The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-29

the worst kind Of an anarchist" "a
would-be destroyer and debaucher OF
the sacred grand jury system" and "a
peryerter Of the morals Of the youth
of New York And why? BE
cause he SAYS, Il have hardly dared
to treat Il from any other standpoint,
because, had I done so, would not
have been able TO retain any sef-pos-
session"
Mr. Jerome Is no cynic, in spite Of
his smiles at the hearing, He realizes
the seriousness Of the charges brought
against him He refers TO the hear
ing as the hitterest thing that has
come TO him In his whole life, He
realizes he Is not always the essence
OF dignity, but he would rather be
himself before the world, realizing
his honorable obligations to those who
split their tickets by the thousands
to put him in Office, than to be a dig
nifed but insincere puppet, Mr., Je-
rome Is one OF those men who have
hosts of true and loyal friends who
place all trust in him but who has q
few very bitter enemies. The indie
pendence of the upright man who
feels the courage OF his conviction
and his good works is one thing;
the independence of the demagogue
who gets his secret orders from those
higher up" is another. One of the
greatest differences Is that the first Is
by far the scarcer of the two and,
Just as he Is scarcer, must he suffer
because he Is mistaken to he OF the
second class.
Certain New York papers have
tried to bully Mr.. Jerome and like
most DULLES, they have INDUCED in
personal filings when they see they
cannot nettle their opponent into a
fight. The New York World says
none OF the testimony against him
has been contradicted and for that
reason 1t sticks to its first conclusion
which 1t quotes: There can be no
public confidence in the enforcement
Of the criminal law in New York
county so long as William Travers Je-
rome Is district attorney" The World
may forget that the burden OF de-
Tense lies with them. Instead of Mr.
Jerome lacking dignity, II may be the
newspapers who have instigated the
investigation who are undignined in
making such sweeping assertions be.
fore they have proved their case
Fairly they cannot say they have
proved their case. This they seem &c
realize themselves. for their attorney
Is quoted as saying that. II Mr.. Je-
rome Is not removed as result Of the
present hearing. new charges will b
preferred against him. based upor
his throwing of dice with the Ryar
boys. Referring to the latter Incl.
dent, Mr. Pierce, the attorney, said
Mr. Jerome has been setting a hor.
rihle and debasing example to the
youth Of the country" To this Tho
commissioner replied If you hadn'
brought II out yourself II would never
, have been known. so II Is YOU who arr
responsible for any effect It ma,
have on the young people" which
} seems to have hit the nail squared!
on the head.
, One thing is certain and that Il
I that the district attorney will continu,
to think he is deceiving the public
more when retaining from doint
what he naturally would because O.
, fear OF any wrong impression hi
might make. than by being his tr /.
unvarnished self. II is not even to h,
suspected that the excellent younI
men that he has in Office to help him
{ would remain TO countenance such
procedures as he Is charged with.
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