The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20
Strong DEFENSE
Of JUDGE BROWN
Supreme Court Is Vigorously
Criticised for Its Juvenile
Court Decision.
PETTlFOGGERS ARE BLAMED
SCORED OFFICIAL is LOVED BY
THE CHILDREN.

Jeared from time to time vicious and
bitter attacks in opposition thereto and
TO tie personality Of its present Judge
The animus which prompts the latter
attack is It's own Indictment and has
been from the beginning. The terminus
Of the long and acrimonious fight for
Inc Judgeship of this court is not so re-
mote but that il will bc remembered
by the people of Salt Lake The same
OLD story-the judge must be a lawyer
was threshed out until the few legal
wits private citizen possessed were in
state of ''uOXiuus disquietude." No
one cut "A Vender IF legal wares Dos
soFsed the heaven born gift of rcforma-
l'en aiid he IL was who was most anX-
louS 10 dispose Of his supply-for n
consideration Cthis must be pardoned
him, FOR one of the first PRINCIPLES
Taught the youthful Disciple of Black
stone is that nothing is of value with
&ot considcration)-to the juvenile
court. LRafned Interviews were print
81 from day TO day-each one surpass-
ing the former i'm knowledge Of child re-
imWati9n. IA the meantime il was do
cided that n merely nominal or no sala-
~ would attach TO this Office (for what
purpose - pretty Wen known I'M quiet
Prcios). Missionary zeal was at once st
zero point. The woull-be reformists
SUFFERED from well go avoid "a slang ex-
ptcssi"n. they began seeking warming
piih% and So one solitary applicant re-
l1dfncG that applicant received the ap-
p"ihtmcnt and is the present Judge.
MO n years practical free work
NciE' modest salary was scheduled FOR
lNis position. Smarting under "A sense
ar Fcif-inilicted defeat ana a too vivid
reflection Of self together with long
D. z Tor salary end position. the old mall
CWltents have again raised their heads
anu are striking from aH directions.
New ones are eddcd 10 the Old. and
with he hclf of Il pretudiccd local or.
gan whose animosity TO Judge Brown Is
'Flpcet on 3ll occasions 70 hiS them
on tntir way. he work gDcs on right
lnoriily- G3rbled newspaper accounts
are read end accented. few take the
trouble To investigate: opinions ere
written which show unfamiliaritv with
facts and familiarity with typewrittnn
statements Of peculiarly interested par
ties In the contact of legal lights and
pre5uGiced parties. the real question iy|
lost slght Of. and the reformed can6i-
date Is given an example or mani. od
which would make Mephistophcles rub
MS hands in clcc. This Mould-be. wait
ihg~to-bc reformed youth witnesses the
conflict and SnaIls Of his surgeons. feel
lug much rs that apostate of the time
OF Calvin must have felt when the de-
pate WaXed HOT between tho theolowisls
@s To whether hc was TO be burned to
"oath by p slow fire or burned to death
hN g quick fro oI merely deco pitated-l
the cniy thug tisat seemed 10 him cor
tam was thot dcad ne wo1id be-
Grounds for the Attacks.
Aside from thc original opposition
three are thycc other Special grounds
for th1se attacks.
tirSt-Thc Juvenile court is an inna-
Nation. and innovations como nard.
" nile now The worth 81 Tho Office IS
nCknoWled9ed. there haas been merely !;
ifansference of tho objections To he
Judge which were formerly apoIied 20
tllc court. II takes an effort 10 pun out
OF y rut and however bah. jolly and
lhii'N the rut may be. the people are
accustomed to its defects and prefer 10
plod along it. shying at a broad. smootr1.
rolling road until the pioneers give il
TIE scmblance of another rut. when
fheX tumble into it with content anG
sclf-conplacency
Second. The life Of The Juvenile court
Htpends uDOn the elimination of tie
presidentzday mechanical iawver and
the peitifogger. Naturally opposition is
txpeoied from this body, for the class
~ cases which occupy the juvenile
court have been bread and meat to
lhcfn. If the advice Of justices Of the
courts were acted upon and the tudg.
SHIP of the juvenile court awarded to |
lawyer. this office would fall To one oil
his slsss. and then God pity the chill |
dren coming under his jurisdiction. ana
500 pity the generation which must re- |
feiVe this reformed type OF future eiti- |
y ms. Stunted. deformed. dwarfed TO |
ln moral responsibility, Better the
two seas to the east and west Of rs !
unite i'm ore common water over tho |
bosom OF our fertile land. ana we pass
from the assembly Of nations while our
ascutcheon IS NJ least surface clean
han 20 put this blot upon IT,
Third The juvenile court means that
I is just AS heinous a crime for parents |
. murder their children morally as II
i physically. As about ten-tenths of /
child crimes can be traved TO lack oe |
udEment cruelty and laXity on the part |
y The parent. naturally IL is with the /
parent that this court Is forced g. deal. |
some parents are yet imbued With the
dea that ownership means license tn /
break al rules OF humanity and cannot /
conceive OF a power which would COM
pei them 20 even apply the moderate
IDEAS Of the Society FOR Prevention of |
'ruelty 60 Dumb Beasts 20 their child.
Decision Strange Mixture.
Tie last and most serious attack
AGAINST the Juvenile judge is that which
'manates from the representatives of
he supreme law of this state. In the
opinion recently handed down In the ba-
,eas corpus cases of Emil Mill and EN-
ma Sahlsberg, a strange mixture Of
aw equity. ethics, sociology, psycholo-i
~. pedagogue, child and adult culture.
ma personality, was given TO the pub
ic. After careful perusai OF this o.,in-
on. but one conclusion can be reached.
The manner OF dealing with the oues-
ION shows lack of ability go meet the
egal question involved. and i'm the
Foidance of acknowledgment of this.
of unprofessional. per-
onai prejudice against the Judge of
&c court. IL is not necessary to review
ne justices cOntradictions-they are
0NIous TO ell who can read. SO let us
ccept the opinion as It is written. and
ut the matter. as he does. on a purely
ersonal basis. After stating that
udge Browns eligibility TO hold Office
annot be attacked in habeas corpus
r"SeediDg, the justice virtually re-
ommends his dismissal He then re-
Jews what should constitute a iuvenfle'
aI