Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-01-11

l,lN. II /, unnecessary tn remind Mt
/ rati,nW Iltr t,u.uu. existing fnr the r..
Ir..l .Iu,r There T. uu man ~ III" uli"l
/ state. l,'t,r aware than hr II tie mi.
luir- hat have been prtr trai~i under
/ co,,i " tli.. seemingly, proper law
/ u vi. m--rI fr the iwtr'." IT rnan
/ msjUr,lU,rt.ol the general gu'rfnmrut
/ g., stamp oul the ,iuo' r"l,gam, III tah,
drl 1t served It, rwr.-', r"l,gimN has
been DESTROYED I lah ha. hrru admitted
to the mon u. q state aud T. uo mug"t
subject tr the operation d tho Edmund.
law, bat The law ,,Il -taud-, and con
! lIuur- II, Wutk ~ p,f-rruiluu among the
lgnoraut Isur of N,W N.,Icu and con
uuur, H. upprr-. all other cla,-c- hN
pouring rNufhltan, frc- into "a" packet,
II un>rfupulou- official.
There Wa probably never u law pt>~,1l
~ the niird state cougtr-- with hrt
! ter intent, ~ with u more CLEARLY defined
pufIs'-c to ~'IN" the ruj- ~ public mo.
rdlitl aud drccucS, but ~ it, prf,rt-lon
less officials 1t has hccn made, aud i, H..
day. IL" worst engine ~ oppression ever
sct ~ IN this country, aud II the results
connected with it. operation IN New
McNir" hal occurred IN ~" districts nf
congressman from the states, n bill Tor
It's repeal would ~ through congress
without dissenting vote
NuG aside from the outrage which II
raI-,'- e. l." prrrtfatri upon the hum
bier rla,-'s %; our people. II Ciu-'- il"
courts tu l." cungrstri tn such au extent
that tin adjudication II vNll casr- !. ~
many Instances uut ~ the question.
Lake the case ~ our own county lot IN
stance" with the Iuhg" working more
hour, than a day mh"frr. and yet ut the
end II u long term the papers announce
the ciNIl dTkct Wa, not reached
very hfg" proportion probably
mai duckrt. afr Prosecutions under the
Elmund- act, and while a frw "f these
are found technical, guilty. much
larger PARTON AT" found 1" hr mrtrlN tl,r
Nrllmr II persecution at the hands ~
malicious nulghhrt-, but the prosecuting
uilIcrf- grt thrlf fees all the NauI'. the
fund.- are -Iuandrtrd. and the real hu~l.
np-s ~ the district suffers.
But the interruption oi public business
and the wasting II public funds. had a.
they may be-, are not the worst ~ II. The
great e,ll IL Ia the Infamous outrage
that are prrrtrat"i upon the helpless
p,-,r
Hundreds Of honest working pr"pc aIr
dragged from their homes aud WORK, and
put Ia the annoyance and rNI"n~r II
standing trial ~ court Tor oiirn~s- II
which they are ~ iIlnrrnt ~ an! other
IIan Ia the community. II the accused
~ tN lNnr I" give hond, ~ l. generally
the case, he l. locked ny III the county
Jail I" await trial, and made "a prisoner
fnt "A I~ri"d varying from ~" I" four
month, This throws hl- wife and chilli
Ten upon the charity II the world. and
taNcs the people II the county Tot thu ~
Ir'Il-" ~ frcdlng III" man, AMI employ ing
Jiil guards tn watch him. AMI then ~
more than nine ra-"~ ont ~ ten when
the party l. brought H. trial there l. no
testimony la sustain the charge against
him. tut the evil has l~rn done, the man
has been imprisoned, and III" public
funds aud time II the court have hcrn
wasted.
III "uillcal records show that more than
half q! our Jail expenses III this county
Az due h. IA" malicious prosecution ~ III.
nocrni Inrr"n, under the "EImunds act, "
whilr the time ~ The court l. taken up
b. such an extent that Legitimate husi-
Hess i almost parall zrd.
W. better illustration could l." given al
the rn"rmlty II the evil perrtraird by
thl- Law than l. furnished by the fact
that the fees II one nited states com
missioner III Albuquerque" were more than
four thousand dollars last year, most
of which came from "Edmunis" cases.
ASIDE from the outrage- that are pcrpe.
tratcd under cover IT Law upon the rights
and liberties ~ the people. the expense of
the thing has bccolDc such burden that
the people IL the COUNTIES are unable Ia
cnrrN II.