The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-12
COURTS AND CORPORATIONS

Corporations taken an unhuman interest in courts The
ordinary human being with heart and soul takes stock Of
the court as he needs ii in time OF legal distress but your eepo.
ration Tor OF It's saule life takes its oil
the bench MANY things are deducihle from this
Corporations born OF the law, and perhaps naturally
enough accord such obedience only parent bring
command The is he by which the law hopes to
obtain obedience from its souess child under the fear OF ehas
tsement And this eorporatonehd early in its legal lie sets
about with what cunning possesses purchase to make
the rod painless possible
This ta depra,iy is explained by the fact that the cor
poraton has soul reiualon OF the axiom that
the whole is equal 10 the Of is parts \ corporation is
made up Of human beings each with body and soul but in
their otality a corporation they soulless.
What becomes Of the souls in The prenatal eynniens Of
the corporations be LETT the ingenuity OF the mahema
teian who deals psychological numbers and quantities
But BY whatever the process the corporation born from
the womb Of the law instnetyey opposed the laws die
tates This a bond Of brotherhood which untes
all corporations They all brothers in that they born Of
the same mathef and while like brothers they may TALL out
among themselves YET they unite with aterna prumpness
against their mistress
For brief period previous the last regular session OF the
legislature the people the Of al law had within their
power pick from their number those they Judged best
suited to constitute the supreme court Of the state At the last
primary election among other candidates Judge umpbres
of Seattle lawyer who Tor large number OF clients has
legally attacked and secured damages from many corporations
1t necessary wait until the official OF the votes
determine that Judge HUMPHREYS had been defeated for the
nomination and there yet lingering suspicion that there
some error the Defeated he was it hard set
back for the corporations which taxed all their cooperative
good luck and ingenuity to retrieve.
Not being Of gambling disposition and unwilling to take
further chances the corporations all legislators the vehement
contrary Notwithstanding secured the passage through the
legislature OF law removing the nomination Of supreme justice
from the powers Of the people and placing with the soealed
party conventions
Here have the corporations OF the state debating who
SHALL NOT be a supreme Judge.
Does it require any peculiar pepieaey to these
corporations exertng their powers nYesey aud debating
WHO SHALL be a supreme Judge
II corporation OF corporations h up from
the ranks OF law the supreme bench pcsumabc that they
do simply Of their good and with expectations
Of remuneration
And remember that corporations s0ulless
Admitting that these iusee-eieyating corporations
pcci SONG for their time labor and money what is this
rceompcnse most likely be- The only commodity that
court decisions And have decision handed
down BY member OF supreme which written
by the attorney for eontendng corporation against ndivd
uai
As long judges human and corporations unhuman,
such premise have forth is possible. and u the
premise be admitted the conclusion inevitable And long
the premise possible investigation Of charges bearing
on conclusion wrong On the other hand the invesga-
ton only emnenty proper but absolutely necessary
THE SUPREME COURT is NO HOLY OF HOLES
INTO WHICH NONE BUT THE AMOUNTED LAWYER
MAY ENTER.