The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-30
HEARST IS HEAD OF
NEW POLITICAL
PARTY.
independence League dominates
Candidates.
LEADER ATTACKS JUDICIARY
Declares That All Judges Should Be
Responsible For Their Acts Direct.
" 10 the People.

] H"fHff ANhAAhH - ~ hf' - w. - -
Lyon Of Bath. Sicubcn county. aud
John r. McDonough Of Albany were
nominated FOR judges ~ the court Of
I appeals by the state convention ~ the
Independence league at Carnegie hall
William Randolph Hearst presided.
Mr. McDonough was Endorsed for
the place by the State Federation of
WorsInunon nt ~ recent convention
In Syracuse. aud labor men pressed
his claim FOR the place upon Mr.
/ Hearst.
After Rcuhcn r. Lyon. the tempo.
rary chairman. had announced that
Mr. Hearst had been chosen perma-
nent chairman mud the latter had been
brought 20 the platform storm u
enthusiasm ragged for about ten min.
utcs
Mr. Hearst made an attack on the
judiciary by lndIreciion. lie said la
part:
You elect legislatures 90 enact laws.
I you elect executives a. administer the
laws. aud IL u time you elected 80
dietary which VIII allow the other
branches Of government 10 perform
their proper functions aud not AFRO
ghie a. itself all thr power Of govern.
m-nt
4 De- not di..- t..'s those who say
that while IL Il not the duty ~ the
I judge % make the laws u b. his duty
90 constur and Interpret them. But
go one step farther and Say that willie
/ u u not Dis duty o. make ihc laws net
ther is it Dis duty a. rrpcul the laws
hut merely tD c0nstric them Impair.
TALLY Tor 49,
u maintain i.1t ihe people have n
riehi 90 consider "a judges acts aud o.
. critici-e Judges nets aud 20 reward
or punish judge or reject or reflect
n judge according 10 his acts There
I a. no office created hy the people that
eau b. nlruye the COMMUNICATION ~
the people. above the criticism ~ the
I people. above the control 81 the PEG.
/ pie
''fhr fact that on unsatisfactory
I Judge has been un the lrcuch Tor four.
I teru years IT, not un argument Tor his
| retention. hut fur bis retirement IN.
dr'd. it b. o potent argument Tor short.
cr terms In urirr b. give the tsuplr nn
earlier opportunity 90 rrtirc unfalthfui
I Judges
Il believe In thc dirrrt responsibility
~ 90 officials Including Judges. % the
I people nul Boz short terms o. keep
those officials constantly conscious Of
I that responsibility.
beware ~ thu-e who would take the
Judiciary ont % politics by placing n
IN che hands 40 o. H'i rus I.ouk for
I no clean judicial crmlac That hns l,.cn
fitted 60 n candidate by the grlmy
| hands 81 political lrusses"
Mr. Hearst then spoke ~ the present
Democratic administration. tie said.
In New York city the present Dem.
ocrniic administration has sounded n
depth ~ corruption aud degradation
that the most Infamous ~ H. prcdo-
cossors has never approached
I'VE can only cxprct 10 500 that rec.
ord surpassed by The further achieve.
moni' Of the same administration IN
the two years that remain.
This administration hognn In char
| acicflsilc manner by stealing the 81
icos u holds and " now following that
Inspiring precedent by stealing every.
thing else but the city itself.
And. my friends. the sale ~ New
York city bonds M ~ per cent lndl.
Gates iustlnablc suspicion on the
part 81 investors that the city itself
may not b. available ns security when
the bonds mature.
corruption pcrvadcs your public Of.
ices. aud crime and Vice run riot IN
your city streets
IAN that the league forctold ~ loot
aud license, plllagc and plumber has
been exceeded. and morc Il yet 10
/ come
ION the one hand there stretches this
scene ~ Democratic dehauchery, aud
un the other hand stands the old ia
milinr picture NJ bland nnd SNUG re-.
publican complnccncy prolific ~ ylrtu-
aus professions nnd prodignl ~ prom.
is"s. Tut harrrn ~ beneficial achieve
mcnts
1--WE have the distinction ~ pos
scsslng the only executive Ia the Unit.
ed States who has vciurd bill de-
signed 10 give the people. through u
two cent fare some small part ~ the
advantage ~ Increased earnings that
the railroads now devote 10 wntcrcd
stocks nnd bonds
1--WE have seen the most Important
commission ever created IN the his
tory Of the state made 20 bc appointed
for political or personal purposes rnth
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