Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-05
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Our Judiciary.

" "a the Administration WI y" u
pass - r..nluiiuu calling ui'on the
Attorney G,nefsi for iutuiniitoh n
b. N. authority under which tri
Ju.lice. II the nited States CuuItr
for III. Ieiri,ores hav" been su--
iondr,l S"ct,un 1'iS 81 ,ho Re.
v-ed Statutes says
iufins any rrt-- of thr ~,imtr th,
I'r-ni,ni H. authutisrd ih li- l,-,ttiiuu
a. -usia.ui any 'i,il uthrf appointed 10,
sui With the ad,iro ani ,nn-'ni Il th,
Senate. except ludgr- 81 thr courts at
ihc nited states.
President Cleveland has suspend
ell three Chief Justices III the Tern
torics aud seven AHsociate Justices
which IL held by the Judiciary Com
miiiee 10 he violation II the svc.
ton above quoted. Tho Admins.
trat,on takes the ground that the
Territorial Justices are not Justices
OF tho United States Courts 10 til.
meaning Of this statute.
This question was thought Ia have
been definitely settled in 1901 by
the Judiciary Committee of the Sen
ate, upon President Lincoln's re.
removal of Territorial Judges. II
was held that they we're not United
States Judges. in the meaning 81 the
law. The u. \. Supreme Court hat
likewise passed upon THE question in
the case OF the United States va
Reynolds. appealed from Utah. hold.
ing 10 the same construction.
II the right OF removal OF uniaith.
ful or incompetent officers is vested
In the Chief Executive nj all. IL
should be 10 keep the Judiciary free
from faint. The time has passed
for the people TO regard the judicial
srmins ~ spotlsss. The course OF
tho stream Of Jurisprudence. even
from the foun,ain-hsad, has, since
tho unfortunate electoral count. be-
come 10 turgid aud muddy that II Ia
difficult to discover anywhere its old.
time crystalline purity. Tho dcci.
sions Of the Supreme Court on the
currency question. reversed time and
again by the use Of the iavorite Re-
publican method Of " addition" in.
dictate that the same means used 10
controlling party conventions could
b brought TO bear In tho mos, i'm.
portant affairs Of life.
Every day confirms tho belief that
NO matter how exalted tho position
poor frsii humanity 10 called upor
70 Oil. II 10 quite impossible 10 di
vorcs sslf-interest from public duty
A Judge may DO oblivious Of any In
tent 10 DO unjust in his rulings. snt
still lean 10 The side which favors, n,
indirectly % 10 escape observation
his own financial or social standing
A judge who 10 asntrusted. with pass
ing final judgment on tho conflicting
property rights Of q community
should not engage In any business
which makes him party 10 almos
every monetary transaction mado b,
Il. He should be M free 10 dccid,
for OF against li,igants az II judg
msnt rendered might not. posi-
bly,, impair the securities OF thu
banking corporation (for instance
whose shares constitute tho ma
jor part Of his personal possessions
The principle noted IL prscisel,
the same involved in the Credit Mo
bslisr transaction. which rslsgAtet
10 private life statesmen sgains
whom there had not besn, up :,
that expose. . breath OF suspicion
They may have discharged oil thsi
duties without Partially or favor
have been - honest after they BE-
came partners Ia the speculation
- they were before. but popular
sentiment demanded n condition o.
personal responsibility which would
not admit Of tho possibility Of wrong
doing. This was right. II wronged
nobody. Individuality should yield
10 public good. Public ofIice il Z
trust" and TO properly ful6ll ths'
trust. the Government should pay Z
salary which will enable the incum
bsnt 10 resist the temptation TO lear
money d usuricus rates Of interest
or engage in any vocation which may
by any possibility clash with public
or private rights.
Neither should tho person sslectst
for judge be . rank partisan or IA
natic in creed, for there are man,
questions which come before th'
courts which ere far-rsc hing In thei
rsticulation and the consequence
resulting from tho Nndgs's ruling
and which must be II times Of 81
arbitrary nature. Unless the human
mind il cast in a perfect mould, w
must expect error. Al nothing II
perfect. error must Of necessity exist
The best No can expect. 10 an impsr
feet administration Of human affairs
To make IL perfect a. possible should
10 tho object Of oil true civil service
reform. The selection Of mon o.
well-balanced brain is tho first ster
in the right direction. IL should b,
frou from abnornai devaionmeut An