The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-02-11
The Mistakes of Our Courts
BY EDWIN ]. BROWN

All American cstixenn hold their
FlEhiH 80 Life. t8bsFsy. Security and
property. TO the mistakes Of our courts.
and court j. not expected 80 ba per
teff. but court il expected - sxer4
else the power 81 reason because Law
- founded On right reason ami that
@hleh u not reason IL not las. caurta
are expected to be consistent in their
Judgment. Tire Law Is what our courts
say IL i. and a. the principles Of the
iaw are few. and a. the details q al !.
niinisicgtnE and harmonlEing the prln.
elpleS of the law Nith The rights o. the
assume that L - possible for IA court
% BE- In error 60 make mistake in
rendering Judgment
~ Ny DENTAL LAW PANS
n my Dental Law fails In the ieria.
iature will be because the Dental
Combine IL npw able 20 50 TO the mem
brrH % the legislature and say. why
the present Dental Law IL all right be-
cause Il has been sustained hy our
supreme Court, and we (the Combine
are safisflsd we admit that the Dental
law vests an absolute. arbitrary power
N the Dental Beard. power without
definition or limit. power which
neither the legislature nor the court
could exercise bit the court holds the
law valid. and while the Law has been
administered ia the Interest Of the Den
tai Combine 20 keep Dentists out Of
this state and the npard has taken
twice As much money az Il was en-
titled 70. aud has taken fwenty five
t82b aaA dollars exkrs from one Dentist
who failed and gave him a license. and
has refused TO allow Dentists "a in
Npect the public records Of their exam
nations. ana has refused 20 examine
Dentists. and has given laWiess exam
nations. and has issued OF refused 60
issue licenses as the Boards within
miEht dictate. regardless Of the quail
Ifications, nr of the law. and the court
holds this Law valid and the law Is All
q. X. IL satisfies us We only need a
new Dental hoard" This Viii prevent
cause you must remember thai the
Dental Combine IL live wire charged
with professional ethical dignity. a
kind Of twentieth century mental in
fecgion and they send suave lndivid-
uhis who are society deutists to the
Legislature who contend that they are
satisfied with tho present law. Why
should they not be satisfied when the
present law enables their combine 70
Keep all Dentists out Of this slater
II this Dental Board Is guilty Of
what che Legislative Investigating Com
mitteo found II guilty Of and the
evidence shows that Il Us guilty. then
the court must be held responsible, and
am nov goihg IS show that the
arbitrary acts OF this Dental BOARD.
makes their acts possible have been
brought TO the attention OF our courts.
The Dental Combine knows dollars
when II sees them and the less the
number Of Dentists there are In this
state the more dollars for the combine
when were there tyrants who did
not contend that they were benevo-
lent kind and Just. and that their acts
were In the interest Of righteous iudg.
ment for the peoples henefit9 whe
imposed the inauisltion except for the
sake OF sanetlfyinE the soul OF the sui,
fcrcr Uo compel obedience 20 gheiI
wnDs
what man or set OF men who pres
upon their fellowmeu but who con.
tend that It Is their right and duty q
do IT. The human thirst for power Il
exercise over others Ia the same as this
thirst Of a tiger for human blood, and
the man or set OF men who desire Il
exercise an arbitrary power over Others
has brought their thirst with them
from the animal life, and their thirst
tciliGence,
The Dental Society has now taker
the fight up in the legislature In ths
while the Dental Society has tho audac
have no connection, yet tho SUSTAINING
they are doing team work. aud wan ds
anything to save their monopoly.
My next article will deal with eour
mistakes No. l.
EDWIN J. brown. us Frs, Az