Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-18
FutiIity of the
 Judicial Recall
SET FORTH IN ADDRESS AT YALE
 LAW SCHOOL.
SPEECH TO GRADUATES
Judge HornbIower Speaks of bs Tsn- deney to Impair the Integrity end independence of the Judiciary.

New Haven, Conn. June f7.--DcpTe- cation of the recall of judges, a plea for the independence of the judiciary and a denunciatiop of the "scherno for the recall of judicial decisions advo- cated by an ex-president of the United States as futile" featured che ad- dress delivered this afternoon by Judge William ". Hornblower of New York to the graduating class Of tbs Yale Law school.
 Self Styled Progressive May 5e Rsss-
 tionary.
 "The self-styled progressive,' hs said. ''is not necessarily the true pro- gressive. He may be a reactionary of the worst kind. Civilization rests upon law. Law rests upon tho courts. lf for law and the courts are co be sub- stituted the voice of a temporary ma jority of the people, then we arc abandoning the achievements Of civil- ization and drifting back to barbar- ism
 Civilization, said tho speaker. con- sists in subordinanng the wishes of the majority to the rights Of the mi- nority The fathers of this country devised safeguards for the rights of the minority against the temporary whims of the majority by imposing constitutional limitations upon legia- lative authority. and the judiciary had by it's duty to administer tue law had become the defender of those funda- mental rights of the minority.
 Futiiity of Judicial Recall
 The plea that the remedy of in- peachment was inadequate when A fudge was found to be Incompetent or corrupt, said the speaker. was made ln support of the recall. but the worst possible method of improving the per- sonnel of the judiciary was to submit them to the indignity of a recall whenever defeated htigant could per- g1ade a majority of the voters Co do so. Further, it needed no prophet Co see what the effect on the mind Of the judge would be with a ntigant on one side with powerful political influences and an individual on the other Rt1s contendfng against those inhueDoes- He pointed out that the courts are not only to administer the law but declare law. and the public is entitled Go the free and untraulmc7ed sEer nr by the judge of the functions of his ofics. MT. Hornblower then took uD the question of the recall of judicial de- cisions," and commented on The ff- tility of the scheme advocated av m ex-presfdent of the United Siaiea f0- a recall of Inc principle expressed in judicial decisions Of the several state laws while leaving free from recall f,s decisions of the supreme court. vhica may, and often do, affect fhe sar1e statutes as those of tho state courts.
 Judicial Recall and MeNanara Case.
 The most serious aspect of the pres ent agitation, he said, v'aa not in iis immediate effects. but in tho tendency towards increasing tho demand for further changes in the direction Of ths impairment of the integrity and ir(is- pendence of the judiciary. The test Of the recall would come fin times of great public excitement, he said. when some class of the community would be affected by the enforcement Of ths law, He asked what would have oeeu the result if the recall had been in force in California at the time Of the McNamara trial. No amount of evi- dence could have convinced their sym pathizers beyond controversy of their guilt, he said, and only the confession of the men vindicated the prosecutor and judge. If the safeguards of ths constitution and the integrity Of the courts were not maintained he told his hearers in closing then the government of law and order would come to an end.
 Prize Awards at Law Scheol.
 Prize awards at the law school were announced this afternoon as foliOvas.
 The Foster prize of $50 for the men- Der of the first year class receiving the highest marks at the annual exam- inatfon, awarded to Charles Raymond Bentley of Rochester. N. F.. the Jew ell prize of s50 for the second year man receiving similar marks To Charles Edward Clark of Woodbridge. Conn: the Montgomery prize of gsg for the third-year man receiving sim liar marks, to Henry Stuart Irons of Elkfns, West Va.
 The Joseph Parker prize Of s16e for the best thesis on subject con- nected with Roman law. was divided between Ralph Culber Bennett. Neu York city and Walter Lee Summers, Klngman, Ind.
 For Best orstioa.
 The Townsend prize of ff00 for fh@ member of the t1lrd- year cissa rh~ writes and pronouoce1 the hest ora - ton was aT srded 10 Andrew Isrhgou AldridSe. Jr. of Arcois- NlFs. Aruoue the members of the graduating cizas awarded the degree of barheior 0f laws cum lauds were ths following Connecticut men.
 Cu11rtland M. FeU1uav. Hsrtforf. Henry P. Roche. New Britain. Casnei- ius J. Sullivan, Jr., New Haven
 Wayiand and Munson Prizes.
 wayiand prize, first. Charles v. OHern. Vermont, Irl.. second. Pgdando R. Serri, Proctor, Vt: third. Irving M. Engel, Birmingham. Ala.
 Munson prize, first, Harry M. Den ton, Corydon, Ky: second. Ralph c. Bennett. New York city. third. Fwa- cis J. Breen. Bridgeport.
 Appointments by Corporation.
 The Yale corporation, at It's needing, made the following appointments Stewart l.. Mime. Yale. 1904, Co be- as- sistant professor in history in Yals , college; Gerard E. Jensen. Yale f50I. to be instructor in electrical engineer - ing in Sheffield scientific schools Char epce E. Clewell. 10 be inEtrudtOr ia electrical engineering, Sheffield scten- tifio school.
 New Scholarship Funds.
 Announcement was made of the of fer of a scholarship fund of s2. 2.500 from Mrs. Virginia A. Curtis In memory of her son, Thomas Fl. Curtis, Tale 1881. The offer also was announced of a scholarship fund of sB,o0o from Mrs. Arthur RyerHon in memory of her son. Afelxuf Larned Eyerson, a member of the sophomore eiass, who was kfusd in Ep automobile aocadent near Pntls - deiphia. last April
 AIunnl Advhesy soapd.
 The alumni advisory board met b. day and Pe-aiacted Hanry T. Rea.rn of heBpsF.. obstrman. and Ddwerd \ Phelps of Cincinnati, enrronpon4true eeoretnFys