The Washington herald., 1911-05-28

to the recall Of our Judges. of making
them afraid Of public opinion, Of having
them surrender their independence and
Of exalting personal politics instead CT
| Justice The bench should be free from
| sudden outbreaks Of excitement or pas
sion. Judge Landis. Of Chicago. laugh
ingly says that he might favor the recall
| Of judges IL he were not on the bench
himself. But even a man like Landis
| fighting alone IN Chicago against the en-
| trenched enemies OF Abraham Lincoln's
| plain people, might lose his place.
Lands Boycotted by Society.
There he works. a poor man. not hav-
ing a home Of his own, eating cheap
luncheons, and certain eminent persons
say that he is an anarchist. 4 say that
he is a patriot. He could quadruple his
salary as a Judge were he to return to
private practice. Since lie fined the Stand
ard OIL Company s2s.24o.ooO for violating
the law of the United States he and his
wife have been punished socially. Invi-
tations to dinners and other entertain
ments have ceased. No doubt he smiles
at the boycott. because he Is student
and loves his home. but his ostracism
from the tables and the association of
the rich and influential shows how a
Judge may be disciplined for doing bis
duty. I would keep the American bench
free from the pressure Of both the prole-
tariat and the plutocracy."
IT have heard said. ''that you once
thought Of the ministry"
my father was a Congregational cler-
gyman and hoped would folloV in his
footsteps. am sure my mother, who is
still living, would rather see me in
pulpit than where I am. But I early
came to a full knowledge of the ministry
as q profession, Of its hard labor, its self
sacrifice, and its money wages, which
are not always paid on the first OF the
month. Furthermore, preachers are criti-
cised pretty freely. They are compelled
to talk and are often censured for doing
SO. Unlike physicians, they cannot look
wise, shake their heads. and say nothing.
Then they must seem happy and Are ex-
pected to rejoice when they are defeated.
disappointed or cast down. But preach
ing is a fine life all the same. Not all of
its rewards are beyond the tomb. want
ed to be useful, to help others all could,
but not by preaching.
Starts q Home for Ex-Convicts.
while I was prosecuting attorney of
Webster County I sent a good many men
In prison. I told them that after their
debt to the law had been paid they could
without prejudice start life again. But
sometimes my theory didn't work out In
practice. The world looks with dislike
and Invariably with suspicion on a man
who has been in States prison. heard
Of what Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth was
doing at her refugees In Chicago and
Flushing for former convicts and helped
to establish homs Of the same character
near Fort Dodge. where live. We OBJ
tanned fifteen acres Of land and collected
$500 for buildings. but local sentiment
ana not approve Of the undertaking. nor
were the men willing to come and take
the,r chances Of being reformed. Mrs.
Booth, however. has no trouble In filling
her homes. and she tells me that three
fourths OF. the men become good citizens.
heard her address 40 prisoners In the
lows penitentiary. She called them her
sboys. and they cheered her to the echo
while my experiment At Fost Dodge was
8 failure, have unboundea faith IN pris-
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