Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-02
A WORD OF CAUTION.

we cannot Dut tnlnk IL loltuhotc
Tor the parties directly concerned, for
the public, and-what is Of far great
or Importance, for the cause Of i'm
partial justice, that the assault case
pending before the Mayor was by him
continued this morning for two weeks.
This interval will give an opportunity
TO those who desire to look mt the
matter, not in the heat of excitement,
but In the light of reasonableness and
sober reflection, to do 80. TO those
who do not so desire, we have moth
Ing to say. They are the enemies to
good ORDER and to the unprejudiced
dealing out of justice.
The Mayor is our adversary politl.
cally; to the measure Of our ability
we opposed his election, and should
do so again under like circumstances.
But as the magistrate of the city he
should represent the justice of the
entire community, without respect to-
parties or persons, and we are conn
dent that he will do so In the present
instance. We, therefore, deprecatc rs
unwisc and unjust TO him all extrilor
dinary irAitements TO him which I'M
dertake 10 teach him his duty. and
which must proceed upon the assump
ton that without such efforts on the
part of others he would not do 1t, an
assumption which we do not admit as
Just, at all.
We suppose that at the proper time,
IN the proper order and upon proper
s~idence. he will pass a proper judg'
ment upon the offenders, treating
them Just as he would others under
like circumstances. BY their plea of
guilty they have confessed the fact
Of the assault. This narrows, by II
great deal, the compass of the Mayors
duty He will, no doubt enquire
whether the assault was provoked or
not, and II it was, the degree of provo.
cation; and this--not as showing the
Innocence of the defendants, for their
plea OF guilty has disposed of that
question, but in order to measure the
severity or leniency Of the sentence,
He will also ask, we should suppose,
what the surroundings were, wheth-
er the assault IL provoked was the
only adequate remedy which the as
sallants thought and had reason to
think, would meet the case and repel
the ISLANDERS with which they were so
fouIly and so widely charged, what
their former reputation was for peace.
ableness and good order, whether this
was their first offense or not, and all
10 the end that he may at last render
JUST the same Judgment In their case
that he would in any other surround
cd by the like circumstances, without
regard to the persons or positions OF
the accused.
We hear great deal OF talk, which
we cannot but feel Is inconsiderate
about there being one kind of law fol
the rich and another for the poor, and
this is lndulged in chiefly by the self
constituted champions OF the poor
Happily they need no such champions
IN this community. And we want (,
say that II win he hard day for tho
cause OF honest poverty when thii
kind of talk ls given out with any rea
belief in the truth OF II. AS soon as th,
people come to admit that there is, o.
can be. different law for the ricl
than there is for the poor, just y
coon will the admission be acted upoI
by those with whom we, too often III
fortunately, entrust the making OF In
laws, and then the poor will indee
suffer.
We therefore deprecate such appeal
mo matter by whom made, as III
founded In fact and as tending to di
order, and to discomfort wlthol
reason.
We trust Mayor Doyle, in dIsposiu
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