The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-10-26
JUDGE SETTLES
SPLENDID SPEECH
AttentiveIy Listened to by
Good Crowd.
A PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS
Pertaining to His Official
Career and Present Pc.
litical Situation.
A VERY ELOQUENT DISCOURSE


Judge Warner e. Settle, Demo-
cratic nominee for the Office of Judge
of the Court of Appeals, to sue
coed himself, spoke at the court
house here last Saturday afternoon.
The crowd was not large, but those
who attended were rewarded by
hearing an excellent speech. He was
accorded the most marked attention
from start to finish.
Judge Settle was introduced to the
audience by Mr.. ]. p. Sanderfur in
a pleasing manner. The speaker re-
viewed his former races and said he
was simply seeking the reward of
the faithful public servant in the
way of an endorsement. He enter
ed into an interesting description Of
the workings of the court in which
he has a part. The Court of APP
peals, Judge Settle said, is the bull
wark of the Republic and of Justice,
Tue budIuldu Vi TIC law anu VI bi'O
Constitution, where the affairs of
men are adjudicated and justice is
administered to various litigants.
We may all differ as to politics and
religion, but we all agree that the
administration of the law should be
in the hands of careful, conscientious
and unbiased men. Nobody but law
Yers know the minutia of the High
er Courts deliberations, and they do
Not know all.
Judge Settle gave careful and
comprehensive explanation of the
way the Higher Court conducts its
business. He said its decisions have
always been fair and have done
much to purify the courts and cor
rect the deductions and opinions of
the public to conform with the high
est conceptions of the law. The
Judge said he had always done what
he conceived to be right in every
case, regardless of criticism or po-
1itical bias. The Court cannot af-
ford to bid for public sentiment
purely. Judgment must rest pri-
marily upon the facts in the case.
Judge Settle says he has no apollo
giles to offer for any decision he has
ever made. He has simply per-
formed his conscientious duty. The
merits of the law and of justice
must always prevail. The Higher
Court can go no furthe- than to ex-
pound the law. Politics, said the
speaker, should not be injected into
judicial race in any form, but party
rules require a distinction.
He comes simply as a candidate on
his party's ticket, as a matter of
political form, but this does not
mean that his decisions or his OFF,
cial acts will be Democratic with
out regard to justice. Judge Set
tie comes of long line of simon
pure Democrats, but he never al
lows his political bias to interfere
with his official or judicial duties.
Judge Settle then entered into
review of the political questions of
the day. He said there was never
time when the rich were richer or
the poor poorer than at present.
There must be causes for this con-
dition of affairs. The main one is
our present prohibitive and protec-
tive tariff-a relic and the foremost
doctrine of the Republican party. 1t
is law which acts unjustly between
the capitalist and the laborer, CIV
ing the former every advantage. The
tariff is the daddy OF all the trusts.
In the price of a given article, two
or three dollars go to the trusts,
while only one goes to the National
Treasury, and the purchaser bears
the burden of the bonus. Say the
tariff is 50 on a certain article; the
public must pay this, whether there
is foreign competition or not, and
ION the manufacturers part 1t goes
into his own pocket and not into the
National Treasury. BY the opera
ton of the tariff, he is permitted to
charge and collect this, over and
above the actual value of the arti-
Gle. Whatever price trust fixes on
an article you must pay or do with
out, as the foreign manufacturer is
barred from competition by the tar
If.
The remedy is to destroy the