| Show strength a th of our Co courts larts lynch law is ia growing throughout the land five men were recently strung up in indiana because the law could not reach they ther so eo the perpie orators thou thought and every day one reads in the newspapers of a lynching lunching lyn ching bee because of the davs claws delay courts come down to us with more belij well established precedents than any other department of government people have great respect for legal learning when judiciously and elpe applied but in this country so BO much precaution is taken to preserve rights of the accused if they can pay for it that it seems an almost endless task to send a rich man to prison while the poor are railroaded through like a lot of cattle that thai is probably a hard assertion to make and yet the public sees so much distinction shown by the judiciary of our land that it has become a custom to ask when a man is arrested how much money he possesses if he be wealthy the prediction is invariably made that lie he will get off and too often it proves to be the case though the public may be convinced that the accused is indeed indeed guilty it is this tent tendency lency of the courts of our country to let off the wealthy on technicalities and condemn the poor which has created the disrespect of courts throughout the land and out of this disrespect has sprung the frequent lynch ings men pay ay that if left 0 t 3 be tried in the courts ten chances to tj one the accused will be able to buy his way out of court about the same time that the indiana lynch ings above mentioned took place an assault was made upon the life of the president of mexico and the assailant caught and afterwards lynched in indiana the lyn chera chers are well wel I 1 known but no attempt has beebi made to bring thern them to justice while in mexico a much better example is set sat though the men in that republic did the lynching lunching lyn ching out of love for Pre president Adent diaz were actuated by truly patriotic motives they were yet arrested and are dealt with rigorously by the strong string arm of the law many are prominent government officials but their standing seems to make no dif difference farence in that respect mexico sets seta our courts a good example ii irdeen deed the courts in order to gain the confidence of the people must show no distinction between the high or atle low the rich or the poor the moment distinctions are made that moment oile one of the mainstays main stays of our government is weakened |
