The record-union., 1898-03-20

exposure and an explosion. The Jour
nal' man swore to having paid the
$500, and produced a receipt for it,
signed by Simpson Simpson was dis
barred, and Noonan resigned the office
Of Assistant Prosecutor Both men We're
then indicted. A jury was selected, and
the defendants put on trial. but now the
jurors have reported inability to agree,
and the panel has been discharged
When the jury box was filled.
shrewd man remarked: Half of that
jury will find a verdict of guilty; the
other half never will, no matter what
the jury has justified that forecast, and
warrants the belief that the panel was
tampered with The other day the
Assembly of the New Jersey Legis-
lature appointed a commission TO in
vestigate the case. and there the mat
ter rests. The facts establish two
things, that there are corrupt officials
and constituencies lawyers in New Jer-
sey, as elsewhere, but it is also shown
that there is vigor in the courts and
Legislature, and that there are cour-
ageous citizens standing ready to throt-
tie and expose corruption. Thus the
cause of justice is not hopeless in Jer-
sey, though it has now miscarried But
as these men stand still good chance
of being convicted, there is hope that
the cause of right will triumph
No matter what system we set up, it
will be impossible to provide against
individual devilishness and the sus-
the devices for administering justice
what they may, human trust must be
reposed somewhere, and wherever it is
there is the liability also-and it will
always remain-of perverted and low
grade human nature betraying the
trust
In case of war with Spain the latter
threatens to maks her acmpaign one of
assault upon commerce by issuance of
letters of marque, thus giving free Ii
cense to privateering That will not
be new procedure for Spain. School
boys who have read modern history can
all tell us that the timeis not so far gone
when Spanish pirates were the dread
of the merchantmen of the world. 1t
has been asserted. and with something
of good warrant, that the Spaniard is
a natural pirate, and that piracy has
him. Prior to the Introduction of
steam as a motive power on the ocean
Spanish piracy was known in nearly all
seas, and the Spanish nation never
or Furnishing it. The one disadvantage
the investors in privateering would
now labor under would be the neces-
sity for using steam vessels. These
must be frequently coaled, and coal
ing by pirates or privateers in case of
war would be exceedingly difficult,
since most coaling stations would be
closed against them.
The Oroville Mercury objects to
speaking of the men of the destroyed
Maine as heroes" not TO detract from
their credit, but in the interests of
common justice, since they cannot be
called heroes properly. This is a cor
rect view. They We're martyrs, but
not heroes. To so style them cheap
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who, at the peril of his life or limbs,
or at great personal sacrifice, devotes
himself to assault or defense in war
for his country or a cause. In other
conditions the heroic are they who per-
form signal service unselfishly, self
sacrificingly and for high and noble
purposes. AS our contemporary we'll
remarks, it is not a question of depriv-
ing the men of the Mains of any credit,
nor of withdrawing from them a par
ticle of respect or cympathy But it
is we'll that the oncoming generation
should be taught by right application
of the term what heroism is, else they
will, by cheapening of the word. give
it false estimate that may influence
their course in life somewhat.
We protested loudly and roared inces-
sanity when the Turks stood by and
permitted the hill tribes to descend
upon the Armenians, slit their throats,
| outrage their women and brain their
children. From all over the land the
voice of the American people went up,
demanding that our Government exer-
else itself to bring such barbarities to
an end. But how is it now, when the
thing is paralleled upon this side of the
globe? Would not Turkish people be
justified in protesting and roaring just
as We did, and exclaiming that it is
our duty in common humanity to put
an end to Spanish barbarity in Cuba ?
Which is worse, to dash out the brains
of shildren, as was done in Armenia.
or to corral them and let them die of
starvation, as is done in Cuba? We
lambasted the European Powers for not
staying the barbarous hand in Asia
Minor; shall not they reproach US for
not arresting it in Cuba?
The Los Angeles Times" thinks it
preferable to hear the bark of the dogs
of war rather than the wall of the
calamity howler. That dtpends The