Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-29
rights of property.

rights of property
 1 In this same convention Mir Ed ' mund Randolph, while speaking Of ] the senate:
 The object of this second branch ! Is 10 control the democratic branch Of the national legislature"
 For verification of these quota tcns. see Madison's Journal of the Constitutional convention
 Reviewing some of the recent his tory of the United States senate as body. and measuring 1t according to the intentions of Morris, Dickerson. sherman. Gerry. Randolph and Mason. above quoted. and many others. it Is obvious that it has never departed far from the ideas that gave it birth. it could be unjust. however. and atrociously false as well, to insinuate that there has ever been a scarcity oi able and patriotic men in the senat,., and it IS a pleasant commentary upon the yicissitude of the nation to know that out of the 1883 men who have Eeen chosen to serve in that body since the orgaHiza'ion oi the govern ment, but very few have been cow ardly, ignorant or corrupt
 The crying need Of the hour is 10 bring the senate into close touch with the people and cause it to real ize that it is of the earJh-earthy, and that however lofty. however august that body may be it has no strength, nor power. save that which comes primarily from the people In the confusing political and social swirl. the senate is not in close touch with the people, anu only by bringing 1t near the hearts of the people can il be given rerivifying touch of pur- lty and justice. which can best be done by direct election Of senators.
 Senators Of virtue and personal hon Csty, sometimes lack essential grit and courage, and thus they give 10 the interests and truts the service of silence which is valuable 10 any trust or corporation seeking special privileges. There fore, in the senate, 1 shall resolutely speak, no matter what the consequences ma ybe.
 The Judiciary.
 Section l, of Article III. Of the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: (
 The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Su pTeme Court and in such inferior courts, as the congress may from time 10 time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and in-' ferior courts. shall hold their offices during good behavior.
 In other words, these judges holl their positions for life. unless re moved by the process O. impeacli-| ment, the impeachment power being lodged with the senate These judges of tine supreme court Of the United States not one of them elected by the people and not one Of them suscep- tible oi teing defeated or dismissed by the people, by a vote of five out of nine, may undo the work Of both houses of congress and the presiden-. and thus set at nausht the will Of a nation of ninety millions of people.
 We hear very much of the independ- ence Of English judges 1t is true they are independent of the Crown only, 1 but not independent of parliament A most cursOry glance will show that with all the bOasted superiority of English judges they are not inde- ] pendent Of parliament
 '-The1 Act Of Settlement passed in | 1l01 which provided for what is | known as the judicial tenure made the | judges independent only of the Grown, | since it enacted that judges might be | removed by the Grown only upon the l address of both houses of parliament | The result in England was that while l the judges made a few feeble attempts | to claim the right to declare void acts | of parliament on the ground that they | were viOlative of the judicial idea of natural right, they soon abandoned | such attempts and for more than a | century no English judge has dared SC much as to hint that an act of par liament does not have the force of i law"
 We must not forget that there are also a number of inferior Federal | courts that have been created by con gress from time to time. The reaction ary decisions, particularly against the laboring men, as well as sweeping in- lunctions, have in a large majority of cases, come from these federal judges. who sit for life. are not elected by the people and may not be dismissed ey ihe people. Hence 1t will not be sufficient to confine the operations of | he recall merely 10 the members of | ths5 state courts. Therefore. shall sup rort the resolution recently introduced by Senator Owen to subject these fed