The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-04

the Inquirer and, for that matter. the
| entire school Of stand pattcrs are will
ing and anxious to adopt any scheme
of taxation that will leave intact tho
blessed DinSley rates. They may sue
ceeu but before they do they will know
, that they have been in a fight
A Great kentuckian.
1t so happened that Mr.. Justice John
Marshall Harlan was the first great
man that | ever saw or ever heard
make a speech That was when l was
chunk Of boy. in 1863, back In the
hill country of Kentucky and when
Colonel Harlan, as he was then called.
was a candidate for attorney general Of
years and as splendid specimen phys
ically unu intellectually as could be
found in the dark and bloody ground"
Child that l was, did not have to be
told that he was man among men and
destined for high career. Consequent
ly l have watched his career with I'M
usual interest. That In his ripper years he
has Justified the promise of his young
manhood goes without saying.
Just now he has made an announce
ment which all honest men will most
heartily indorse, and that is that,
though he has reached the age and
served the number of years which emit
tie him to retire on full pay, he has
no present idea Of so doing. He says:
Il have formed no purpose - retire at
any particular time. My work is most
agreeable 10 me, and, as l now think,
l will keep steadily at it until must
stop or until my friends tell me that it
is my duty to stop" The judge evil
IDENTITY takes the correct view Of his
duty and Of the intent Of congress in
passing the bill for retirement Of Unit
ed States judges on full pay after they
have served ten years and reached the
psalmists allotment of threescore and
ten. 1t was never intended, as some
have construed it, to mean that simpl!
because a man has served decade and
lived seventy years he should pass the
remainder of bis life twiddling his
thumbs and drawing full pay while
physically and mentally capable of dis
charging his judicial functions. Ea
cause human experience shows that the
average man is on the decline at sew
enty congress concluded not to have
justice delayed by judges holding on
after they are incapacitated by age
simply to draw their pay. Hence the
Of Ia 70, oy,S'
seryice) was fixed. Judge HarlanS
mind is still clear as a BELL his intel
lectual and physical powers unabated.
He is one Of the greatest lawyers ever
upon the supreme bench. That he will
continue for many years to sit in our
highest court-indeed, in the worlds
highest-is the desire of millions Of his
| countrymcn.
Economy.
One good deed must be credited to
the Fifty-eighth congress. TO the &c
fciency bill it attached section c;
clause making it a r!is,le:Ce;::!1i. >c-;-
| ishable by dismissal, fine al:>! i.;:r-:so:l-
| ment, for the head Of I, department t.
eACccu luc dDpIOih IA tlCIi i4-iil.t u / 81
ming that department any !.S''.i! :'a';r
| That is a drastic measure, but t!ii.y
justified by the facts in tl. case. Yea:
! in and year out col1-s:cs, H. bee: co.
ed on to pass huge Is,:":oH' :" li'!:,
caused by the unnecessary and :ev!;
less expenditure Of monc., ~ i:r ~,
partments The heads tl..':21f i: pear
ed to have an idea that hey ~. Ii =
congress could maze a.,i,r>i'. ::,&; y! (.
If congress appropriated. say, $685.. !.
600, they would proceed to co::t"::, =;
for expenditures amour, ing - ST.
600, 900 or $12OOO.OOo. TIA! bald nl;s.1
alone accounts for the ;,re.:ei,t ,.c!i-
cheney. At last congress mustered l.:
courage enough to put a bit int, the
mouths of these gentlemen "ho have
been so liberal with other peoples
money. Consequently, with the j;,i.
staring them in the face, they are now
not quite so free with public funds
The law ought to be rigidly enforced.
and the appropriation bills ought to be
cut down one-half
A Lovely Row.
Wonders will poyar coaso' Tho nroci