The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-09-05

Howard. named by President Taft "a
federal Judge for the Western district
of Washington to succeed Cornelius
H. Hanford. who resigned under fire.
The reason for the Senate's withhold
ing the confirmation of Howard is be-
cause he has been charged with being
railroad lobbyist, a representative
of the big interests, and more particu.
larry because of his part in keeping
Judges Gordon and Root from being
disbarred after the disclosure OF the
fact that Gordon, who was an ex-chief
justice of the Supreme Court Of Wash
| ington, and later Great Northern
Railway attorney, had written gu.
preme court opinions favoring the rail-
roads at Roots request
| Every voter knows that Root was
forced to resign following these DIS
closures, and that Gordon was indict-
ed. charged with embezzling So.
900 from the Great Northern Railway.
| part of which money his attorney is
quoted by a fellow attorney as say
/ ing was used in corrupting the courts
of the state.
Now, if the Senate Of the
United States can take cognizance of
a mans prior record and refuse to con-
firm Howard as judge because of his
corporation utilization and his part III
the Root-Gordon affair, is il not up TO
the people of Whatcom County to take
cognizance of John A kellogg's rec
ord?
To read the corporation-owned daily
papers of Bellingham, you would never
know that a protest had been filed
with the Senate, nor that that body
, has held up Towards confirmation.
Neither would you know that there
was a mass meeting in Seattle, at
which his appointment by Taft was de-
nounced and a memorial adopted TO
the Senate asking that his confirma-
ton be refused. You would never
guess from a perusal of their columns
that Towards appointment had shak-
en- the State from one end to the other.
The reason why the corporation-owrr
ed dailies of Bellingham did not print
this news is because Towards appoint
ment was a part of the program OF the
big interests, which own the Beliing-
ham dailies. just as is kelloggs re-
election as Superior Judge OF Whatcom
County part OF their program,
With Howard on the federal bench anu
kellogg on the superior bench, the big
corporations will have judges with
the frendliest terms.
Is it possible that the people OF
Whatcom County feel the same way
about it?
The corporation-owned dailies did
not tell you that mass meeting oil
the Progressives of Whatcom County
protested against Towards confirma-
ton, as did the labor unions, and half
\ - - h. y, a
" Bar. including such prominent ones
as Judge jeremiah Neterer. O. P.
Brown, State Senator H. NJ. White, W.
H. Pemberton. W. J. Biggar, \. +.
Staley. c. A. Swartz, J. r. Critics. Coun-
" Attorney F. W. BiXby, and number
of others. On the contrary, the!
quoted eulogistic opinions.
All Vote on Judge
September 10
The people of Whatcom County must
first of all bear in mind that il Is
necessary for them to vote at the
primary election, for there the matter
of judgeship will. in all probability.
be settled. And il matters not to
what political party one may belong.
every voter must decide between the
three candidates for the judgeship, for
under the law these are non-partisan,
and the names of the three will appear
on the Republican, Democratic and So
cialist ballots. In addition, there will
be a separate judicial ticket, and any
Progressive who may not care to par
ticipate in the primaries, can go there
and ask for separate judicial ticket
and vote only ON the question OF
judges. This is the duty of every citi-
zen, and if you live in community
where registration is necessary, yod
should attend to this matter at once.
In approaching the matter OF kel-
logg's candidacy, il is necessary TO go
back to the time of the creation OF the
second superior judgeship OF What
com County
The Big Interests of this county.
for whom Howard was attorney of a
great number, were very much dis
satisfied with Judge jeremiah Neterer.
whom they could not control. For
that reason they conceived the idea
| of HAVING judge-one on whom they
could place more dependence. So they
alleged that the business here had in
creased TO such an extent that sec
ond judge was necessary, and they got
the Board of County Commissioners.
whom everyone knows had no idea OF
| the superior court work, to pass a
resolution declaring that second
judge was needed.