The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-04
KEEP THE kRMINE BEYOND sus

Hon. GEoRos W. McCasAnr, United
states clrcuit ..jsdgs for Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas, ETC., has resigned the
lie position he held for salaried Office,
hat OF general attorney for the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe road, to take place
March LIST. JuDGR DILLON had previously
resigned the same position, ana 10 now chisi
counsel for JAY GoyLD. JUD0E DtLLos,
however, resigned. to iill chair aud AS
sumo the presidency Of Union college, In
New York large literary institution, and |
was only subsequently appointed to the
great altornsy3aip. We suppose n man can |
honestly do ~ tho HoN. MsCkEARY has
done and eth be honest 10 Fur'
pose and act Yet there Is some
thing about thls thing OF get
tinE down rom the disniiSd station OF
vell-pai judicial position and bouncing
p,unp into the arms OF the principal saitor
Ia the courts, that does not exactly remind
one ot the way in which MARSHALL or
IAsEY would have acted. The ermiue may
be unsullied, but somehow we t,el that his
successor would like 10 wash IL before ha
donned the yes,ment. The great corpors'
ton employ him for ave years and will
doubtless give him G.prineely salary. Il
must be ~ or nc would never have rcs.caod
so Distinguished lifetime Office with =
salary ol FIVE thousand dollars per anrum.
b.. won't suspicious people say no osrned
this golden favor by sCryices rendered
when ne held the scales of 9ustics
Perhaps LcCEEAEg don't care what pssple
think or say, and he certainly can afford
to be very independent but We are among
those who thiuk men ia high petitions, ss'
pacl ally the judicial, should not do things
that even wear She remblsuco of corruP.
tion or cause auy reasonable mSn TO snake
IA g bead in doubt. Suits OF great impor-
lance have been before JuDGr McCEgLRy
In which the roads now employing him
we're parties Why did they fall so deeply
in lows With the HON. G, ". as to offer
him willis. on tho bench such notable pre-
iarmenC Aud how long before the an
nouncsment Of this honor was il offered
and acceTtei? Nobody knows, but every
body thinks. And they canuO. be persua.
ded that AnIsTIpZs, or MRs. CRiar, o. evan
TIA. GEoRaR WAsnHc-oN for whom
nCCFEARY was named, would have acted
precisely ia that way. To be candid, II
has 4 shy smoll about Il watch require.
much bergamo' to dispel. Ii is not pleas
ant Tor party lltigating with a wealthy
corporation to know that the judge trying
his case is probably candidate for place
uuSertha at cor pOration. Itwould worry and
fret hin, and if be Is beaten and the judge
p vaults from che wool sack OF the justice
seat 90 the money sacSe of the railroad, the
: discomfort o. mental suffering IS by nc
meang pallsted. few occurrences OF thi'
. rs tation iron judicial ptrehes to monopo
nst- .ssther beds wosld tend to greatly
. impair tie public estimate q
court integrity which has been rather all
ling since the electoral commission bust
ness and doce not seem likely to be on III,
,lapf again iar some time beware OF the
appearance of evil" is proyerbGl wisdom
aud there are very few characters so auu
mautino and unassailable as to be able &c
successfully disregard the injunction
Human nature is weak at any rate, and II
won, do to remove any OF it's guards Of
braces.
n England, for moro than half a century
tn ere has been parliamentary discussion
hot and angry, as 10 the legality oil a man,
nGrriGgs with HE deceased wiiss sister. Il
rem aims ilegitamalized there &c this day
and the principal and strongest argument
against such unions consists In the fact that
the sisteT.in-laws intimacy in the uio's
family produces relationship between
herself and her SISTERS husband which
should not be disturbed ty the most
diatant possibility Of her ever
in any event receiving the husbands
suit inr her hand. How much more
p otent is this argument in the case We are
. 90 nsidoring. In the iustanss Of the judge
he u tempted by the most powerful induce
mouts and car cover hit fsvoritism under
! tho briefs OF the most powerful advocate.
that gold can fee 7 would be impossible
t. iulueach him, and vet there will Turk a
nervous uusasinese IN the public mind
which finds its outbIrsi in the t0o-otten-
heard expression thfs "thc bench belongs
10 tho tracs " Tncrs is NO law nov against
the acceptance by 1ited States judges 81
sucb positions but We do not see why Il
might not be naca CONDITION OF MS ap-
pointment that lawyer should not hold
Office under corporation for a certain
length OF time after his resignation sc judge.
Without this law it ic the duty Of public
opinion 80 dscountenauce the practice and
OF the press to inyeiRh against It with per-
ls.ent earnestness that viii st once reach
and arouse the masses.