The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-23
IESE Majestic.

rrstions that it may be- >waycd by
uutsldr influences are regarded rs
high treason against its pondcrous
dignity and immaculate purity.
On the 18th inst. Justice Robinson
of that body, on information filed
bv Attorney General Crow, issued
an order, citing John j. "undlif,
editor If the Sedalia Capital, and
!. NJ. Shepherd, editor of the War.
rensburs Standard'IIerald, to ap.
pear before its august presence ana
show cagSc why they should Eot be
punished for contempt of court for
publishing articles criticlsing it for
q recent decision. In order that
the JUDICIAL history or the case may
hr accurately known, we give it as
taken from II letter of recent date,
written from jefferson City, which
undertakes to tell the story truth
fully. taking IT from the record of
the Supreme Court. to.wit:
Rubr Oglrshy Was suing the railroad
company ior eIsuaaior personal injuries
sustained white IN 'h' company en-
pluN. by wllyh h' l"H' a reg Nc 'dA'
got into the supreme court ana on he,
ccmhcr H. ING", WAS ih'it hrst ai1fi't"
hv Iulgrs MrlWI 'nt, brace burgess,
Can't BARCLAY ANA Robinson I"o "ial
arguments had been mhle- one III ~.
vision SO. aud lHc "llitf before 'l'
court IN han'' 'i'' 'h' ''sr H1' n'e"
under consideration since Apth ! pre-.
rcdlug, when NJ "'~ "i'' HiEut,' MI''n
go, 1857, the court EI'r 'he ueiVn'hh'
it, first relocating, And May 10 I"i'""'hE
the case wa~ again "'sAgu ot''Il' ana
ON Mdy rs "ar lih'l''a i"' th' '',"""
time by Judge Me- "Ii1nr' hfa'e' hui
CESS, Cant. i1r,''F avn N"'lhSon'
The Gasr h1H thrh hrrh ntIo'e ,hc
court iot more il'h q year NoNc''lp''
10, 1897, lh' H'''n' ,'U'di''S ""'
granted defendant, hU" January ~
1865, the case wa. 'E''" "'Eue"' "''',E
affirmed for the lniIa Time 'h"'ty o.
rSuN, after four ut1I Arguments ana the
case htyiug been before the court more
than twenty months, the opinion thI'
time helug rendered ny Judges MVf''
lauc, Can't Brace ana har'I"l' June
IS oi mat year " th'u l'"'a' '"E 80
lowingihcrc va" another oral argument
:, o. , ,'I I hr"n m court more than three
years and after having been thr'g times
,'i',i Judgment was for the first
time disturbed, Judges Sherwood ahH
, ,Iur""ss and Marshall being for reversal
aud Icm2ndlng' ana oi JmGErs ''''''' Brace
''I I'rIrr Ibis mandate OF the supreme
court thc~pla'niiii went again 10 ,,L tnr
;,, AGONY Of Srs.ooo ON defendants ap
peal Aprll 29, 1901; me case was az,
Hr'ohrS ~ 1904. Iunc Is. 1908, more
than SeAgl years "''e' 'I,' '1s' wa" n ',,n.
I,r"m three times aihrmrd by the court,
wuh FIVE judges holding a, me ion I.,i
,rJrrinp !, again into the lower court,
Judges Marshall Robinson hufEtss , anu
-" !, and Iudqes Can't. Brace and
voting to ai'rin'
Wnsryer such record made be.
f,re IN an ordinary law suit? just
- little worse than the record made
IN .ho. Simnsou swamp land case
J.rided last February. The editors
in ouestion severely ceusured the
action of the Supreme Court, the
Standard Herald saying, among
other things. that the court had
reversed and stultilied itself in this
cose~uutil no sane man could have
any other opinion than that the
judges who concurred III the opin-
ion ltld been bought III the interest
Of the railroad. y These are strong
but does 1t not appear That
the court has reversed aud stulti-
fed ,itself7' and as for the pur-
chase clause, 1t does not follow
that the payment of money Is
meant when 1t is SAID oil an oiilclai
that,he has been bought. More
ofteA men surrender thelr hohor
and integrity to their ambition Tor
power and place. About some OF
the members OF the Supreme court
there has long hung Il weli'deiined
suspicion that they were closer 10
the corporations and owed them
more than justice and decehcy
Warranted.
Doth such divinity hedge these
iudges about, and infallibility
from the weaknesses of other NOR