The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-03
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Special 10 The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
WASHINGTON, Dec. with every
reason for contemplating with tho
gravest alarm the threatened action of
President Taft IN naming Senator
George Sutherland for the supreme
court Of the United States, the peo.
pic of the nation are coming only now
to realization of what evil such an
apS tment has in store for them. The
appointment of Sutherland as a JUS
ttce of the supreme court would in
deed be dire calamity; the naming
of this man means the undermining Of
the integrity OF body IN which the
people Of the United States have had
the utmost confidence. With Suther-
land on the bench begins the breaking
down OF the traditional conscientious
ness and honesty Of the court of last
resort o. the American people.
it is no secret that President Taft
has been bounded and haunted and
haunted and bounded by men who come
TO HIM TO plead the cause Of Suther-
Iand. II is passing strange that a
man Of the mental capacity Of the
president should permit his eyes TO
become so beclouded as even TO con
slider Sutherland in connection with
the supreme court. President Taft has
been beset by representatives--hnow
henchmeD-of the corporations, who, in
season and out, have begged and
pleaded and pleaded and begged for
The appointment Of Sutherland.
Pres: cnt Almost Persuaded.
The worst of it is that the president
has a lmost been persuaded that Suth-
erand is fine man for the place. So
persistent have the corporations been
In forcing Sutherland upon the presi.
dent that Mr.. Taft, in sheer self f-pro
lection against their importunings' is
SAID TO be on the verge of surrender
ing.
And when President Taft docs sur
render, 1t Will be an evil cay for the
people cf this nation. The appoint
ment of Sutherland is synonymous
"ith the deterioration of the supreme
court of the United States, an institu-
ton which heretofore has commanded
the highe respect Of all the people,
largely, it may be believed. because
In the supreme court hes their only
hn"" of redress in the last resort The
dietun OF tho supreme court Of the
United States has been accepted
complaint, for the people had in the
men who composed the court the hi~'..
est confidence.
What People May Expect.
With the coming of Sutherland and
perhaps another Of his ill, all this will
& be changed. Instead of an abiding
1alth 10 the integrity and honesty of
the supreme court, the people will
and with every warrant well may
regard with suspicion every decision
rendered by that body. With good
ground for their Lack uf hofcf he
people will, the instant a decision is
given, beglI to speculate on the mo-
itlve underlying the dictaton of The
ruling. They will know and they will
knoT Alright that the taint of the Gin
iteretts' is upon the action of this
court, In many cases, the suspicion
go held by the people may bo ground
less, but the fact remains that with
.. man avowedly welded to corpora
tions as is Sutherland having to dc
With passing upon questions Mt issue
\ there IS pardonablc basis for mis-
trust.
Insult TO the People.
+ Certainly the president must know
\ tha! putherland's S appointment mean:
= dlTgt insult to the houest people OF
The United States. Certainly the presi
DENT must know that Sutherland is ar
integrll part of the Mormon church
4 rs mph Il part OF that church as /.
Y Smoot Certainly, the president mus
Know hat in appointing George Suth
erland TO the supreme bench. hc il
gllorifypg the chiefs of the Mormon
church, and that those chiefs are Law
dehers and law breakers The up
polntmpt of Sutherland would be tn,
Srcatcsl victory ever achieved by th
f continued on Puge Two.