Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-05
PATTERSON'S
LAST EFFORT

of the things that viii be decide,
By Tuesdays election is whether Den
yer and the state shall have res
from political warfare for while
Ii the Republicans win. and especially
u their victory is complete, Including
legislative and county tickets, there
VIII be peace. Even II the Patterson
| papers use scare heads and throw fits
every day. nobody will pay any atten.
tlon to them, Business viii take on
a new activity Everybody will feel
that at last things are settled. and
that there will be no more turmoil
worth taking notice Of
II Patterson should win, new trou-
BILE would begin at once. and old trou-
bles would be revamped The cam
paign for next springs election would
be started without delay, for 1t ls one
| of the ambitions OF Patterson's life
to oust Mayor Speer from the city
hall. Besides that. the public would
find out that the last spring election
is not half over get There would be
more Investigations and inquisitionI
and mandamuses and injunctlons and
stays and writs OF error. and every.
thing In the legal line that imaglna-
ton can conceive. To be sure. Lind.
sey has opened the ballot-boxes and
counted the ballots, and found that
the vote on the franchises was
that by no means finishes the possi-
billries Of investigation and inquisi-
tlon. What Judge Johnson might do.
for instance. II he had free hand.
Is illustrated by what he did and tried
to do last spring
Last spring Judge Johnson under
took to take charge of the election and
appointed watchers. just as the SUI
preme court had taken charge of the
previous fall election. His watchers
did not report anything wrong, but
after II was all over. Johnson under
took to hold an 'inquisition.' He
cited the chairman of the Republican
county committee, and the chairman
OF the Democratic county committee
and number of prominent citizens.
and insisted that they answer In open
court questions which would be
proper before a grand jury They
refused. and he sent them to Jail for
contempt. From this exercise of ju-
| dicial tyranny they appealed to the
supreme court; and II was In the
opinion in this case that Patterson's
yellows found the only excuse they
have for the phrase "kingly preroga-
tive" which they have since been EN-
| ploying so freely.
The court held, briefly, that the
district courts do not have concurrent
| Jurisdiction with the supreme court
| in the issuance of prerogative writs
and cited number Of cases TO show
| that this Is the doctrine that has al
ways prevailed In England" said
Judge Gabbert, this writ can be Is
sued by the kings bench only" Now
every lawyer knows, of course. tha'
the court of kings bench In England
Is one of the highest courts, CORE
| spending to the supreme court in this
state and the court of appeals in New
York. There was nothing "kingly' Ii
the prerogative-it was purely judi
cial function. Yet the yellow paper'
twisted this reference to the name o
high court into an assumption o
regal power by the chief justice. 1t Is
a fair illustration of their methods.
If Patterson should once get con
irol of the courts, there would b.
trouble all the time. Nobody wodlt
be safe from judicial inquisition
The courts. instead of being. as the.
are now. the surest protectors OF In
divldual rights, would be their mos
terrible invader No mans liberty o
property would be safe against whom
Patterson had a grudge.
II Denver were to be thrown into
condition like this. the rest OF tn
state would suffer too. And the stat
has direct interest in the election
of supreme court judges. and a vot
for them. Patterson's plot canno
wholly succeed unless he gets hi
tools. Seeds and Hartensteln. on tn
supreme bench. II the people of tn
state want a rest from trouble
they want the court to be what
ought to be, they will see to 1t tina
Seeds and Hartenstein are sent. no
tt the supreme bench, but to tn
mourners' bench.
DENVER, Nov. 3.-The Patterso
press has new outrage of the 81
preme court to complain Of II ha
prevented the entire fusion Of III
Lindsey and Patterson local ticket
It was this way; Up to last Monda
there were still on the Lindsey
| .