Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-11

philosophy. shall discern dPeamful
murmur which, being Interpreted. into
speech, shall declare. a. God gave the
clinYing vine to the oak. and the hush.
ed bayou to the stream. so gave he In
his wisdom for all days and epochs
the unfretted and unfretting plodder,
who might chant to us in the lines Of
Milton:
God does not need
Either mans labor
Or his own works;
He also serves
Who only stands and waits.
WHY HESITATE?
[Des Moines Register and Leader.
Dispatches from Washington say of
the deliberations Of the house COM
mittee investigating charges of i'm
proper conduct on the part Of Judge
Archibald Of the commerce court. look
ing to his Impeachment by the house
and trial by the senate, that the prob
ability is the committee will report
"censure for indiscretion" and that it
IL unlikely the committee VIII recon :
mend Impeachment.
1t Is conceded that the case has fall
len short Of disclosure of actual deals
traceable to undue influence.
But they who have followed the
hearing wonder if specific acts Of a
criminal character must be uncovered
to warrant the removal of Judge;
they wonder if the better rule would
not be that a judge, of all officers,
must avoid the appearance of evil.
1t was shown in the hearing by the
nf
Lanihan of Pennsylvania, that while
he was practicing attorney before
Judge Archibald. he contributed to a
send the judge abroad on European
travel during his vacation.
This amazing bit of testimony
passed without wide public CONNIE mt
but the charge is listed among the
half dozen on which Judge Archibald
Is subjected to investigation.
1t is difficult to understand, upon
contemplation of this disclosure. why
the house committee continued fur
Their the hearing on which it had en-
tered. The testimony, unrefuted. was
abundant. men must agree. to warrant
the removal of judge. Most Of the
states-not Lorimer's Illinois, however
some llYne ago dDOllSneu the pass
which. in the pocket of g presiding
judge. was the inspiration of suspicion
OF bribery in the popular mind. And
in Iowa fourteen years ago. the late
lamented progressive leader. Thomas
d. Healy. wrote into our board of con-
troll statute this language:
NO member of the board of con-
troll or officer agent or employe there
Of. and no superintendent, officer. man
ager or enploye of any of the insti-
tutions under the board of control
shall. directly or indirectly, for him
self or for any other person or for
any institution under the charge of
the board. receive or accept any gift
or gratuity from any person or per-
sons, firm or corporation who are deal
ers in goods, merchandise or supplies
which may be used in any of the state
institutions, or from any employe or
servant or agent of such persons. etc.
Any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be punished for mis-
demeanor and such violation shall be
cause for his removal from office"
Surely fair men will insist that if
clerk of an Iowa board must be
removed for accepting gift from a
business house appearing before the
board for judgment as to its bids, a
fudge should be more than censured
for accepting gift from lawyers rep
resenting litigants in his court.