Graham guardian., 1906-11-30
RATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING
ARIZONA JUDICIARY

One of the strong reasons for the
overwhelming vote in this terri
tory against the joint statehood
proposition, and for its people pre-
ferriDg to remain under territorial
conditions for an indefinite term,
was well known fact that its
judiciary is composed Of men Of
the highest honor and integrity.
No other division of this country
while existing as a territory, has
ever had courts more free from
being controlled in the discharge
of their duties, by corporations
and individuals desiring to in
fluenre them in their decisions.
This high position which our
courts SO justly hold in the estima
ton of our people is wholly due
to the fact that the men occupying
the bench, are men of the highest
personal honor and far above al
lowing themselves to be controlled
by improper means or methods.
1t is often true that persons who
are defeated in the courts, and es
peciallY when defeated by d rail-
road or other corporate body or
by individuals representing aggro
cations of capital, criticise the
courts quite severely. But this is
always to be expected, for none IS
disposed to praise bridge that
does not carry him safely across
a stream. But when such cases
are calmly considered it is usually
found to be the case that the court
has acted as nearly in the line Of
right and justice as it could.
1t is true that IN some Of the
judges who have been appointed
to the bench from outside the ter.
ritory, the people and the bar
have been sadly disappointed; but
when their defects and short
comIngs have become known, their
career as members Of our judiciary
has soon found an end, and better
men have been appointed to the
positions,
Upon this subject the Tomb
stone Prospector Of late date makes
the following very sensible com
ment:
"The Judiciary of the country
should be regarded as unsuIlied
and above reproach. When the
slightest faint attaches to the bench
the public become diStrustful, and
any accusation having for its pur-
pose the soiling Of the judicial
ermine is groedily accepted as Il
nourishing morseI. 1t matters not
by whom the onslaught is made;
few stop to inquire the authenticity
of the charge, and ones integrity
is challenged and his probity
brought into question. The ac.
cuser may be Il man of letters-a
disciple of EscuIapies, Il representa-
tive of Divinity, a student Of
Blackstone or the untutOred herds,
man-the arrow finds its mark and
spreads its venom to the delight Of
him who would assassinuto char
acter that his pleadings might for
u moment fall on willing ears.
Men too soon forget their own
faults; or, if restless under the
sting Of merited exposure and ridi-
cule, are prone to sacrifice pure
men that public execration may be
diverted for only a brief period
from where it deservedlY belongs.
ARIZONA is justified in her pride
of our Judiciary, Those now oc
cuppying the bench are learned in.
law, of the highest types Of man
hood, Christian gentlemen in
whose honor the entire people
have inalianablo faith. Before the
bench as at present constituted
honest men need have no fear but
that justice will be meted out to
them"
One reason of much comment
adverse to the judges Of our courts, D..
IS that 1t has for years been Il
custom with them to accept passes
from the railroads; but this custom
is dying out and will soon become
obsolete, as it must be admitted