The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-20
jerome, il Speech, r efers it, ';'| the l1le5
Presidents Attack On q ederra:ll .5y
Judge.
POWER Of BL! / OPINION ? / !. d \
Justice, and times Greatest
Injustice, Done by IA
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IA WARM SPRINGS. c; Z, ] Ill 10, Dis
itrIct Attorney Jerome delivered nm II ad.i
dress q on Public Opinion It's II Power,
Some & 81 Its Evils and Injustice, and
Our Duty as LAYERS TO u IT, BET fore tho
Georgia Bar Association tonight IN tn
course Il Of 4 his address Mr. ] Jerome re-
ferred 20 Presld lent Roosevelt ~ criticism.
Iof q United States Cou IT Judge. & saying;
Criticism Of Judges.
en- There q Is one Injustice which public;
opinion not infreauentlyss does. and n ono
which lawyers do m UGH to correct and.
that Is the criticism l 81 Judges Tor deciE.,s
Ssions which they could NJ tsavoid making
IL they obeyed the law, The recent spec, CO.
self not d lawyer, criticlSing ii g public
document a Federal ~ dye for 4 his #dect7
sion on a point OF law haa5 not. believe;
Commended Itself TO our prof sion, The!
laws are our Tvs. vs. Public opin Ion made
them and can change them. Every &citi-s
zen has Il a &Srig hit 4 to criticlse theM and
sesk. thetrss amen naent II OF BY
Judges to f6b6y them and 4 not Esu bstitute:
for them something they deem in accord.
with a thing So mutable and soF dih1cult
TO ascertain NJ as public opinio The
soundness OF a Judge 3 legal y dgment. K,
and the wisd ON OF ~ par OCULAR 10 lay
well &be% called IN question: but an honest
decision should not exposo Y the " 3udgo5
himself to criticism. 4
AZ High Sense Of Duty. u $
al the bt ginning Mr. rome said there s.
ara men Euid by a hig IL, sense of duty
who will az ana con tinue to DO their
duty as they see Il. re kardl ess ct the
majority opinion, which we call public le
opinion, but with effort and represslo
4 q
,erent M nublic opinion, ~ said Mr.. jerome.
saIf 7flo be not a fanatic. is too often sonle-$
thing Of a. fool i and a knaye--a knaYeB
stofElle, and fool to think q you be ieye
him. 10 public nicer the discharge
AZ HIS duty with or In the face OF PUBLIC
opinion Is like the difference In the runs
ming Of an zine with oiled or sanded
bearing. sSSss a. .si lsg
where evident to the l at more
solemn declarati tts Will can g peo-a
inle max thar, to DECLARE In Its sconstitu.-
ttonsthat thing sha Il not be done and
mat tho legislative body shall en- act 81 fl "a
Gent laws to prevent he doing OF AZ Pr o.: %
Shibited act, ana yet has Maine. for ex 81
ample, been able to enforce Its prohibt-
tive laws Do not Its s,y orn onic ers alT
most everywhere fall to I'LL their soaths
Of once? Like Ulcers do not fall N their
duties where " asuS!s 90 " 80
concerned. i. II w 4 u
Influence Of Newspapers.
q X .'In my own State the Constit ton pro-
thbits gambling, and enjotns the @Legisflla-E
ture % pass laws to prevent The Leg
4islature. however has dared TO pass g
law which, while fin form aimed y ~ pre-
vent gambling on race tracks, was. ne TO- &
riouslyT designed to protect 4, and Y this
war possible only because public opinion
permitted, Whatever it, cause and VIA II
to,dov aa the most Important single in.I
fluenoe In the life of the tor, s.
aIn many parts 5of the country. A T 8
espsoially greet r 1'i,1ss m 1aesss
y ,,enerd upon tho newspapers, and T.
is is BY them that TIT greatest justice, and
Sometimes the greatest injustice. isg done,
Il public opinion y the gg 81 slAge
~, ~, rar il incomparnbly the greatest fac
tn, Il, 4 its 3 formation and spread, 7, i