The Elbert County tribune., 1899-05-11
counties wllcrc II Is found necessary 10
vote bonds for the purpose specified.


cious OF the legal machinery OF our
government The United Stntes court
Of appeals hns just confirmed the sell
4 tcncs Of Charles j. Kunsmiller. who
4 WIS convicted OF mixing false reports
to the government while he WINS as
sisfnnf cnshler OF the dcfunct German
National Bank OF this city He viii
hnye to serve term Of five years In
the penitcntiary, while Rcitilmnnn and
cfifituii. his superior officers. escaped
punishment on a tcchnicnllty. II II
understood thnt they admit that Kuns-
miller miide the reports Ms be did at
.heir dlctntlon.
The antI-embIem bill has become
law. contrary TO the general expecta-
tion. II was introduced by senator
Harris II IL nn act amending the cleo
tion Inws by providing for ballot
upon which the party emblem does NOT
appear. Governor Thomas had de-
cided TO veto this measure. but he
changed mis- opinion nj the last min
ute. He signed the mcfsure. although
he snys that II II Objectionable to him..
He says: II signed the bill. deferrine
my objections to the opinions OF others.
Iand particularly the aufhor-of the BILL
There Is one serious objection TO the
bill ms II is framed. II tends TO destroy
the SECRECY of the Australian ballot IN
H that II requires the voter toiwrite tho
name OF his ticket or rs face. T1iIs IL
the only serious objection out Of many
others"
l Government by injunction has been
nindc use of very frequently Dem
yer. and by this means the city gov
ernment has often been forbidden to
Interfere with parties who were nppar-
emily breaking the law. Now. for the
first time In the history OF this city,
the authorities have decided to test the
power OF the District Court to inter-
fcrc with them In this way. Shortly
before . o'clock last Friday evening
Attorney o. n. Hilton. counsel for
Dick Cnrbcrry. lessee of the old Gem
tral theaier on Market street. appeared
before Judge =. l.. Palmer of the Dis
trlct Court with complaint for mn In
junctione The document stated that
the promoters desired to conduct nm
levcnng OF vnrIous events. Including
songs, tnnccs, boxing. wrestling, ETC..
arid TINT the entertainment would he
consonnnf with law and decency. The
police authorities have threatened to
arrest the :inglcndcrs If the prize light
were pulled off. and to bring the even
Ing TO an abrupt close, the court was
Ing the Fire md Police Board and the
clfief OF police from Interfering with
tile event. The desired writ was grant
| cd. NThe fact became known to the
Fire and Police Board and II held n
protractcd session last night, nt which
warm criticism was directed towards
the court for apparently sanctioning u
violation OF the city ordinances which.
the members are sworn 10 enforce. The
action Of the court was looked upon ms
mn usurDation Of the functions OF the
board no permit having been issued
by the board for the affair, The ISSUES
seemed very clear to the members ana
after q. prolonged session they coIl-
cluded that there remained hut one ac-
lion, nnmely, 10 test the authority OF
The courts to govern the city by IN
junction. Therefore. ut 10 o'clock,
Captain Martyr of the Police Depart
ment wns ordered to stop the fight at
an hazards and to tnke n sufficient
number of men with him to enforce
ltnc order. The contest WAS stopped aud
nh nnrtirs imrlicntrd aurre nirestad
Carbcrry 4 lClcweil have paid the fed
erai gorcrnmcnt 800 for n yearly IL.
cense. President Speer of the board
said: .sIt is the law that no exhibition
of this kind shall be given without
permit and these people have no per-
mIt. Though II II called a twenty
round bout II ~ Intended TO be knock
out. and n largo crowd of spectators is
in attendance With that understanding.
IL in,unctions are to restrain us from
coaecting license fees he continued
''anI II courts will issue injuncuons
on leQutst. there is nothing to prevent
NJ circus or any other enterprise from
declining to take ont n license and pro-
curing an Injunction 10 restrain the
hoard from interfering with u. We in
tend no disrespect to the court. but we
beljeye that n test must he made and
that this Is n good time to make 1t. The
board Is unanimous In the stand
.2LNHn ~ 'gii ~ niil .ffi. ..ift 81 ieiif'
The broadway Temple Association.
under whose auspices the late Myrnn
Reed preached for several years. is
now listening to the sermons OF the
Rev. DR. Henry q. Myers, who former
lly preached In an Independent pulpit
nt Chicago 1t is expected that iir.
Myers will be permanently engaged
here, unless his recent utteranccs about
marriage change the feeling of the
Temple Association. In n sermon de-
Z livered u few Sundays ago DIR. Myers
expressed views that favored of q he
lief in free love, and IN an Interview
since made the following statement on
the subject;
"If had a daughter who wanted TO
get married 1 would take her and her
intended husband Ito phIenologist
And, IL he said they were congenal
land compatible l would say, get mar-
ried, and II they wanted to live to-
getlier unmarried by human law. 1
would say. live together for they
would, II they were properly matched,
be married by II law of heaven more
lbimling and more powerful than II a
lpriest had Joined them II could reg
ulatc the laws, ] would do away with
liall marriage and divorce laws Here
wei sit ON Gods fuotstool and make
long lists of laws when we ought 10
throw them away and learn the first
sweet. noble laws OF nature. The bu-
man race will never be happy until
nature rules the world rs 1t should.
Marriage and divorce laws are subs,i-
tutes for imbecility,. They are child
ish, foolish. absurd. The Idea of say
ing 10, nature, that man and TINT
,-oman are man AMI wife, when 'ia
ture knows TINT they are not. Natural
| laws are completes. and perfect. No
flower that blows is without its maze.
nor any. bird that files. Every man
has his affinity and every woman hers;
and II man is married by law to II
woman who Is not his affinity II Is
wrong for them to live together. Th "
are not man and wife. A crystal will
unite with nnother crystal md the ef-
feet Is beautiful. but n crystal will not
unite with either granite or sand
stone I'd take all the little laws for
| divorce In all the states and put them
| together into one general law, so that
every couple married when they ought
not TO be married could be divorced
easily. Its too bad we have to have
the law at ALL Shame ON Moses, who