Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-11-07

has been such as tO attract tO you th,
 strongest regard and appreciation O
 the bar and the community. And tha
 the belief here both in the profession
 and outside of It Is that the actioI
 which has been taken in your case is
 public calamity throughout the district
 You have the strongest endorsement e
 the bar in all respects, and the honor
 respect and affection of the people.
 COL. J. A ZABRIsKIE-
 l United States District Attorney J. A
 Zabriskie addressed the meeting as fol.
 logs:-I consider l: my duty. and q
 pleasuraeble one on this occasion, to ex
 press few sentiments in concord with
 those already expressed. 1 had the
 honor to be the first member of the bal
 that greeted you upon your arrival on
 the frontier, and trust that I may be
 the very last to bid you adieu. As al
 ready said by Judge Anderson, since
 your arrival here, you have produced a
 concord of sentiment and united action
 amongst the members of the bar of
 Tucson, that had never existed before | Not only R concord Ot sentiment
 amongst themselves, but perfect hur-
 mony of sentiment in regard to your
 ability. And I think voice the sentI-
 ments of this bar and the people when I
 say that you are the only Judge who
 ever occupied this bench, ot unquestion-
 able legal ability, competency and ca.
 pacity. Your official decisions have
 never been questioned. and the mem
 bers Of the bar have always acquiesced
 with yOu after decision; and the dig
 nity and demeanor which you have Gl-
 ways exhibited oD the bench. have won, not only the regard of the members of
 bar, but the regard Of the entire people. JUDGE JOHN HAYNES.
 Judge John Haynes then spoke as | follows:-I do not think can add any thing more to what has been said. but | desire to unite my testimony to that
 which has been so fitly expressed by the other members Of the bar. We have
 not been fortunate Tn this territory. l have been a member of this bar and practiced in this court now, for little over six years. During that time we
 have had, presiding in this district, five different judges. Your Honor came here about s year and half ago, and found a large amount of business which had
 accumulated, owing to the delays incl dent to the frequent changes occurring before your Honor came, and the heavy
 press of business that has always rested on District Judges of this Territory. Your Honor has spent almost the en- tire time last year, except on brief inter- yals, that were required for the holding of Courts in other Counties, in diSpOs- ing of the business that had sccumuiat
 ed in this county; and very large mass has been disposed Uf. And the bar, ccr- tainly, and l think the people generally feel grateful for the earnest attention and the constant devotion that you have certainly given to the labor of dispOsiug of this business. But much more gratifying feature IS the faci that II has been disposed Of m such a manner tha., whilst of course. the opinions of different attorneys have DO. always been adopt ed by your Honor. as it was impossible, yet m no single ease has there te.n 60 sIngla complaint or murmur against any decision thar you have rendered. | Hm aware that ] have very ?, sitIye opinions on questions of la-, and l have had The misfortune frequently to differ with your Honor, and upon particular ques- tions of law arising in different cases NOur Honor has not always decided iu my favor, but that has made no difference in my opinion of your ability as a lawyer. and I attribute It to DO other motive than to a firm cOnvic- ton of the correctness of your course Your administration upon the bench ID this territory has seemed to me like gr, aa..s .in tbe- Vi 5ISs a5IS-177rt-S 7e power oi the court depends m great degree upon the confidence and regard of the bar over which 1t presiies: and without that re- gard of the confidence of the bar and the people of the community, courts are next to useless. And it IS proper for me to say, that whilst these pleasant re lations have existed between the bench and the bar, aad are now about to ter inmate, l hope that the influence that your Honor has eXerted upon the com munity as well as upon the members of this bar, will be felt for long years to come; and that your successor when he | arrives here will find that the bar are disposed to give to tine Court constantly | that support and that conideEcs which | it Is necessary the Cour; should | have for the proper adminIstrs l ticn of justice. And without the | and support of the bar | courts are poweriess to administer jus tice; and without the confidence and | support of the community they are | equally powerless. But the great re- gret that follows these constant | changes IS that its tendency IS to destroy tbe independence and confidence winch the judiciary should have. If they desire the judiciary to bs for the protection of persons lives or property, for which courts were intended to be.
 CAMERON II. KING, ESQ.
 Mir. King spoke as follows: Mir. Chair man: l will add the expression of my sincere regret to that of the other mem bers of the bar that you take leave of us now. lis regret which finds eXpres- lon in the warm regard which l have for you, sir, as a man, a lawyer and a Jndge | deprscate above all things this uncertainty of the tenure of judi cial offices. I would raise IL. and be- ieve the bar unanimously would have t raised above the sphere of politics. It should be placed upon no uncertain .enure: 1t should be above the power of a President: 1t should be above the power of the people, except that only light to remove winch lies by impeach- nent when a Judge has not done hIs duty, or when he has dishonoTed his office. But. sir, as you remarked your eff. this IS but the common fate 8ppar- ,ntly of all your predecessors, an un- wise precedent set before us some years ago. Judicial officers have been removed without knowing why, perhaDs without cause, Tn the pIst. l would l nave that done away with, and I hope { will be in the future. l, my>eif, as a l member of this bar. can express the ame sentiment thst Judge Haynes has We have not always been n unison in our opinions of the law, md there are decisions which you may Iave rendered. which I, us attorney or my client could not always coincide Eith, but We have always had our rem dy by appeal if We were dissatisfied nth the judgment. And whatever diff erences thereimsy have been m the past. feel certain, that m your own heart, very decison you have given has been eniered couscientiously upon the law q mi the facts of the case as presented to ! ou. And again regretting this abrupt !
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