The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-24
Makes Six Speeches, Sees Ball Games, and Lays
 Cornerstone
TODAY HE ENTERS
 INSURGENT KANSAS
q Believe Lawyers Should Devote Their Attention to Cutting Short Judicial Procedure He Says
 in His Speech

l st. Louis. September 2S.-A busy day I in St. Louis brought out six speeches by President Taft and then he took | long automobile ride. He opened the football season by tossing the ball on tho gridiron at St. Louis university He | laid the cornerstone of a new Young Womens Christian association building. and sat through nine innings of exciting baseball between the St. Louis and Phila- delphia National League Baseball teams. visited the Masonic temple to become a life member and addressed vast throng 1 in the Coliseum tonight
 l Tomorrow he enters the insurgent state l of Kansas. On the eve of entering the l hostile territory President Taft put forth l the suggestion of wider power of im- peachment as a substitute for the more radical proposal of a judiciary recall. The President said the laws delays internationally was one of the causes of unrest in this country and he declared 1 the recall issue had grown out of the | parent fact that the courts in many in- stances did not perform their functions more rapidly.
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 sible and the means of impeachment be made more simple. he said. MT. Taft said there should be judicial procedure, proper hearing rather than public l clamor, and the delay in administering 1 Justice in the courts ohviated.
 .'The blush of shame has come to all good Americans over dlatory tactics by some courts. but the judges are keep ing up with their dockets and criminals find swift punishment everywhere, he said.
 Spoke on Judicial Reform
 The President spoke with emphasis on l judicial reform He said it was some thing with which he was familiar both as a lawyer and likewise as judge. He said
 "I feel at liberty to discuss this stand
 point frankly"
 MT. Taft's remarks were impromptu !. and followed the conclusion of a luncheon at the City club.
 Mir. Tafts set speech for the day was
 on the creation, the work and the pur-
 pose of the tariff board. His reception throughout the day and night was most cordial and demonstrated his popularity has not waned from previous visits. 1 At the Mercantile club breakfast Mr. | Taft referred to Canadian reciprocity He declared himself satisfied with the l outcome, as from a law viewpoint 1t was right because the Canadian vote made i ii so.
 The President said he believed, how ever. that reciprocity would inure to the I benefit of both countries.
 1 Twice during his vist Mir Taft was in l troduced ''as the best and the greatest President of the country" He modestiy l protested on each occasion.
 Wore Masonic Regalia l Al the Masonic club he said he had on two occasions worn the regafa be- longing to George Washington. In his l address on Judicial reform MT. Taft said:
 "A real reason for dLscontent Is the nature of the procedure and the adminis-
 tration of justice In our courts
 'I believe the states of the United states and the young lawyers of this country should devote their attention to con stant discussion and explanation of meas ures for cutting short judicial procedure instead of prolonging it. It is in my 1uds- ment the one thing more easily reached | than any other reform. I wonder If you have thought of the tendency that we have in that kind of legislation recently worked out granted by our federal con stitution, and especially occurring in the I west.
 Trial by jury is a good thing. It brings | into the administration of justice the pso-
 pie and in a popular government the peo- | pie feel safer in it when they sit In triai: | But trial by jury. my friends as statei by the constitution, is trial by Jury Tn | considering the facts by inspiration from | the judge who has the power to tell the | iurv what the law Is, and who has the. | power to hold the court under his con- trol and not let it be taken away oy the counsel for the prosecution or inc
 counsel for the defense And yet the suspicion of the people of the judges has been such. the movement of legislation
 from the Atlantic westward likewise sim ilar that there be a return to the English
 system and put it into our constitution If judge is not frightened and will T carry on court righteously as prescnoeo. we need not fear the consequences. IT vou examine our statistics we now blush a tardiness alone but one crime can go nnpunished We have constructed ma
 chine that has accomplished it's purpose.
 Give Judges More Power
 ."rhe tendency of legsla ton ought to
 be toward giving the judges more power, and then making the judges responsible.
 There is no difficulty about making the 4 judges responsible either. I know tt 10
 proposed to make short cut and reduce
 him in rank on theory of judicial re-
 call The movement has foundation alon> in that the courts work slowly. but evan
 this is a virtue when we citizens become
 before the bar in ipso facto.
 1 "Gentlemen, recall will not do. Make your judges responsible. You can inn peach them. This doctrine Is healthy. I have known instances in Congress where there wereN grounds for inn peachment that was forgotten, but upon inquiry I found the differences between the members of Congress and the judges had been settled by com promise. These things pass away. 1 "It is necessary we should have an Impeachment by the Legislatures. Meth ods of Investigating the qualifications of judges can be produced. If they do not fill these they can be removed by impeachment through grand jury. l President Taft. In address tonight. declared attacks made upon the tariff board were not criticisms of the boards l work, but were more of a political na- ture on the personnel of the board. ba sed on ex-parte statements. He said the wisdom of his selections in the per sonnel had been confirmed in the re- suit of their labors and added it soon would become a subject of further scrutinys Tariff experts were necessary he said. He denied the board was par-