The age-herald., 1897-09-12

ent Field had his emissar1es there. Did a great deal of talking several days be- fore the convention, When the deles gates arrived. however, the name of Field was seldom heard. Field got sore Thought he wasn't appreciated. But he was. He got all that was coming to ! him. He got left. : *a
 I am getting very tired Of this senlti4a mental talk about the absolute purity of the supreme court. Republicans and gold democrats in the last campaign thought it was great outrage because the Chi1 cago convention criticized the acts of that august body. The justices who sit upon the supreme bench are only men. Just as apt to commit an error ae other people. It is a well known fai that Justice Shirus did wrle an oalri sn sus- taining the consttudonali-y Of the in~ come eax law. This leaked out. Corpor- ation after corpora ton in Pennsylvania from which State ShirIs was appointed sent their representatives ito Washing ton. They saw Shirus. In less fhan ten days he wrote another opinion exactly opposite of iJf1e first. This may be honest. IT It is, don't know what hones.y s If he was an upright judge he would have
  he wrd.e the first opinion The Chicago convention didn't say half as many bad things about the supreme court and Shirus' decisions as were said by Jus- fice Harlan who is member Of the su- preme court, and who said the income tax law was constitutional Harlan de- nounced ShdIus in the most severe terms. Yet nobody criticized Harlan for doing that. I believe John M. Harlan is an honest man. He looks the part. He's over six feet four inches tall Weighs about 275 pounds We'll fed Good liver. Jusl- the kind of @ man to make an hon. est judge Shirus, like Fild, is dyspetic. Thinks more of a corporation than he does or his soul. That's because he's al- ways been in their pay. have no use forf ool sentmentalMy. If the supreme court deserves criticism, I say critic,se it. Simply because men are appointed Ito high positions is no reason to belive they are always OF the righ. kind for fool mstrialfty. If the supreme court of the United States. I believe I am speaking the sentiments of a very large majority of the people when say l: will bear walching. There Is too much politics in the court. That it is one req son why it may net be pure. As soon as a man gets on the supreme bench he seems to be impressed with the belief that he should render all decisions in flavor of the poli-ical party which cre- ated him a judge To have a pure su- preme court, there must be no politics. The supreme court should be above sus- pic.on. I. am sorry to say it is mot.
 I don't take any stock in the rumors that Senator German is going to retire at the expiration of his present term. Germans slickest citizen in the Unitsd States senate. He knows more when he's asleep than millions of people do when they are wide awake. He's going to carry Maryland this year. Don't Make any mistake about this Germans not man to hunt ducks with a brass band. He's laying low. Amt saying much, but doing heap of thinking It was German who engineered the scheme to down Wellington. Made a split in the party. That's one of Germans tricks. Nothing small about Arthur Pue German. He's told me lots of inside po- litical history that's never been printed. Had a talk with him the day before he made his speech in the senate, when he attacked Grover Cleveland. German
 
 had been bounding him for years, try ing to curtail Germans political power in Maryland German wouldn't stand it. German was getting pretty deep in the mud when he made the assault. Said the only way to fight Cleveland was with his own weapons. Didn't take fourteen rounds to knock him out either Dealt him solar plexus blow in the first round Cleveland was mighty sore about that speech. It hurt him. Cleveland has a good deal of vanity. German punctured the tire of his vanity wheel. Cleveland and Cor man haven't spoken for years Fell out early in 1885. They were not friends during Cleveland's first term. During the campaign of 1892 they each made a. bluff at harmony by speaking for polit- ical purposes only. German will suc- ceed himself in the senate. Don't for- get this.
 Saw Jim Eckels, the boy wonder in one of the dairy lunch rooms Jim's another fellow that lives on milk and pie. He's got dyspepsia, too. Sims the marvel If the age. Sort of lightning calculator. Got to be comptroller of the currency by mere accident. Guess he has made a very good ome, though. He has shown at times a great deal of favoritism in some of the banks. EckeIs really he 1ievcs that he's the greatest flnancier in history I expect he's honest in his be- lief. Eckels is good deal of toadv. Tries to initiate Carlisle. Contracted The habit of walking like him and talking like him, too. Ecl1es keeps a picture of Grover Cleveland over his desk Bows down before 1t every morning when he goes Ito his office and when he leaves in tha aftsrfnoon. Eckeis Is not fot stuff. Got fairly good ma nners. thoueh he does come from Illinois. He don't eat with his knife. He's a boy wonder. and he knows it. As soon as his term of office is out he'n land up against some good fat trust company. Good friend of the trusts P..lsna faedinnr hin. a.. .....-.-