Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1906-05-25

think, tend to purify official life,
but there ia line at which Legitimate
"Appeal to Reason" and lot of
other folks, have crossed that line
and, acting upon the insane supposi p
ton that all courts aud all the officers
are subserv lent to the capitalist
interest, they proceed to infiame and
prejudice the public mind against the
courts and the officers, thereby break
ing down the respect and confidence
of the people in these institutions of
Justice IL matters not what the
offense or By whom committed, these
people are ready to raise the cry "you
can 'tget square deal there. The
court is biased, it has been bought
with a price and you can t get justice
there
My idea is this:-our sympathy
belongs to the officers every time, to
the same extent, and just little bit
farther than Mr.. Stevenson would
extend to the prisoner whom he &C.
counts innocent until he is proved
guilty. In other words, let us impute
right motives to the officers, taking
1t for granted that they are acting in
good faith, and that they have what
seems to them to be ample reasons,
in the evidence before them for
making arrests and instituting trials. |
When that evidence is made public |
and both sides are heard, then people
can consistently bestow their whole
sympathy on the side where it should
be. In contrast with that doctrine
that the accused is innocent until
proved guilty" 1 would put this
other sentiment, - officials are sup
posed to be conscientiously preform-
ing their duty as they understand 1t,
until both sides are heard and the
evidence proves that they have acted
If this sentiment could
Do as firmly fixed In the public mind
rs that other one Is, American juris-
prudence would neither run to root
Tor to vine, a proper balance would
Do maintained, the accused would
rave no improper advantages over the
the officials would
Iecieve rational support, justice
would be more firmly established and
The law would be vindicated.
Democrat" pities me for being
10 nnsophisticated as to have faith in
The men we elect. He says "every
nan has his price" and 1t follows,
Of course, that the fellow who can't
pay the price, need never look for
justice and right. / do not believe
IL. The impeachment is too strong.
Some men can be bought, but there
are yet in our great nation many big
men who love justice and right, as
God has given them to understand
the right above all the gold of the
or Rockefeller. IL l be-
lieved like Democrat / would
throw up my hands in despair and
say, honesty has been robbed of its
"every man has his price,"
virtue is an empty word, every man
has his price," fidelity is mockery,
"every man has his price," govern
ment means the long purse and it
makes no difference who fills the
offices. The struggle is all in vain.
Republicans or Socialists
they all have their price and
government means the long purse.
In this Idaho affair, want to
apply my idea end believe that the
are acting conscientiously
as they understand their duty. 1t is
"a very peculiar-a very uncommon
case in which human fore
sight would suggest just such drastic
and uncommon measures as the affairs
have resorted TO prevent the escape of
men who, II guilty, are likely to be
the most desperate of criminals.
Don't lose your heads and take sides
against the officers until they have
made public the evidence which they
think has justified their acts.
SUBSCRIBER.
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