Show GUILD ON BRIBERS u F FINANCE LAWSON LA SON said in lii a 8 recent article that Mad Mas Massachusetts legislators I are bought and sold as are ure lish and sausages in the markets of or the time old Bay state inch Indi Indirectly In li referring to this Lieutenant Gov Governor Governor Governor Curtis W Guild said the th other day clay In a n public address The Time strongest argument for Cor govern government government ment ownership the argument of o d p ir is hi that it is It th tho only relief from graft I repeat graft could never exist but hilt butr fr r th the man maim behind the Bratt grafter r The cor corporation corporation Or promoter who bays b the time alderman iHo I the strong hand of time tilt law as aM well as RM th the IOor w or wretch who sells M HK himself Iii Iti my m official capacity I have haY been in inthe inthe inthe the way nay of or seeing much of the time sort of oC people popl who u ort lawlessness by b care caro I 5 Trial by ly b jury ju has been boon obtained after centuries c of struggle and It H Is the fashion now euty to scoff scar at it as a afar farce far and to cite certain ridiculous verdicts dicta by b ignorant juries What hat busi business ness man can put IUt lila his fa hand on his heart h art and say sa that he never In his life Ufe shirked jury jun duty and that no unrighteous verdict is due dut at least to his own neglect to se so secure secure cure justice to his countrymen when d to do 10 so jO at the sacrifice of con convenience to himself You ask the gov governor governor goVernor of the state to stand up like a H man against mawkish appeals for pardons pardon Do you stand up when the appeal is made to you Every thoughtful citizen will endorse Mr 11 Guilds statements It is the man behind the grafter who most moat deserves I condemnation and punishment If there bribe there could were no givers g I I be no bribe takers taken There are very few instances comparatively speaking in iii which men elected to for the first time solicit bribes Ninetynine times out of or a hundred they th are ap directly or indirectly in by the bribe giver The chances arc are that that at first they ley resent the idea of accepting acc money for fOl their votes otes But they see older of officeholders officeholders officeholders taking money mone apparently I without risk of or exposure Jre arid and without I losing the respect r of oC their fellows The graft atmosphere is around them then and at last lust they time become so saturated with wilh it tt that what at first was Avas most repugnant nant becomes mes the only natural thing tIling to do And Amid time the bribe giver giel is responsible re pon sible sibie On the time question que of or jury duty Mr Guild is equally forcible Very ry few substantial citizens can solemnly af affirm 8 affirm firm with truth that they have never attempted to evade eade jury jUr duty dut very few can an declare dec le that no Imo l miscarriage Of or justice can properly be laid at Ht their door loor Until the bribe giver and the evader of jury service serice are arc eradicated we cannot hope for much purification of or our public morals |