The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-21
PREACH VS.. PRACTICE.
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between the antecon doctrines and the aercon practices many
successful caue in the governors recent the
popular support lay in his advocacy an elective judiciary
In his recent message his views this subject and
mends that legislature shall submit Of tile people cou
tiona amendment which elective pu
pose of The this article to discuss the relative merits
the appontye elective systems butony decentralization to hecou
way cxcency understanding fully the which the right
of appointment places hands the executive has fit
it in the choice judges We quote from his recent
amendment to the Constitution making the Judges
chanceIors elective by the people The system Gpponng Judges
ton by convention of nonresident adventures and
and with which entirely satisfied believe Mississippi the
first State adopt the system ecns Judges by the people which met
retained example abandoned this State for the appointing
government Of the people by adnturcrs therefore
sin such questionable shape That may webe spoken The theory
Legislative and Judiciary and that govern
people, by the people and for the people To make this true
theory each department should come directly from the hands
of the people"
potency to an oahy who had formed Of
the people by aycnto ccarhead
could the appointment judges give potency or p9wer to an
Only through the obligation which the Judge 50
appointed felt toward the who appointed him. The
appoint judge but not the right to remove him
hence the only factor In giving oteny"o powerto
under gratitude for the honor conferred
and wish to show, and individual acts due appreciation of the
favor bestowed undue influence the Executive de-
Judiciary should find root and for growth the
enor thinks should be amended to cut OF entirely
part patronage and thereby make the Judiciary c
independent the fathers Of government designed should
be- The apponte wildly present nhe mind Of
Gov election and far back we mistake not the
constitutional convention.
question: naturally presents Itself ones mind is W it
dangerous the appontivc when graft
potency the administration which appoints
the Judge unwise appoint us judges those
who in addition obligation bound to the appointing
marriage? 1t that this double tic would DC
douy dangerous his xcency apparently took different
view of the matter exercised the defiance of his Of
public good appointing sonnaw Judge IN one
district, and a brother judge in another
indeed the scandal arising out of family appoint
1ts 60 nic positions ended de9fp yet a49tc hS-
c of State usous brothers, who already holds an
that district to have been actively
engaged securing for himself petitions and endorse
mnts appointment judge that district
term The that this gentleman brother Of
governor had shown evidence Of Partially for his
judicial places him practically clear hd for
applicants for the place wod not
enter the under Instantaneous As
realized the fact that in preaching ms
election the meant 1t In do
be construed as Generalization
whispers which TO put the situation in d-
feren light said governors brother not reach the
wonderful opportunity for securing endorse
men papers IL bruited quietly
that this particular will be thrown overheard but in the end the
this appointment should leave the
family farThe knowing tell US that distinguished
partner Col Sidney Mclan VIII be the lucky bidder
Sidney thereby fall heir to lucrative practice and
while that udgchp still 1t Is worth something
the apoptyc power altogether bad thing to have about