East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-27

cate permanently and to work our
soil. An adult immigrant who has
had no education in his home coun-
try will gain no education here. He
IL poor sort of man from which to
augment the citizenship of states
which, like the western states. are
running strong toward direct legis-
lation.
VIII Carleton, who died few days
since, was a poet who appealed
strongly to the peo-
VIII Carleton, pie Of generation
Farm Poet. ago. He wrote of
farm life at a time
when there was no necessity for the
back to the farm movement Most
everybody lived on farms or were at
least familiar with farm life. 1t was
not the farm life of the present, but
the life Of back breaking toll that pre-
vailed before modern machinery came
into use. Carleton sang of the simple
virtues of that age. and among other
things of domestic quarrels and bliss.
Betsy and are Out" Is a typical
Carleton effort and no one can help
being touched by its kindness and
quiet humor. Practically all OF Carle-
tens work was done in the seventies
and early eighties. He was born at
Hudson, Mich, in 1S45. He acquired
his fame as farm poet at such an
early age that probably few people
will realize that he was only 67 years
old when he died. Doubtless many
thought him dead long ago.
Much regret is being expressed be-
cause the report Of the commission
named by the gov
Where More ernor to revise ju-
Speed Is Needed. dicial proce lure in
this state does not
give promise of sufficient reform In
the direction the people want-ex.
pedition. There Is very strong re-
sentiment everywhere in this country
over the laws delays 1t is one of our
weak spots and 1t is constantly point
ed out by our critics.
William Renwick Riddell, a Judge
of the high court at Ontario, Canada,
recently addressed an audience in
Kansas City and among other things
he said.
What amazes me Is the enormous
length of time it takes you in the
United States to try a case" Becom-
ing specific, he proceeded: once In
London, Ontario. l tried a murder
case. manslaughter and two other
criminal cases, and twenty-seven civil
cases. In that time an American
Judge across the line had scarcely
half a jury selected to try murder
case"
Condition indicated by the Cana
dian judge apply to virtually every
phase of American Jurisprudence,
criminal as we'll as civil. Delay, tech
nicality and the tyranny of irrelevant
and outgrown precedent combine to
thwart justice, to pile up court costs
and make legislation a rich mans lux
ury, comments the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. 'In our effort to safeguard the
rights of the accused, in criminal cas-
es. we sway back in the other di-
rection and society pays the penalty.
"The curious and contradictory fea-
ture is that America has three to four
courts for one in England and Canada.
And yet, with what superficially APP
pears to be unusual facilities for the
quick consideration and disposal of
cases, justice drags here and pro-
ceeds with dispatch both in Canada
and the mother country. There is no
complaint that thoroughness and
equity are sacrificed to expedition
across the line. On the contrary, in
England and her dependencies the
courts have established a worldwide
reputation for according exact and
impartial justice to rich and poor
alike-a distinction our American tri-
bunals have yet to achieve.
1T Is no wonder, under these con
ditions, that the demand for whole
sale judicial reform Is nation wide.
The exasperating feature Is that while
state and national bar associations
have time and again recommended
relief. and successive presidents have
urged measures looking to similar
ends, congress and the legislatures