The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-05-12
The DuBOse impeachment Trial.

The Memphis Appeal-Avslanche
OF last Monday says: "On tO-mOr-
row, Tuesday, the Senate of Tennes-
zee, presided over by the Chief JUS
'tice OF the State, will begin the i'm.
parchment tri.l OF Criminal Court
Judge, Hon Julius J. DuBo-e, of
Shelby County, on articles of i'm.
parchment presented by the popular
branch OF the Legislature. The case
has been noi,ed about for months
and paraded in the public prints from
Carter to Shelby, and from Maine to
Texas. The original charges pre-
sented by seciOn Of the pres aud
upon which Judge DuBose was tried
by y section of the press, convicted,
condemned and execute without
benefit of clergy, by section OF the
press--witn all the sanguinary corol-
laries OF being hung, drawn and
quartered--have been mod I'd aud
reduced until their father eau scarce
~ recognize them, and little re.
mains but the wrecks aud dls|ipated
nebulae OF the once dark aud Omui-
Gus cloud that lowered upon this
official. The storm has sp-nt its
fury, and in spite OF the terrific va
porings OF few newspapers who do
not desire that they be publicly con-
victed OF civil murder, the case will
go to trial before dispas1iOnate
Jury and lie .ried on lis merits, ac-
cOrding to the law and the evidence
1t is useless and improp II to indulge
in spAculations over the PROBABLE
outcome of this suit, unless where
conclusions are obvious aud uuavOid-
able. The answer of Judge DuBOse,
If sustained by the evidence, will
h3Quit him OF every delinquency, an I
ii no evidence is produced by the de-
Tense it is diff to conceive where
any "crime in Office can be estab-
lished. When those very amiabie
women, Mrs. Lee and Mrs, Man
ming, were eliminated from the in
dictment, all the beauty, all the soul,
all the genius for narrative and all
the elements of dramatic fiction were
suppressed, leaving only the dry
husks Of work. day smalI-talk be-
hind. They were the queens who
feigned supreme over their listen
ing dupes, and queens they might
have still remained had not sOrdid
'cupidity withheld from their expect
ant palms the psltry tribute OF the
promised bride. T1ru rudely from
their thrones though they may be, it
Is gratifying to observe tn 1t they still
have votaries wOrshiping at their
ruined shrines. Though gone they
nre not forgotten. At least one able
editorial pen flashes like scimitar
in defense OF their cOng9nial good
ness and loving kindness. But these
versatile and highly interesting fe-
males will not be permitted to enter
tain the Senate. In this farce.
comedy good Mr.. Kennedy will cease
crushing the skulls of Infants long
enough to play the sOulbrette
part. The heavy william can be aiken
from the Jail or the wOrkhOuse,
where there are any number of peO-
pie over whom Judge DuBose has
"terrOrized," and whose feelings he
has outraged by announcing the YER
dict OF n jury cOnvicting them of vari-
Gus otfenses. The law Comedians
will come high, but they must b.
had, il some OF our esteemed con-
temporaries have to cease publication
for few days. The play must go on
The people of Tennessee have the
soothing consolation of knowing that
because the offices in Shelby County
are so fat that it pays psp-seekers to
spend money 10 fsctional fights that
they, the taxpayers, will be per.
mitted to foot the bill TO the tune OF
anywhere from 5000 to $4,000, ~
the expense Of the trial has beeU
estimated. So long as people art
privileged to pay the fiddler they
should be content to let the politi
clans dance. 1t is just possible thai
the people will not slways do this