Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-11-28
La Voz Del Pueblo Expresses Admiration
for Action Taken BY Medler and Clancy

/ OF our population. by the jury COM
mlssioners. Il occurs 70 ils to ask II
lthe arguments used by the distin-
lgtisbed hlrlsis. Mr. Clancy and Judge
Medicr. do not apply equally 10 the
condition OF our county. where, gen
irriiiy. the democrats are excluded OF
participation in such Institutions,
Innd where even the Anglo Americans
have. niso, been practically excluded
in the last years. In the jury panel
for the court term OF November. 1919.
there were hut two Anglo-Amerlcans
| (RoRcrs and Lofenzen) and. probably
only one democrat We say probably.
because tho party referred TO is sup
posed 10 he democrat, but he has
not said 30 to any one.
In The lIsi there were only two An
glo- Americans, and according TO our
best information, only one democrat
IL il an universal maxim OF the law
that every defendant should be tried
by an impartial Jury OF his peers"
Discrimination in san Miguel.
IT, ns reasoned by the distinguished
iurist, Mr. CLANCY, whose criterion IL
confirmed by Judge Medler. Hthe ex-
clusion. no matter for whit reason.
OF hrge percentage OF the qualified
persons from the jury list Is some
thing that must be deprecated' and
that such action Is taken without
complying with the spirit OF the law
when the excluded are the Americans
of Spanish race, does not the same
argument hold good when the exclu-
sion Is made Of members OF the An
pIo-saxon race or of the members of
party which, very clearly, consti-
tutes 30 per cent of the total popula-
ton?
people from the lurlcs CONSTI-
1UrES AN ELEMENT OF DANGER
II objection IL made especially In
criminal eases" is fnot grave ele-
ment of danger TO exclude the Anglo
Americans and democratsg
II "ihe supreme court OF the Unit
cd States has reversed cases where
the only reason invoked has been the
exclusion OF negroes from the jurles"
that perfectly supports Mr.. Clancy's
opinion. what reason is there for not
doing the sime thing when the ex-
clusion consists OF the Anglo.Ameri-
can or democratic element of the pop
ulation?
II, as Judge Medler says. the exclu-
sion, OF Spanish Americans from the
juries lis one OF the most serious
questions that the court has had to
deal with and. as Suggested by the
attorney general. any indictments
found. or any convictions might be
open for attack by reason Of the vio-
lation of the constitutional provision"
how can the same consequence he
cvadcd if the exclusion consists OF the
American or democratic elc-
mcnt2
THEY as WELL AS oTnERs ARE
PLAINTIFFS AND DEFEND
ANTS IN CASES BEFORE THE
COURT AND THEIR RIGHTS ARE
ENTITLED TO RESPECT by THE
COURT.
If the maxim of the law is that
every defendant should be tried by
an impartial jury of his peers, what
OF the law and justice that win COM
pei him to be tried by a jury Of his
political enemies who are often more
cruel than hynenas?
La Noz del Pueblo, with all respect
due to the high authorities, hereby
expresses. in the name of the demo-
cratic part Of the population, a sol
emn protest against the exclusion of |
democrats from the juries. and in the T,
name of law and justice. of the ex-
clusion of the AngIo-American ele- {
ment.