Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-07
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MONDAY EVENING, NOV. :

OF the peOplc ~ lhVoO Hl"HS fN"~'
arbitrary acts of this organization AID
the failure to make good their many
promises have Disguised honest men OF
the party; hence some Of Speaker can
mons previous supporters have re-
nounced their allegiance to him ana
publicly proclaim their intention OF
keeping him out Of the speaker CHAIR
in future. The forecasts Of the leaders
of the democratic party in all the states
are optimistic; some being cony need
that the party now in power Will suffer
a landslide. 1t is the earnest wish OF
millions that their horoscope will prove
correct and that the country will enter
once more on an era Of sanity. 1t
would serve no purpose to reproduce
the many reasons why the republican
party should be endorsed at this time
The fact that The neceSsarics OF LIE,
under their legislation, are. gradually
passing beyond the reach OF the great
mass OF people Of the country should
he sufficient for all to desire a change.
During the first Mckinley campaign,
when the price OF bacon was one-thrd
that demanded for it now, the iull DIN
ner pail was the emblem Of the repub-
hcan party. The empty market basket
is now confronting them, which Is one
of the most unanswerable arguments
they are called to combat.
Political conditions 10 Virginia have
undergone No NAL eo92ge during
at v yau ears and the
.4etr ,ft ~ rcm9.ou rave never
..o,ner or more satisfac-
torily in its history. Nine out OF the
ten congre smen allowed the state will
surely be democrats. There is still one
district in the commonwealth, however,
where a majority of the suffragans have
heretofore chung TO the republican party,
notwithstanding its many chapters OF
horrors. This is but one Of few other
black specs in the map Of the solid
south; but they are gradually being
eliminated,
The old Eighth district "a Gibraltar OF
democracy has but one candidate for
Congress on its ticket this year, that Of
Hon. G. c. Carlin, who has so ably and
satisfactorily represented 1t during the
past few years. OF course, he has
walk.oyer, but this fact should, by no
means, be an excuse for any democrat
absenting himself from the polls to-
morrow. Members fthe party should
show their appreciation Of his services
by rolling up as large vote as pos
sible. Such COMPILING n, IS due ban.
The prompt disposal by the English
courts OF DR.. Crippen's appeal is an
other example of security and expedl-
ton in the administration Of justice by
which the American public ought to
profit. Crippen was tried without the
DELAYS and sensationalism which mark
so many notable trials for murder In
this country. He was found guilty on
what seemed to the jury to be absolute
ly convincing evidence His counsel
appealed for reversal of the verdict on
technical grounds, as. is thol.common
practice here, but instead of treating
iht d.. ,al as emitting him to an in
Jtf -espite, the higher courts took
up the case within woweeks and made
an end Of it. Concerning the action Of
the English proceedings the New York
Tribune says:
Criminals with ample resources have
been able to maintain fight for re-
versal in our courts lasting year or
even two years. Suspensions on the
ground OF reasonable doubt, arguments
in oneappeaI, court and then in another
and even a resort to the United States
Supreme Court have delayed the execu-
ton OF a sentence far beyond the neCes-
stiles OF a fair rehearing. 4 convicted
felon has the right to ask that the pro
cedure in his trial be passed upon, if he
thinks that he has not enjoyed the full
protection of the law. But the courts
ought not to allow imnaterlal technl-
calities to nullify a verdict or to afford
the prisoner undue advantages in Oh
structing the course Of justice. Simpler
and swifter methods in the conduct Of
criminal trials here would do defend
ant no wrong and would help greatly &c
restore public confidence in the el
fciency OF our system of criminal adj
miniStration.
Some OF the papers in this country
are criticising the English method o
murder trials and the promptness with
which DR.. Crippen was sentenced t(
death. and one Of these papers pub
lished in a nearby city, says Il
Americans there is something shock
ing" in the haste with which thi
man was hurried 10 his doom. Blu
these papers in their sicSiy sent