The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-10

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Da1ng tie debate In the Senate a.
me railroad rate bin Mr.. Tilluau ,ook
The door 10 put into Tie Record =
number Of statements BE- had gather.
ed 10 justify his position that the peo-
pie d'stFast the Federal courts pre-
iiininariiy. be announced tina, ne did
not intend wholesale onslaught ur.
on the Judiciary. and he econitte,3
the Supreme Court, especially af
questionable proceedings, although. he
SAID, II had wobbledn more or les
In the South, he went on. there we-r
many excellent judges, but on the
other heEd some Of them had ..be.n
guilty Of very questionable and dis.
ereditabie acts" Many of them
were, he said, unduly preiudieed ir
favor ot the railroads and were wholly
unit 10 be trusted with the power of
passing OIL railroad questions. Heree
ne argued that there would be 10
great lIsk IN preventing their inter
ference IN such eases. .'It is utterv
absurd TO show that the Judges are
higher creatures than other meu. -
he said.
lie referred 10 the division of the
Supreme Court on the income lax
ease, saying that in that case one of
the judges had changed his mind.
Thus, he said, 1.-THE practice of a
century was reversed and the country
submitted merely because the appeal
TO the highest court OF the country
must be sustained''
Judges Drunk at BANQUET.
lie also cited other eases in other
courts intended to show that some
Judges are "not only not infalhble,
but not mcorruptible," The first of
the refer ences was to Judge Smith
Mcpherson, of Iowa, who was repres-
ented IN an article in The New Cork
World of the 30th of March last as
having appeared at 4 banquet at
Council Bluffs in such a condition as
mot to be able to stand up without
clinging to the table"
Mr. Carter and other Senators de.
Tended Judge Mcpherson as a man of
great learning and of probity of char
acter.
Judges Railroads Guests.
Mr.. Tlllman next referred to a
pleasure trip to Tampico, given by
three Kansas railroads to Federal
Judges Mcpherson, Phillips and Pol
lock. The account was condensed
from the Kansas City papers and
showed that the judges had been
! transported in a split car and were
accompanied b ythe general solicitors
of the railroads giving the excursion.
Mr.. Tilman said that Judge Phillips
had been especially commended by
the President in connection with the
Paul Morton ease, and he contrasted
the President course in this case
with his course in criticising Judge
Humphreys in the beef packers ease.
Mr.. Tillman had read an editorial
from the Columbia Is. CO. STATE, con.
corning the Judge Purnell case, up
holding the position taken by Joseph
US Daniels and quoting from a decis-
ion Of Circuit Judge Pritchard, Of
North Carolina, declaring that pub
lished criticisms, or even libel, of a
judge is not contempt of court. When
the reading was concluded Mr.. Till
man said he would pass on to Florida,
although he could review instances in
his own State Of acts of tyranny and
indecency, but that the judge com
miting them is dead and has settled
his accounts elsewhere. The Senator
said he also knew some cases in Geor-
gia, but that he would take up the
case of Circuit Judge Pardee in en-
joining the Florida railroad commits
sion from instituting suit to compel
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
to reduce its fares from 4 to 3 cents
a mile. He declared that Pardee
ought to be impeached for his course.
Mr.. Tillman next paid his respects
TO the case of Judge Charles Swayne,
Of Florida, whom the Senator refused
last session to impeach, and asked to
incorporate in his remarks a state
ment prepared by Representative La
mar, of Florida.
Mr.. Tiilman then closed with an
apology, explaining that the situation
was such as to require the administer
ing of "some physic." He would
not allow the judges TO roam up aud
down the land, doing whatever the
| railroads want and refusing TO grant
relief to the people.
Moro Tariff talk in House
The naval appropriation bill, which
carries nearly hundred million dol
lars for the naval establishment, was
taken up by the House.
| The discussion took on a WIDE tar
| iff range, forerunner Of still fur
| ther tariff discussion as the sessions
nears its close. The speakers, except
| Mr.. Foss, Mr.. Meyer, Of Louisiana
| and Mr.. Knowland, Of California
discussed a feature OF the biil
eontenting themselves under the
latitude furnished by general de
bate" with discussing subjects II
which they have a peculiar and per
sonal interest