:
"Mr. GrinneU suggested Mr.. Ryce as
special bailif and he avas accented and
appointed D But it makes no differ
ence on whose motion he was ap-
pointed il he did not select a fair
jury. 1t is shown that he boasted
acaile selecting jurors that he aros naanag-
ing ttis case; that these tello,vs acould hang
as certain as death; that he acas caling
such men as the defendants acolld haze to
challenge perenaptorily and avaste their
challenges on, and that achen their chal-
le,,ges aoere exhausted they aco1ld hare to
take such men as the prosecution ecanted.
It appears from the record of the
trial that the defendants were
obliged to exhaust all of their per-
emptory challenges and they had to
take jury almost every member of
which stated frankly that he was
prejudiced against them. On page
1873 of Vol. of the record it appears
that when the panel was about two
thirds full, counsel for the defend
ants called the attention of the court
to the fact Ryce was summoning on
ly prejudiced men, as shown by their
examinations, further: That he was
| confining himself to particular
classes. e.: Clerks, merchants,
manufacturers etc. Counsel for the
defendants then moved the court to
stop this and direct Ryce to summon
the jurors from the body Of the peo-
pie, that is, from the community at
large, and not from particular