The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-05-05

the State who will sustain Judge
Taylor in this extraordinary ruling
We are at loss to understand
Judge Taylor in this matter He
has an excellent reputation AS
iurist, but there was something radl-
cally wrong with hin i'll taking the
position be did, and the public had
better begin an investigation. Its
safety demands it, and however pop |
ular this Judge may be, even HE
should not be permitted (no matter
what the reason or cause may be) to
turn this community, the moral safety
Of the young people over to the mer-
cies of men who make their living by
preying upon the public.
But District Attorney Land should
not be held blameless in this matter.
He should not, in tit of pique, have
allowed himself to enter nolle pros
against the others accused. lie
should have made Judge Taylor
make the same ruling in every case,
aud thus place all the blame on the
Judge and have his own skirts clear.
Gentlemen the people are fast
growing tired of lawlessness, and
when you firmly convince them that
the law will be rendered a farce by
its officers, no matter from what
cause or incentive, then will they
take things in their own hands and
protect themselves. And they serve
notice right here and now, that the
gamblers will not be permitted to
wantonly and impudently carry On
their nefarious practices in open in
suit to our good people like Mr.. J. L..
TilIey once did, no matter how many
decisions Judge Taylor may render,
nor how often MIR. Land may grow
petulant and undo the honest work
of a grand jury.
And while on this theme, we will
suggest to Sheriff Young that he will
earn the gratitude Of the good people
of the parish by exercising the same
Judgment in summoning tales jurors
that he did in the Nash trials.
Let our law-abiding people be vel
on their guard, as we have 1t that the
= gamblers will now open up IN full
blast if, indeed, they have no.
dOue so.
But, hold, still worse is to come
The jury in the cases against Messrs
5 Sam Benjsmin ct al. for false imprls
: onment, having rendered verdict o
l acquittal as against Chief Nelson
, Patrolmen Dewing and Irvine an'
| Mr.. Rainey Carter, one of verdict G
guilty, with recommendation of thu
. extreme mercy Of the court as agalnS
t Mr.. Benjamin, Judge Taylor hnt'
r him $3.50 or 80 days imprisonment Il
: the parish jail.
o With this verdict and penalty WI
= have something to say. We sappos
Q it was all right and fair enough. Bu
at this iuncture District Attorne
Land took the floor and out-Herode
3 Herod; out Taylored Taylor, by er
/ tering nolle pros in the indictment
) against these same men for highwa
o robbery. The moral, law abidln
It citizens of this city and vlclnlt
! heard of this with bated breat]
What will the outcome be? the
7, whispered. Have Taylor and Ian
a drawn the lines and allied themselv'
ID with the lawless element Of our con
0, munity? Have they struck bio
re at law and order by issuing Their q
at cree that vice, immortality aud CORFU
It, ton among the lawless SHALL preva
t) and the supporters of the laws $
be premacy shall have no voice,
ne rights of theirs shall be respected
r. Must the foul stain when Nc B9nJ
rt min has cas- upon oar commultJ
IL garments, the deep insult which
[r. has cast upon our escutcheon be pr
mitted to remain unrebuked? l
ey cause forsooth two gamblers recel
&C. back their mondE and therefore ha
10 no desire to prosecute birds OF I
VI same flock, must the insult offered
~ unprotected women in oar coo'Inr
W ity 90 UNPUBLISHED? Must our Ia
'p- be spit upon by men who openly V
he late them every day and then wheI
,,ro,d inv does its duty, must