The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-04
GAMBLE RSAlUST SkIDDOO SAYS JUDGELYNCFI
AND NEVER, NONEVER, COME BACK ANY M(DRl
Grand Jury Is Told
70 Go After Them Hot

obtain evidence and Sc that it goes
before the grand jury. II he knows.
1t is the duty Of those who know of
violations to complain to magistrates,
have warrants issued and the offend-
ers arersted, thus setting the wheels
of Justice in motion. But, instead,
many OF them censure the public Of
ficlals because they are not doing
what they think they should do. IfI
the public and the court would CO.
operate there would be state of az
fairs from what obtains in Harrison
county now, especially in some parts
Of the county.
Duties Not Complicated.
The administration Of justice Isl
not intricate nor, are the duties of
the grand jury complicated, but
plain, simple and easily understood
and determined.
The law is an expression OF COM
mon sence- an ingredient that lies
at the basis of all successful busi-
ness-plain and common sense. No
man succeeds without fair supply
of 1t. Those who have studied our
constitutional law. know 1t grew out
of the ordinary transactions between
man and men in the earliest stages
of development. 1t started out from
that period when might made right
and one man was entitled to anoth-
er's hat because he had the physical
strength to take 1t from him. That
was not common sense and, 1t did not
and could not last long The orig
inal idea as advanced by Moses was
who so sheddeth mans blood,
by man shall his blood be
she'd" Out of that grew the
idea that the family OF the in
jured person had been injured and
had the right Of redress to punish and
to seek damages. Then the idea ex-
tended to the tribe, then to large
bodies then to the government, un-
til today an offense against a per-
son is an offense against the state.
An assault is an offense against the
state and so with an other crimes.
Early history OF the law was that
damages, called blood right, could be
had. so much for an arm, so muclf1
for an eye, so much for a leg. This
has not been entirely eliminated as
the offender can be punished and
damages can be sought against him.
This is mentioned merely to show
that all laws grew out OF common
sense dealings between man and man
in the earlier stage of our develop
ment. The fundamental idea Of JUS
tice is fair dealing or as the Presi-
dent Of the United States. puts it, a
square deal.
License Laws Violated.
Judge Lynch said the licenses
granted for saloons in the county
were within the city OF Clarksburg.
In every license granted and every
bond given there is a provision that
the person granted license will not
sell to persons in the habit OF drink
ing to intoxication, and not TO per-
sons under age, or whom he has reat
son to believe is under 81 years OF
age, nor sell on the Sabbath day.
Judge Lynch said he had every rea-
son to believe, though he did not
know it to be fact, that each one
OF these persons violated the law
every day in the week except Sunday
and with that every seventh day in
the week, in the city Of Clarksburg,
and, perhaps, by all engaged in the
business. 1t ought to be stopped,
said he. There/are two ways. The
better is for the municipal govern
ment. The other is through the
grand and petit juries.
Perhaps, one reason saloon keep
er does. not obey the law is that II he
refuses to sell to the habitual drunk
ard his revenues would be materially
reduced, because as a rule he is his
most liberal patron. The saloonists
are interested in another source as
the same patrons will not be here al
ways to patronize them and others
must take their place. Others must
be educated in that direction and the
most prolific source to draw ffom are
those under 81 years of age. The
tutleage is not very difficult, because
of reasons attributable to the frail-
ties of human nature. Young people
think they must buy. drinks and be-
lieve 1t to be necessary to their
growth into manhood. They have
assistance from source little sus-
pected, from those whose intentions
are not to make them patrons OF
saloons, but who are unconscientouly
doing 30, that Is, the use OF 1t by
parents at home and in the presence
Of children, and in many cases dis
tributlng 1t among the children.
Some say we are descendants OF the
ape and the monkey, but Judge
Lynch says he does not believe 1t.
Yet the ape is often shown in the lit
! tie fellows actions. We->are dispos-
ed to initiate, A child sees his
father come home intoxicated and he
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