Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-03-29
HON. ). Med. TRrmHIE
Discasss the Trip Of Judges and At
torneys t. Tampieo, Old Mexlco.
to Fish for Tarpon.

During January Hon. Gardiner Lat
hrop, OF Kansas City, General Solici-
to, of the Santa Fe Railway System,
and party Of friends went TO Tam
pico, New Mexico on a fishing trip.
J.H. Durkee took a basket of game
to Mr.. Lathrop's private caras a gift
to one Of the party. j. II. Rhodes
state game warden, intercepted the
basket and conhscated the contents.
Including two geese, nine snipe and
half dozen prairie chicken. The
snipe and the geese were returned but
Mr.. Rodes retained possession Of the
chickens.
Those composing the party were:
Judge Smith Mcpherson, United
stated district Judge for the southern
district Of Iowa.
Judge John +. Phillips, United
states district for the Western Dis
ltrict Of Missouri
Judge John c. Pollock, United
States district Judge for Kansas.
Samuel W. Moore, general solicitor
4 for the Kansas City Southern railroad,
Kansar City.
| Judge o. NJ. Spencer, general attos-
ney for the Bnlington, ST. Joseph.
Gardiner Lathrop general solicitor
| for the Santa Fe System, Chicago.
DR.. Jabez n. Jackson, Kansas City.
4 W, IN. Mcleod, one Of Senator War
ner's law partners.
During February Hon. James Nc
D. Trlmble at the regular weekly ses-
sion Of Municipal University Club dis
cussed the anti-pass law. Referring
to this matter the Kansas City Times
says:
nIn connection with the railroad
pass question Judge J. Med. Trimolt
: referred to the recent pleasure trip e
Tampico which three Federal judges
took as guests OF Gardiner LathroI
: and two other general solicitors fol
railroads.
II do not think there was anything
: like corruption intended or apprehen
ded In the invitation and its accept
! ance," said Judge Trimble. Il do MOI
believe that any one Of the judges wh'
! was thus entertained would conscious
lily allow the recollection Of social ia
! vors to influence him in the conduc
. loicases in which his hosts were in
t terested. l belIeye II the thought
E had occurred to them that the publi'
might put an adverse construction
, upon the affair not one Of those judge
would have dreamed Of going of evel
on pleasure jaunt with railroad at
: t1rneys, But the fact remains tina
: no matter how disinterested wer
+ their motives the action beget5 dis
: trust In the public mind, and that !
. enough to condemn IL 2
c 1.-THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AFFAIR
Judge Trimble dwelt upon the higl
5 standing of all the men>,in the Tam
G pico party and that by reason Of thei
a ascendancy the affair gained create
q Significance. He said that but for
v minor espisode, the confiscation by
! deputy game warden Of six birds In
4 tended for the private car, the fac
J that three Federal judges were bein
q entertained by the general solicitor
yIof three railroads probably woul
; never have become public knowledge
IS "The distinguished guests wer
4 judges In the districts In which one 0
lall Of the three railroads represente
i by the hosts operate. l do not hes
d tate to say that believe that thos
r general solicitors would not have ir
:. vlted the men they did had not thos
l men been judges. No doubt the In
; vitation was fairly, innocently worded
It "But men Of the caliber Of the thre
y judges In question ought and mus
p have known that there was dope i
70 the middle of the sugar coated bal
which was held out to them. Will
I" the dope may and probably will nc
" poison them, the people believe 1t viii
y Such an affair as the Tampico plea
| ure jaunt begets In the people a disrt
e gard for judges and consequent dii
Ie regard for laws. The courts are our
g the laws are ours; we made them bot
and can unmake them at WILL"