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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1914.
SENATOR BORAH UPHOLDS
COURTS.
Following is an extract from a re
cent spe-ch by Senator Borah, of Ida
ho, in the Senate, replying to assaults
upon the courts:
"It is a common, and, I think, a
deplorably common thing in these
days to be always assailing the
courts. I do not sympathize with this
wholesale assault.
"I do not claim that the courts do
not err; they sometimes err signally
and pronouncedly. I do not claim that
they always administer justice with
an even and exact hand, for judges
are human and the passions and pre
judices, the limited vision and the
clouded mind which sometimes at
tach to their kind are also theirs.
I do not claim that they are always
free from political bias or at all times
wholly exempt from that strange at
tachment which in a republic some
times places party above the com
mon welfare, for presidents and gov
ernors and electorates in selecting
judges do not always seek men most
likely to resist such influences. But
I do claim that of all the methods
and contrivances and schemes which
have been devised by the w'it of man
for the adjustment or controverted
judicial questions and the administra
tion of justice the courts and the ma
chinery of the courts, built up from
decade to decade and from century to
century, built of the experience and
the wisdom of a proud and freedom
loving race, the courts as they are
built into our system, though not per
fect, are the most perfect.
Courts a Barrier To Oppression
“The courts will not always be
abreast of the most advanced opin
ions in the march of progress, but
that they will in due time mortise and
build into our jurisprudence all that
is permanent and wise and just, all
that a settled and digested public opin
ion finally indorses, no one familiar
with the history of our jurisprudence
can for a moment doubt. Not only
that, but more than once the courts,
both in England and America, have
stood as the sole protector in the
hour of turmoil and strife for the
rights of the weak and the poor, the
oppressed and the hunted, when the
executive and the legislature have
yielded to the whip of the strong and
the powerful. I need recall only one
instance in the hurry of this debate,
though I might recall a hundred, be
ginning with the days of Coke’s cour
age, and that is the instance where
in our own great Supreme Court pre
served against the encroachments of
w'ar and the hunger of hatred the
right of trial by jury, a most sacred
right of the American citizen and
without which the whole scheme of a
republic would be but a delusion and
a tormen\
“When the courts can no longer
stay the steps which may lead to vio
lence and bloodshed, then what?
When the arm of equity can no long
er be extended to hold things in abey
ance until rights can be adjudicated
and reason and counsel can have a
hearing, then what? Be not deceived.
The alternative is the soldier and the
bayonet.
uovernmeni oy wun
“One can not be oblivious to the
alacrity with which wealth in these
days is prone to appeal to the sol
dier. When a delegation of working
men informed me a few months ago
that their fellow workmen had been
arrested without warrant, tried with
out a jury, sentenced, by no court—
that at a time when the courts were
open and in the midst of an intelli
gent, prosperous, modern American
community men had been herded be
fore a military tribunal, given the
semblance of a trial, and sent to pris
on, it seemed incredible. For nearly
600 years no such repulsive scene had
marred the story of the orderly de
velopment and growth of Anglo-Saxon
jurisprudence. Our English ancestors
had executed the petty tyrants who
had last attempted It. I did not sup
pose that here, where jury trials and
common-law courts were a guaranty—
a part of our system of law and jus
tice—that anyone would be so blind,
so cruel, so witless as to covet the
infamy of rehabilitating that discard
ed and detested dogma—the power of
suspension. Nevertheless it was true.
Since that time, in three other states,
the workingman has settled his trou
bles out of court where counsel may
be heard and witnesses testify, settled
them at the point of the bayonet.
What a glutton arbitrary power is for
the rights and the interests of the
weak. It generally come forward at
the bidding of the rich and the pow
erful and preys upon the interests and
rights of the poor and the helpless.
Why the Appeal To the Bayonet?
“These men who came to me were
asking for what? They were asking
for a hearing in the courts, before
this tribunal, whose judgments they
informed me they were willing to
take. They were praying for the
common-law court and its machinery
just as it had been worked out and
fought for in the humble days of our
English ancestors to the humble days
of their descendants on Paint and Cab
in Creek in one of the great com
monwealths of this union. And what
was the answer to the charge when
we arrived upon the ground? When
we asked why have these men charg
ed with offenses under the statute
and guaranteed a trial in a common
law court been denied the right of the
humblest citizen when charged with
crime, what was the answer? The
answer was not that riot and war had
closed the courts, but that excitement
and feeling in the community would
render them ineffective in all proba
bility. When we inquired further, the
fear was that these laboring men
wrould likely be acquitted. What, be
fore the courts, acquitted under the
processes and according to the man
ner that guilty men have been pun
ished and innocent men acquitted for
ten centuries? Then they must be
innocent. But the logic seemed to be
that, guilty or innocent, they must be
punished. Force must be established
and certainty as to results must bo
had.
The Courts the Poor Man’s Only De
fense.
Do not the workingmen understand
that in the end their fight will be to
maintain these courts in all their pur
ity, independence, and strength? Do
they not understand that if we can
not have somewhere an independent
tribunal free from the passions and
conflicts of contestants to distribute
justice, that civilization must do
again what it has done in the past—
crumble and fall? Does not the av
erage citizen of this country, whoever
and wherever he is, understand that
in the end he must find justice here
in these tribunals or not find it at
all? Does he not understand that
after they are gone and law and or
der have departed he will shortly
come to be the victim of violence and
cruelty and injustice, the plaything
of arbitrary power.
The fruits of industry, the wages
of the toiler, the income of capital
are all affected fostered, encouraged,
and sustained to the extent that or
der and law obtain throughout the
land. While a strong and fearless
government may sometimes seem
quick to prevent those steps and block
those paths which seem to lead to
violence and bloodshed, yet ultimate
ly the benefits to flow from such pro
cedure must redound to the peace
and hapipness, the contentment and
prosperity of the whole people. It
was Li bknecht, the great Socialist,
who truly said, "Violence has been
for thousands of years a reactionary
factor.” Show me a country without
courts fully equipped in every way
to deal with all the intracicies of each
particular case as the facts appear,
show me a country with its business
and industry under the clamp of bu
reaucracy, its courts weakened, cow
ardly, and powerless, and I will show
you a country where the laborer is
no better than a slave—the miserable.
Ignorant, unclad dupe and plaything of
arbitrary power.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
J. C. Martin returned this morning
from a trip to the Rutherford-Ramsay
mine.
Beautiful hand-painted vases just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Ladles leather and silver hand bags
at 60 per cent. off. Plant & Co.
If you want an tne news all the
time, read the Prospector
Art leather goods make appropri
ate Xmas presents. See Valdez Drug
Company. tf
Suits pressed Tor jl.oo at Silver
man’s the tailor. Tel> phone 198.
?—Men’s heavy wool hose 25c pair
at Emporium. tf
Home cooked meals at Mrs: Matil
da Olson’s on Hobart street. Phone
219. Dinner served at 6 p. m. tf
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
VIENNA FOOD
PRICES SOAR
VENICE, Dec. 1.—The price of
foods continues to soar. The govern
ment, in an effort to prevent store
keepers from raising the retail price,
have made many arrests but the
prices still continue to go upward.
All large supplies of foods have been
confiscated by the government for the
army.
TEN THOUSAND
RUSSIANS CAPTURED
(Continued from page 1.)
Russia’s fear of a Swedish invasion
of Finland has vanished. This with
drawal of the military strength from
Finland has made a good impression
in Sweden.
Vancouver Over Bombardment Fright.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Dec. 1—The
people of this city are over the fright
and fear of a bombardment by the
German cruisers on the Pacific coast.
Russians Rout Kurds.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 1.—An official
communication issued from the Cau
casus army headquarters says:
“There has been nothing new during
the day, although a number of de
tachments of Kurdish cavalry made
their appearance south of Kara Kilis
sa and Alashkerd and came into col
lision with our cavalry. Overwhelmed
by the force of our horsemen the
Kurds weife routed.”
Another statement issued by the
general staff of the Russian army in
the Caucasus says: “The fighting in
the region around Koprukeui contin
ues. There have been no engage
ments in the province of Zatchorokh,
in the vallies of the Bayazid and the
Alashkerd or on the coast of the
Black Sea.”
Air Raid On Antivari.
LONDON, Dec. 1.—1Two Austrian
aeroplanes today dropped five bombs
on Antivari, Montenegro, according
to a Cettinje dispatch to Reuter’s
Telegram Company. One exploded in
front of the residence of the crown
prince, breaking the windows. The
Austrians, adds the dispatch, attack
ed the Montenegrin army operating
in Herzegovina, but were repulsed
with considerable loss.
Medical Staff’s Losses.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1.—A medical
iournal received here gives statistics
concerning the losses sustained by
the German military medical staff
during the present war, comparing
them with the casualties in this
branch of,' the service in the war of
1870. The present losses have been
much heavier. Of the medical staff
in 1870 a total of 66 men died. Nine
were killed, 2 died of their wounds,
and 55 of illness. During the pres
ent war the medical staff has lost 74
men killed, 37 wounded, 13 missing,
8 who died of illness, and 3 who were
captured. The Austrian losses in this
branch have been 8 killed, 25 wound
ed, 1 missing and 25 ill.
The Cologne Gazette says the Ham
burg authorities are interning on
houseboats all destitute subjects of
the hostile nations within their jur
isdiction. These boats are under po
lice supervision. The crews of Brit
ish* ships detained in Hamburg form
erly were permitted to live on board
their own vessels, but are now being
held on these houseboats.
Servians Get Another Licking.
VIENNA, Dec. 1.—The Austrians
have inflicted another defeat upon the
Servians in the battle fought yester
day near the Kolubara river. The in
tense cold has not stopped military
operations but it has added greatly
to the horror of the war. The Aus
trian troops sent to Servia are fight
ing with terrible determination in or
der to inflict all possible punishment
upon the Servians, who are considered
to blame for the present war.
More Indemnity From Belgians.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1.—The Ger
man military governor of Belgium has
demanded an additional monthly in
demnity of $7,000,000 from Belgium
and an indemnity of $75,000,000 be
cause the civilians fired upon German
soldiers.
Poland Situation Satisfactory.
BERLIN. Dec. 1.—The situation in
Poland is very satisfactory to the war
office and General Hindenberg is ex
pected to take the offensive again.
The Russian attacks have spent them
selves in a vain effort to dislodge the
Germans.
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Latest Styles of Neckwear
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Thitry-five per cent, discount on
diamonds and nuggets. Plant & Co.
FOR RENT four room furnished
house. Enquire at Prospector office.
FOR SALE cheap one heating
stove. Call at the Prospector.
Not a High Flier.
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<)ld Saw—Young man, you should
hitch your chariot to a star.
Young Buck-No. thanks. 1 never
could see either money or sport in
aviation.—Chicago News.
Cause of One War.
William the Conqueror lost his life
in France through his horse treading
on a redhot cinder while he was su
perintending the burning of Mantes, but
few people know the fact which gave
rise to the campaign that cost William
his life.
During the latter part of his reign
he became abnormally stout and con
sequently the laughingstock of not
only his subjects, but his neighbors
across the water. One day his con
temporary, Philip of France, compared
him to a. fillet of veal on casters and
suggested that be should be exhibited
at a prize monarch show. This so en
raged William that he straightway
made war upon bis ridiculer, and the
loss of thousands of lives was the re
sult.—London Tit-Bits.
The First Evolutionist.
The first to suggest the transmuta
tion of species among animals was
Button, about 1750. The eccentric
Lord Monboddo was the first to sug
gest the possible descent of man from
the ape, about 11*74. In 1813 a Dr. W.
O. Wells first proposed to apply the
principle of natural selection to the
uutural history of man. and In 1822
Herbert first asserted the transmuta
tion of species in plants.
Not Complimentary.
Mrs. Black—I don’t want to make a
scene, but that man over there la star
ing at me very offensively. Mr. Black
—He la. eh? I’ll speak tp hfm. Mrs.
Black <a few moments later)—Did he
apologize? Mr. Black—Y-e-s; he said
be was looking for bis aunt and
thought at first that you were she!
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