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Show real birth of odr independence! i Chicago, Aug. I. Draping his home in flags. Attorney John V. Gcotlng of, Chicago celebrated todav as the anniversary anni-versary of the real ' birth of the Declaration of Independence of the United Slates, because John Paul Zen-ger, Zen-ger, editor of the New York Weekly Journal, was acquitted after a memorable memor-able trial fr criminal libel on August 4. 17.;:.. Mr. Ceeling ways, (bat except for j Zenger's acquittal after Alexander! Hamilton, then loader of the Ameil-'j can liar, had told the Jurors to follow the dictates of their conscience, in j spite of the instructions of the court, the historic document might never hav been written and signed on July I, 177T. Mr. Coding addressed the Hawkeye Fellowship olb at the Grand Pacific hotel yesterday and told the siory of the Zcnger trial. Zengor, he said had j Incurred the enmity of the govern- ment by bis fearless criticism. Grand juries bad failed to indict him, and ! finally prosecution was begun on information. in-formation. The journalist was acquitted, ac-quitted, though the judge had instructed in-structed the jury to return a verdict of guilty. |