Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-08-11

tainted money, but from tainted men.
It's easy to talk about tainted money,
but you don't put your finger on a
mans breastbone and say, you re a
thief The man can knock you down,
but the money can't. Ny principles
are not tainted money, but tainted
men. Money has no character or infu.
ence out of the pocket Of the man who
holds it. It's the man who has it, not
the money; that is tainted"
Judge Dill of New Jersey court Of
last resort, is a man who speaks
straight from the shoulder. What he
lacks in stature he makes up for
%abundantly in personality, for the
judge is a small man, something of the
Napoleonic type Of build. He has a
readiness Of dress, smokes all the time,
wears ar outing cap and is as straight
as a soldier with his first brass but
tons.
Recently Appointed.
He was appointed to the bench of the
court Of errors and appeals last July,
and it's pretty safe to predict that he
will say something from the bench one
Of these days anent corporations that
will read mighty well. He created a
stir last June by delivering an address
at the commencement exercises of
oberlin college, Ohio, on the subject,
"Back to Beginnings" in the course
Of which he said some things about
corporations and graft that found their
way into the public prints all cver tho
United States. Among other things
was that a "director in a corporation,
who directs its affairs from the view
point OF his own pocket, rather from
the standpoint Of the stockholders' in
%tercst, although he may not be indict-
cd by a grand jury, is non the less a
social highwayman."
"The CRATER is a man who robs the
counterfeiter, who made the coin, and
then passes the spurious coin TO the
public as genuine.
"The essential element OF graft is a
breach Of trust.
"The man who would not cheat In a
$3.50 transaction, but would cheat in
a million-dollar deal is a fraud.
"a largo part Of our modern pros.
perity is to a perilously large extent
bottomed over an over-production Of
fraud and sham.
Ono intelligent man or woman can
fail to realize that the smoke upon the
social, financial and political horizon
indicates fire.
"The man who gets a dollar unfair
ly, without earning It, does himself an
injury and the world a wrong.
Tho Dummy Director.
"The dummy director Of a great
corporation who dummyizes himself
for pay, whether by the year or by
the job, who uses his position 20 con
troll the use and disposition Of other
peoples money for personal gain, Is
in no position to criticise the clerk
who falsifes his accounts, or the em-
ploye who embezzles. Yet we hear of
instances where men who have stolen
millions have sent 20 Jail employees
who have taken only hundreds or thou
sands OF dollars"
Judge Dill has been a successful
lawyer. He has worked much for cor
porations, but declares he worked by
the job, and not on long-termet re-
%tainers. Considerable attention at
taeted TO him several years ago, when
he received a fee Of 81, 900, 900 for adj
justing the difficulty between Friek
and Carnegie. The judge says he
thinks that was all right, If ii was
worth that much to Carnegie, and he
has reason 10 think IL was.
He left a lucrative law practice to
accept a position OF the bench at only
Ia few thousand dollars a year.
Judge Dill, accompanied by his fam
lily, arrived in Portland this morning.
He will visit the exposition, and will
remain in the city for several days.
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