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Show OUK MISSION JURIST AGAIN- J ust as quickly asthe Herald scorches our mission jurist a little, his 'unible admirers rush to the rescue with the oil of eulogy and the lint of coddling comfort. Praise of McKean and abuso of the Herald are staple articles with them. And why should they Dot attempt the defense of the rhetorical C. J. of the U. S. supreme court for U. T., who stands so much : in need of it, and seek to besmirch the Heiiald that cares so little about it? The latest defense was made a few d iys ago, which 'more.importment matter mat-ter prevented us noting earlier ; and it bjre the characteristics of those histor-ioil histor-ioil phillipics with which the U. S. court room over Faust's stables resounded resoun-ded last fall. Apart from tho unmiti-Kted unmiti-Kted impertinence of the statement contained in it, that certain editorials in tho Herald last week were not written in this office, the principal point -tomp(cd to be made is that the saprcme court of the United States, in the decision of Engelbrecht vs. Clinton, reversed ".repeated previous decisions of that tribunal." This assertion is not new, and on the street and through the press it has been reiterated re-iterated until we feel justified in calling for a substantiation. There are lawyers law-yers in this city who have been unvarying unvary-ing and consistent horn-blowers of the court of this Territory. Vc call upon the chief justice and his fuglers to unite in a card to the effect that they believed at the time that the mode of selecting jurors adopted by the courts o:' this Territory, under Judge McKean, was legal; and alio to point out the decisions of the supremo court of the United States which supported any such action. We also call upon them to name a iio-lc oue of the "repeated" decisious of the snprcme court that was overruled hy tho ease of Knglebrecht . Clinton. The same sapient sa-pient authority also says: "If any body is embarrass d by the decision of the Supreme Su-preme Court it is the Supreme Court itself." Haw profound! Something like tho same remark fell m sonorous tones from the mission jurUt in Washington, Wash-ington, and was one of tho profound reasons why we considered he was determined de-termined to demand the removal oi the entire supreme bench. When ich silly utterances can be made by a judicial officer of the Territory, it is little wonder his peUy born-blowers should be found reiterating it. We have another point or two to notice, in regard to immaculate C. J. but they will keep. ' |