The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-11-15

isFosblt 81 il iAeir iauit not yours.
sou eAhhoi relieve liient -ant dor yusir
duty under your cath. IN abort gentle
men. u the charges made againsi these
people are false ] shah be delighted
10 know Ii. but Il true | sholl be dis
appointed II yon return bills not true
which IN truth and fact are true. 4
/ know that certain persons will say
that extensive prosecutions ARE In.
furious - the county -that I'VE are
|injufing business This lis a very old
and thferdbare excuse. We read In
the scriptures that when Paul, had
succeeded In convincing, a certain
ldolpols people sthat there were mo
GODS made with hand and thereby In;
jnfed tic business OF the man who
made strines for temples. mar they
| dld mot attempt To- defend Idol wor.
ship but that The people interested ID
business assembled, and led by one
Demetrius. u silsersnith, who made
Eshripes for Diana, and created m
|uprnar and came near doing personal
Violence TO- Paul. So, when the presi.
| dent OF she United istates enforces the
law against unlawful financial comb.
nations some people, Without con.
demnlng the unlawful trust raise the
Irry that he Is ipjpring business. Such
talk should not be listened to for a
moment. twill not be deferred from
doing my duty, as Isee Il, by; any such
stuff. The same class OF people tell
me that an .openg town. a good one
This is rs false from the standpoint
OF craftsmanship and correct political
economy as tits bad morality. Law
lessness destroys never builds mp
| II Is not the exposure Of laWlessness
that injuries community 1T is the
llaSlessness itself that hurts. No ma
ton ever grew rich on crime. Law;
llessness is the anthests of prosper
| fly. No prudent man wants TO own
property in a lawless community: Al
we'll expect you, sheep 10 be protect
ed by wolves rs TO expect that yonr
property will be safe in a lawless com.
munity. The property owner who en-:
courages lawlessness invites the de
I.struction OF his own property. The
law affords the only security we have
| for property rights. II Is better that
a community shall be poor than law.
Hess! The poor. may be loyal and pa
Itrlotic. but the slawiess are a standing
menace, to any government As well
expect your cattle to grow! fat and
healthy on impure and poisonous food
Eassto expect, a government to become
strong and prosperous on crime. 2
IstSowJ sentlemen,I ask you to :ex;
anime the charges made against these
saloon keepers, OF the county, care.
fully, deliberately and iimpartlally. See
10 1t that no injustice Is done them,
Make your examination full and com.
pletes The court will have brought
before you any witness in the State
that yoil may desire to examine, A
great many charges are made by ell
zensi Now IS the time and this the
tribunal, st6 make them good Singing
psalms and praying will do no good
| In the grand Jury room. Here we
must have facts from the lips Of liy.
| Ing witnesses WithEone this is a ques!
ton Of enforcing the law, purely and
simply, and not a question Of sent.
ment or abstraict morals. No man or
combination OF men. must be permit.
ted to defy or override the law. On
1.-THE other hand the courts must be
careful to do no injustice to any one,
mo matter who he Is or what his bust,
ness, Every citizen is entitled to the
equal protection Of the law, and II is
equally true that no one must be per
nittad to violate law. We are all sub;
iIect TO the same law. The courts must
keep in the middle of the road, not
bestowlng fayors on the Side or In
flicting punishments, improperly on
1.-THE other. All men who are alike must
be treated alike.
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