The news boy., 1894-04-07
iEoAL ElLlsusrERINo.
voice Of the People Against the slow Ad<
ministratlon Of Justice.


voice Of tAs People Against the slow Ad~
ministrstlon Of Justice.
The general public and all parties
concerned, excepting, OF course, tho
lawyers, have long since become worn
out with evaporation at the delays In
trials In which large sums and import
ant interests are involved.
When Il comes to cases in which
crime is to be punished and Justice
should be dealt out, this slow dragging
along becomes even moro trying, and
it is not strange If now and then some
one questions whether or no law and
and lawyers are not seriously at fault
in so conducting these affairs that they
appear interminable, and as though
the counsel themselves were striving
to keep them along, as doctors some
times do their patients, in order to
make mere out Of them. Certain 1t Is
that intelligent laymen all over the
land are complaining Of such action ON
the part of the members of the legal
fraternity, and some day these same
grumblers may rise in their wrath and
demand reconstruction of the methods
of the law, in order that existence may
not become a burden through needless
waiting and justice long delayed.
1t is a curious fact that many of the
transactions of daily life, that might
easily be attended to by any person OF
ordinary good sense, are handicapped
by the necessity for legal assistance.
Because they must have this, import-
ant interests are neglected, and OF this
neglect some one is prompt to take ad-
vantage. Then there is a necessity for
legal interference, and if the victim is
unable to employ counsel he fares
badly. If he is able to do so, it is but
justice to say that he sometimes fares
worse, for once in the clutches of the
law there is never any telling where
one may bring up. Charles Dickens
rendered an invaluable service to the
world when he wrote his wonderful
story of BLEAK House." 'Jarndyce'
and Jarndyce" stand the world over,
for the laws delay and that intermina-
BILE. intolerable waiting that ended
ONLY when the entire substance OF the
eState was consumed, and it was duly
announced to the gentlemen on the
bench that the case was concluded SIM
ply because there was nothing left TO
litigate about.
1t is this sort of delay that is the in
ccntive to violent measures. IL one
could feel certain that m;sdemcanor OF
ali sorts would be promptly punished.
ere would be far less temptation to
take the law into ones own hands
But when, after long years of injustice
waiting, hoping and fearing, the feel
ind comes that one is not getting. or
even likely to get, his just dues, exas-
peration turns to desperation, and it is
scarcely to be wondered at if the VIC
tim makes an effort. at least, to gain
for himself that which the law, under
cover of looking after his interests, has
wholly deprived him of. Human ma
turd is patient and long-suffering; but
whan, through tactics of bushwhack-
ing, flibustering, beating around the
bush, indulging in technicalitics,
pleading nonsensical excuses and put
| tingI matters off on pretexts absolutely
trantsparent, patience ceases to be
virtue. and worn threadbare by such
unjust and unrighteous practices man
| kind rebels and the uniustly dealt
| with seeks to take matters into his own
hands
III, majesty of the law is never vim
dica ed il" this and as many casss
are at present conducted, its dignity,
strength and symmetry are destroyed
and distorted, and instead of being
honorable and honored among men. it
has come to mean to many ears merely
series of trickeries by which one man
may gain without suffering penalties
that Ghich by rights belongs to an.
othec-N. Y. Ledger.