The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-21
PRESIDENT TAFT
 ATTACKS RECALL
 OF HE JUDICIARY
President Makes Plea for Simplificati0n of Legal
 Procedure
WATCHES FIRE ON THE NEW HAVEN CAMPUS
Joins Rush to Fire With All Ardor of His Undergraduate Days-The Students Give Him Rous-
 ing Reception

Students Give Him Rous-
 ing Reception
 New York, January 2p-Witt a faef ing denuneiation Of ale prineipal 9f Judicial recall. delivered to the Bar As= soolatlon of tue state of New York al tts banquet tonight Preaideut Taft eoa- cluded a busy evening here whea Ae employed chiefly in speech making at three functions After plea for sim piheation of legal procedure. which he argued with much earnestness hefore the company of lawyers. Mr. raft waved even more ineisive in coming to the topic upon which he evidently fell sp deeply
 We do not believe thai all people are fitted for popular governmenbn hs said. some of us don't dare say so. but l do. and the question whether d pea- pie is fitted for popular sell govern ment depends upon the restraint that the minority can place upon the ma jority to see that justice is done. We of the bar, are called upon tp decide whether we arc gong to protect l the institution of the Judiciary and con tinue it Independent of d ma iority dur ing the time that Il Is deciding quea- tions of law and justice.
 Attacks Recall
 "rhe judicial recall, the words tRem selves are SD inconsistent that l hate to utter them. Are we going to make our constitution liquid thng, so that a majority can food tho halls of Jus 1 tice, decide every action and override with pouular passion and prejudice low f.rf1I air.i.. greatest God ever made2 You must Lear in mind that this matter of mdi- cia recall is being agitated the coun- try over, that the men speaking for f are many. What | call your attention To is that it Is necessary that good-peo- pie like you should speak the truth that's in you in favor of courts and their independence and the restraints of the constitution that were imposed by the wsest ancestors any people ever had"
 In reference to the simpHhcation Of le- gal procedure the President said that he had had a feeling that the bar and the bench lowed to the peorSe greater enorl toward making the administration of law effective and just by expedithg justice. fl am glad Co know, be stid. that there is now profound effort tl study Where it iS that we can shoften litigation so that delay won't make Just judgment un1nst
 Refers to French Code
 Referring to Che French code which had been dealt upon by Ambassador Dr Jus serand in an address earlier i'm the even- ing the President said that as with us there was "a tendency to assume that iti- gants were made for the courts and the exercise of the refnements of reason rather than vice versa
 "'fherc is much the same tendency there as with us he continued. "to keep the antagonist paving In the vesthule Of jus tioe, Me have not yet reached the secreg of promoting real justice but 1 am glad to know that there is d movement of the world Sround 10 secure reforms.
 The President referred in thif eonne,- ton to the movement Ito do away with the dlstasteful expenses connected with litigation in the federal courts
 Throushout his speech the President was frequently interrupted by applause and cheers and his declaration that ho was not afraid Co express his opinion oh popular government in connection with his denuneiation of the recall. brought ths big assemblage to Is feet The President went from the Waldorf to the Pennsylvania terminal where hc boarded a train. leaving shortly after mid= nigiIt for Washington.
 Sees campus flfe
 New 1iagen, Conn. January lspo- 'cial President Taft "cuti chapel at Yale this morning to go to fire. That fire was m old South Middle, on the col lcge campus. The historic old building. the oldest on the campus. had close call but the fire was confined to one room.
 MT Tail arose early and left his hotel. which is diagnnalY across from the cani- ! nsHaa FI..- -HI.I | Gateway halr way along College street | t5 Battell chapel when ne saw the heavy sinoke on the campus Win all the ardnr of his college days he joined the rush or the undergraduates toward the old dOrni- itorS.
 Mingles With Crowd ILe mingled with the crowd of students ln back TOW and for p minutes watched fh, nfemen. When he knew that ths danger was over he walked aver to chapel arrived there as President Hadleg had concluded his prayer
 While ;hs President stood among tho undergraduates, he was not generally rec oenized Every face was turned toward old Sou.lf Middle. After he started for chapel again however, number of the students gave him warm greeting
 old South Middle ls the competing link between the old college and Fthe present one Within It's walls Nathan Hale of revolutionary fame lived The old frame structure was built in lGp as the table. indicates In this building also lived Noah Webster and later John C. Cal houn,
 No building at Yale ha more associa- tions for tbe old grad ate than Con nectieut imli, historically and affection ately kin l~n as "Old Soutlt Middle II has survived seven other buildings of the younger generation. which in turn haNe been torn down to make way for the aiadrafiele of modern structures that now aimost surround tue campus
 Old South Middle
 Mavbe the ooden floors of Old souin Middle rooms do resemble theihill eoua- try rather tan the plains they were designed to represents maybe the per capita number of shower baths is not as great as in Vanderbilt. Maybe the senior who lives In q room one Wear has not the June privilege of selling the andirons in the grate Go his sue cessor, yho in hls innocence knows not chat they were originally the gift Of the donor and went with the building | a a ,ee1 to Az Dpen 10 Nauderbile. Mayb.