Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-24

 IMPROVEMENT
 TAFT BELIEVES
Discussion at St, Louis of the Proposition to Make Ju- dietary Subject to
 Recall
HE ALSO TALKS
 OF TARIFF BOARD
President Had a Day at the Mound City Described as a Moderately"
 Busy One

S1. LONtSs sept Z3.-Durtng a moderately busy day, President Taft made six speeches, took a forty.mile automobile ride, opened the local foot ball season by tossing the pigskin onto the gridiron at St Louis Univer- sity, laid the cornerstone of the new Y, NJ. c. A. building. sat through nine Innings of exciting baseball between the St. Louis and Philadelphia na. uonal league teams, visited the Ma sonic club to be made a life member of that organization, and after ad- dressing vast throng at the Coils. cum tonight had nothing to do but travel all night inorder to be in the insurgent state of Kansas tomorrow.
 Substitute for Recall
 On the eve of entering reputed hos, tile territory, Mir Taft put forward the suggestion Of wider power of i'm peachment as a substitute for the more radical proposal of the judiciary recall. The president declared that laws delay was unquestionabiy one Of the greatest causes of unrest in this country, and he said that undoubt- edly the recall idea had grown out of the fact that the courts in many in- stances were not performing the func- tions they should.
 Judges should be made more res ponslble, he said, and the means of impeachment more simple. There should be judicial procedure, prop CT hearing, rather than a public clam. or. He declared that the delay in ad- ministeTing justice in tTITs country gh sl .l good Americans, that the courts of the country made very poor show ing in comparison with those of Eng. land, where the judges kept ub with their dOckets, and criminals find swift | punishment awaiting them. He spoke { with a great deal of earnestness on 1 the subject of the reform of the ju- dicial procedure.
 In Deadly Earnest
 He said it was something with he was most familiar as a lawyer and judge, and he felt free to dis cuss the matter from the frailest pos sible standpoint His speech on this subject, entirely impromptu, followed the conclusion of a luncheon at the City Club. The set speech fthe day was on the ere GAAOls LnS Nbl anu tue purpose Ol the tarim board. He said he believed. and still lbelieves, that Reciprocity would inure to benefit both countries.
 Twice he was introduced as the greatest president of the country He modestly protested on each oc- casion.
 Referring 10 the recall he said: ''h the judge is not frightened by any body. and will carry on the court as his court, then ycu have the admin istration of justice as in England. If you examine the statistics you will blush as Americans that we have not shown ourselves more adaptable to the issue which has arisen here with respect to whether crime shall be punished, and have not made the ma chineTy that will accomplish the pur- pose
 Judges Should Have Power
 'The tendency of legislation ought to be toward giving the judges more power, than in making the judges responsible. I know is Is proposed to make a short cut, and cut of his head without any reason, just because the people wish it, under the theory of the judicial recall. l agree thao the theory has a foundation on the bisis I have stated, namely, that the courts have not fulfilled the function they ought to fulfill, but I do not agree, therefore. that they ought to kill the courts, and that is what you will be doing If you make the tenure of of fee dependent on 6fec-;on.
 Impeachment
 Gentlemen, that won't do. Make ! your judges responsi ble. Impeach ! them. Impeachment Of judges would 1 be a healthy thing these times. Il have known instances in congress where Impeachment should have been l carried through, but in inquiry I have | found that the difficulty between mem ! Der and judge was compromised, and l the thing was allowed to pass. It is not necessary to have impeachment by the legislature, as that is a clumsy l some sort of Judicial hearing. in which | the facts will be well considered"
 The Tariff Board.
 In his tariff speech tonight the | president declared that the attacks on the tariff board were not candid . criticisms of that body's work, based 1 on the showing made. but came from | the thoughtless heat of political con 1 troversy. and ought to have no weight with the unbiased friends of the pub | lie veal"
 He upheld the wisdom of his selec- | tions for the tariff board. and an- nounced that he never expected tG | see the tariff taken so far out of poll l