The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
SPEAKER BAKER
AND THE JUDGE
Speaker of the House Comes Back at
Legislator Who Termed Him a
Turn-Coat for Pie.
(From a Stan correspondent.)

heckerts representative IRON van
Buren, county, gave out an interview
the latter part of last week, In which
he criticised Speaker Baker for his
attitude toward junkets and the
seven-day pay. He said that the
speaker formerly took his full share
OF junketing delights, and that he
drew seven days pay n week when the
members were on the per diem basis.
He also said that Mr.. Baker was for
mer Democrat, and was a Republican
only for the pie" he could get out OF
It. The speaker was at home at the
time, looking after some pressing
business. He returned Monday and
yesterday gave out this picturesque
statement:
The judge and are good friends.
but he was disappointed in the choice
OF a speaker made by the house. II
had never occurred to the Judge that
anyone but corporation lawyer
could be selected for the speakership.
The actual occurrence was to the
Judge like q thunderbolt from clear
sky. He could see the foundation OF
constitutional government slipping
from under the Temple of Liberty,
forsee the near approach OF Anarchy,
and the dawn OF the awful day when
pie counter patriots and paid parti-
sans Of privilegeseeking corporations
should sell second choice In the pool
room of public opinion. have felt
sorry for the Judge He has seemed
depressed. No longer are the aisles
surrounding his desk piled high with
the mangled forms OF rebel soldiers.
apologies to Samson.) The merry
click of the poker chip has lost some
Of its attractiveness, and changed
conditions, Including changed com
mittee assignments), have occasioned
loss of interest In his fayorite pas
time Of standing In the way OF popu-
lar legislation. Younger men, under
such circumstances, might give way
to their baser impulses, and assume
that there should be less occasion for
surprise when one who has apparently
reached the stage OF gaseous senility,
seeks relief from impotent rage In
TRADE of abuse.
"I must decline, however, to permit
the friendly relations existing between
the Judge and myself to become
strained by any such slight signs OF
Irritation on his part. ] have too high
an appreciation OF his merits and too
thorough a realization of the value or
his friendship to permit such condi-
ton to arise. / would as soon part
company with my mother-in-law as
with the dear old Judge II has been
my rare good fortune to count among
my friends, some Of the numerous
.colonels Of Kentucky, and much as l
prize the honor Of their acquaintance.
much as I have envied the great dis
tinction which their titles convey.
am free to confess that since, I have
met and. have cume to an appreciation
OF the talents and merits or the
courtiy gentleman whom the compIa
cent people of Van Buren, county, by
reason OF his monkeying around the
probate office. or possibly by election
as Justice OF the peace, have exalted
TO the rank of Judge have come to
feel that while perhaps both classes,
like the prophets Of old, might com
mand little respect In the vicinity OF
their own domiciles, am forced TO
the conclusion, that for long distance
purposes and far-away-from-hom uses
the unsecured, military heroes of Ken
lucky have nothing on the cornfieid
and corner-grocery Judges OF Mich
igan.
al have had to chide some mem
bers for their density in failing TO
appreciate that the Judge and un.
derstand each other perfectly, and
that an apparent knock from him ID
in reality boost, so INTENDED, ana
as such, duly appreciated.
ct have also had occasion TO re-
prove some of my young lawyer
friends in the house for their appar-
emit lack of appreciation OF the great
sacrifice that the Judge and one or
two other great legal luminaries,
whose frequent disagreements with
the supreme court have tended TO
bring that tribunal into disrepute, are
making when they leave those lucra-
tive law businesses that have come as
a result OF years OF successful prac-
tice, to give to us the benefit OF their
extended experience. and permit the
effulgent rays Of their exalted wisdom
to tighten our daily deliberations at
only S. per.
since the Judge has placed the
seal of his approval on, and issued
certificate OF character to the street
car-telephone-wat power attorney
and the attorney friend OF the wet
end OF it, am sure the pathway oil
duty will appear more plainly to our
younger attorneys. SO far as the first
mentioned are concerned, they need
only an endorsement by Joe Bedore,
and their status is fixed.
THE other matters In the Heckert
interview are simply matters OF his
tory and anyone who wishes to can
easily get nearer to the facts than did
my over-zealous friend Heckert.
Now, mind you, the Judge and
are good friends and you may quote
me as swearing by him and at those
who would detract his glory"
John p.'s Pastor Resigns.
NEW WORK March S-Dr. Charles