Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 21, 1912, Page 4

| § i PAGE FOUR THE EVENING TELEGKAM, LAY pLaxi 1912, LA, OCT. 21, [he Evening Telegram ————————————————————————— viblished every sfternoon from the Wentucky Building, Lakeland, Fila “Zntered in the postoffice at Lake- and, Florida, as mail matter of the swcond clase. o M HETHERINGTON, EDITOR.| W F. A. J. HOLWORTHY susiness and Circulation Manager. e SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year 0008600 Six months ..........., 360 Three monthg ...-..... 138 Dellvered anywhere within the /imits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. ————————————————————————————— From the same office 18 issued | THE LAKELAND NEWS « weckly newspaper giving & fe- tume of local matters, crop “1ops, county affairs, etc. suywhere for $1.00 per year. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Sent For President—Woodrow Wilsen. For Vice President—Thomas C. Marshall. Presidential klectors—dJefferson B, Browne, J. Fred DeBerry, Charles E. Jones, W. Chipley Jones, Leland J. Yenderson, H. C, Sparkman. Congressman, State at Large— ’laude L’Engle. Congressman, First District—S. M. Sparkman. Congressmau, Second District —| Frank Clark. Congressman, Third District—Em- mett Wilson. Governor-—Park Trammell. Attorney General—Thos. F. West. Secretary of State—H. C. Craw- tord, Commissioner of Agriculture—W. .A McRae. Treasurer—J. C. Luning. Comptroller—W. V. Knott. Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion—-W, N. Shests. smno of oup esteemed State con- temporaries have been suddenly and ruthlessly robbed of an apparently inexhaustible source of editorial lore by the Supreme Court decision which takes the initiative and referendum amendment out of Florida politics. They worked that lead well while it lasted and proved very clearly to their own satisfaction several times a week that that amendment was pregnant with dire disaser to the people. 1t was much learning wasted ir view of the ignoble technicality which slew the amendment without rcference 1o its merits, We tuke from some recent re- 1aarks of the Tampa Tribune on the bject that the otherwise glorious, ivvigorating and life-renewing cli- I mate of Tampa would have precisely the opposite effect upon Jack John- son if he should happen to drop ia ¢n that community one of these fine autumn mornings. Do The humorist, like the poct, must ( have his license, hence the Ocala | Star should not take too seriously i that yarn in the Saturday Evening Post aboug the Florida lawyer who “stood off' the mob seeking to lynch a negro murderer, but agreed to help cn the job later on if the court failed to convie; the criminal. Doubtless the story was an invention, but there was ng spirit of slander or de- famation in it, and it had a humor- ous point. Professional jokers rec- orpize no limit but the sky whea they try to be funny and for mere | fpcts they have no respect whatever. i R Some of these days we are going 10 get a new constitution in Florida s::ml there is a sentiment rapidly |rry.~:|alizin‘,; among the people to get it without much further dclay. Oth- ¢r States have been meking new con- and while none of them ily guide us, we may very useful suggestions | from them. The Ohio constitution, for instance, recently completed, is suid to he a very superior document, rictly up to date but not too radi- al. Frederic (. Howe, the eminent | New York lawyer, says that it is ‘|.rulmhly the most thoroughly demo- cratic frame work of government i if nog in the world. Some a limited initia- of course; it stitutions { will nece et some America, o' its features are tive and referendum, oi labor, establish a minimum wage aud an industrial insurance fund; prescribes eight hours as a day's work on all public undertakings; aliclishes contract labor in prisons One very advanced clause forbids the Supreme Court to hold a statute urconstitutional if twg or more of the judges dissent. PCHAROR7 SISARNGES \What with wars actually in prog- resg, ang others brewing, and the gents with homicidal tendencies in the walks of private life in this country particularly active at this time, the work of slaughter goes merrily on in this gay old world. The war over in the Bulkans, with the ferocious and formidable Turk | watehed against five little bull-ter- cmpowers the State to regulate hours i rier nations, will absorb the greatoey part of public attention; but for our part we confess to a preference for the Mexican shindy now that Felix Diaz has shied his bhat in the ring and proposes to drive Madero from power. He is the nephew of old Porferio, and there’ll be some class t5 the Mexican revolution from now oa. The name of Diaz touches th. decp sentiment of the Mexican peo- ple and they are likely to rally to the cause of the man who bears that name in numbers sufficient to break dewn the weak Madero administra- gtion. EIU By SRESe A SYSTEM TO BE AMENDED; NOT ABOLISHED. Of course the jury system must bear its full share of the odium at- taching to our courts for their fail- ure to administer justice promptly and efiectively. Many a good citi- zer: in the excess of his righteous wrath at some of the unjust verdicts brought in by juries in criminal ases where the facts were practical- ll\ ignored and the *pull” of the de- fendant, either through money or I social standing, or both, carried the iay, has denounced the whole sys- tem as worthless and fit only to be destroyed, But he was wrong, of course; men nearly always are when they render judgment on any ques- | tion in the heat of passion. Our jury system is here to stay, probably forever, and it now lies with the people to remodel, amend, improve it until it shall rightly perform i's fnetions like any other piece of mi- clinery that has been correctly deo- signed and properly constructed. On this poing Melville bavisson Post, in tire last issue of the Saturday Even- 1.g Post, has this to say: “While the people are at making their system of justice sponsive to their needs, they oughi 1o get at these pessible defects in the jury system and sce that they are remedied. The plan is too important tc be permitted to fall into disrepute. All its difficulties can be easily rem- edied. With respect to the jury sys- tem, every citizen has a daty to per- form. He ought to be willing to bear his share in the admini tion of justice. He musg be interested to give those about him in the com- munity o careful and fair trial, that if the need arises he may re- ceive this sort of treatment himself. It the people choose to cleanse and purify their jury system they will liave one-half of the administration work re- ci justice ag all times in their own bands. They will have it so thor- oughly and completely in their owit hands that it cannot possibly be re- moved from them. Even a corrupt ard venal judge cannoy wholly de- feat justice when he is confronted with an honest and intelligent jury. 0 A DECISION WHICH MERELY DELAYS VICTORY. By a divided supreme bench, three against two, the suit instituted by Governor Gilchrist to test the valid- ity of the initiative and referendum 'amendmem has been sustained ani the amendment Will not be submi:- ted to the people next November. As Wo understand it, a majority of the court decided thay the joint resolu- tion to submit the amendment to the people had not been properly passed through the State Scnate—it got through, but not in accordance with the strict rules prescribed by parlizmentary etiquette and hence it conld not be considered as having passcd the Senate at all and was conscquently null and void. The contention of Attorney Gen- leral Trammell was that the joint resointion, having passed both houses, the amendment was de facto ‘or ihe technical requirements of i legislative procedure’ had not been okserved, ang they should be per- mitted to vote upon it. Two of the jidzes sustained him in this view of the law and, what is more to the pcint, whep we consider the moral agpects of the case, undoubtedly a majority of the voters also sustain him. But this great reform has not been lost. The action of the Su- preme Court merely delays it until arvother session of the lLegislature, and that it will again be submitted te the people is practically sure. The amendment just Killed by the Supreme Court was open to some oh- jections, especially as to the number of petitioners required to initinte legislation anq this and other well- Lfm:mh-d objections will doubtless lie cared for in the next amendment to Le submitted. | The oponents of the initiative and reterendum reform have won ng vie- tory—they have merely delayed the victory of its friends—for the peo- )| ple, and they only, can decide this question, and nobody knows better how they will decide it than the small group of gentlemen who inter- posed the technicality which won oni in the Supreme Court. Lefore the people, even though some | | the best on the market and is made 1o With any Suit or Overdoat in the house and made to order. This offer is good only to November 1st. This “BESTOVAL” Rainproof Coat is order Our hand tailored clothes are not inflated or exaggerated values sald to be worth many times the advertised price. But we give you the biggest dollar’s worth of STYLE. 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ORANGE PARK is sold only to those able to build good homes, there is a $1500 building restriction on each lot. ORANGE PARK is being purchased by your own people, the people of Lakeland, because If you haven’t seen this choicest of Lakeland home sites, Call at our office or telephone and let us take you out there. The finest homes in Lakeland are being built on land adjoining Orange Park, and delay another day. service. Orange Park lots are going fast. For a few weeks more we will sell these lots at from $600 to $850, on terms of one-fourth cash balance six, twelve, and eighteen months, with interest at 8 per cent., 5 per cent. discount for cash. : We had some $1250 lots, but they are all gone. Let us show you the prettiest property in Lakeland, 'FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS INQUIRE CF Orange Park rises sharply from the shores of beautiful Lake Morton to the highest point with= Orange Park is the only subdivision with heavy bearing Grape Fruit and Orange trees on Our car is at I —— T ) - T MR T L . P rvacw The FLORIDA & GEORGI. LAND Co. Munn Building Phone 72. Lakeland, Florida. J