Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-10

DuInK GIrrtoO ON Uy-tuO 1oVuENnyntS
the preaent law should be amended 90
embrace contracts on those PUBLIC
works which the present wording %
The aet eosms TO exclude. M
Would Double salarlee Of Judges.
I most earnestly urge upon the cons
groaa Ahe duty Of increasing the totally
! inadequate salaries now given 10 our
Judges On the whole there'is NO body
Of public servants who 90 a. valuable
work, nor whose moneyea reward ID 90
inad deouate compared to their work. Be-
ginning with the supreme court the
ludGes should have their salaries dou.
bied. tits not betting the dignity Of
the nation that its most honored public
servants should be paid sums 20 SNAIL
eompafed 20 what they would earn in
private life that the performances OF
public service by them implies an ex-
oeedlngly heavy peouniary sacrifice. s
Itia earnestly to be desired that some
method should be devised for doing
away with the long delays which now
obtain III the administration OF Justice.
ana which operate with peculiar sever.
/ ity against persons Of small means, ana
favor only the very criminals whom ts
Il RaOst desirable TO punish. These
long delays In the ANAL decisions OF
cases make In the aggregate crying
I evil; and remedy ahoull be devised.
Much Of this intolerable delay 10 due
10 impf1psr regard paid 70 technicali-
Justice. In some noted recent cases this
overheard for technicalities has re-
suited III 4 striking denial Of justice,
ana hagfant wrong to the body polite.
Labor Leaders Criticised.
Al the last election certain leaders Of
organized labor made a violent and
sweepipa attack upon the entire judi
ciary Of the country. an attack couched
In such terms as TO include the most
, upright honest and broad-minded
judges. no less than those Of narrower
mind and more restricted outlook.
Last year. before the house COM
mittee on judiciary. these same
labor lslders formulated their de-
mands, specifying the bill that
contained them, refusing all compro-
mise. stating they wished the principle
of that bill or nothing They insisted
on Z provislon that In . labor dispute
no Injunction should issue except to
protect property right. and specihcal-
N provided that the right to carry on
business should not be construed a. .
property right; and IN second proyls-
ion thelrlbiil made legal IN q labor dis
pute any act or agreement by or be-
tween two, or more persons thar would
not have been unlawful II done BY .
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Unes ~. ....s shsrnh,, ,,ost. .slrlousIy
J. A. }. ,,Sl,nritv ef fke couFts.
XIX !, sA,irsb ~ poIicy
.-nis1s ~ narrloA olit would mean the
enthronSment 81 class privileges IN IN
crude1t ana most brutal foruae and the
destruction Of one Of the most essen
tial functions OF the judiicaryin ali civ
iiized lands. &. iFFa1f fg#
The violence Of the ,.. erusade tCr tH,,',ra sn,s
iilwstrate two truths which tits essen
UaI ''o,,r people should learn. In the
Nrst piace. they ought to teach the
~rcrk,nrman. the laborer the wage
workar' that by demanding what is inn
nroner and imposdbie he plays into the
harda of his foes. Such crude and
Vicious attack upon the courts, even X
n ware temporarily successful would
,rsy,tahl in the and cause a violent
r.sction and would band the great
resss NJ citizens together, forcing them
- stand Nv ali the Judges. competent
ana incompetent alike, rather than to
sae the wheels OF Justice stopped
The wareworkers, the worl:ingmen.
=. ne 49, -, - tha country Nv this
ene ~ ,.,hs.h thev ranndlated the ef.
-. 80 80 tL.r, to cast their votes in
resnonss to an appeal to class hatred.
.s,," nsachs s,rad thar nonnd patriotism
and Americanism. Such an attitude
:. az ohiect lesson in good citizenship to
The entire nation.
,,d,aI.I sv.ter, sound.
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Our judicial system sOunu
effective core anu =.
ana must ever % n,.,n =, uh.
the safeguard OF tnose pr,nc'p,eS ~.
ertE saEd .siH EonS ES% urssi;ai,ona: for.
Lounea n...,'n at, said whom liberty and
puAs ~ .an.rstsd ne,ther II safe,
1usuo so.s,o,,ar .ome membera oi
nho'c siss., SoN, ,,ho have Jagged be.
sno 49, ,rSsrStandInR Of these
nInu .,i..i nhsnges in the body
H HrSAs ~nS ,,,tnaS Nave never beer,
pon AZ - "nnlies Hons of the old
p,sO op 80 rscrrssry bv the new
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SonI us.. ~ tssIr Ssclsions because thsy
ny s ns. - ~ ~. n nsad Of protection
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