Arizona republican., 1912-03-10
.rshin of the Fifty-first congress.

ership of the Fifty-first congress.
 In 1891 he was appointed by Pres ident Harrison a judge of the United States district court, ana has served on the federal bench ever since that
 time-a period of over twenty years
 President Mckinley appointed hlm d
 United States circuit judge in lS9', and from this date until the circuit
 court was abolished on the first oi | tho present year. he has continued to |
 serve on the circuit court bench. !
 During all this period of twenty years |
 he has also been q member of the I circuit court of appeals. Judges Wm B. Gilbert. of Portland. and F. M. Ross, of Los Angeles. being his as sociates The court Of appeals has one Of the most extensive Jurisdlc- tiCns of any of the courts of appeals of the United States. IL embraces the states Of Washington, Montana. ore gCn, Idaho. California. and now, our | town state of Arizona: the territories
 of Hawaii, Porto Rico and Alaska Ii, being the court of last resort for ! the territory of Alaska. The court Of appeals, also. has Jurisdiction in | China. By reason of this extensive jurisdiction many important cases. Involving large sums of money and all character of questions. are constantly coming before Judge Morrow as member Of the court of appeals.
 | During his career on the federal lbench he has rendered many impor- ltant and far-reaching decisions, GOV lering cases involving admiralty ques-
 Itions on constitutional law, and many
 others. He has rendered some 100
 lreported opinions. practically 200 of
 these being in the circuit court of
 appeals. Many of these opinions have
 involved questions of national inn
 portance. and the controversies de
 termined being often far-reaching in their effect.
 l Judge Morrow in every sense IS q iurist who keeps abreast of tn" times. , He is progressive in his ideas and believes that the courts should dis pense justice expeditiously. upon the merits of the case. and eliminate as
 far as possible the technicalities which = cause unnecessary delay. He does . lnOt contend that the courts should lnot be subject to just criticism. His views on this subject were well stat ed in an address which he delivered at the banquet given in honor of | President Taft. during his recent wis Ili; to San Francisco. Judge Morrow in the course of his speech said: | Justice as administered by human | beings is beset by human frailties | Justice does not deny proper and | ltimely criticism of her administra tion. She does not deny that the | weak. indolent and unworthy judg' | should be removed from office by | judicial methods, but she does deny that her judgment should be influ- | enced or controlled by any consider ation other than that of right reason CT that she should have in view any rurpose other than that of declaring what the law is. and not what tho public or a majority of the voter: think it should be. Without this free dcm and independence. the admins tration of justice is failure and tn, | government itself delusion and : snare
 II This he believes should be the at Altitude of the people towards th'
 courts. and the courts toward tn | people.
 III Judge Morrow is a large man phy | scally. and gives one the impression | of being a man of great mental abil ity and a deep thinker He is pos | sessed of q legal mind to a high de | gree and has the judicial tempera | ment which makes the able judge. II
 is great reader and student-delv III ing deep into science, philosophy an
 international law In his manner O HI presiding in court there is a dignit
 to the proceedings which is impress
 sive and pleasant.
 III In June. 1865 he married Margare Hubert. who accompanies him on thi trip. They have three children-tw
 daughters and a son. all married. On daughter is the wife of Captai Fechteler of the U. s. navy. recent II in command of the battleship Sout III Carolina: the other is the wife c IllMaior II. L. Roosevelt. at presen stationed at Manila. Philippine Islands Judge Morrow will remain at Phoe IItnix until after the annual meeting c M the Arizona Bar association on tn IIilSth and will hold a session of tn United States court on that day q Ian hour other than that fixed for tn
 | session of the supreme court for til | purpose of enabling members of tf lbar to he admitted to practice in tf lIiUnited States court. It is eXpecte