The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-25
For the Leavenworth Times.
The Money AID CosIats raj Qucsiions.
e. M. =. EgwS.iY.

Ms. Er1ToE My las; article closed
win The de!e: mina;ion Of the legislature
TO remove the Judges.
The constitution provided two ways Tor
removing the judges and other officers Of
I4e government, the one by inspeachmeni,
ihe othar by an address OF iwo-lhirl. u
the members Of each House TO the Cover
IT. IN imreach meI! applies 10 nothing
bat iyr nizie;neaEurs. - of course the
judges cpuid not be imIeacLed Tor hasing
simply decided in 4 constitutional lues-
ton, ard that too, not Of their o.n seeking,
bu: one forced upon them by the plaintiff in
the case. The only constitutional cuurse
then leii, was by an adore to the Cover
nor. In this case, two third vote Of each
| House could not be- procured, const deuntly
| the Judges could not be removed Dy any
constitutional means. But msjorily Of the
! legislature, determined that they should be
removed, If not constitutiCnally, ihA by
some other means fUr removed ..ey must
! bc. The conclusion arrived at WAS this, ii
We can not remove the judges from their
seats We can take the seat from under
them. This they undertook to do by
4 ab0iishing thesscou and then recognizing
! it; hence another household word ''tte re-
| organizing act" The re organizing consist
ed in this, that while the old act provided
ior hree judges, the recognizing act pro-
yiicd for touU.
Forthwith the Governor proceeded to
. L.. .,-I A.. L., a
| consent Of the Senate, appointed four Judges
| cf the new Supreme Court. The new Judges
were: TreuIble, Dayage, uaggin, and the
! fourth one | now for.et. The old Judges
were: Boyle, Mills, and Owsley-a third
addition to those household words, "he cd
| and % cout" Thus the words, "l2 month
supreme law, the reorganiz;ng act, and the
old and new court" were common words in
the mouths Of men, women and children for
years, even after these things had become
| things OF the past
Some idea may he formed Of the anarchy
and confusion in the business Of the State,
! from the fact that two courts, each claiming
| TO be the Supreme Couit of the State, would
| hold sessions at Frankfort, the capital, each
claiming to be the court Of final resort for
the business of the State.
bIsiA4trs NSs
brought to a ciCse, think, in 1896, by the
people deciding at the polls that the old
court was the constitutional Supreme Court
| Of the State.
From the time Of the sixty DAYS stay
| law, TO the final settlement of the old and
| new court question, there was such IN ami
nation OF feeling among the people that all
social intercourse became perfectly parts
| -. 4 l.
each other as Jews and Gentiies would
treat each other.
| Such is the effect of loose, disj1inted and
disorganizing legislation rpOn money quss-
tions.
Immediately preceding the settlement Of
| this financial incubus, which well nigh
ruined majority OF the people, came the
vexed Presidential strife. In 1923. Gen.
Jackson, OF Tennessee, John Quincy Adams
oil Massachusetts, Wm. ii. Crawford, Of
Georgia and HenryiC Clay # Kentucky iwere
presented, each by the legislature OF his
State, As a candidate Tor the Presidency Of
| the United States. Although this csndi-
dacy was conducted with comparative
quielnos yet in its results it was the start
i5g point 10 another astrangement
of neishbor from neigbor. Neither Of the
candidates having received constitutional
majority from the electoral colleges, the
| settlement OF the contest was consequently,
thrown before the Lower House OF Congress.
| There, the heat OF battle was between Gen
eral Jackson and Mr.. Adams, the other two
being out OF the way. The electoral vote
Of each candidate before it came TO the
House was for Jackson, 80; Adams, 81 (;
Crawford, i3; Clay, ST. In voting in the
l a
sions, majority OF the delegation Of each
State is known 10 count one. All Of the
| Statcs, other than Kentucky, were evenly
balanced-leaving Kentucky TO decide the
contest. She cast her vote for Adams,
thereby making him President. OF course.
upon this, as upon all similar occasions;
fraud and corruption were charged by the
defeated party without stint. Mr.. Clay,
for whom General Jackson had an implac-
able hatred, because OF the course Mr.. Clay
took towards Gen. Jackson, in procuring
vote of ccnsure upOn him for his conduct
in the Seminole war, was charged with
selling his vote for the State Secretaryship
under Mr.. Adams.
So untiring were the friend. Of General
jackson in pressing and circulating these
charges OF bargain, sale and corruption"
that the whole country wss thrown into a
perfect political ferment, increasing in viz
ulence from 1925 TO 1928, when the next
Presidential election came before the peo-
pie. Before the election Of 1924 the Ma
tional party names were Federalist and Re-
publican. Between "a and '2S the former
party names were laid aside, and that of
Adams mel and Jarkson men taken up. In
this contest Gen. Jackson was triumphant
| L., .-,,t AL tol
ident OF the Uniied States, March 4th, 1929.
1t was during these four years of bitter po-
litical strife that the paper infiationfsts,
the court disorganizers, the new court party
AS a rule the leaders-together with the
rank and file, were found among the most
active and noisy supporters Of Jackson.
| This fact is not without its significance
To return to the inaugeration of General
| Jsckson-k would be reasonable to sup
| pose, that after such a victory a. General
Jackson obtained before the people, that
| both he and his friends would have been
content to see the people once more enjoy
quiet, and TO have rested pleasantly upon
their laurals. But unfortunately for him
self and for the people, he was OF restless
| dictatorial agitating temperament. Among
some Of his first acts as President, was that
of throwing old Tobias Watkins into pri-
son as defaulter. But to keep the con-
nection in financial matters before the
reader; at very early day Of his admins
United States Bank. This bank whose
paper was usually at a premium above
gold and silver, must needs 20 down, or he
managed according to his instructions.
The United States bank was where the