The age-herald., 1902-01-21
Judiciary Committee Framing Bill to Check the Growth of Anarchy.

lo nm are relying more upon experience than sentiment of anti-centralism to sus- tam their contention. They point to Guiteau and to Czolgosz. Guitau was tried before a United States court. and even the school children are fama1iar with the story of that unseemly and diserace- ful trial. It dragged along for months and every day the journals presented to the country the sickening spectacle of the murderer of Garfield ranting and raving in simulated craziness in court pre- stunned to be a court of common human { justice, mouthing to the last his blasphe nous ebberish of
 Going to the Lordy, going to the Lordy. going to the Lordyi'
 Guiteau did not intend to shoot Garfield he meant to kill Blaine-a fact that his- tory will in time record faithfully enough
 But that is apart, and we are not at this moment concerned with it.
 Czolgosz was indicted, tried and con- victed in a local State court for the mur- der of the citizen of Ohio, William Mc- Kinley, at the time of the crime Pres ident of the United States, and the en- tire proceedings were covered within three court days. or about week alto gether. Had the delay incident to the trial of Guiteau prevailed in the case of Czolgosz, We might now be having some thing like the sickening Going to the Lordy" blasphemy served up to us by the morning journals at our breakfast ta- bles.
 In part and in effect this is the argu- ment of the members of the Judiciary committee who oppose giving to United States courts Jurisdiction of the possible cases In review.
 This much you may accept as news, namely, that the way is rapidly clearing for the presentation in Congress of a bill that will more or less effectually deal with anarchists. It will cover crimes against the President and the nine men who may by law succeed him-the Vice President and eight cabinet officers-and offenses against other individuals and society at large. The bill, whatever be it's precise provisions, will not give jurisdic- tion to United States courts. It cannot be hoped that the measure will please everybody, for a multitude of the people are either ignorant or forgetful of the constitutional limitations of Congress A crime against the President cannot be made treason by act of Congress unless the Supreme Court should kindly oblige: and the same is true respecting penal colony, and really of legislation forbid ding persons of anarchistic views merely z to enter the country from abroad. This does not please all the people, and possi- ply 1t might not please the Supreme Court; but none can tell.
 
 Speaking of United States courts, Con- gressman Richardson of Alabama has in- troduced and is heartily advocating a bill which would require United State es judge to give notice to the opposing side in civil causes before ordering that such causes be transferred from @ state to a Federal court. As the law stands, one party to cause may appeal to United States judge to assume jurisdiction on the plea of local prejudice, and the judge may, without notice to the other side dl- rect the state court to transfer the cause to his own court. Judge Richardson seeks to require the United States judge to give notice of any contemplated transfer of that character. to give the side op- posite to the plaintiff an opportunity to be heard and to disprove prejudice.
 Judge Richardson relates the story of an Alabama will case in which he was counsel. This case had resulted in mis- trial in state court and the opposite side appealed to the United States judge on the plea of prejudice although it had been made clear that eight of the twelve state jurors were in his favor. The judge directed the transfer and Judge Rich- ardson's client lost. The case was ap- pealed to the United States Supreme Court, which reversed the decision of the lower court; but the appeal cost Judge Richardson's client two thousand dol lars. The bill now sought to be passed would seem common sense justice.
 LUc1EN JULIEN WALKER <-><<<<<-><<><<< in the space within 1t. At a signal from Chief Antone volley of arrows flew into the center of the circle. volley followed volley, and then twoscore small boys went luIO dCtlOn. Wltn CluD5 dlOue they completed the slaughter In less than an hour the work was completed and the count began.
 More than 12O0 rabbits made up the bag. and the day had broken the tribal record. Chief Antone explained to the whites that more than 1000 jacks had never been killed in days hunt before.
 In two hours the feast began, and the boiled meat was hurried into the stom- achs of hungry hunters The meat of the young jacks is much like that of the cot tontail, the rabbit of the east, while the flavor of the older meat is unpleasant to whites. The Indians, though make no distinction, and for two days the feasting continued.
 Part of the meat was dried for winter use, and the furs made into blankets.
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