The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

and indeed there was none, If he gave
the state good service.
At the time Mr.. Young was state
binder legal notices were published in
his newspaper and paid for by the
state. If the state is entitled to the
free use Of the publication of M ed5-
tor of law book because he is a
Judge, 1T should have been entitled to
the free use q the publication of an
editor Of newspaper because he was
state binder.
There has bsen no proof Of any kind
that Judge McClain is not % faith
full, as efficient and as hard working
as any of his colleagues. This being
the case the argument that, be should
give the state twenty-four hour day
is pusllanimous nonsense. svs;f
For more than q quarter Of century
McClain's Annotated Code has been q
sine qua non" in every legal library
in Iowa. Oue of the reasons advanc-
ed for his nominations was the fami-
liarity with the code which his work
as an editor had given him. The An
notations were his private property as
much 80 as hin OF or his ass or any
thing which was his. It was his Gus
tom to revise these annetatjoas and TO
bring his Code to date from time to
time. A committee of the legisla:
ture sought him cut and offered to buy
his property and he sold at . very
moderate price. He could doubtless
have made more from it AZ private
venture. and it would have cost the
state more. to have obtained. it's an
notation from another source and then
it would probably not have been, g
accurate.
AS nearly as we can diskiver the
whole case is truDped up because Col !.
Young, having set the example of re-
funding monies to the state. is anx-
ious that it be followed. Perhaps
Judge McC1ain passed upon the
"skiver" case. We do not know.
H That Judge McClain delivers lee
lures before the Universities of Wis
consin and Illinois should be source
of pride to all Iowans. There is nc
reason to believe that the other
judges Of the Supreme Court would
not be glad to deliver such lectures
should they receive an invitation. 1t
is. no; disgrace to them that Judge Nc.
Claim has been singled out for thi.
honor, for he stands pre-emihent as .
law lecturer throughout The United
States. S54t '''''s
In common with the other Judges,
Judge McClain has bed in the state
house. This custom was adopted long
before he was Judge and for this
reason it was often necessary that ths
Judgesslabor at night. sometimes un-
til after midnight. The judges were,
at that time, men Of venerable years
It was not to save them the price Of
q bed. but to protect, them. whose
years had made them vulnerable AMI
whose abilities had made them pre-
cious, from the inclemencies Of til,
weather and the risk of going about
the city at night. We have neve
heard that any scandal has arisen from
the fact that these Judges sometime
sleep in the state house. There ha
been no riotous living, for the hey -da
Of their youth IS past, and there ca
he no possible objection save tina
their combined snoring serves to dis
turb the slumbers Of the capitol night
watch.
We hold no brief from Judge Nc
Claim. but we cannot but resent thes
unvrothy attacks upon one of the mos
high minded, conscientious and honor
able jurists the state ofIowa has eve
known. :.
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