Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-09
r,lE rNrrNpMENT.

tiscaf Scott, farmer and mem
ber 81 the venire OF jarymcn drawn
10 ny the indicted meat packers at
chicago was forced 90 rcnlg when
ID csmn 90 deiinlng the words used
~ thr indictments. land he finally
was excused from service on tho Jury.
Here. indeed. h. a new legal COM
plication and one which merits our
instant and earnest attention. The
words that put Mr. Scott hors de
combat were "intcndmeni. untram-
fellcd ana conniyance"
a British pofitlcai student who has
been in this country FOR about three
weeks declares that the trouble with
iho Unstcd states IN that We never
have educated class 10 govern. lie
eass that Whist We need are trained
diplomats. statesmen and rulers
such ns they always have had In
England until some ono about the
size Of John Redmond put the klbosh
on tho veto power of the house of
lords
Hat, carrying the same line Of reas-
enlng out IN the caserat bar. why
shouldn't we have regular weekly
spelling bee for professional jurors.
They should be taught the mean
Ing Of such simple words as 'intend-
mont unirammeled aud coEnlvance."
such Ignorance ~ inexcusable in
these days OF enlightenment Mr..
Scott is farmer and doubtless much
90 his Tins ~ taken up with potato
buss ana other faanai species. but
siill hc should have been able 10 find
few hours during the long winter
evenings when the pump IN freezing
and the woodpilc is running low 20
Improve his education.
Hut it is not aione for MIR. Scott.
The Juror. whose Ignorance forbade
him serving At the trial OF men such
as Mcssrs, Armour. SWIFT. 81 AL. that
We must blush.
Think % the attorney who drew up
those Indictments man supposedly
learned IN the law. An ordinary
hard working farmer. with nothing
but che Chicago American. the al.
manar, s.ongfcllow's poems and the
works Of Shakespeare with which to
eiean a knowledge o. higher educa-
ton, msy be expected 20 slip a cog
or 70 when suddenly and without
warning confronted by such words as
''inscndment." etc. Mr.. Scott shoul6
not be censured. Vie ala tho best
he could. and he doubtless will be-
STA systematic study OF she diction-
AIRY as soon az he gets home. know
Ing that the next time he IL called
into court he may be- confronted with
the same words, whereas any possible
knowledge OF Whist hog Is worth
ana what IL coats him TO produce one
could MT possibly be OF service to
him IN the trial Of meat packer.
But let us not be misled from the
natnrni trend Of thought IN this case.
What kind OF lawyer is In charge
~ those caSes when tho best he can
produce IN the way OF unusual Eng
liah Is ''iniendment. "uutrammeiicd'
ana 'connlyanee?"
Don't Nc know amy Latin. we rise
70 ASH Can't he put something into
an idictment that Ia the real goods
and that even a professor OF dead lam
guascs would have TO ponder over for
q while before properly calculating
can Il be- that along with our con-
sasuslon, our district sche6l{ our
system OF eoserp..ant. our dipio-
matS our army. eal navy and all the
rest Of our mirfit government. the
noble profession OF the law has also
eone into the discardg
Mos, any old kind of district at
sorney could do better than that 81
tow years ago. The Idea h ridlcalous|
that an Indictment Of a mere meat
packer coaid no, be better worded.
II IN the amendment OF this edi.
toriai a. untrammel the entire con
nitancc.