The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-06-27
HOW AN ARKANSAS JUDGE
HANDED It TO A PAC|R|SI
PRO- GERMAN Is ACQUITTED BY
JURY, BUT SENTENCED
BY COURT.
Manufacturing Record)


gould, Ark. knows how to denounce
a pacifist in a way worthy of emula-
ton. We envy him his power to ex-
press his sentiments on the subject.
"A so-called minister of the gospel
had been hailed before the judge for
alleged seditious utterances and for
efforts to prevent men from enlisting'
The Judge felt the minister was gull
ty, but that he was not convicted be-
cause his neighbors seemed to be OF
the same mind as the preacher and
SO when the latter had been dismiss
ed by the jury. Judge Driver from the
bench said:
Judge Disagrees With Jury.
II am surprised and Inundated and
deeply panied to find that the sacred
affairs of religion are being used for
the preaching of such contemplate
an viperous form of reasoning. In
Mississippi county, and in all of the
other counties in northeast Arkansas,
have found that these men or God
have been ready and constantly ready
TO respond to every call made upon
their time and their means when
such calls are for patriotic or moral
purposes They have asked me re-
peatedly and with great emphasis to
use more time than had been allotted
me In speeches for the Red Cross, the
Y. M. c. A. and for kindred organiza-
lions the influence of which blend
into the common cause war.
Choice Bit Of English.
Therefore, when l hear that in
Greene county. In detached portion
of this community, man who should
be leader and whose work should ot
an inspiration to others; when | find
that this degraded. misguided, VII
famous viper, this scapegrace and
reprobate who now stands before me
has been using the pulpit as means
OF melting opposition to the direct
mandates of the government, under
which he has lived and under which
his relatives live and enjoy the (iber-
ties and blessings of democracy: when
am told that a community will per-
init the spreading of this gangrenous
doctrine; when / am convinced that
this man has been pointing the nm
ger of criticism at the White House
and has failed to lend his whole
hearted support to the Red Cross ano
the angels of mercy who are today
pressing cold cloths against the fever
ish lips of wounded American soldiers
on the battle fronts of France; wher
/ find that this mans Influence has
been directed in channels that give
aid and comfort to the enemy and /
repeated in Berlin would cause
smile of satisfaction to play upon TIT
lips of Won Hindenburg and the de
moniacal Hohenzollerns; when thes'
things are brought to my attention
and | realize that the holy principles
for which we are fighting are beint
shredded and ground into the dust b.
this hair-brained defendant and b,
his kind when / realize that thes'
things are true, feel an almost ire
sistible desire to call down the wrat
of God upon his head or to inquire
why supposedly decent and law
abiding community has permitted hi
v poisonous footprints to desecrate ever
y the sands of the highways.
Uses Limit Of Power.
This man is discharged because o
the apparent effort Of his neighbour
and his friends to shield him in hi
traitorous and reasonable attitude.
wish 1t were within my power to i'm
pose sentence to fit the crime. Blu
since this power is not within IN.
hands, l want him taken from m.
sight as quickly as possible. Hav'
HIM leave the courtroom Get hin
away with the least possible delay
Mr.. Sheriff. l command you to clea
this courthouse Of his presence ant
to do 1t at once"