The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-06-24
OUR COURTS AS OTHERS SEE THEM.

While the critical attitude of the foreign press towards
things American is not always convincing, the views Of
the leaders of thought the water always inter
estng and at times instructive Particularly interesting
has been the discussion European magazines and
papers during the past few weeks of American courts of
law.
The final test of any form of government is its ability
to deal out equal and exact justice every citizen rich
poor, powerful or humble.
If large section of the European press is to be be-
leved the American form of government does not meet
this test
The Neue Freie Presse of Vienna maintains that
of great difficulties is due to the right of judges to
interfere with the executive and the Legislative which
only theoretically independent while practically the judi
cary can whenever it peases nufy the acts of the law
making body and parayze the of the executive.
"Nothng is remarkable than the regularity with
which the American courts throw the administration into
confusion by interference with its procedure at every
STAGE
The Kreuz Zeung (Vienna) says system is being
undermined by the courts which controlled by vested
interests 'There is not pretense of doing justce
read call is made to depend upon the pedantc tech
nicalities of the moment
number of English papers say, that in courts
justice and sense sacrificed to procedure
when that conduces to the advantage of wealthy it
CAN'T that the loss of confidence in courts of law is
traced to the inecency of American judges, and the
great Importance attached to techncalities when it
is question of "some great corporation the hand
and an elementary principle of popular government
the other that OF the writ OF injunction 80
fragrant scandal' that English court would perver
this writ with such Indifference to every consideration of
fair plays; that the American lawyer 'the hanger
OF corporations, and that of wealth need fear
the law They that judicial procedure has become
"a to society," which has resulted in predatory
wealth and in Indifference to human life, making this
country show far higher proportion of murders than any
other country in the world except Italy and Mexico
The Outlook declares that judiciary just they
have overelaboraed the machinery of politics until dem
Ocracy is bound and helpless they have magned the
technicaes of the law until justice has been thrown
into the background and lost sight off, The London
News charges, can disgrace is the practical
denial of justice to men, and children muated by
hundreds through the operation of street systems "
that practically useless to bring suit and that if the
is reached it will either be thrown out of the
court technicalty decided in the court above
some fine constitutional point that has nothing to do with
conditions of justice, fair play common sense"
These but few of many criticisms of like char
acter Some not entirely warranted but must ad
NIT that there much in system of judicial procedure
which will not bear close critical analysis Perhaps
most glazing judicial defects due to the deeprooted
though fast dying out feeling that there is something
sacred and above criticism in courts Even there
many men, otherwise broad minded and intelligent
who remble when another citizen expresses his ndigna-
ton because of outrageous miscarriage of Justice
due to inefficient venal judge But happily this old
fetish worship is giving way before intelligent and whole
criticism.
We begin to that it is justice not the court that
sacred and that injustice loses of it's adherence be-
it happens to be pronounced by who for few
brief years is wearing the judicial ermine.