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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-04-15
LATEST FROM TALLAHASSEE.
THE INSURANCE POLICY BILL
PASSES THE sENATE-sPEEcHEs
TO BE MADE BY THE sENA-
ToRIAL AsPIRANTs.

From the Metropolis.
Tallahassee, Fla, April, IL
The chief feature of interest in the
Legislature today has been Sena-
tor Broome's bill to make the
amount insured the measure of
damage in case of loss by fire.
The bill was bitterly opposed by
Mr.. Hartridge, who in a strong,
characteristic speech advocated
the adoption of an amendment
which would have practically
nullified the purpose of the meas
ure.
Senator Dougherty spoke with
his accustomed force against the
amendment, and was warmly sup
ported by Senator Reeves, who
was emphatic in his denunciation
of Senator Hartridge's amend
ment. After a long and dreary
debate all of the amendments were
tabled and the original measure
was passed on it's second reading.
The principal topic of converse
tion here. just now is the Senate
rial caucus. Opinions differ as to
the advisability of entering into
any such open and snap game,
but it is now generally believed
that some such device will be
tried On the Senatorial candidates
next Thursday night.
There has been some talk of
holding secret caucus, in which
the vote should be cast by ballot,
in order that no connection with
any given candidate might be es-
tablished. But, however advan-
tageous such scheme might be,
there is no reason to believe it will
be adopted. Thirteen members
of the Senate are said to be in fa-
vOr of such a scheme, but the
wise men of the House are not be-
lieved to favor any such radical
movement.
The committee on privileges
and elections reported today in
the ST. Johns county contested
election case, recommending that
Brynes (Democrat) be seated, in
stead of Carter (Republican). The
report was referred back to the
committee.
Mr.. Wolf, of Polk, sprang a
sensation in the House by intro
ducing resolution that all Sena-
torial aspirants be invited to speak
in the House every evening. Two
motions were made to lay on the
table, but both were lost, and the
resolution was adopted with ap-
plause.
In the Senate Broome's 'sval-
ued insurance policy bill" passed
and was ordered certified to the
House
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14
Sttt WettnaianeM.

9te1er Sage bat elmer Der berbieni tbollIten
u1ter ben OeutihzWmeritanern, D I
'6einr d S6etb in Baltimore, ieinen
naununbadt5i9iten Geburtstag qeieiert, 1T
alio in iein neun3igftes 2ebensjubr eingstre=
ten.
S9ei6's unI9dBbare 8erbienIte I'm 6eut=
f6e Gultur in bieiem 2anbe, 3u1nal Tim Elm
ebles geldutertss S6ulpeIen 1tno ben QeIern
Der ySllinots Staats3eitung" pobl6stanat.
tDisier burAse6tGoete PdOagoge ano bieier
MSet1ter elmer ouf9etldrten, AUDI bic 9iaturs
piffenf6aften finntg uno funb;9 in ibten
8erei9 5iebenben &an3eGberebt i1mfait, mar
elmer Der alerbebeutenb item inter BEN GDrz
Acknowledgment Der beuti6en @i9:panbez
rung, uno jeBt, bd audi Die Acknowledgment
gu altsn Wdnnern getporben 1inb, 1T st, Der
9D66etagte, INNER nod cine riiiige unb u1=
Der ebrte 8raft inter ben 9eutI9eNmeritaz
ner1t.
@r bate ben 6erben 99mer3, Dor %einigen
Mondte1r cine quite 3o6ter uno tteue Pflege~
rim our6 ben Sob 81 perlierer. Dtt rib
renber 2iebe gepflegt, berbrabte 56ei6 baz
rauf bic lebten Monate in Baltimore bet
ieiner Sohter 6rau 8. 80. 2ebm1ma. SSbt
aber min er in Der f6Onen ldnoli6sn 1mJsz
geno 8altimore's BEL 1einer anberen 3o9ter,
6rau &i9arb Mal3l, Gebar 0ergbts nd6s
@atonspiQe, Wobnung ne6mer, UNI, fpte ct
Idgte, auh benz Wuni9e bieier 5oAtet, nell
DE i'm Iebnli6lt 6ei ii9 gu 1ebsn piinl3te.
Re6nun9 gu tra9en.
Pm lie6iten m0dten incline 8in0er, bag
t9 MIDI gu tbeilen bermD9te, bamlt tie Mls
MIDI gleib3eitig itets bel 1th uno nm 9ih bd=
BEN fornten; ba Dies a6er ni9t gut angebt,
muB ih meine 8eiu4e Der Rei6enfolge na6
einridten," fiigte Der geitssz nnb 6er5ensz
frt19e @reis ~bergnigt btn5u.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14

pflegung Der 2eute 1T bOt3iigli4, fir @ufz
entbalt i'm 5reien, rtamentli9 i'm angren5enz
ben Wuloe, fir gemeinf6aftli6e 1uSfliige
unb bergIeiden nirb trefflib geIorgt; Die
frdfttgeren MannI6aften tperoen gu Iet9ten
Ntbeiten i'm @arten urb auf benz 5eloe
berange3oqen, bic 50roerung Der militdri=
Ibsn Mus6ilDung aber tpirb nur unter itrengz
tier HiidIi9tnabme fir ben @eiuno6eits5uz
Itanb Der @in3elnen betrieben. SIS 1tno bis
iebt i9on iiber 500 @olDaten in oieiem milf
tdril9en 2nftturorte oerpflegt lporoen, fait
aue nit gldn3ellOem @rfoIge.
ltnO alles 0as lit gang in Der Stille gez
ibe6en! Die Mugen Der Welt perben er1t
jebt barauf gelentt, inOem bic SettiOn Oes
@o9eienclubJ in M~l6eridpeiler ben General
6dIeler aug Oanf6arteit fir feline bo66er3i9e
2eiitung gu i9rem @6renpraiiOenten gepdhlt
bat.
S6ne 3neifsI pir0 bieies i90ne 8eiipiel
bulb auh bei anoeren beutiben 4rmeecorps
Nadobmnng finben. 11nb mas bafiir Der
&ei9si9ab nidt l@siitet, tperosn pobl6a6enOe
uno noblipo1enbe prioatlsllte t6un.
Oas @~enefungsbeim 2ettenbu9 lit 3uslei9
cine Der ~tpirtiamiten SatDren auf bas epige
@ebeul iibsr ben ubar6arii9en MtEituris@
mus" beg 9eutI9en Heides.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14
(SHr bic Srrtnots StootssettRng1
GMtlo erMngem aus Saratoga.
gon 9sarie SaNen.
Saratoga, q. 9. 7. Suit 18'

@dratoga, q. g., 7. Suit 1897.
On Der fiibli9en pforte beg @s6irgslanz
oes, in Dem Die @riinoer Der angelid6fI9en
Md@t in Nmertfd bic bitterten 8dmpfe nit
i9ren fran50f1den &ioalen fo9ten unb in
unmittelbdrer Nd6e bes Srtes, an benz UNI
fere Sruppen inn Sabre 1777 ben brttif9en
@eneraG 8ureopne 3tpangen, bic Waffen su
itreden, liegt Elm 4iebli9es, quellenreides
Sbal. Sn bteiem Sbale o~eriammelte iiA,
i9on e6e Der 8riegslGrm ber6alte, NQes mas
Der @iben unb Siten un GeiIt, Gei4t6um
unb @6Dn6ett auf3u6ietsn Bate.
.6ier in 9aratoga bat it6 bic cultur6i1to7
rtf9e @nttpidlung Mmerifa'S i'm 8letnen ab<
gefpielt. Y
@enn audi bos 9eri9t bsaiigli9 bes fort=
I9reitenoen f~ocialen 3erfaIes Sardtoga's
ni9t un6eeriinbet 1T, 10 ii6srt bic sldn3enot
@ereungenbeit beIes Babes bemIel6en bod
mod INNER bus rege Sntere1Ie bes 8eIu9ers.
Ber ben Srt bur6nanbert, 1toBt auf linz
odblige Spuren b~ergangener Sage unb ST.
eigntfe.
Sn benz ulr1en6eI 6atteten 6ofraume beg
8rano Union 6otels 66nqt bas bertpitterte
S6ilo oes er ten Ga tbal1es bon SaratDQa.
Die Sarben BADEN 3tpar BON Wiub uno @stz
ter iebr %gelitten, aber nd9oem bas Mu9e ii6
an bic ountlen S0ne urb grotesten umrii1e
Der 9eItalten getp06nt bat, lit bas anfGn9lih
10 rGt6fel6dfte 8ilo leidt Der tGnbli6. WG5z
reno Der tapfere 8irt5, So19ua putnam, auf
pehen ounfelbraunen 3ieen ii9 Nneit uno
Gnt1eben in fomi19sn @rtmai1en mulea,
einen tpiitbenoen Dolf, Der ii9 in cine 60ble
oertro9en bat, eri4ldgt, hdlten einige peniqsr
mat6ige 9iir9er Saratoga's ben Seloen an
ben tpeibbefleioeten, Ipinoelbiirren 8einen
felt, NIT Der angsni9einli9en Nbfiht, i'm
mad boQ6ra6ter S6at 10 tpieber an bos Saz
gesli6t al beforoern. Die unter, benz 8i(oe
angebracbte @rtldrung beri9tet, baBButnam
forlan Eur ais Putnam of the Wolf''
beta1nt par uno ieiner 6eloent6at tpedeu
groBe popnlorttdt genoB. DAB ct 1einsn
tpoblberotenten 3ubm CUR 50ro:runq Ieiner
ge1@dftlt6en Snters1en aus3uniben tpltBte,
3eugt bon Dem pratttl6en ganfeez S6arfz
1tnn oieIes allSge3ei9neten 8iiroers DON
Saratoga. Nu9tommen putnan's lebea
beute nod bier, a6er bas @ait6aus alma
langit in fremoe 6dn0e- ii6er. 96on in Der
er1ten 5dlfte %unIeres Sa6r6unberts puros
Der alte 8ou nieoer9eriRen unb Elm ltattliz
9es, tppil6zameritanif9e @ommerz6oteI
erri9tst, fpelhes "3be @ronb Union" oetouFt
tpuroe; benin ihon paBte bas 1hGi6te flsi1e
Union" ni4t mebr gu ben @erbaltnifea
Sarato9a'$.
Sls tur5 Dor Iusbru6 Der Re6slion ia
men Die rei9Iten 8fGanSsr bes Siioens 6ierz
Der, UNI Die Commemorate i'm onqenebmsn
gsieaigen gerte6r nit ibren QonbsIpuf,p
pom Norotn gu oerle6en, Die porne6me Gin
fa4hptt, Die Der rei6e Siibldabsr bel o0sm
Somfort INNER beipa4rte, uno Die d6te, I'm.
! ~9eatpungene 9aitfreunpldaft, bic inn eid:u
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14

9lieD Der 9epltirtenfammer, Senor Mltrz
bnnp panero, 3tpii6en benen cine alte Teirbz
19aft be1te6t, begegneten it9 Montag alf Der
Strabe, mo tie fofprt ibre Nepolber 5oqen
unb auf einanber losfnalten. 8ei6e &fz
bolbe nlrben erntli9 bermunoet.
Ganaoa.
Die s. Sd6reScpnOention bsr Gentralconz
feren3 M1nerttanif9er Gabbiner tpurDs am
Oien1tag N6srtO i'm SempeG @manuel 81
Montreal e%r0ffnet. Inter ben Nnpelenben
befdnOen ii6:
aabbi 0r. $. SO, @i1e bon Cincinnati,
prdTibent ber GonFeren3 uno aeoafteur bes
,Nmericm Ssraelite"; Or. 6etl5iner BON
Cincinnati, correiponbirenoer 5etretdr;
Gab6i G6as. g. 2ebi, protofoQirenber Sefrsz
tGr; Qrof. N}ar MargoIis, 6ilfszYrofefor
bonn iemitiI6en 0epartement Der l1niber1itdt
BON G~alifornien; 8abbi so, 5amFielb, Memz
pbis, 5enn,; &db6i Or. 6enrD 8srfopib,
Gun3ler Der jibiI9en CONNER 9ule in
philadelphia; Hubbt Or. s. @9rei6er, So
lebo; aab6i SoIepb StoGa, Chicago; Gubbi
$. 8. 2eu6t, er1ter @cezgrdIiDent Der Con
feren5, Stem ORLEANS; aabbi Or. P6iqipIon,
profe1or oes n6ebrep golege", Gincinz
natl.
Sn Der @rOffnln9Siibung Der Contention
nurben 8egriiBungsreoen ge6ulten pom 8t3e4
@ouperueur G6dpleu, Mabor @mit6 uno
Mnoereu. g3abbt QBiie bielt bann feline SAB
rssaoreIe.
Die Contention 6dt eine ReIolution anges
rpmmen, in tpel4er iie ouf's Gnt1diebenfte
zen in 8orI6ldg gebra3ten plan beroamz
men, in poIG1tina einen u1db6drgi9ea jiioiz
l6en Stat 81 errt6ten.
Die Gentroleonferen3 dmerifani19sr STAB
birer tpdblte 5reitag fplgenbe 9eamte: prdz
1ibent, Or. Miie, Cincinnati; /. 8icezprdiiz
bent, Or. 2eudt BON g1en Orleans; probe
fonirenber 5efretdr, 2epi bon Cincinnati;
@9aBmeifer, Or. 6e6t BON Milpontte.
Die @onferen3 erfldrte 1t6 fir @infd9beit
BEL 8egrGbnifen. Sine @inlabung, ben
nddten Gonoent in Bolton gu bolten, tourOe
entgegengenommen.
Iu1traliclt.
Sir Yatrid 4lfre0 Sennings, MttglieD
bsS @eTsbgebenben 8atbes BON Neu=9iibz
MaIes, lit i'm Otter bon sc eSabren it SDbz
nep geitorben.
mdroFfo.
Der urnerifaniT9e 8unbesfreu3er San
5ranciseo" lit in Sanger nngefommen
unb Der amerifanii6e &reu3er nGafeigb"
ebenfaQ. Die beiben 8reu3er itno no9
Sanger 9ei6idt morOen, I'M ben prpteit bes
amerifa1iT9sn @enerulcon1uls 8urte gegen
bas piIfir1;@e 8erfa1ren Der mdroffanil@en
8e1Drpen gegen Nlnerifaner gu unteritiiben,
pona9 bic el6en '1id pei9ern, ben 2esteren
bic 8eripenhung BON @ingeborenen gu geitatz
ten, Elm 8orredt, tpel4es @uropGern geitatz
tet lit. Die @ef9Gfte bier anIdiitger dmertz
fani1G sr 8iirger iper0en bur4 bieie Serfiiz
9ung gei9doigt.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14
Scr itren9ite tito btttttattife Se14ti6e
E}% 6eGtcraL.

General Graf 6dfeIer, 8pmmdnbiz
renber bss le63e6nten Nrmeecorps nit Dem
0auptquartier Meb, 1T tpegen feiner un=
nd9ii9tigen Strelge BON dlen Ieinen Solz
baten sefirdtet; unb bod piiroen iie ale
fir i'm burd's 6suer seben, benin CT 1T ebenz
10 geredt tpie Itreng, am itrengfen uber gege1
1i9 fel6it, unb bubei unermiioli9 fir oas
Mobl Ieiner 2eute beiorgt. >s
l1no 10 ipuroe ct Der S9Dpfer elmer gang
neuen @inr;6tung, ndmli9 zines mill
tGrif6en @enefungSbeim inn 8"
fit 1ein Mrmeecorps. @s perbGlt iib bamit
foIgenoermaBen:
Die ausgeseidnete reidsldnOiide SORT
osrpaltung bon Gl1uBz2ot9ringen 6at Dor
einigen sSa0ren cine 9~initige @elegenbeit CUR
%Nbrunbung Der prd6tigen lothrtngif9en
StaatsiprItsn beniibt unb Die 6errli3en
WalbbefGnoe bei Ml6erI9peiler angetauft,
bic in sFolae zines SooesfaIes in Der Jamtlie
Der bisberigen 8e1tber gu einem ber6dltniB
mdBig iiberars biligen prsis 81 huben paz
rem. 81 bielem angefauften Sorite geboren
uu9 1dDne un6 ~9erGumige @ebduli4feiten
nebft @arten unb Yarf. Sir bie1e 9ebduli6z
feitan mar i'm Mugenblid feline 8erpenbung
opr9dnben unb 10 fam @eneral 9Gleler auF
ben @eoonfen, ie ne6it i4rer terngsIunoen
unb rei3enben llm9ebung BON Seloern unb
Wie1e en- gu einem @eneI ungsAeim fir Diff
5isre, 1tnterofft5iere unb Solbdtsn feines
Nrmeecorps 3u monen. @r pa6tete fe gu
oteIem 3pede bon Der SortDerlpdltun9 unO
griff unb greift 5ur 9sdung Der Nusguben
au1 in bic eigenen Sa16en, mas i6m als
Ieh3i9iG6rigen S~ungge1ellen al1erOings lei4z
ter ipirb als man6em nit 6rau unb &tnbern
gslsgneten Gplegen.
Oisies Genei ungs9eim, oas cine ebenIo
herrli6e 2uft fat, tDie 0ds gang nabe, tmmet
me9r gum 2uftfurort tperbenbe Mlberi9peiler
i'm lot9ringiIde Der areiie Saarburg, lit nebit
@arten, Teloern uno Mieien CUR @rbolungs@
ItGtte fir 1olGe 8rieger eingert9tet, tpelde
I6pere arunt6eiten iiberitdnben, aber Die
ooIe Geluno6eit uno 9ien1tfd6igtett nod
niGt tpiebererldn9t BADEN. 6d1eler ging BON
Der 1e6r rihtigsn uno MISREPRESENTATION
Mn1i6t aus, baB bsrartigs Geconoulescenten
unter ben Spl0dten, ipenn lie our @rbolung
in Die 0einat6 6eurlaubt peroen, gu 9uuIe
fe6r oft cine 10 un9eei91lete pflege er6alten
uno ni6t Ielten in 10 ungeeigneter MetIe gu
Mrbeiten berdngs5ogen peroen, oaB lie ONES
e6er, oenn tpirflihe @r6Dlung unb &rdTti9ung
finoen.
Oa lit nun baS @eneI ungsbeim 2etten6a6
g~eraoe3u uni 6dbbar. @eneiungSbeim 2ettenz
bob bsibt es bon benz fluff unmittelbar babel
qelegenen Srte 2etten6a9, einem tleinen Sc
birqsoorfe int obersn 59ole Der Ipgen. rot6en
5aar. Oas 6duptgebdube nit ben Ne6en=
qebduDen bietet i'm CONNER fir 80, i'm
Winter fir so Solodten reidblid brmel1ensn
Ra1m, brr9pe9 groBe luftige 3imrner, mebz
rere sale fir 9emeinl9aftliden Nufenthalt,
fir Spiel uuo uuterbaltung Bel un9iin1tigsm
Wetter, fernsr cine 8uosanftalt, cine 3Iped=
mdBiQ ausgepd6lte 8ibliotbet II. !, NJ. Sir
dr3tli6e 2eitung befinoet ltd i'm GebduDe
Elm 4iiiiten3or3t, fir %ionitiae Aufii4t Elm
Sffisier, in Der 93s9el Elm Iolber, Der glei4=
fats cine gr9olung n0t9ig bat, Die @srz
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14
gerti fur fAwoAe g,auner

Sd tnerte ieOsm Wlann fOittuIrei sine grub. Der
6eiI,nit.s! %Isuoen, Die Mir Die uoue Mannesfraft mics
SsrbsFgtFe2t 1an'n, Ga9Dem aIIss anOsrs isblqel@la.
g" bstts. 2ielt %eReoi5iH dhstltt mid %poaitaHDte BON
stdrte, %HerpDier S0ipdGe uno naDtli6en @rQIGst
unD miro Sic ebtnio btilsn. Sic f6uusu Is oird, cine
Nbreht htnfe. Oa pies niDt ni.Oer cridtinen mas
9tan i@liebe cine 8riefnarfe BEL. AbrtKc: Carl r
Walker, lac Masonic Temple, Kalamazoo. Mich,
stsbl5mi isle, wS !!
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1897-07-14

~NIkI4tNKtIIs
Sir patrid 4lfre0 Sennin9s, MttglisO
bes 9eIsbgeben6en Ratbes BON NeuzSiibz
MaGss, lit i'm Otter Don sc Sabren in Spbz
nep geltorben.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

This jury after being out several
hours came back with the request
that this particular evidence be
re-read to them, and after hearing
it deliberately based a verdict of
"Guilty'' thereupon regardless Of
the original instructions from the
prosecution. This verdict may
have been just or unjust but it
seemed passing strange that it was
necessary to have admittedly i'm
peached testimony re-read.
We feel that speaking from the
point of view Of the class that it
has been assumed is benefited by
the present system, that a change
in the jury system will never
inJure the rights Of future defen-
dants whether they are guilty or
innocent.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

The man who is continually
worrying is an object Of pity.
Worry is the hammer that nails up
more collins than any dread dis
ease. Its effects are slow and in
sidious but more disastrous than a
plague. Millionaires and paupers
are affected alike by it; it has
never been known to advance the
interest or happiness Of a single
devotee in it's pernicious clutch.
If you have got to die on the
morrow, you will hasten and aug
ment the misery Of that occasion
by worrying. Stand pat and make
the most Of a bad job by joyful
anticipations of the future rather
than forming wrinkles and driving
coffin nails by vain regrets for the
past.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

In VIEW of the imminent disaster
and death from starvation that
must follow in the wake of the
Klondike hegira it will devolve
upon the government as a matter
Of humanity to do what is posi-
BILE to ameliorate the condition of
the rattle Drained seekers after
wealth. To this end Secretary
Alger is corresponding with a
Chicago house that manufactures
locomotive sled. With this it is
thought it will be possible to ar
range a relay service to freight
provisions by way Of the frozen
Yukon. The locomotive sled has
been used successfully in the
lumber districts in hauling large
loads of logs at good speed over
frozen roads. It is admitted on
all sides that the people who have
necessitated this move on the part
Of the national government are
hardly deserving of sympathy as it
was purely personal greed and
avarice that prompted them to take
such risks at an unfavorable
season. But it may be lesson to
them and it would be inhuman to
mete out the full punishment they
have drawn upon themselves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

TREAD soft y, gentlemen! It has
been authoritatively announced
that crying is good for women.
The same authority also enjoins all
men not to disturb or stop a woman
while having her crying spell.
Remove the cause" he says, "but
let her have her cry out" The
reasons given are that it exercises
certain under worked nerves and
allows them to expand. Hereafter
when your wife cries because you
have accidentally stained the car
pet do not attempt to allay the
healthful tears; just take your
knife, cut out the soiled piece Of
carpet and bury it in the back
yard. The cause will then be re-
moved and the result of her cry
will be exhilarating.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

AT THE last session Of the Min
nesota Legislature a very stringent
law was enacted governing the
sale and use of cigarettes to and
by minors. We have not yet
heard Of one instance wherein
this law was enforced: and yet,
there is a howl from the larger
cities Of the state about the dire
effects of cigarette smoking. Prin-
cipals of schools in both st. Paul
and Minneapolis bewail the condi-
ton of some Of the pupils and
state frankly that it is due to the
excessive habit of cigarette smok-
ing. But not one word do we
hear, Of enforcing the anti-cigarette
law. It will pay the citizens of
the. state to enforce this law even
though. it cost them an extra
million dollars year to do so. 1t
would be. more humane to pur-
chase arsenic in large quantities
and distribute it among children
than to punish them by a lingering
death via the cigarette route.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

LITTLE wonder Paderewski
dropped his superabundance Of
brain mating. It has recently
been announced by a renowned
German professor that badness is
the ideal mark of intellectual supe-
riority. "Baldness,' says he, sis
not simply loss Of hair as is vul-
carly supposed; it is caused by the
excess Of cerebral energy, which
forces the skull through and causes
it to grow above the hair" Very
we'll, Prof, but if the latter theory
is true we must seek some fresh
reason why a comb gets so full Of
hair during the "baldinating'' pro-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23
PR ESENT JURY SYSTEM.

In VIEW Of the mooted agitation
to have a certain majority vote Of
a jury suffice to make verdict
valid, of which mention was made
in our last issue, and with which
we agree, providing other desirable
changes be made in the selection
Of material for juries, it may not
be amiss to call attention to some
Of the oddities of the present
system. It is we'll known that
nowadays nearly every man is,
technically speaking, ''too intelli-
gent" for jury duty. Business
men and those most competent for
such duty are the ones who seek to
avoid it; and to do this they need
but tell the truth when being ex-
amined- they have but to admit
possessing a slight measure of in
telligence if they desire to be ex-
cused. This has resulted in the
professional juror" who from ex-
perience anticipates just what he
should know and nothing more.
The consequence is that such men
eventually conclude that they are
employed and paid by the state
for the sole purpose of convicting
malefactors. In their mode of
reasoning every man arrested must
be guilty otherwise he would not
be in the clutches of the law. We
once heard one of those "Micawber
jurors emphasize his position very
volubly in what he considered suf-
fcient reason for verdict just
rendered. Said he: IF that man
wasn't guilty he'd never have been
arrested. And if the county at
torney thought he wasn't guilty he
wouldn't take such pains to prove
him guilty. We're paid by the
state to convict criminals and l
know from the way the county
attorney spoke that the man must
be guilty"
This gentleman concluded that
the natural interest taken by the
states attorney was sufficient evil
dence of guilt. Such reasoning is
plausible, and shows to what ex-
tent jury may be influenced by
the vim of an energetic attorney.
We secretly admire the ability of
the states attorney who can thus
influence a jury. But we fail to
see the tenability of the jurors po-
sition who confounds sagacity of
argument with preconception of
guilt.
In another particular instance
wherein two witnesses had DELHI
erately impeached their own testi-
mony, the states attorney in clos
ing the case told the jury plainly
that they might throw out the
evidence of these two witnesses"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

Two WEEKS ago we had an ar
ticle in these columns under the
heading assisted Emigrants," in
which we laid considerable stress
upon the fact that numbers of
criminals were "assisted'' in reach
this country. The statement is
now fully backed up by the words
of Secretary Hart in his report in
this issue under the sub head,
IAN English Jail In it Mr..
Hart says: 'The Royal Society
for Assisting Prisoners aids pris-
oners on recommendation Of the
chaplain. X The chaplain
stated that the society sends a
good many prisoners to sea- -
Mr.. Hart uses quotation marks in
an interrogative sense in the latter
part of the foregoing sentence
The question is: where do the men
land who are thus 'sent to sea?'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

WE HAVE given up most Of our
space this week to the report Of
Secretary Hart on foreign prisons.
1t is we'll worth reading by all.
There are no unnecessary dry
statistics in it. Every paragraph
is pointed, and as a whole it is a
finished review of practical Euro
pean penology, given in as COM
pact form as such an extensive
subject will allow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

Has OUR own Minneapolis a
Klondike ''in it's midst?' It is
related that a police officer of that
city discovered a small nugget of
gold in wagon load of gravel be-
ing dumped for use on the streets.
st. Paul must hump now if he
would keep within hailing distance
Of his big sister. We use the
word ''sister' advisedly-that is all
Mime will ever be to Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

The law is supreme in earthly
affairs. The vilest criminal &C.
knowledges this in the same breath
that he admits the necessity Of the
law. The one thing needful is
fewer laws and lawyers, and more
LAW as the ordinary individual in
terprets the word.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-23

THE MIRROR IS weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be a home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
todisseminate pathological information and to aid
in diSpelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptOn
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library