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MONDAY. APRIL L I‘.>13. J
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THE RISE OF THE LAYMAN. J
Of (.•nurse ill suggest mg I lie
possibility nf 1111eui11g judicial |><i—
sit inns in America I" laymen, we
were uni niuveil ii\ uuy nl I lull
prejudice against llie legal pro
fession which caused .lack (lade
tu assent to the proposition made
ljy Dick. I he Hotelier, to hang
ail I he lawyers of England. Tin
profession of the law is a great
profession, hut in this age nl en
lightenmenl. when knowledge on
all subjects is widely diffused,
when good hooks are plentiful
and cheap enough, il is error to
assume (hat only lawyers are call
able of doing substantial justice
as between man and man.
The layman knows a thing or
two. U is no empty figure of
speech to refer to the rise ol (he
proletariat. At length democracy
is flowering, and we seem to be
nearing the fruition of our
dreams.
Are laws to be-undcrslood on-j
ly by lawyers? Have we any
m,oral right to expect laymen to
respecl and obey laws which they
cannot understand? Shall we
punish men for violating laws the
meaning and purpose of which
they do not know?
Intent, we are told, is the es
sence ot any offense against the;
law. No man can intend to of
fend a law which he does nol un
derstand. 1
Laws should lie so simple lhaf:
any citizen can understand and |
apply them.
Our juries usually are made up
o,f laymen: and it is idle to say
that juries consider only the facts
in the case: they hear tin* law. and
they judge Hie law also, and all
the charges of all the judges of
the earth cannot keep jurors from
judging the law. II is psycholog
ically impossible for a juror not
lo weigh, and judge I he law as
he hears il. Jurors judge Hie
law precisely as they judge tacts.
Therefore, if laymen' are nol lil
to he judges, are they lil to lie
jurors? Or if only lawyers are
tit to lie judges, does i| nol leg
ally follow that only lawyers are
til to he jurors?
Moreover laymen help lo write
• our laws. I'mler I he policy of di
reel legislation laymen have even
a greater share in the making of
our laws. If I hey help lo make
the laws, can I hey not help lo
interpret, construe and apply
them? Then. loo. I here is t lie
policy which would subject judges
In recall when their decisions arc
out -of harmony with flic popular
judgmenl. and I lie kindred prop
osition to submit Hie decisions of
judges lo I he people for approv
al or disapproval when these
opinions seem lo lie a| variance
with opinions held hy Hie people.
Do not. these policies, perforce,
make .judges of laymen ?
The rise of I he layman lias
been slow. Literally he lias oozed
up to li is present eminence
Ihroiigh oceans of sweat and
tears and blood i.ud murk.
Priesjcrafl preyed upon him in
the beginning of uis struggle up
ward. Professionalism has tram
meled him. Politicians, wearing
the guise of an alluring patriot
ism, have for centuries used and
abused him. Rut hy degrees dem
ocracy is lifting the burden from
the layman; for him the prospect
everywhere is broadening and
brightening, and1 conscious of the
onrush of leveling influences, and
at length confident of his own ca
pacities. feeling his own strength,
and knowing his own rights, he is
taking in society tne position na
ture intended he should take. —
Seattle Sun.
The Mexican patriot who asks
for liberty or death usually gels
the last part of his request sup
plied.
A law requiring the amputation
of the trigger finger of all male
Mexicans of gun-toting age might
work wonders in ending the rev
olution.
The Prince ofvWales lias been
promoted to a lieutenancy, show
ing how rapidly a young man can
rise if only he has the right kind
of a start.
There can he'no question that
Washington society folks have
joined 11 he adniiiiist rail'inn pro
cession now they have abandoned
the "turkey trot” fojr "t.ondon
Bridge is Falling Down.”
There are rumors of bribery in
connection with the recent sena
torial election in New Hampshire.
The public might have expected
something would happen when a
I leniocral w as named in I hat I
stale.
Individuals as Responsible as the
Government.
The Prospector gladlx publish
i's I lie following li'llei' liccausi' 11
j agrees willi C.ol. O’Neil Ihal I he
call nf humanity is jusl as slnmg
on private individuals as nil nlfi
rers of I tie govenimenl. II is
In In' hoped Ilia! (he informal ion
ipioled is inaeeurale. The leller
says:
FI. I.iscum, Alaska, April 7.
10 Id.—1| has heen reported I" me
llial I lie M. F. M.. Ihe Flirt and Hie
Union were lying ;il Ellamar, not
three hours away from I lie live
dangerously injured Indians for
Iwo days before a wireless could
he sent me for Ihe Donaldson and
assistance.
This command, from Ihe com
mander down, will gladly work
night and day for your people and
Ihe cause of humanity, but we feel
correspondingly provoked to find
that our willingness is imposed
upon.
We are on the frontier, our
only assurance of success and
contentment is by extending the
hand of fellowship and consider
ation to all and standing togeth
er. The moment we play the
game of every man for himself
and |he devil take the hindermost,
that moment this country is an
assured failure.
Hoping that you will lead pub
lic opinion to an appreciation of
this. 1 am. very respectfully,
J. P. O’NEIL.
Lie.ul. Col. .101 h Infantry, Com
manding.
Many Want Brown.
A petition has been circulated
the past few days by friends of
F. M. Brown, asking that the at
torney general appoint him as
judge of this division and it is
receiving almost the unanimous
support of ttie business men and
miners of this section, who have
known Mr. Brown for many years.
Duugherly & i-ergnson receiv
ed on I tie steamer Sampson a
supply of fresh groceries, fruit
and vegetables.
I Notice of First Mootings of Di
rectors and 8toofchoMers of
Mineral King Mining Company.
i Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, a majority of the
persons named, in the articles of
incorporation of the Mineral King
Mining Company, a corporation
formed under the laws of the Ter
ritory of Alaska and the articles
of incorporation whereof were
filed on March 17, 1913, in the of
fice of the clerk of the district
court of the Third division of said
Territory at Valdez, Alaska, as the
first hoard of directors of said
corporal ion, to Ceorge II. Her
mann, A. A. Evermann and Albert
11. Willmore, who are all the per
sons named in said articles as
composing said first hoard of di
rectors, that a regular meeting of
said hoard of directors, being the
first meeting of said hoard,
will lie convened arid held
for I he purposes of com
Dieting the organization of said
corporation, offering its capital
stock for subscription, ami trans
acting any other business of said
corporation that may properly he
brought before said board, on the
tenth day of April. 1913, at 3
o'clock p. m., ah ihe bunkhouse of
I ric .Mineral King .Mine on Bellies
May. Pori, Wells, Alaska.
And notice is also hereby giv
en by Hu' undersigned to all whom
if may concern I hat a regular
Hireling, being I be first meeting,
of I be stockholders of said cor
poration. including all subscrib
ers for said capital thereof, will
be convened and held, for the pur
poses of making and adopting by
laws for its government and
transacting any other business of
said corporation that may prop
erly he brought before said stock
holders, on said tenth day of Ap
ril, 1913. at four o’clock p. m.,
at said buukhouso of the Mineral
King Mine on Mottles Bay, Port
Wells, Alaska.
Dated at. Valdez. Alaska. Ibis
I7lh day of March, 1913.
GEORGE If. HERMANN,
A. A. EVER MANN,
Directors.
First pub. March 17, 19)3.
Last pub. April 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n the United States Commission
er’s Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdez Precinct, Ter- j
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic- j
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
,©uis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and w. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented~Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st1
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
sf id final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
i Otli day of February, 191 .'I.
JAMES FISH,
\V. II. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21, 1913
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