The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-16
JUDGE BREWERS LECTURE
THIRD OF THE SERIES GIVEN YES
 TERDAY AFTERNOON.

1 Duties OfService Waa the Main Topic Gi
 the Oiscourse-Hopes to See Revision
 in the Jury System-Never Saw a Man
 Who Was Glad to Pay Taxes
 Judge Brewer, of the supreme court
 of the United States, gave the third
 of series of five lectures yesterday af- ternoon in Hendrie hall at 5>o'clock and like the preceding ones, was very
 largely attended. The title of Judge
 Brewers lecture was Duties of Ser-
 vice, the Kind Citizen Owes to the 1 Nation" ,.
 He said that the average American
 citizen is very willing to hold office
 not merely as privilege, but with the
 obligation to do the duties of an official
 Judge Brewer said that the military
 and naval duties were important duties
 Of the American citizen and spoke of
 now they were cast aside by a great many.
 The third point that the speaker dwelt
 on was in connection with the admin
 1stering of justice, in acting on juries,
 etc. He told how men tried to avoid
 acting in that capacity and said, as a
 result, the jury system as now admin
 lstered is little more than a relic of semi-civilized times. "A juror is treat ed as criminal" Judge Brewer said, | "'or as though he will become one even- tually. hope the time will come when the juror will be treated as an honest
 man and that the present system shall give way to system when concurrence of the majority oe the jurors will de- termine the case"
 Continuing, the speaker said that the juror of the present day was questioned as though he was a liar; still he said it was one of the solemn obligations in law.
 The fourth service that Judge Brewer spoke about was the service of the citizen at the primaries and at the polls. The problem of government is the great problem before the American people and the service rendered at the primaries is as important as that of the soldier at the front"
 The fifth question was that of the service in the payment of taxes. The speaker said he had yet to meet the man whose heart was filled with grati- tude at the privilege of paying taxes.
 These five, the speaker said, were the present great questions for the citizen of the day and he said that the ser- vices were not always continuous yet a way may be at any time called for any one of these duties and that the service should be willingly rendered.
 Here Judge Brewer stopped to urge the citizens to heed the great splendor of the preamble of the contribution which he referred to.
 "A man should be intelligent" he said, in his workings for the govern ment's interest as they are not mecnani- 1 cal. The life of the nation is an intel- { lectual and moral one and each one doing service must act with the highest he possesses. In this coun- try each man Is an active ruler In- telligent service Is called from those possessing college education and to such are given the largest opportunity 1 for the higher Knowledge and service He is charged with the highest duties If you haven't moral character you may be scoundrel, but don't ask any one of the community to believe that a Yale graduate is a fool. The humblest citizen should be as conscientious as the governor or judge of state. In judi cial proceedings there is often wit messed a conscious disregard of public service Both witnesses and jury par ey with conscience"
 Continuing Judge Brewer said that whenever a community enacts law or l city passes an ordinance not in &C., ,ordance with a previous judgment. it S, nevertheless this persons duty and obligation to uphold that law or ord- nance. He referred to the use of money n elections and said the expenses were yery great yet no one can doubt that money is becoming factor and a hurt 'ul factor in our politics. Judge Brewer remarked that 1t was the temp .ation to so use an official position that he official will leave office as well off as when he went into it.
 The next of the series will be given IL Hendrle hall Monday, February 18 tt 5 o'clock D. m.
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