The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-27
BLIND EYES OPENED.
The Infallible Judge Private Bondsmen
for Public Oficials.

X00 xnI8l12D10 JUOBO-FFIV8C0 6O0OSm0M
for Public Omcials.
This Is the age in which blind
eyes are opened. and very especially
are they opened to errors in govern
meme : "A falsehood worthy OF the
dark ages is that Of the infallibility
OF the court. The decisions Of the
Judge. with all his reasons therefor.
are preserved and form that mysteri-
Gus law library whose numerous vol
umes in wonderful array awe their
humble clients to obedient ana un-
questioning faith. The court pre-
sumed to be lnfallible. must necessa-
rily become the supreme dictator to
future courts The venerable past
robcd in immaculate Justice steps
into the court room of to-day. and
lawyers and clients tremble at its
voice. Lawyer Brown rises with the
righteous decision ct ono Of the for
mer infallible judges. which he inter-
prets to apply in favor OF his client
Then lawyer Jones comes forward
with the decision of another infallible
! interpreter of the law which proves
| that his client is the innocent and
prosecuted party
Then the present infallible occupant
/ of the bench has the most wonderful
duty to perform OF making an infalli-
BILE decision without clouding the
infalli0ility of his predecessors on the
same bench. What ordinary mortal
could be equal to such superhnman
task! King Solomon would give 1T
up!
When the plain, common people OF
this age dictate the laws. the legal
| fraternity will be forbidden to en-
Darrass the judges with precedents,
writes Mary M. Clardy in the Econo-
mist
Every representative of the people
on the bench will be sworn to decide
on his own judgment according to the
law and the evidence. The ghosts of
dead judges will not be called upon
to decide the cases of people now
living on the earth
Another venerable fraud will also
be eliminated from disgracing the
administration of our government
That fraud is the demanding of pri-
vate bondsmen from public officials
TO illustrate. The voters Of Bun
combe county. have for their own
satisfaction, elected as county treas
urer. the social clever Colonel Top
knot He is just faultless. Every.
body has confidence in him. The
letter of the law demands that he
shall give bond for the exact handling
OF the peoples money. So his neigh
bors farmers Strong and Nolan
and the retired merchant and the
successful saddler all sign the bond
By and by. through some careless
ness the peoples money has van.
ished from the treasury. The voters
OF Buncombe county made a great
blunder in electing Colonel Topknot
But they have a law behind which
they will screen their backs. The
homes of the wives and children Of
farmers Strong and McLain. of the
saddler and the merchant will be sold.
These four families will be reduced
to want because of the election OF
Colonel Topknot as treasurer of Bun
combe county. Women and children
. who took no part in nominating the
colonel, discover that they are the
people to return to the county treas
ury the full amount of his shortage.
In the near future the common
people will make law that the fin an.
cial losse. which arise from electine
Colonel Topknot as sheriff or treas
urer shall be met by the citizens wht
placed that distinguished gentleman
in Office