The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-06-01

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hriAx about. The. Republican pro
irseas I o Ne just as much opposed ts
1.-THE elevation of hiasei corporation
'}}~ntt0rneys to the tench as is n one
'Slsat, acquaintance with Mr.. Elliott
and especially with the circumstanc
les under which he became attorney
for the Milwaukee and st. Paul rail.
road in South Dakota, is enough tc
Eremove him from the Objectionable
class.
The Milwaukee and St. Paul was
Uniformed by Mr.. Elliott that he would
not under n circumstances accept
1.-THE attorneyship if he were expected
Ito use his influence in behalf of the
railroad company in any political
matter. They were agreed on all
points but this. The railroad COM
fpany attempted to force Mr.. Ell
liott's hand by causing it to be an
nounced in an Aberdeen paper that
he had been selected for the posi-
ton. Mr.. Elliott refused to be
blufed. He told the first newspaper
reporter he saw that there was no
truth in the report that he had
agreed to become South Dakota at
torney for the company. He let it
go at that. When the company was
willing to accept him upon his own
condition that he would not do any
political jobs for it, the appointment
was made. This shows an exception
al moral standard in Mr.. Elliott, for
the place given him was attractive
enough to induce many a lawyer to
promise to serve the company in any
capacity desired. Just as he drew
the line closely between the practice
of his profession and political job
work, so we believe he will be abso-
lutely free from bias or prejudice in
his decisions from the bench.
A new era is about to begin in the
history Of the judiciary of the Unit
ed States. A higher standard is to
be exacted of the men who wear the
ermine. Such storms of protest as
those that were made against the de-
cision Of a Lorimer judge in Illinois
in behalf of Lorimer and of a Cox
Judge in Cincinnati in behalf of Cox,
and the appointment of a servile
Tammanyite by a Tammany govern
or of New York to the supreme court
lof New York-such protests, we say,
must carry their meaning to the
bench. The growing demand for the
recall can be checked, only be remov.
ing all suspicion from the members
of the judiciary. The Republican
verify believes that Mr.. Elliott is
/ destined to be one of those who
, will help to establish a higher
standard for the courts of the Unit
led States. We believe further that
his record on the bench will be SO
brilliant, SO charged with the spirit
of unwavering Justice, that in the
course Of only a few years he will
be called to a higher and more re-
sponsible seat.
MAs<A
TWO VIEWS OF THE OIL TRUST
DECISION.
Comment published by New York
newspapers upon the decision of the
United States Supreme court in the
Standard Oil case proves interesting.
For example. the New York World.
received from it's London CORES
pondent the following statement by
y. Pierpont Morgan:
Don't you think it is a little late
now to talk about that? You may
quote me as saying-if you insist on
something-that 1 consider the de-
cision concerning Standard Oil en-
|tirely satisfactory; also, that l ex-
pected it. The recent tone of the
American market shows that it is
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