The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-07-28
Designated by Debs as the Favorite
Shade for Judges.
BOASTS JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
Talks of the Anti-Merger Decision
Claims That Judges With But One
Exception on the Various Benches
Are Trained Corporation Attorneyo
and Subservient to Corporate In
terests.

tered in the interest of the capital.
list class as against the working class
lis one of the self evident facts of
modern society.
1t is of course conceded that now
and then 'Ihe workers get the benef fit
of a decision of no consequence and
that on occasion even a case of seem
ing Importance is decided in their
favor, but this signifies little, as we
shall see, and does not impeach the
integrity of the general proposition.
Glass rule is the result of class gov
eminent and class government is
based upon class ownership of pro-
ductive capital or private property in
the sources of means OF production.
Glass rule, of course, implies class
society and a class struggle. The
class in power in modern civilized ma
tons rule in their own interest and
to this end the courts, the army and
navy. the militia and police, the
school and church, in short, all de-
partments of government and all So
cial institutions al'a simply the
branches and offshoots of the tree
of capitalism that lis rooted in class
ownership of the resources of life.
With the regularity and precision
of clock work the 'declsons" and
Opinions" are licked off and handed
down by the courts to protect the in
no f,e{ 1,n
ruling class. This does not mean
that judges are any more venal or
corrupt than other men, but simply
that like the hands of the clock they
respond with automatic regularity to
the machinery that controls their
movements.
The lower courts. dependent direct
ly upon the popular vote, are moved
to vary the program with an occa-
sional glad hand to labor. but if
decision it is quickly snatched away
by the supreme court, to which it is
always appealed in the full confidence
that the higher tribunal, far above
the sway of popular passion, will
quickly set aside the ruling of the in
ferior court that there may be no
friction between the capitalist ma
chine and its judicial functions.
Th'a favorable decision below vim
dicates the integrity of THE court and
satisfies the 1.-The people while the
action of the higher court safeguards
the interests of the ruling class: and
SO all is serene and the fleeing of
the workers legally sanctioned con-
tinues as before.
The Kansas man. asked about the
prohibition law in that state said 1T
worked like a charm. Said he:
1.-The prohibitionists have the law
and the other fellows have the whis-
key; what more do you want?"
Tn the meantime, the press. the
politicians and the preachers, the
triple echo of the ruling class, roll
their eyes heavenward and thank God
for preserving THE sanctity of our
courts. the safeguard of the republic.
The confidence of the workers in
tdiN vi UlS CouItS vi luSll
exploiting masters must under all
circumstances remain mistaken. The
solemn judge in his spotless ermine
must not be profaned by the vulgar
lips of the common rabble; and he
who is base enough to assail the sane
tity Of THE bench and question the in
fallibility of the wigs and gowns it
shelters is guilty Of treason and a
menace to the country.
There is no greater sham. no more
s-upendous fraud than the alleged di-
vinity of our present judicial institu-
tions. Supported by the revenue
wrung from THE working class. they
serve as Instruments to keep that
class in servile s,rbjectien to their
masters.
The singing arraignment of Chas
Sumner. during the anti-slavery agi-
tation. reciting the crimes of the
courts in ancient as we'll as modern
times, and showing that they had al
ways been the bulwark of tyranny
and the Instructors of progress. is
onle of the classics Of our language.
The courts, aye. the courts of the
land must be held in reverence and
awe by the workingmen, who are
shorn by them, or. at least kept in
law abiding submission while the
shearing is being done.
When the average workingman is
brought into the presence of a judge
ne approaches that august fetch
with all the meakness and humility
of a sinner at bar Of Judgment.
An awful hush falls upon the scene
have studded it closely, especially
as the old bailiff, in converting the
federal court, used TO explain. God
saves this honorable court"
That settled 1t for the crowd and
thhy scarcely breathed during the
solemn rites Of the Gardcal perform.
ance.
Judges are elected mainly BY the
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