The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-11

AZ ia utt fouT hn1 fhSnt1 De Gagged ~
order that human beings may ~ se-
cure IN tlfir human rights 10 Liberty
rfeurify and Property and the right
- labor and enjoyment Of the full
fruits OF their labor.
JUDGE MADE Law.
Bouviers Law Dictionary defines
judge Made Law as "a phrase used
20 Indicate Judicial decielonN vfIg~h
ronstfDe away the meaning Of ntaf-
ntfr, ~ IND meanings IN them which
the Legislature never Intended IN
reality u ~ the Judge or Judges
utnrIsinF the Legislative power BY
taxing from. or adding 10 a law. arbf-
tiAfily. 20 as 20 make IL mean What
JUDICIAL PowEa. The .a,,o.
~ exercised ~ that department Of
government which IT, charged Win
The declaration Of what the Law is
nna ~ construction 10 far as IL is
never exercised Tor lie p',yns,sc ~
ki.inf effect 20 the viii Of The Judge.
but Aiwaye for The purpose 81 gtylnx
.li.ct - the VIII Of the LEGISLATORS,
will Justinn said. Law Il reeso,,
ana that which IL not reason II not
law. But law today IA hased ~
iofee. and our people 10 nation and
decide whether The rseggsiafare .,,,s
powered By. and responsible 20 III.
people. shall determine the question
~ what - law and reasonable or
.I,ss.".f Jsases who are not re~pon-
sthls 20. hut above and heeond th-
people. shall exercise this power. This
~ not a new question. II IL as "a
~ government Itself. and sfrnnre
ihousn y may seem, Il IL neverthciee.
true that the So-calied Wise and pra-
found Judiciary Of this nation ~ nics
cvhHtructiors or crude IL need h~
aeierfnine ~ questions Of Law In
iAsor or pilfering properfisd plate
Liberty. Security aud propersr AZ ~
Worhing class. because the only rrop-
cry that the working claNs ha~ <,
these days n is labor power. whsch
y ~ IN Prised 20 sell 20 the special
IfiNll~gHd class for wages - order
70 get food. clothing and shelter. TIA
WORKING man has no right to 1--we mr.
lesr ne sells thiN labor power. and II
i.e oo.n sell u. he gets in wages wfas
who sells himself the cheaneet sn
competition with other men. women
and children. gets the goh ana fIres
.hs cheapest dies the quickest. and
exists fo<lag---namely. the rorkine
class competing with each other -
SEE who dies first BIZ cheap livtnr
and the Judiciary Of this nation "
snsu,ntsng ~. iniunction. lndsclaiiz-
lnE the blnckiisf and legailxlng Md
nnptnr. has forged the chains ara
letters to hold the uorlstng class IN
robtecfion and wage slavery whlfs
tias masters and traducers Of the rnrs
appropriate the fruits 81 their lshor
by the use Of the powers ~ ros-er1-
inent, manipulated hy the rcpreses,,a-
ives or special privilege. IN Ierielaf-
,ns the ownership OF the means of
lfe to our economic masters
The lawful power Of ! court /. to
Judge The law as IL IS and not 10
take away. or adj 10 the law by an
nnitinx what IN put ther< by The
,,ekls.atiNc body, or writing into tho
taw That which, the Legislature efts-
20 % put there But this principls
has been frcwned down BY the tsdirs-
NY and we now have judicial legis-
,stors- or n the words Of tho iafs
tendency Of this dav. 10 ra- a. ,hs
safety ana Integrity or our insfffu-
lions are concerned. in the Tendency
70 judicial legislation 80 that when
1917 eANlns vast interests are con-
cefned. and they can not ret the law
making power 'the ieaislaturel ~ ths
country which controls II to ras< fhe
legislation they desire the next thinR
20 90 y 20 raise the question in some
case 70 get the court to con~frua the
constitution or the statutes 50 es -
mean what they want IL 20 means
IN other words. this man on the
United States supreme bench. sounds
the alarm that the courts OF this
country are ruled bv the ~nerisi
privileged class, hut this We All anew
before he said 81 Our only sunrise
Is That legal minds and judicial
authotits have been 50 slow IN vote
lnE this warning Go the people, lest
the people be further BETRAYED OPP
pressed and smitten by the fadirtat
animals they feed,
The judicial power IN that power
exercised hN the courts Of this coua-
try which can onlv he set aside ara
suppressed or ahrogased hy the pea-
pie themselves. BY the use Of the
initiative. referendum and the recall.
aha,,i iars, step = for the people g
.very state constitution which
nower. so as 10 enable the people 10
eject every public official and inssI-
tnte their recall by the suffrage that
gives them public life This will
bring the guardian angels OF privilege
70 earth to dwell among lis. and whils
they now look upon us as the un-
washed mob they viii like us better
when they know us ana are compelled
10 respect our power and work FOR ns
uNnEAsoNABLENEss.
II you were notified that YOU must
submit 70 being robbed and the
United States Government was going
70 superintcnd the robbery and have
Its court pass upon the reasonable
ness as TO the amount the robners
wete 70 take You would conclude that
the court was not qualified TO act AZ
your representative IL the court be-
iictcd in robbery, would v0uY Well
THIS Is what Justice Harlan said tho
court was doing, onls he used the
wotd interests" and | use the word
robbery because IL Is the men who
nave vast interests who are robbink
US lie SAYS that the courts are
experimenting the Job for them. OF
course, " the people can be put 70
steep with judicial anaesthesia and
false patriotism. the robbery viii b
much easier, more respectable. and
tue robbers will not be molcsted by
the unwashcd mob.
This II the very arbitrary power
that have been fighting for ten
Years In Washington. only the afni-
trary power here is exercised by tho
Dental Board, but II has robbed me
hy the courts or this state There -
no such thing as reasonable. robbery
and court judges can not make Il -.
ihc economic masters who own 10y
appropriation and eNploit0tioul tho
people and their wealth are being
hard pressed and a paternai govern
ment which guards their interests
and represents only them Is indispfnss
sable 10 their robbery, II you woui1
the court you should read Dr, J.
Allen Smiths spirit Of American
Government" and Allen 1. BcnsonS
"tsurped Power OF the Courts" be-
ginning In last Augustus number Ok
Penrson's Magazine.
Next week l shall write on Board
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