The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-11

S J.

@~S-sNe@ eA4 RA4AGAANgs
"a new Richmond, however has
rushed upon the political dieid. The
real, consistent, faithful leader 81
radical political thought, whose
courage, consistency and faithful.
ness We all admired, even II we did
not accept the doctrines advocated
until he became III and: exhausted
The banner he was faithfully and
brayely carrying was Dropping. ssF
I This new Richmond rushed
upon the political scene, threw mis-
hat into the ring, and shouted to tho
wavering hosts to follow him in the
highways of progress and victory.
Hoping to reap where Others had
sown, he sought to pluck the fruit
of victory to his own bosom. Hav-
ing worked and won with the de-
sptsed stand-patters, and not being
practiced in the principles of mod
ern political progress, he, with the
recklessness Of ignorance and the
rashness Of the new convert, is 'aH-
peaIing to all what Is base. selfish
and unjust in the apparent hope OF
gratifying an Unsuitable ambition
I I'm hts campaign for place and
power he seems to have forgotten
the honors bestowed upon him BY
his party and by the people of the
country. HE seems to be unmfadfal
of the dignity and department OF
one who filed the most exalted po-
.sition in the gift Of man. we re-
speet' and tolerate, the actions and
utterances of the ordinary politician
but tits shock to our people to see
their idol seeking place and power
by appealing''to passions, pfejGdices
and hatreds and whose most power
full argument is denunciation of the
motives ana honesty OF those who
oppose him. HE would substitute
the biased, warped and inaamed
opinions of the multitude for the
judgment of those acting in 3us
dicial capacity based on sworn eyi.
dence, weighed and balanced by
those rules and principles which
have been brought forth from the
crucibles of time to insure justice to
the pooriand the rich; the weak ana
theistrong.ps
Senator Jones said he did not pro-
I,pose stO'i discuss the .julicial recall.
but would notice only the latest sug-
gestionIadvanced for the guidance of
those acting In a judicial capacity.
HE them quoted at some length from
Colonel rRoosevelt's comment upon
the Lorimer case in his speech OF
March 80 at Detroit, wherein the
former president charged that Sem
ators Dillingham;, Gamble and Jones
were reactionaries because they rec
commended that Lorimer be permit
tied to retain his seat. Senator
Jones said:
/
This argument may have caught
the fancy of those who listened with
out grasping the full Significance Of
the statement made; but no PROPOSE
tion was ever advanced by the wild
est anarchist more subversiye of the
principles OF human justice, or hu-
man rights and good government
than the principal suggestion con-
tanned In this statement"
Senator Jones argued at length
that the constituents of the senators
named would want them to vote on
the Lorimer case according to their
own conscience. He said he did
mot believe there could be found
within his state one. who is such a.
reectionary as to approve 1.-The rule
of judicial conduct practiced by
iPontius Pllate. If Mr. Roosevelt
made the suggestion seriously, Il is
shocking. If he made it ignorantls
it is pttiable, If he made it to secure.
votes, it is despicable.
you will note that this is not a
suggestion that the judges should
decide case according to their
judgment OF the law and the eyi-
dence and then to allow the people
to pass upon itH 1t goes farther than
that. 1t suggests that the people
shall make the decision. that the
Judge shall disregard the law and
the evidence and try to ascertain
what he thinks the people desire to
be done in the case and then act in
accordance with what he believes "
their Judgment. This proposition is
so extreme, so shocking, so contrary
to all principles of enlightened
Jurisprudence, so antagonistfc to
the basic principles of judicial action
that have been brought forth in the
| crucible Of time for the nrotectfon