The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-10


tenn. land be it said 20 his credit il gen
rally il done.) Isn't il just as reasons
BILE to ask them to either give up thear
passes or not try railroad casesE III q
man holds pass on railroad for which
he gives no equivalent he must AZ
matter OF course consider himself under
i obligations TO the company, aud no man
| can give = fair and i'm partial trial IN any
! case when he considers himself under
obligations to one party to the action
Lawrence Journal
The STATE JOURNAL il right ia its
fight against the pernicious habit of pass
taking and pass using by judges Of the
cOurts But it has a q Qht that is stralg ht
up hill A part Of the ambition Of every
man Is to get into a position where ne
can ride on the railroads for nothing,and
when that blessed privilege is taken
away from the judiciary the men who
have set their minds upon becoming
judges will have to change the trend Of
their lives.
IGirard Daily World-l
The TOPEKA JOURNAL is appealing to
the mem bers Of the supreme bench 20
give up their railroad passes and be under
no obligations to the railroads. IL has
become a public scandal in this state th st
when some citizen has a suit against
railroad company and gets q judgment
for stock killed by the cars Or hay burned,
or any other righteous claim, the attor-
neys for the railroad are never satisfied
with the verdict and take the case up
with a swagger which implies, "Weu
knock you when we get you into our
court" Ii the salaries paid the supreme
judges by the state are not sufficient to
justify them Ia refusing to place them
selves under obligations to the railroads,
by all means let the salaries be raised,
and have . clean, impartial standing Of
clients
Times. Eldorado.I
Horn fa 1ffwr7u0 "a
question Of supreme court and other
judges in Kansas accepting passes from
the railroads. Passes to judges, to state
and county officers, to bankers and county
statesmen" are evidently intended as
brides; or reward for dirty work per-
formed and for Influence" The Popu-
lists have made a great cutlery against
passes, and yet according to the JOUR-
NAILS account every state officer carries
pass, and all use them except Associate
Justice Allen. The Santa Fe has always
used passes in exchange fer the influence
Of local statesmen.
IHiawatha World.l
The Topeka JOURNAL is right in insist
ing that no Office holder should ride
on a railroad pass How does he pay
for il?
Independence Star and Kansan.1
The Topeka STATE JOURNAL is making
a vigorous fight upon the custom Of
judges accepting railroad passes No
judge who has railroad cases to try ought
to accept such a favor from those cor
porationH. If he has proper sense of
the eternal fitness of things, he won't do
it. If the pass is accepted as a bribe
and influences a judges decisions the
evil i manifest If it il not accepted as
4 bribe, the Judge gets moneys worth
without paying for it. The pass il given
him to make him feel more friendly to
the railroads. They never intend to
give something for nothing Either
the Judge gives an equivalent or he does
not. If he does, he allows the pass to
corrupt him. If he does not, he Is, to say
the least, ungratefuI for favors received.
The only defense of the practice I have
seen IL that '.they all do It." In an old
book / have read something about those
who "follOw multitude TO do evil" and
their course is not commended. But the
assertion il untrue. There are some
accept these potential bribes- In q dis
patch from topeka dated September 4, |
ind the following.
Judge z r. Hazen of the shawnee county dis /
eu 70 tte pench ne concluqeu tnat. IN view or I
litigation IN which railroads directly inter
passes. Nearly all the roads operating in kan 4
c0mplimenIod him with annual passes over i
the beginning Of the year and Ii has paid fnd
fare on every trip ne has taken
A Judge, like Caesars wife, should be /
''abOve suspicion" and no judge with |
corporation gifts OF this kind in his peck
ct can be above suspicion-no matter if 1
he leans to the other side aud CONSTITUTES /
the law more strictly against the rail-
roads than If he paid his fare. I hope to /
see other judges taking the stand Judge /
Hazen has done. 1t will strengthen 4
them immensely with the people.