The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-13

merely gave the report oI the GOVERN
ment expert, of the originator, and of
our friends who had tried the wheat.
We merely acted as intermediary.
Nevertheless, everything that was
said respecting the wheat was fully
proven at this trial by expert witnesses,
interested and disinterested, and their
testimony was not shaken. 1t was also
shown that farmer Stoner and his bus
mess partner, Mr. Knight, made no
sales of this wheat under ST. per pound
until September, 1911; and that they had
a written contract between them that
none of the wheat was to be sold at any
price until the following year-l912.
Suddenly in September, 1911, they
changed their plans, considering that
they had wheat enough accumulated, put
the price down to S. per bushel, about
the time that The Watch Tower wheat
was all sold at 81 pound. This the
Eagles attorney claimed was proof of
fraud on the part of 'The Watch
Tower-sufficient excuse for the SIAN
derous assaults of the Eagle upon me-
ut was in vain that my attorney
sought to show the jury the Eagles
malice-that it really was attacking me
along religious grounds; that it had set
itself as the champion of certain clerical
enemies of mine, and was seeking to de-
strov my influence and, if possible, to
drive me from Brooklyn. In the court
room sat about twenty-five of my
friends, who had come long distances at
their own expense to have an opportun-
ity to speak a word in my behalf.
Through some Intricacies of the law re-
speeding evidence. these were unable
to be heard in my behalf.
Instead, the law gave the Eagles
attorney the privilege of saying all man
ner of evil against me falsely--for the
sake of the doctrines of Christ. which |
hold and teach. He was allowed to pic
ture me, as the Eagle had done in its
cartoon-as a thief and robber, mas
querading IN the garb of a minister of
Christ. He was allowed to ridicule the
Miracle Wheat, although had moth
ing whatever to do with it, nor with
the naming of it; and notwithstanding
the fact that its superiority was proven.
He was allowed to inveigh against
the fact as criminal, that | hold the
Office of President of the Watch Tower
Bible ard Tract Society, and to claim
that | hold the Office in some corrupt or
unlawful manner and that misuse the
society's income in some unexplained
way to my own advantage. Meantime,
scores present IN the courtroom and
thousands all over the land, would have
been glad to testify that their donations
have come to the society because they
have the utmost confidence in my in
tegrity and management of its affairs
as its executive officer, and that had
anybody else been president their dona-
would have been smaller or none at all.
81 have no complaint to make against
the laws of our land, nor against the
jury system, nor against the particular
twelve men who in my judgment, gave
an unjust verdict. esteem our laws to
be most wonderfully just. have often
marveled that imperfect, fallen men
have succeeded in the erection of such
excellent barriers against sin and injus-
tice. | cannot see that a more fair
method than our jury system of trying
a case could be arranged by imperfect
men. Neither do | believe that the
average jury desires to pervert justice.
The miscarriage of justice | attribute
rather to the imperfectlon of human
knowledge. Suspicion and evil surmis-
ing are weeds which seem to grow pro-
ILLEGALLY in every mind.
Il am the more encouraged because
realized that the great Day of Blessing,
the great Thousand Year Day of Mes
siah's Kingdom, is near at hands
dawning now. Soon Satan, the Prince
of Darkness, will be bound for thou
sand years, to deceive the nations no
more. (Revelation 20:2, 3, g. No longer
will Darkness be permitted to masquer-
ade as Light, and the Light be slandered
as Darkness. All the blind eyes will be
opened; all the deaf ears will be I'M
stopped. That glorious period, as the
Prophet has declared, shall be the desire
of all nations (Haggai 2:7.) Then not
only the Church will see eye to eye and
understand Gods providences at the
present time, but the whole world will
see in the light of that happy time for
which we pray, Thy Kingdom come:
Thy will be done on earth as in Heaven.
Sincerely and undismayed, I remain
a servant of God
CHARLES T.. RUSSELL.
Brooklyn, Jan. %, 1913.