The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-05-09

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Ex-Gov. Hadley of Missouri ha
been speaking lately of the recall
of Judges, which has been one o
the trinity of Progressive policies
He is opposed to the recall because
we have already a sufficient safe,
guard in the impeachment, which
is conducted by due process Of law
insuring both the people and the
Judge all personal and property
rights. He says: at is now pro-
posed, in furtherance of this pro-
paganda of change, that our public
officials, including our judges, should
be deprived of the rights and privi-
leges and the immunities that are
enjoyed by the humblest citizen.
And those who have been intrusted
with the solemn responsibility of
conducting the public service and
have had conferred upon them the
honor and distinction Of public
office are to be subjected to a
penalty and a forfeiture, which in
cludes financial loss and public
humiliation, upon what, in prac-
teal effect, would amount to a
mere Judgment of unpopularity
rendered at a general election by
popular vote.
"And to subject judges to such
a method of recall means not only
to subject them to trial by popular
clamor without the safeguards in
cident to the forms of law but also
to subject the rights of every citizen
to trial by popular clamor, without
the safeguards incident to the forms
of law. For if a judge is to be
removed from Office on account of
the unpopularity of his decisions
upon questions of law and of fact
the necessary tendency and result
will be toward the decision of ques-
tions of law and fact upon basis
of popular approval, rather than
upon established principles of right
and human conduct"
This is candid and logical and
based, evidently, upon a rather
thorough knowledge of human ma
ture. Many a proposition which |
looks good upon the surface proves
to be little but words, words, |
words" when probed beneath the
surface. A study of the recall
reveals enough dangers to make the
blessings seem doubtful and we
doubt if the initiative and referen-
dun would bring in the millennium.
The Friedman cure has been
commercialized by the sale of his
American rights. The turtle serum
will be dispensed from thirty-six
Friedrich F. Friedman Institutes
in thirty-six selected states. The
doctor received S125,000 in cash
md 81 100000 in stock in these
Institutes as his present share of
he profit of the cure. The COM {
nercializng of the tuberculosis cure ,
s not necessarily a detriment to l
humanity, it may prove '
o be a great good to these victims I
If the white plague. If the cure is t
eally a cure, then the easier of ac- v
ess the better, and it stands to
easOn that more can receive treat
nent without undue hardship in b
raveling if there are doctors and S
Institutes scattered all over the j
ountry, who can administer the y
ure. This view of the case does a
lot take in the scientists side at A
II. Because the man happened r
0 be a doctor is no reason, however a
Thy he should not profit financially b
his brains can invent a remedy so +
eeded, provided profit is not his {
ole aim. We would not deny this S
ight to the engineer or the mechanic a
rho invented devise which helped a
he work-a-day world, why should o
re deny it in any realm of invention d
r research? II