Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-06


Among them are found the names
Of Chicago citizens who for individual
worth. for personal accomplishments,
for high ideals, have no superiors In
the State. In the name Of all that
10 mysterious, what robs them COL
lectively Of every impulse to make
their influence felt in the city or the
State? Can any one suggest q more
fitting origin for Q procedural reform
movement than in the judiciary? Can
any one conceive Of an utterance on
this subject which would carry more
weight than one coming from the
judges?
"Their attention has been called by
the President Of the United States
70 those phases Of American procedure
which make It q travesty on Justice.
May their attention be called to COM
mand from the State constitution?
With their permission It will be re-
produced:
"All the Judges Of courts Of record
inferior to the Supreme Court shall.
on or before the Arst day Of June
Of each year. report In writing to
the Judges Of the Supreme Court such
defects and omissions In the laws AZ
their experience may suggest. and the
judges Of the Supreme Court shall, on
or before the frst day Of January Of
each year. report In writing to the
Governor such defects and omissions
in the constitution and laws 40 they
may and to exist, together with ap-
propriate forms Of bills to cure such
defects and omissions In the laws
THE judges might read Mr.. Taft's
statements concerning the administra-
tion Of American justice and then read
their own commissions a. reformers
clear In the constitution. but we ven-
ture the prophecy that the frst legis-
lature which receives series of rec
concentrations through the Governor
from the Illinois judiciary will drop
dead from sheer surprise. Even at
that price we suggest that the judges
try It.
1T may be that the trainers Of the
constitution knew what they were do
ing. It may be that they had right
to expect the judiciary to cooperate
In the making Of laws. It may be that
they sought to use the talent which
would be drawn to the bench and
which would ripen there by expert
ence. II this were the intent, how
completely It has been defeated.
"The Cook County bench has includ-
- - ~ Noh
judges in this country. Its oppor-
tunity Is at hand. The demand ia
clear for 1t to perform Its sworn duty
under the law and to render to the
public service than which none can
be greater"
Spain wants the Moors to pay war
indemnity Of $20.000.00O. It seems to
cost money to be a Rifian.
Have q good look at Mars. 1t Ia now
only 35.000,000 miles away. and won't
be so close again for several years.
The American people. weary OF arc
tic controversy, will please rise and
sing with one accord James Montgom'
erys lines: ".
%6
WIN Mrs. Besant kindly clear up
another mystery by telling the world
who Kaspar Hauser was. what he was,
and why he was?
~3A
"Wives would not be suspicious"
says one of the philosophettes. "if
their husbands would always tell them
the truth" They might not be suspi.
cious. but would they be happy!
A new postal card, lighter In weight.
smoother Of surface. more tasteful In
design. is promised by the Postofice
Department. Incidentally. II 10 added
that the new cards can be furnished TO-
the government for less moneys than
II has paid for those now n uss. ~
srybody ought to b pleased pzeepk