The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-23
COMMISSION
QUITE WR0TH
Members Deny Assertion
of Rev. Bailey.
THEY GIVE A WARNING
Will Not Have Their Acts
Questioned.
In 70 Signed Statement the Members
of the Commission Declare the Tenn
pcrance Question Was Never Given
Consideration by Them.

The members of the jury commits
sion of Marion county are none too
well pleased with the remarks regard
ing the commission made by Rev. D.
II. Bailey, of Epworth church at the
public mass meeting there last Sun
day evening, is shown by a public
statement made by the members to-
day. It Is stated that the Commission
has never taken into consideration the
'uuestion of wet" and dry" in their
deliberations and the statement of
the minister that no more could be
expected from the public officers who
were named upon that evening, is de-
clared to be misleading.
The following is the declaration
made by the Commission.
I'VE are informed that Rev. ID. II.
Bailey of Marion. who addressed a
large and well informed concourse of
representative citizens in that city
last Sunday evening, made a few
striking remarks regarding the Jury
Commission of the county and its eff
ficency as it is at present constituted.
His remarks were clothed in the fol-
lowing bitter language:
"The local jury commission is made
up in such way that little or moth
ing can be expected from II in the
selection of juries to try bootleggers
One of the members is an ex-saloon-
keeper etc"
"If Rev. Bailey made the remarks
as quoted above, then he is guilty of
uttering false statements and of en-
deavoring to mislead large mass Of
people into the belief that the Jury
rCommlssion had purposely violated its
sworn obligation to the State Such
criticism is a cowardly reflection on
our official acts and the utterance we
publicly brand as a lie in practically
Eevery particular.
1--WE desire to say that we have not
perjured ourselves in the selection OF
jurors; neither have we ever consider
ed the wet" or "dry" question when
making up list of names to be
placed In the jury wheel. In the five
years that we have constituted the
Jury Commissions, our deliberation.
have invariably been secret. The laws
of Ohio prescribe how a commission
Ishall appoint jurors. The statutes alsC
require that no outside influence
shall be brought to bear upon us t
Influence our actions in selecting
names for the jury wheel. Every nam,
which we have selected for jury ser
vice has been seriously, but honestl.
judged by the commission as a whole
Our sense of justice has invariabl,
forbidden us to knowingly choose al
unreasonable man for such an impor
tant duty. We have had duty to per
form and our sworn acceptance of tn,
trust and the laws OF the State hav,
guided IFS in our various deliberations
and not a single taint of unfairness o.
dishonesty has attached to any act o
ours while We have constituted tn,
Jury Commission of Marion county
'In conclusion, we warn Rev. Bail
ey, or any one else, that he must no
again accuse us OF violating our oath
as members OF the Jury Commission
Our rights as citizens are an impor
tant consideration to all of us, and w
in particular shall no longer tolerat,
an unjust criticism of our acts al
members of the Jury Commission o.
Marion county"
Respectfully. Signed"
Julius Butz, of Marion O."
John Hanley, Of Caledonia, o."
watt Watkins. OF Prospect, o.
IL. G. Copeland. of LaRue, O."
Members OF the Jury Commission
of Marion County, Ohio.