Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-04-13
JUDGE Humphrey,s Endorse ment.


some strong endorsements Of Judge
Horizons opinion and the decision uf
the supreme cuur: In ths legislative
matter at Topeka. They art from
such men as Judge Thomas NJ. Cooley
Of Michigan, Judge Graves and other
high authorities on legal matters, H.
Guiding many Kansas jurists.
The Kansas opinion which Judge
Horton values most highly comes from
Judge James Humphrey Of this district
Democrat Of the strictest sect,
jurist whose inpartiality and whose
devotion to the propositions Of "the
learned profession" rise above all polit.
ical aud other 'iderations. The
following rema kable letter becomes
doubly iorceful when IL Is remembered
that some Democrats defended the
POpulist attempt At usurpatiOn, aud
that Senator Martin telegraphed his
concurrence in the dissenting opinion
OF Justice Allen before he bad seen IL:
JUNCTION CITY, March 81, 1895.
Hon. n H. Horton:
My Dear sII:-.I cannot forbear ex-
pressing 10 you the deep qualification
which the reauiug VI your decision III
Tie Gum hdDeas corpus Case afforded
Tue. IDe Remarkable strength ana
clsarneSs OF TeasUbiDg which supported
the just conclusion VI Judgment VI the
court sets the whole matter Ia 30 cleaI
llgut AS " Tenuer the judgment indis.
putaDle.
Kansas eRerges at last from the
lhTUes Ut anarchy and threatened civil
STRIFE, indicated by the hIyu lntelll.
gence OF her cnief justice anu the
Ib1exIble Integrity Oi the ruling mem
beers Uf her highest Judicial tribunal.
do not tbIuk There III far minded
mau IN the country, capable OF deduc-
ing legal CONCLUSIONS, who, with All
understanding Of tue facts III this case
could have anticipated any different
decision than that III tde by The court
Not only In the decision OF the court
sustained by the uhiIuIm practice aud
rules Ut legislative budies III this couil.
ny, both Stat- and National, but IL II
IN harmony with the rules and yrOce.
durs OF representative bodies every
where. Such has brrn the practice vi
the British parliament for more than
300 years. Up the reign Of Elizabeth
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