The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

l people of Alabama confded to then | because the interests of former cien,s l might come before them for decision In this day nearly every large enter nrise is carried on by corporations | a nd lawyers of brain and character are always sought by them and py peopie who have rights against them to main | tain their causes in the courts. II ihe | lawyer who defends them In the courts l Is to be branded as unfit TOT puoile trust on that account the same rule must annlv to the lawyer who maintains causes against them. So all the best and most honorable members of the nrofessiou would be disfranchised or De just objects of suspicion when they ad- llninistered the judicial office
 The environment. in whose grasp Governor Conner seeks to enfold the judge. is the mere phantom of malice
 and hate of a nature which mirrors all human nature by its own standard of rectitude. and therefore insists that all mankind is base.
 Where Can Honorable Mind Conjure Up Motive for Wrong!
 But al this aside, what Is there In the situation here which could possibly tempt the Judge even for a moment to forget impartiality and the obligations of his oath. What earthly interest or motive can any but an impure mind con- iure up, why the judge should have any inclination or wish to decide these cases save as the law and the facts demand? :? The judge holds office during good be- hayior. It Is not in the power of the railroads or those who are interested Ill them to harm him in any way If he sought promotion their favor would be | fatal to him. He was not indebted, d. reetly or indirectly. to corporate in f4, l,f ar n person interested in them knew that his appointment was contemplated. The | judge Is not interested in any individ- ual, corporation, or concern, whose bus- mess could possibly be affected by any decision. no matter in whose faVor Il goes. The environment by which men
 lives are shaped and their motives to be judged, Is found in their ideals of hon. or, fidelity to trust and unselfish deyo- | tion to duty, as exemplified in theii i daily lives, and is not to be measured | by the nature of former occupations, ii honorable and honestly pursued, or | judged by the creed of men who make l the gathering of gear the chief object of life.
 The Wounds Conner. Inflicted on the
 State
 The chronicles of the times which this message peryerts show that the court | mer's attacks even before, the cases were actually entered in 1t. particular class of litigants only, who had the right like every one else to enter tho court were threatened In advance with l the loss of rights of great value, sol emnly guaranteed. long before under the laws of the state. If they resorted | to the court at all. When they actually
 came in the court, although the opera | ton of the state statute was suspended , in the very mode invited by the state on a contest of tie kind, and could not possibly be violated, and the defend
 ants in them admitted the court had nc
 alternative but to issue the injunction
 the court, was. nevertheless. continual | ly denounced for doing what the de Ifendants themselves admitted was right A few weeks later the Jurisdiction which had been admitted was denied The litigants were termed enemies oi the state. and threatened with armed violence If they did not abandon thu court, and the purpose was announced l to the world to override its orders bJ violence directed by the governor ant his subordinates in the name of thu state. All the resources of great DO litical organization were concentrated
 and directed to slander the court. ant libel of tho judge. When the public opinion of the. country and the force' which stand behind the constitution made 1t apparent that violence coult I not succeed and if attempted would in volve those who undertook 1t in ruin the directing head of the storm con vened the legielature
 The noble powers "of the legislatur it of free state." ordained "to establish