The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-03-15
SIZES HIM UP.
A.A.POwe Of sspuipasaSs udGe Parker
Is hOnOmanIae Upon cr.me-A cres-
tor Instead OF Punisher Of Crime.

u SAPULPA, !. T.. March a-TO the
( nited States Attorney General.
( Washington: Dear Sir-Anent the
recently published open letter to yuu
/ by the Hon. /. G. Parker Judge Of the
! federal court for the western district
Of Arkansas and the Indian Territory.
and alSe his more recent letter TO Mr..
/ Whitney, aud in view OF the. fact that
certain legislation j. being urged in
congress having for its purpose the
continuance Of the Jurisdiction uf
that court over this territory. I wish
on behalf OF lung->uiIering and law
abiding people bath citizens and non
citizens of this territory 20 submit to
your consideration few brief obSer-
vations which Will Ike heartily indors-
ell BY nine-tenths of the people tlwell-
ing in this territory and fully sub
Stimulated by the voluminous records
nf the federal court and jail at Fort
Smith. AK.
first-The honorable Judge states
himself that crime Is on the increase
in this country" Notwithstanding
the bloody and ypcqgIlcd- record q:
his modern jueeernaut 81 Justice.
which boasts over four score legal
executions since the honorable Judges
incumbehcy and a-half-hundred Time,
aS many ''rutting in prisons Not
wighSlanding alt-tbis hc calls f.r
more blood and YET other sacrifices of
human life uIon Tie altar uf a pro-
famed justice. cenSuring the supreme.
court for what he terms Its Uu-
warranted interference with his
privilege Of iIaUgiu. men.
SecOnd-lu thiS court. that bulwari,
Of justice and liberty which adjudgo>
every accused man innocent until
hc j. proven guilty" j. reversed and
everyone who crosses it, upas tree
threshold j. accounted guilty and All
tlc tremendous power and lcarnin.
a1d dignity of he court j. brought 10
Acar 10 secure conviction and the
iurl that darcs 90 bring i'm verdici
81 acquitial in any important Grim
iii.;i cilSe is >Irc 10 be severely ccusur-
eel from the bench and their virdict
dcnounCeda>an outrage upon decenc:.
This is uL common. occurrence. 49,.
Third-Prufcs>iunal Juror, and pro-
tc>-iOnai witnesses arr the uic. r.
hc.a coed juror who :, acceptable oiir
must be a republican. and tu wear
a.. i. Il. badge is a guud rccommcn-
datiun. The same names appear year
after year. te. appearance sake. an
occasional leuIUcral l. called and one
~ the jury commissioners is called q
democrat. but ii he ever voted that
way no one knows il. Witnesses are
.UTI.ed ia rehearsal by some attorneys.
Iaud in recent case they were mulct-
OF part OF their iil-gut ten fees 10
I. ,npcnsate an attorney employed 20
aid the regular attorneys. or course.
the honorable court is not cognizant
ut such practices. or they would he
stopped.
Euurth-The oath OF au acknow-
tcdged robber. murderer and assassin
is reec rdsd there IS being ~ good p
hat Oi an honest Haa and much
better IL enlisted ia behalf Of tire
prusecut ion. For recent prO0f 0f this.
examine tlfe evidence given on both
sides in III. ease OF Jim Dger and that
of McElr1y al NJ, the eases hcins
simply persecution OF reputable citi-
zens in which the character cf the
Chief prosecuting witnesses was no
turIouSly bad all over the country.
In the latter case the venom of the
court Wa, suaa-H 10 the last hy re-
yuiriug the .efendant> So give bond
IN SO eU ,srh pending appeal To- the
Sapreu.e court.
Fifth h,@.y o. the most notorious
outlaws this country has ever known,
among them the DaltonS and
S;lrrS, have graduated nut Of the
marshal,s oilicc and out II the Fort
Smith Jail where they were incar-
cerated unjuSiiy upon trivEl charges
and ret armed 10 their homes smart
ing for revenge.
venture the assertion that this
court has manufactured TWO criminals
where il has punished one. -s-
Sixth-Why is il That men are
daily arrested In various parts OF the
territory and taken scores and even
hundreds of miles 10 the Fort Smith
court for selling whisky 10 Indians,
and are heavily fined and often sent
10 The pen. while right in Fort Smith.
under the shadow OF the court.
score of saloons have for 20 years sold
whisky To Indians openly without
moleStation, and NOT only this, but
the marShsL'S Office is made a cOllec-