Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-26

In his speech yesterday on the Edmunds re-
solutions, M Evar;S naturally felt called upon
To explain the apparent discrepancy between
HI views O: tne tenure of Office act expressed
d.riu- the Johnson Impeachment trial and the
views o.! the majority Of the present judiciary
ca:u:aistea 10 which he has subscribed. This
j. how lie did it: Il might say that. when cOun-
- are u.-.iu- and pressing propositions in view
and ia aid OF a'deeudant IL. charge, those are
scarcely judicial opinions This il true be-
You'd question Many judge on the bench has
been obliged 20 foTtify himself against the re-
suTrccjion of his arguments a. a lawyer by some
such frank confession a.: 81 was then hired to
make the worse appear the better reason; / am
nuw hired t. tell the truth" But what refuge
j. left - attorney who still remains an at
tOrncy. and whose logic in behalfcf a Senate
IlaiEtiH AGAINST a President defendant In 1856
Conflicts with his logic ia behalf OF a President
Defendant against Senate plaintiff in 1869
NJ. EvJrt> explanation of mis- alleged change
81 t;,-r would have been simpler, at least if he
has, said: Il was retained 10 attack the tenure
of CtiICe law seventeen years ago: am retained
L. upheld il now" Nevertheless, the same
question would have presented Itself after such
a statement that is called up by his argument
yesterday: Which OF your two opinions, Mr..
Evarts. are we 10 accept a made in good faith
Mr. Jay Gould is going to sue individual
members Of labor organizations for damages
Resulting from their struggle with his railway
companies He viii have to- enter the courts
On their Law side for ii is fundamental rule
o. equity that sutton for redress must come
with lean hands.
1T u first glance, Mr.. Gladstone ) illness seems
mot in"VPJrtune. Lord Randolph Churchill
aaC tie Eight Hon. William Henry smith are
q""fEei'n@ over conservative policy on the
Irish land question. and a splendid chance is
offered 20 the head OF the liberal party To adopt
NapOleonic tactics. divide and conquer" but
his physicians will listen to proposal that he
shah leave his room until his health is matcri-
ally better. From another point of view the
old gentleman is TO be congratulated He has
allowed his great scheme to- he published in
outline. bus has not yet committed himself or
hIS government To 1t by ali official utterance
In tae sccluslon of his home me can read what
the people shy about it. and lay his course ac-
coTdlngiy when he gets out again. There may
be Just little method in his mlaIadv after ALL
-r
y contemporary prints the story of thirteen
brothers who We're in the Union army during
tie civil war. ouiy one of whom has applied tor
a pe Is."n; and it inquiries: "Can this record ne
beaten No. we don't believe il can. We
sAoa,d consider il the next thing 20 a miracle
but -o- the statement III another part of the
PARAGRAPH that eleven of the thirteen were
Killed. II battle.
II seems hardly possible that Justice Butts
d"c.~tHn concerning the iuvaliditv of American
o.>sre.> in England can have been correctly
rcI.stc,.- 1t = certainly too sweeping 10 be lust
The = no Reason why the English courts
si'oJ,d Not make the same distinctions be yvcen
divorces granted in the various states of this
country That th1 courts Of the various states
make here II would be too IHuci To ask the
In ia courts, Tor example. to recognize as
;i-isoi'i,e Il divorce granted in Rhode Island for
d'.'. f;ion anu uOn-Icaintenance ON The fimsy
eFt~-nec required and the slack procedure in
vogue III jii"t state; but there seems To- be no
fe''SO" WHY = divorce Tor principal cause
granite. ~ the courts OF New York should count
Tor E"tlii.z III England. l. would he quite
proper .J- the English courts 10 REQUIRE a par
t"ui;.T iOr;n 10: the ccriiacaiiOn of American
CccTc-S, setting forth tina. ali the essential
requirements OF the English law and practice
lad been complied with here; but that is very
Ci.-cr1At ifHIn u wholesale condemnation
ii lice EItt5 decision, ;IS il comes to us bv
cable. I.i-Lt toe entitled An act tor the protec-
ten oi the British divorce industry against
A;n"r.cs'n competition" Nobody appears likely
I" "c q. gamer by il except the barristers and
solicitors WAC make "a specially OF repairing the
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