The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-02-29
on a given policy they must have pub
lie servants who will carry out that
policy.
impeachment a Failure.

Keep clearly il mind the distinction
between TIE end AID the means 10 at
tG.a see Or am IS to.Get the
t. lt Jude i-.,t have Gascr.aeI. to
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SIZE 2.1 g. -o e. - te-eI ,!2gl, if
necessary. take CT Tie bench The
wrong type C Judge Under the con
ditions set forth il the extract from
the letter gi~e1 above l would per-
sonally have favored the recall OF the
judges both in California and in Mis-
souri,, for no damage that could have
been done by the recall would have
equaled the damage done to the COM
munity by judges whose conduct had
revolted not only the spirit of justice,
but the spirit Of common sense. 1 do
not believe in adopting the recall save
as last resort, when it has become
clearly evident that 70 other course
will achieve the desired result. But
either the recall will have to be adopt
ed OF else it Will have to be made
much easier than it now is to set rid
not merely &C lad JUDGE, but of n
judge who, however virtuous, has
grown SO c-t c3 to1ch with social
needs ana fac ,1ot lie IS unfit longer
10 render Goca service on the bench.
It IS nonsense 10 say that imD2ach-
ment meets the difficulty. In actual
practice We have found that impeach-
ment does llct work; that unfit judges
stay on 20 beqoh in spite OF it. I'M
peachmeEt rs q remedy for the ills Of
which tac Eeople Justly complain is
com. 'ele 1ai 9re A quicker. more
SUNNI, remedy Is needed.
But t4ere Is one Kind of recall in
when l Very earnestly belleve and the
immediate aaoia}en OF whlch l urge.
Ihere are soOhd fStSens Tor 'ns eau
tiouS about the ieeats II ae udge
VINO mas fenoeiet 40 ta5 q iin-s
proper dee-5-on. AIRY servant
no IAatter Row W -ua9e q neS omit
ing Nas1il&lon OF I ssleoia OF stlas>
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swnnn Individuals nnt when tndee
decides y conxtitI1t;oDal question. when
he decides what the naon,e IS 4 whole
can or cannot do tho nponla should
have tho right to recall that decision
If thew think il wrong We should hold
the Judiciary in all respect. but it is
both absurd and degrading to make a
fetish of q Judge or of any one else.
Abraham Lincoln said in his first inau-
gural: "If the policy Of the government
upon vital questions affecting the whole
people is to be irreyocably fixed by de-
cisions of the supreme court =
the people will have ceased to be their
own rulers. having to that extent prac-
tically resigned their government into
the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Nor is there in this view any assault
upon the courts or the judges" Lin
coin actually applied in successful fash
ion the principle Of the recall in the
bred Scott case.
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