Arizona republican., 1911-12-11

zette is long on capitals-on noise
 but it is mighty short on logic
 Now, this argument by the Gazette
 presents no difficulty whatever. The
 answer is simply this. If Federal
 Judge Sloan" or any other federal
 judge, performed a judicial act that he
 felt to be right; if it was approved by
 his conscience and his knowledge of
 the law, then if, because of that act of conscious rectitude, eight out of ten, or nine out of ten, or ninety nine out of hundred of the citizens of
 Arizona or of the citizens of any other state, should demand his resignation. as judge, as a citizen, as man, it would be his duty to refuse to com
 ply with that demand.
 And if the Gazette has single remnant of justice in its makeup,
 it cannot help but agree with that
 proposition.
 But there is a second proposition
 involved. and that is a case where moral turpitude is presupposed. But any man who knows anything about our laws knows that a judge so cor
 rupt that eighty per cent of the peo- pie would demand his resignation
 would be impeached forthwith and removed from office. Has the Ga zette ever read the history of inn peachments of federal officers in this country?
 But the third and strongest argu- ment against this proposed measure has been furnished by the Gazette itself UnconsciOusly. the Gazette is living warning against the menace of such a measure as the advisory recall. of judicial corruption. the Gazette has picked on Judge Sloan. Why? II l supposes the governor appointed to the federal bench. It supposes him to have made a series of unjust rul- ings and decisions" It supposes him to be guilty of bias. It supposes him to have favored corporations. It sup | poses him to have declared a freight l rate law unconstitutional And all this "supposing" is directed against a i man of the highest integrity, of un- l character, and who is 1 known to every lawyer in Arizona as a capable jurist and profound student
 Why is the advisory recalr' d men, ace? The Gazette, and such papers | as the Gazette, are the answer. Gov ernor Sloan hasn't been appointed to i the bench, but the Gazette is ready to condemn him now. He hasn't handed down a single decision, but the Ga ! zette is already convinced that if ap- | pointed to the bench he ought to be l recalled And why? Because of mal- ice and personal hatred. Does the Gazette pretend to say. if Governor Sloan were a judge, and the most righteous judge who ever sat on the bench-if a proposition for his recall were submitted. does the Gazette pre- tend to say it would not support 1t?
 Why. if you go on a jury to try even sneak thief. you have to swear 10 act without bias. Imagine the Gazette acting without bias in any transaction in which Governor Sloan an official of unimpeachable char ,cter-or any other man it is pleased n call "reactionary" is interested.
 This is no idle accusation; and here S the proof.
 When the Standard Oil decision was handed down by the supreme court ,f the United States, the Gazette proceeded to denounce the court for hat decision the very next day. Of .ourse. there is something Imaginable n the Gazette's attacking a court de- .ision. but if it had been perfectly ompetent. the fact is that not even m abstract of that decision reached ( 'hoenix for weeks afterward.
 The Gazette had no knowledge ot he case. but it denounced the de ision.
 Was that bias-or what?
 Fifty like instances can be named, a necessary.
 The Gazette is presuming to in truct the people of this county. It is rging them to accept this dogma. It ; certainly intelligent enough to know hat this is a false dogma and the azette itself has furnished irrefut- ble proof that it is dangerous. Doesn't ne Gazette think it is time to call alt?