Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-06

BISMARCK DAILY TRlRuNE, II
: persons who that evidence may :
J. show is guilty of committing :
: crime within the county Well, :
= we will suppose that there is !.
8 grand jury called, and they take :
the oath and they go under the 4
: jurisdiction Of the court, and af- !:
ter being out number of days s
$ come back into the court, and :
suppose they say in their re $
!: port: We find that certain men :
= in this town have been violat- :
= ing the laws Of this state, z but !:
: they acquit, and find no indict- :
= ment. !:
- = : :
Suppose that there was in some
county in this state such a proceed.
ing as I have called your attention
Ito here.
= : = 80 $ : = - s. = !.
= Why, my friends. do you !.
: think that such proceedings s
: would have a tendancy to create :
= respect for the laws Of this !:
!. land which protect our lives, our :
: liberties and our property. :
- - IS - = 8
Or rather. wouldn't 1t have ten.
dency to create contempt for the
enforcement of such law2 What
would be the consequences? s
$%**%%% = :
Why, the consequences would :
= be that the grand jurors had :
= perjured themselves, and that :
= they couldn't hide their perjury :
= under the bouquets that they :
= handed to the court. :
= - = @%%@*% = =
Of course, am only supposing the
case. .
If such case should arise and
the grand jurors who have taken a
solemn oath that the statutes OF this
state require them to take. IL they
should come into court and make
such report as / have said,
: = = /. = I. q = = = :.
It would be the duty Of that =
$ court to say to them g Gentle =
: men, it is not for you to say {,
s whether or not these men have !.
= quit business; that has nothing I.
=. to do with your duties. You =
=. have sworn to find indictments I.
!: against all persons committing =
: crime in this county within the :.
3 last three years. You go back =
= and consider this case further. !.
= ! cannot accept your report be- =
= cause it shows upon its face :
!. that if a did you would be vio- 4.
= lating your oath Of Office and :.
= SO would / by accepting it, !.
: :. !: s.: ): =: !. 4. 4: !. = I. i. !. :.
So much for our judiciary.
Now we have another branch, the
Executive: and it is the duty Of the
Eexecutive to enforce the law 1t
would be no use to have a Iegisla-
tive assembly to make your laws;
It would be no use to have judiciary
to interpret and construe them, ii
you didn't have someone to enforce
them.
= :. = = : = = . . = !,
It is the duty Of the executive !:
= to enforce the law; and when :
=. he takes his oath Of Office and !.
= holds up his hand and swears !.
4 to perform the duties of his Of ]:
!: fee to the best of his ability, s
:. and when he knows that one Of I:
= the duties Of his Office is to en- !:
| " force the laws Of the state, and !:
= that every other executive of I:
! = fcer is under his immediate !:
| I. supervision, he would be yiolat- l:
!. ing his oath Of Office il he didn't .
- w ~ q tAAths3stid eaS pOSSlUie q
| : to enforce all the laws of the !:
= state. (Cheersl Not a part of /:
I. them, but all Of them ]:
Not enforce them as to some PEG
pie, but as to all the people of the
state. The laws of the land are made
for all the people Of the state. They
are made to protect all the people
All are equal before the law. The
law knows no distinction.
II is the duty Of all the Off !:
.. GERS Of this state to enforce =
i 4 the law as to all, and to en- I
Z. force all the laws.
But, sometimes It IS difficult for til,