Show A prerogative tenacious of honor and emoluments as is the average american there IB Is atilt one position commanding both these dewarde which be he is quite willing to pass over 0 er to the less ambitious of his can own race or the foreign born population claiming allegiance to the united states thia this is the office of juror whether grand or petit whether in important cases or minor ones except the chronic court hanger on who seeks but little here below save a sheltered place to rest his bones and enough of provender to satisfy the cravings clavings cravi of an accomma dating appetite the citizen of today to day would as ws a general rule go farther to avoid service as a than to escape the tile attentions of the tax collector or even to miss mine a meeting with bis ills mother in law but the affliction la is one to which all are more or less exposed it seeks out the high in their homes of splendor and draws up the humble from their homes of at toil toll jay gould was lately J mulched mulcted in the grievous sum of ten dollars for treating with contempt a summons to the jury box A plowman would probably have bave been consigned to jail tor for the of fence the theory of punishments in such cases evidently being that he who can least afford to dispense with the additional honor must pay dearest for his neglect to assume it it is a debt which every or ordinary patriot must bold hold himself prepared to pay whenever called upon there are privileged classes however on whom this call to duty is never made by common consent and tor for obvious reasons the lawyers escape it the law grants the bame immunity to doctors and clergymen the so called saviors of the bodies and bouls souls of men and now we note the fact with satisfaction a law has gone upon the statute books in new york adding the newspaper men to the list there is sense and justice in the enactment and it should be copied by the legislatures of the rest of the states the journalist has a greater duty to the public than any y 0 of I 1 the others named keople r ale a are re born s and d die and go to kinga kingdom 0 in come day in and day out TO and the world wags wage on forever to reer but let the daily paper stop but for one revolution and society business everything in the universe Is i disarranged beyond hoe be of harmony besides the writer for the press has no need of new honors or rewards he lie rolls in wealth all men defer to him he h terrorizes terru courts and clients blistering or lauding flauding as his fancy moves him and every mendicant for favor calls him colonel to offer him fresh evidence of his ills count rys esteem in the way of jury service is an insult to him to insist upon bis his accepting it is a hideous wrong |