The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-01-10

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The verdict of murder in the first
degree, rendered last W wednesday at the
conclusion of the trial of Wesley Warner,
gives universal satisfaction. Indeed, so
strong had the community become i'm
bued with the idea that there could not
: be any other result, that verdict OF
lesser degree would have raised cry of
indignation that would never have been
quieted Notwithstanding the crime of
which Warner was convicted was brutal
and the result of premeditated design to
take the life of his victim, still there was
that feeling that he was entitled to fair
trial. with all the protection and defense
the law accords to every man against
whom any indictment is found.
And it was with this feeling, coupled
! with conscientious regard for their OBJ
legations, that the members of the jury
entered into the deliberation of the evil
dence presented to them. While public
opinion may have pervaded their minds
DO some degree, there is not the slightest
IQQDt tQHt tut t6IulCb Was LILO tCouAt "a
balm, careful, conscientious action.
No man ever had fairer trial than
Wesley Warner. The rulings of Judge
Harrison were so fair and unbiased that
be defense found little necessity for tax
ag exceptions, and there was but one
stances of that kind on the admission
testimony There were the usual excep-
pms to the charge, always taken for the
<Se of securing new trial, and there
otions that will delay the meet
ce to the criminal. but it GER
be dealt to him as he deserves.
lot single nediatlng feature
lle case. The only one claimed
. prisoners counsel was drunken
sss and Prosecutor Budd plainly showed
That the imb<bing of liquor was merely
for the purpose of nerving the murderer
to carry out plan of revenge instigated
| by jealousy. With no legal claim on the
woman for whom he had deserted wife
and children, Warner assumed the right
regulate her actions, and when she
Nd, and as usually happens IN such
2nHf his attentions. he deter
e life of the unfortunate
aided in lettering her
and without moments
to the presence Of her
he'd his purpose, he
kry of his fellowmen
to his jealousy, he
2ness. After a
levidence, the
Wilful and premeditated. and in accord
ance with that verdict, Judge Garrison
has imposed the death sentence. 1t is a
just verdict and just sentence, and Wes-
ley Warner will. without doubt, pay the
penalty for the fearful crime he commit
ted.
ABOUT one o'clock in the morning Of
November 8. the enthusiastic Democrats
thought they owned the nation, and the
disconsolate Republicans were not in any
mood to dispute the claim, for the whole
htion seemed to have thrown itself into
be lap of the Democracy. "Where are
e al" moaned the Republicans as state
after state swept from Republican moor
ings and ranged themselves alongside the
unterrifed Democracy or were clasped to
the bosom Of the buxom Populist maiden
Of the mortgaged-devoted West.
In their dependency the Republicans
seemed to think that there were very few
of them left. and it was hard to find one
with back bone enough to say that he
was still staunch and hopeful for the fu
ture. An examination of the returns al
they come in shows that this desponden'
cy was unwarranted. Mr.. Cleveland, it il
true, has large majority of the electoral
college and larger plurality than II
usual over the highest competitor. But
Mr.. Cleveland is not, as SO many Demo
Gratis seem to think, the almost unani
NOUS choice of the country.
There we're about Il, 250.0 900 votes cast
in November, Of which Mr.. Cleveland re.
ceived about 5.6l7,000, according to the
unofficial returns, or 100000 less than a
majority of the whole. In 1888 Mr.. Cleve-
land received within 157 1854 of MAORI
ty Of the whole. In other words, in 1888
Mr.. Cleveland polled 49.4 per cent. of the
popular vote, while in 1892 he polled only
45.8 per cent. This shows that Mr.. Cleve-
land has lost ground since 1888. 1t is
that Mr.. Harrison has lost ground
but the point we wish to make il
that the elections last fall did not indicate
a great popular uprising in favor of Mr.
Cleveland. Republican disaster was due
to changed conditions. But for the Peo-
ple's party Mr.. Harrison would have poll
cd majority of the popular vote and
might have been elected.
Mr.. Cleveland is elected but the Repub.
lican party is still on deck hiEa delphio
Inquirer.
800 Reward, 500.
The readers Of this paper will be pleas.
ed to learn that there is at least one dread
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