The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-24

Judge rightly ere considered knock
eTs by class Of pin.headed fools
whose brains are tangled, twisted
aud turned by the influence OF the
almighty dollar, whose only god l.
gold and whose soul is wrapped up.
IN the silky threaded bank note.
I've got knock against that sordid
,ype and a ro,r coming against the
zap who is always crying Justice
This monkey faced, parr)t-like
type doesn't want justice; it wants
Jaw, the kind dispensed by the co
unity Justice OF the peace and the
average supreme court solon IL
the party in question received jus
iice, the remainder Of his days would
be spent in dursnce vile. He cries
for justice, but he prays t)r law !
Bill Shakespeare was a knocker Oh
the jud ge and everyone admits that
the immortal bard knew thing or
two.
The American people, ~ "a rule,
are Of a high moral Stalking and,
though the msjOrity 5ave hot had
he advantage OF ., college education,
though they cancOs make a subtitle
distinction il, : deep question OF
moral philosophy, still when it comes
TO decil<as simple question OF
right anu wrong, their judgment Is
sound, fair and unprejudicsd
A perusal OF the daily papers Is
-usd from all points in the Uuited
States, in the last month, gives the
thoughtful person a chance TO study
the question OF ethics from the
standpoint OF common nan with
an ordinary, well balanced BRAN.
The average daily newspaper reel 5
with types OF misplaced Justice.
A short time. since, Governor
Bliss, OF Michigan. turned loose
upon the les zsesasle community a
microbe OF ,As human type, who
wrecked ARn5leds of homes, stole
the scspty savings of the day laborsT,
and $40 made himself richer by
=, J0O, 900 at the expense Of the
common people. This financial
vampire was pardoned by 8 crooked
governor OF a great stale attef serv-
ing but one year for his crime. Dur
ing bis incarceration, De Was sllOwe d
special privileges, suite OF lnxuri-
ant parlors in the wardeD's quarters,
supplied with a telephone through
ahich ne kept Id daily communica
ion with the thieves at liberty, and
operated Oh the stock market.
do aot blame the war len OF the
DeisoA "pen" for allowing Andrews
- play the high roller In rrlson.
The chief executive who appointed
( MIN had the handling Of Andrews
case and the warden'a tail vocld
nave been trimmep, 49, ne done
otherwice. Governor Bliss paFdoned
Andrews be cause be vas a political
rooter and thereby paid political
debt and threw justice and law to,
winds
The same Judge. who sentence d
Andrews u tbs state prison Tor Oue
year OH the charge Of "spproririat-
ing" 81 .5DO,OO0 of the people
coin, had before him "a poor man
who had stolen a sack OF meal n
freight car in order . iced IA mlly
Of starving children, and taye this
type Vt Criminal scsthing lee
tur, in which re stated that had
the poor thief applied to the prope,
authorities his wants would haya
been supplied, aud then prom q 5
SENTENCED hEa to hard labor Col
tiitet a : ears
Doubtless that poor fellow j. asx
ALLOW 81 Ii write a letter 9aoe a
month" Dc bis suffering LITTLE 0ne-
aud tc seEd poorly written scroll
to q OziDg and patien: wife. Per
laps ne now in a dark cell hung
iuP oy the wrists, haunted by the
-jar-stained, poverty-pinched faces
LOT the little ones who are asking
where is papa, mamma - NJ
telephone, no brussel carpeted ap.
lpartmen., no "hiers" on the stock
market for thst common thief
And this is type Of justice and
mercy handed out by Judge die
tated to by a pot-bellicd, dignifiec
rat occupy nz the positlo OF COVER
nor
Hp.y wac kinawl Has His Ex
oe-eney forgotten the homes mad,
wretched. the children made father
less and the suicides that followed
. Bankwn cker Andrews crime? Hsi
be forgotten the oath he took to up
hold and execute toe laws Of T.,
state2 Has be forgotten the othe
human belongs in the Michigan
state prison whose only crime wa