New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1898-12-03
Dangers Of the Republic

'no of the prominent LAWYERS Of Chic
ago. 'Iar"nc" s barrow. who recently
won verdict for the Woodvo,l,rr's uuior
against th" sash and door trust af p4h
k"sh delivered n speech before the Fed
Grafton of lahu, on th" 10th at Chicago. ~
which he madu this Characterization uI
the Judiciary.
''lt is u" "NaggcratIon tr sny that uuu-
tonths IF the laws are mair nowadays Ly
| the Judges. aud that ihny arn nnIn ia tho
interest "f the rich aud powerful aud tu
| destroy the poor and the sooner tho
! lah"liug man understands this the hoffor
for his liberty aud his liro. for his life f.
really nt stake. The juhgo is tine most
! powerful official IN the machinery of
modern civilization. for he can override
| statutes and even The constitution whrn.
ever necessary. legislatures are nulut.
| l"usiy corrupt and work in the interest
| aud pay "l corporations Whpu thny DO
pass any laws in the interest of the poorer
classes The judges arc nj hand tp declare
| them unconstitutional -
That IS - terrific indictment, but a trnn
one. No pat of tho whole machinery Of
American government is ni once So howe.
M aud &" completely at The service nf
plut"ernoy rs the judiciary. This is
especially true Of the federal judiciary
Arpuinfivo Judges win their Nay H. tho
bench IN the service Of monopoly corpora
flnns Though they be not currut mon
their whole professional experience schools
them to look upon life from the plufocrn
tie point of view. aud when thry go upnu
the bench Their mental vision is hIind to
any other. Not that alone While ON the
bench their associations nrc with plufn
Gratis. Whom Judge who il about tn pass
upon question between n powerful co,.
poration aud u trade union, dimes nj tho
social club ai which the officers and
stockholders Of the corporation aud their
lawyers aud cronies rendezvous. acprminp
the hospitality Of these very LAWYERS aud |
cron'es how can he regard the trade
union with sympathy lie is called to
decide between his own class and nn |
other, on u class question This wund be |
noted quickly enough, if instead Of being |
a crony of corporation lawyers. he were = |
crony of trades unionist if instead Of |
dining ut the plutocrato club as n guest |
of plutocrats. he dincd at restaurant rs
the guest of trades unionist aud if instead |
of then deciding for the corporation he
decided for tho workngmen.
Moreover is il not fact chat whom
Judge does show the slightest hostility TO
plutocracy he is bounded by the whole
plntocratio press as unfit for his place
How was il with Judge Harlan. of the
supreme court. who in his dissenting
opinion in tho income tnx case pointed
'ut the danger of overriding the prccedenis
,f century to shift burdens of taxation
rom tho richY He was denounced for his
tendencies from one end of
he country to another.
With a judiciary constituted as ours Is
coming to be, OF corporation lawyers and
laving the power TO nullify laws. Judi
inry which appointed for life aud which
oes not lack the disposition that Thomas
eiferson remarked, Of taking to itself lit (
le by little more and more authority the
utcomc of popular goycfnmentin America
: not difficult to foresee. II will be ali |
orbed by centralized federal judi
iary The PDhiic. II