The Detroit times., 1912-09-24
"WE NEED WOMEN
JUDGES" SAYS ONE
NAMED FOR BENCH
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Lucy gooae White Tells Why
They Are Needed in Ju-
dicial Positions
CAMPAIGN1EXPENSESs 50
AMOUNTED 70 $1.a5
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Comes From Family of Law
yers, Her Granduncle Be-
ing John Marshall
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CAMPAiGNSExPENSESs =
AMOUNTED TO. $1.85

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 2S.-
seven th66sAnd and two men ana
women. oflfk6ut one-ninth Of the Vot-
ers at the t3te primaries, voted 10
nlaee I,ucy 0pode Whites name on
the ticket asssfperior Judge of San
Francisco. MISS White thinks this 10
an indication what many people ps.'
lieye a woman on the supreme oeneh'
Ills a real want. She spent Sl'So M
her campaign-carfare used WnsR
she addressed few clubs. WlthopA
4 hackers, a wage-earner herself, sn2
had no money for campaign IN
the accepted sense.
II believe that 1000 people believe
with me that D woman on the bench
would do much good for certain
class OF cases that crowd our courts.
don't mean that woufd WISH TO be
4 woman's partisan. I 90 mean that
/ could be fair to womep Tfeally be-
lieve, In spite OF tbe- fact that men
contradict this that women have a
greater sense OF responsibility than
men. II, fs-the responsibility that
comes from suffering. All women
have sn6efed-and in ways that the
average. Snan cannot understand. I. =,
1T sis because OF this that women
can risualize the suffering OF Others
SO ko6niy. / do not think that a
woman tudge would ever send a man
or woman to prison without looking
beforehand after-weighing the results
that rtodpced that man or woman;
fixing 6nSeye on the prison walls that
were to iAf1t I'm that life. and their ef-
feet not dillg on the character of the
'criminal' inside, but on those left
outside.
Il believe aif.women see in flashes.
They have tact,.sa subtlety, mas
terry OF detail, dclicacy that shotld
be used by the state for~the thousands.
OF women who pass through the
courts.
Il say women have these qualities
ali women. II /. the first woman TO
be named BY the people of San, Fran.
cisco, do not succeed In gaining the
confidence OF the people, other WON
en- will. know this Women win
finaliy have to be represented in our
courts. Our laws at present are made
by men. from the standpoint OF men.
and administered by men. 40 not
say that there. Is any wflfu1 injustice.
/ do say that the powers OF the in
telIigent woman must finally be used
for the benefit of society. so
why do i want to be Judge efythe
superior court? It's long story Law
has been as much In my life Sslmy
bread and butter Ny granduncle -was
John- Marshall, United States justice.
/ heard as child Of his condempa-
tion or the domination. of our. courtssI
by the dead hand of precedent The
phrase has stuck in my mind eyer
since. IL is one OF the strongest feel
ings have In regard to modern law;
that no Judge has right TO LEI. the
clutch OF that dead hand drag him
away from the realization that the
law was made for man. not man for'
the law. AS7-.,'..
n .'You see, all my relatives = have
been. lawyers. My uncles were law.
yers,s1M W. father was lawyer. AS
chila hsiisaid. when he found me |
stealing, his books and reading them.
that would also be a. lawyer. And
woman lawyer in Tennessee where
we lived was unheard Of He died !
when I was nine. But I've never for
gotten HIS declaration: Iucy's going |
TO be q lawyer.
-And now. they tell me that they are |
going TO elect me Judge. II the peo- |
pie Of San Francisco feel that much !
confidence In me, know IL will be |,
because they too feel with .,old John |
Marshall that the dead hand of prece- |
dent has gotten hold OF our courts and |
that perhaps woman pioneer may be |
able to set them free" |