The copper era., 1911-09-22

demands, in justice. thac d public of- | ficial, accused as he may be by poli- tical enemies or disappointed liti- gants, be accorded a fair an imp 4rtial
 trial. We insist. as an act of justice, ! that his accusers be brought to face
 him: that the charges be put in the 1 form of sworn com plaint: that wit ! Desses for the prosecution and de-
 fense be heard by a fair .unpreiudiced
 and impartial jury. WHY TAKE AWAY
 FRCM PUBLIC OFFICIALS THE RIGHTS
 WE ACCORD THE LOWLIEsT CRIMINAL
 IN THE LAND? The strong arm of
 the law reaches out now and places l behind jail bars the dishonest and
 corrupt public official long before a
 recall petition and election could be
 put into operation. The Era asks for
 a square deal for the public officers
 accused of dishonesty no more and
 no less.
 The Guardian favors the recall of
 the Judiciary, as it says, ''as against
 the rule and domination of dishonest 1 judges, who controlled by corpora tions, or political bosses, render their
 decisions favorable to their masters.''
 The Guardian assumes a false posi-
 tion in order to bolster up it's argu-
 ment. There are very few people in i this free American Republic who be- lieve that the judicial department of
 our government is controlled by ''cor- 1 porations'' or dishonest political bosses.'' On the contrary our courts
 are the beacon lights of liberty and i jus tice making secure and safe the principles for which this Republic
 was founded and lighting the way for
 the subjects of monarchies in foreign
 lands. The Guardian's charges of
 dishonesty and corruption of our
 co lrts, which it's editor glibly recites, are without foundation and which it's editor cannot support. A bogy man is set up in order to knock him down.
 The recall of judges strikes at the
 very foundation of our government.
 If it is good policy to recall a dis
 trict judge, if follows that supreme
 court judge of a state should not be exempt, and by the same course of
 reasoning, the entire supreme court of the United States could be recall ed. Justice and established law and
 order would be trampled underfoot and buried by an avalanche of parti- san ballots. Do we want JUSTICE ad- ministered in this republic by the ballot box route? Then why not hold an election in the beginning to decide the guilt or innocence of defendant and to esta blish the law in the case?
 If our courts are to be responsive to the will of the majority in the decision he shall render in cases pend- ing before him, then justice will be- come a travesty.
 Our courts were tablished to en- force the WILL OF THE MAJORITY in this republic as sAEssED IN THE STATUTES As tue Jaw is written by the representative of the people. If a judge must be responsive to the will of the majority, as that will is expressed in party platforms, in town meetings, on street corners, in the newspapers, then it is utterly to any sensible concep- tion of law and order and enforces the whim of the hour instead of the deliberate judgment of the people expressed and recorded through their duly esta blished institutions. The contention that our JUDGES SHOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PASSING WHIM OF THE HOUR AND VOICE IT IN JUDICIAL DEGREE is more dangerous and more destruc tive to American institutions than that of the red shirted anarchist, who animated with a tendish desire to destroy the established order, hurls the bomb.
 We create judges and clOthe them with power by law to pass judgment upon us-each and every one of us to interpret and to decree the en- forcemeut of the law which WE have made and which WE can change at will. If we, who create the judge and clothe him with power, insist that he is our creature, to decree OUR will, regardless of the law and the constitutional rights of the weak and the minority, we have pIaced a on the bench, but not judge.
 The democrats Of Stafford, accord ing to the Guardian, are not looking to the Copper Era for instructions as to the principles of the democratic party, but the democrats of Stafford and Arizona would be better off to heed the lessons taught by the Copper Era instead of the vaporings of the Bourne school of politics in this -nt1ntru tn which the Cha rdian ehifnr