Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-25

Prssid.n. Makes Short stop At chsrry-
vale-ln st. Louis Speech He Says
Courts Need Reforming.

Courts Need Reforming.
| Cherryvale, Kan. Sept. 5.--President
Taft arrived in this city at IL: so a. m.
Every whistle in the city blew as the
train drew into the station. The presi-
! dent will remain here thirty minutes
| before departing for Chanute. Kan.
Admits Courts Are Deficient.
| st. Louis, Sept. 25.-Admitting that
| the courts OF the United States are mot
what they ought to be" President Taft
here ADVOCATED a more sliberal use of
the Impeachment Of judges. AZ a SUBJ
stttutesecr the judicial recall. which he
IdenounSed. ~ ,.sss S, ~
Saturday, MS nrst day west OF the
Missfssippi, was indeed the presidents
busy day. He made three important
speeches. one Of them the third set
speech which he was determined to
make when he left swashinktoii. This
was the speech on the /, tariff board,
which was delivered before q big mass
melting in the coliseum Saturday
night. But his pronouncement as to
the tariff board faded to unimportance
beside his remarks at Saturday after
noon's luncheon Of the city club, where
he criticised judicial procedure. At
breakfast he bemoaned the defeat Of
reciprocity in Canada and announced
his intention Of sitting still" under the
blow which hits him s,between the
eyes
Sometimes I feel" declared the
president at the City club luncheon,
HthAt
could well afford to pay me for travel
ing about the country and furnishing
real reasons for discomfort instead. or
those they now use One .of these would
be the character and procedure Of the
administration Of Justice in the courts.
This evil ID one Of the most easily
reached by legislation and. one in which
reform is needed more than in any
other.
Have Net Powtsr. a.,s.
Now the suspicion Of the 3peopl1k1s
such and the movement Of all leiiela-
tion has followed It that much power
has been taken from the Judges. I
know that under the English system
where the judges have great power and
great responsibility. the judges must He
honest and able. II you will look 1t
the sta tistics you Will be ashGmed as
Americans because we fail to punish
crime. II our judges had the power
Of the English judges, they too, would
be able to administer the law. carry dn
the courts and punish crime. The mum :.
her Of homieides that 30 unpublished Is
enough to bring the blush OF shame
to the faces Of ali Americans. u apneal
that the tendency Of legislation how
should be toward giving the Judges
more: power and making, them more
resp0nstble You can net make = juqge
responsible by threatening to- cut, his
head OF without hesitation. as you,
would under the so-ealied judicial re-
call admit that this movement,
toward recall has basis IN the fact
that the courts have not been what they
ought to be. But you Ought not. to kill
the courts for that reason and that's
what YOU would do BY making the
Judges, tenure Of office dependent upon
An election IN which other issues may
intrude II. (; . !.
'sTe lmpsses Them. ~ /. Ss Z
We have the method Of imiSAch-
ment for punishtng judges. ImpEach
.thAm. Oh! The impeaehmAnt Cot IL
Judge would b . Ahealthys thing At this
| time I nave Known of several eatess 6f
threatened impeachment In c0RGTess
should have been preesed tOsas con-
ciusion. But On inquiry discovered
that the difference between the c0II-'
gressnaan ana ths Judge had besA 9xed
forgottsn. ~. ,.ssss 80
.'1f the method oe Ind achnsen4 4 at
present n mot facile enough let-sls nave