The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-08

years up to that time; and though II
provided for punishment by imprison-
ment, as well as by fine, not single
Judge in the state had ever imposed
q prison sentence.
Nobody dreamed that any judge
then on the bench would sentence
such influential clients OF such pow
erful trust lawyers to the workhouse.
But one did.
Judge Reynolds r. Kinkade hap
poned to be sitting on the common
pleas bench and in charge of the
pleaded guilty. He severely lectured
them from the bench and sentenced
them to serve six months in the work.
house.
Then the storm broke. The big
trust lawyers with a pull were in a
hole. There was no appeal, for the
men, had pleaded guilty. There was
only one chance to keep the Ice man
< out Of the workhouse. and that was to
set the case, somehow, before the
next higher court.
That chance was taken. It was an
attack on Judge Kinkade. These
lawyers made a charge of miscon-
duct against the trial Judge. making
a6ldavit to the effect that Judge Kin
kade had promised them secretly that
II they would persuade their clients
to plead guilty, he would agree to
make imprisonment no part of his
sentence.
The Judge denounced the charges
from the bench as being false as
hell, and sentenced two of the big
trust lawyers to Jail for contempt OF
court. They were saved by the cir
cult court, and the fee cases carried
to the supreme court. The supreme
court couldn't well declare the anti
trust law unconstitutional, as II had
twice before declared it to be con-
.stitutfonal
But that wise old supreme court
found a loophole. II found that the
Judge had no right to sentence them
to the workhouse. but could send
them to jail. They were sent back
for re-sentence, and finally did go to
JAN and do time.
- In the meantime Judge Kinkade
forced showdown, and made the big
trust lawyers come into court on their
charges against him. A Cleveland
1Cdge was sent to Toledo TO conduct
the hearing. The lawyers couldn' I
prove their charges. Judge Kinkade
was indicated and the lawyers shown
up In their true light.
This fight resulted I'm much agita.
ton. II showed the courts up to the
people--or at least the arrogance OF
some corporation lawyers.
Men OF all parties nominated Judge
yKinkade by petition on an independ.
emit ticket for circuit Judge. Three
independent candidates were nomin
ated for the common pleas bench In
the same manner. An attempt was
made TO indorse Kinkade and the
other independent judicial candidates
mt the Democratic judicial conven
ton.
The Republican trust lawyers got
busy. They called to their aid ali
Democratic corporation lawyers in
this and outside counties. sent a train
load of hired political heelers from
Toledo to the convention at Port Gin
ton, 30 miles away, and In one of the
most disgraceful political conventions
ever held In Ohio prevented the I'm
dorsement.
Judge Kinkade, however, ran or
the independent ticket. There are sew
en- counties beside Lucas In this cir
cult court district. Republican AND
Democratic corporation lawyers. a,
well as the bosses and party organ,
of both parties combined against Kin
tkade. In the outside counties neithe,
the Democratic nor the Republican
organs would print the news that he
was running.
= Independents in Toledo organized :
trolley campaign, and went to the
outlying counties In special suburban
on Saturday afternoons and nights
urrpehing q non-partisan judiciary
Upeakers paid their own ex
uk They were reviled by Demo
- ma Republican alike. 81
when the votes were counted. tn,
~ vute for an independent judicia
crn1 66nto IN this home OF political In
dependence. here IL how It stood b,
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