The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-28

Mr. Charles A. Dana. the editor of the
New York sun, has conferred a benefit up
on the country by resisting the effort,
through the federal courts, to remove him
from New York city to the District of
Columbia to be tried on an indictment for
libel, found against him by the grand
jury of the district. The facts of the case
are these: There was published in the New
York Sun an article in which there was a
very severe attack upon Mr.. Noyes, the
publisher of the Washington Star The
Sun. as is well known. is published in New
York city. Mr.. Noyes resides in Washing
ton. He went before the grand jury of the
district and had Mr.. Dana indicted and
then appealed 10 the federal courts to have
Mr.. Dana arrested and sent to Washington
for trial. The ground for the action of the
Washington grand jury was that the al
legged libel was circulated in the District of
Columbia
The question of taking Mr.. Dana to
Washington was heard by United States
District Judge Brown who held that there
was no law that authorized the taking of
Mr.. Dana to Washington. If the contrary
view were law a newspaper publisher
could be indicted in every county in which
the offending newspaper circulated.
If Judge Brown had held that Mr.. Dana
must go to the District of Columbia and
plead to the Indictment found against him
there, the federal courts would have so
greatly enlarged their jurisdiction as to
endanger the rights of the people. He
would, in effect. have held that the federal
courts have jurisdiction in offenses which
are not violations of any federal law. He
would have substituted the federal for
state courts.
Whether or not Mr.. Dana libeled Mr..
Noyes was not the issue. The issue was
far more important one, and it is crafty
ing that it was so decided as to protect the
rights of the people.
Along about the first of this mosth our
astute contemporary. the Americas Times
Recorder, in its advocacy of the free, I'M
limited and Independent coinage of
silver by this country at the ra-
ito of 16 to !, asserted that
1.-THE silver dollars coined by the
would be just like the gold dollars now
coined, a full legal tender for 100 cents,
and, therefore, worth a fun dollar any
where on earth" We suggested that the
Times Recorder interview Judge Crisp, a
silver leader and a resident of Ameri-
Gus, on the matter and see if he would
subscribe to its assertion. Not one word
/
ject since. The interview with Judge Crisp
has not been forthcoming. If our eontem-
! porary ascertained his opinion, 1t has been
very careful to refrain from publishing 1t.
Is it characteristic of free silver or
gans, when cornered. to crawl into hole
and pull the hole in after them?
Senator Blackburn came out Of the
Louisville convention the worst frayed pol
itician in Kentucky. He could not get on
the resolutions committee on his own mer-
! its, and tried to break into the committee
room with proxy crowbar. and then
failing 10 get in, he is reported to have
declared that he would not submit to the
opinion of the majority.
Consul Bob" Kirk at Copenhagen. who
is a Charleston young man, has writer
to the state department description OF
| the ornamental electric light poles thai
are used in the Danish capital The con.
sui evidently has a strong vein of aes.
theticism in his composition, but it i.
seriously doubted that he can make the
state departments consular reports light
bright and beautiful. even with a descrip,
ton Of Danish lamp posts.