The sun., 1910-07-16

Judge or Politician"
Colonel Rr">tVTiT and Nr Hu"HEs
both 1a!rl that the Suhla"i ut their
PROLONGED Discussion was th" uu'Irl,al
situation Ih"rc l. uo ~ugEr~' lpu tha'
'l" interview We SOCIAL m character
and th, tut"r"r, - can hiriiN H. avoided
,na' tho foremost topic under DISCUS
- Q, wa- tho ,a,'l"ral struCGl" IN the
Is"pub.l.au party # this state Indeed.
10 I- lu'hui.'ttvclv stated that "n" r.
-u.r ui o." conference" VIII T." an effort
&. tak" Il..' S't'" organization from
t.r..,r wh" now cputr", n.
\ruuc ,au question NJ Ruu>EVFt ' :
..-.. - taxi Az a,trv" and cotlSpiCu"uS
p4.l ll me pu'ilIo~ Of tIi~ state IL -
go, .u- 49, pr, .l"E" hut hl~ duty. II
- dlt,l., '."r - hl- ,r,siit that although
h. las -.yup So MANY of his past wears
to- cI'rn s.r' Ice hr - willing To hazard
n urnU"srr"rcd prestige a. party
iaa,~ h- 'nhlnE a rIrt IN tie present
'IrowS 'a,unuai stTIGGl' HIS will
ir.r.-- o.. axe up Nr HIuHtS'- BATH"
f.: tin ll-".t primary -vst"m and ac-
,'n' ,h. diminished prrst!g" which
,..n~~arlN 'rllpWri - defeat and the
-ar,".r, -ib'l"tv with which th" re'Ir-
IrL t,rv,r.'r transferred his lmp-nd-
ue a-.-a' 'p Nr RuOSEvFLTs mighty
su,ui.l.r- add humorous chapter Ia
cuut"u, a.rary politics.
-. r.'na, Ih1t credit j. due to Mr.
RuUStNiIT for hi- willingness Ia give
fur'r"r tIm" and energy 10 the public
s"ryrr. uun such Intelligent and mill
tan citizenship the futur" - our insti-
tu'iuu- mUs' depend
can IA" -a'ur praise lr -iven Ia Mr.
HrDHr~' Hr has b.,en nominated by
tn" prc-Ii"ar - au A-soriHta Justice
ot th" Sup'"mc Court Yrd the nomina-
non has been Cuniirm.-i Nv tNe Senate
Nothing remains except 'ur formal oath
II u"lr". NIL that b.. AIKEN he il not
technically an acting Associate Justice.
hur the ruhiIr reasonably regards him
~ such. and his words lni GCtr must
now - weighed with the prestige of
membership IN an exalted court
H." very nature of the uIdirial Office
'"hd> any participation IN partisan
politics and ESPECIALLY IN factipnal strife
Hitherto every lawyer who has been
:. le,r'i 'rr th" high honor Of Judicia
u"~t ha- upon hls appointment and
confirmation hy the senate wholly
withdrawn from anything that partook
of PARTISAN or factIonal IolIti,s The
appointment it-.lf. without the oath uf
"Iirr according 10 a wis" and whole
som" 'rro"iont, has disqualified the
appout"" from participation in any
l''IN" way 10 'he projects ~ any parry
%, 'ao'Iuu
Never h"."r" was tins precedent more
necessary than IA the cas-. nf Mr.
HUDHrS fur b." is about L. ascend the
bench under circumstances that ar.
without "Ngmpl" and Cf extraordinary
impurtaErv I pon legal and opnstltu-
uonal questions whlch Ar" reasonably
regarded - vital 70 IN" ulhlir welfare
a." supreme Court has hitherto almost
"'IlLI|" divided. ~ much - that 'ha
,'.ut-u'i,u "f the Go, rrumrui. which i
fu.,,v REGARDED IL, = -"tt.ning m. very
lie Il buSInc-s org ''IyatIUu, la. ~ Vet
'Giri secure me ~du'r .nn Of amaIurIty
"t tn Nupr"mc tour;. Tn" existing
bu-lu"-- uncertainty. tnr f-vcri-h actIV-
~ ui the exchanges, IA" trIrtaIlnrnt
Of pro!uctlrr and th" restriction Of
norma! activity are beyond quest .nn
m some measure due To- the grave doubt
which m" country has ~ 10 the outcome
ot M" ca~s-- now pending ia the supreme
Court II l. therefor" recognized that
th">.' great questions NAV H. deter
mined bv the vote which Nlr HUGHFS
will h" called upon TO east Never le-
i"r" did new apnointe- ascend the
AMI with th" pre~,tlV" which such re-
-pnnslhlliry necessarily entails
Under th'sr circumstances Mr.
HTGHES should be more careful than anv
Il ms pr'r'. '''S-Ors in the Supreme Court
tu refrain from any attempt to influence
party poiitics Politics should hereafter
II. taboo - hIm He NAV have been
justified ~ continuing after his confir-
nation by th" senate &" serve a. Gov
ernor. and u ~ It may have b.,cn his
light a. Governor by official message To
impress nis views upon the Legislature
of hI- state, for III - doing he - pre-
-umnbly acting n the Governor oG the
whole people and not IN" leader uf any
party or fa"tion
But It - an aifog"th"r different mat
ter for AN appointed A--ocra'e Justice
p' th" Nuprrmc CoVr'. tu whom moth
~ -"rna.rs before h" actively b"gins
u,s iv'.., hJ' no formal oath NJ office
u ''r'.rH" Ir i.'.." r.frl,Ira'Inn iu
tat wa..h IS after all = ~'uIgglr rf .vo
ia't."ns '"r ID" control ~ u"h'lc1l
party. In so doing he COMPROMISES the