The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-05

v4grant. for out of his SO called
avocation, if saeh it caa. be called for
want of a better name emanateS the
principal rascaAty and conception OF
more crime that the flesh Is heir
to thas from most any other giveB
/ cause Aside frfsm the sact that the
/ idlers and loafefS who hang about
our towns and pablic PAGES, TefuS-
ing to work, when the gSOd citizen
ship is crying out for help and labor
of all kinds, this: class should be
wiped out Of exis 5ence Tor many
other reasons too Numerous to men
ton
In this euEghtenetS age, when yoir
country is opening up and vast num-
berS of new people gre cOnlang in5o'I
yotsr midst; when the eyes Of large
section of this nation are turned to-
wards you, it Is high time taat ey-
cry eitrzen wins mas tia good OF hiss
country at heafI should. arise 10 the
emergency and uphold the LIARS OF
his state and nagiOn, so that IL may
ne advertised tosthe wOTSd tha1 your
section y not on'F prolific in itx soil,
climate and the nlateri5a things OF
esaath. SUIT that g00r cOmmunIEy is
also prolific in ilS law abiding peo-
pie. AID. gentleNE1t, it, cannCN be
lavq abiding. unless its citizenship is
ais law enforcing So long as a cit
iZeIc is negf @fIIing tn enforce the aw,
or becomes Iukewarm in iIE enforce
merit, jus1 so long sill yOuT material
progress be curtailea, and YOUR laws
scofRsd as Nor sLSuld Il use char
actera of crime be legestig ZEed, md
the perpetrators tlregROf brought to;
Justice and the sprOaRr punishment
meteG out to- them FOR n grcensrX
reasons akone z There is q hIgHsr
and msre rageat reason, ana that IS
tleadesgire, GAL ought Spromat eyeE5
good citizen to uphold the laws af
Ais StRc
Tits desire ought ,ao be ftalnd 80
d large extent among the e5tizeIs
snip OF Ihe county, aKan shORzid paF=-i
tEsnIlarAg apply 10 sUcs& peTZEsMs azsl
ara called Jzpon 10 SIT upon 1tle jUt-Es
rzFss; bEt [ regret thar it is 4 facsfs
that. it does mot EXIST 1t IS not Et
,T-1-e thing, 3g4G has SscOme- vergi
e smmom. fBw the so called btsst citf-I
zans. as sGCR Is they are sHREmOH--j
tx tD- Il iAlAT- 4AAlllC0LAESSAg ~ I'm
Taence 20, foFBalate sCme excuse tGsg
lzssp taFdn fr'gTH serving, CT else
having faiItnR tG be eNrused-. com r.
1870 tbs jury box, and under thel
caths, EeclaEs 5hemsel9es dksspal1-
sBsf uTssm tae slightest preteEct
Every man. of intelligence, wla0s
zsads ~ ala. mas soma sort s,ff in2-s
gressicGn fogme6 upon his mind
srom what Re reads, WdetheE~ IL bsF /.
9f crime or OF sons poliEistl. ~ /,
-eligiraa s7sbieas Ye1 he fams, His I.
opinioa, ard establishes nO fixasti ;
idea on the latter sU&ieeti Rrtil ae
has heard the evidence StiAj WHEN /
he is called upon to Try. a case of |
which he may have read cn heg4Fd |
remotely be. almost Instantly fOgWs ,
.'suca an opinion as Eould IniIuesEee |
his Tctioa in finding verdict , al /
though he has only beard .sumethgng /
of ghe case, and in some Instances 1
has been kn0Wn to BquirG.. afttsr he {
has BeeE discharged. wh2E Gaze is 1
beng tzjeds Or e5Se, he frequent !
" hides himself be5Eind tie cloak OF /
conscientious scruples. L freely |
admit that some of these excuses
are well founded and that the par
ties AIT upon honest conviction, but
am equally as veil convinced that
many of such excuses are got war
rantsf. either in law or morals, and
are only made from purely cowardly
or mercenary motives.
Through yoar body has to COM
mence all criminal prosecution of
the felony class, and unless you do
your full duty- many crime may sc,
unpublished Courts and petit IA
ries can accomplish nothing uPuII
YOU have fa'St done your EaqC
Hence, | urge and charge YOU to
carefully and fully investigate all
grades and classes of crime that
have recently taken place, sAld, il
YOU can md sufficient evide'Gce, in
dict the parties concerned inf IL and
+ present them to the Court IN no
other gay can you expect khe laws
to be upheld than by shbwing to
the criminally inclined that they
; cannot pursue their evil ways and
! escape the application II the law
to themselves. So, genumen, make
a thorough investigator and do
your fun duty, according 10 the oath
that you have Just assUfned
No business of IMPORTANCE was
transacted in court 3oday, the day
being taken UP with the appearance
docket. By order@Of the court yes
terady. all jurors summoned for the
week beginning October 18th. are
excused from service, court 10 he
adjourned for tbaX week