The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-21
Reports Submitted to Bar Associa-
tion Raps Reforrs ideas Re-
call Of Judicial Decisions
Alsoin Disfavor
ANTITRUST BILL
ALSO CRITICIZED
Dislike Labor Exemption Clause in
Law Set Forth rs Objections
to the New Income
Tax Law
By United Press.

By United Press.
Washington, Oct Condemna-
tion in the most vigorous language OF
the judicial recall and the labor ex
emptilon clause in tho recent anti
trust legislation were made in the
committee reports submitted today at
the annual convention of the American
Bar association.
Of judicial recall advocates one com
mittee said:
They would substitute in the place
of the careful judgment of a tribunal
of triers, experienced in the trial OF
| facts and learned in the law, the arbi-
trary and capricious pre-judgment OF
comparatively incapable arbiters de-
! clared at mass meeting or at ref
erendum election
"The new legislation discriminates
against the successful man." another
committee said of the Clayton anti
trust BILL
1T snatches the prize from the hope
full and energetic And by legalizing
weapons of offense on the part of la
Dor unions it encouraged lawless labor
leaders. There are some who love the
excitement and .notoriety of strikes
and profit by them"
(. The committee to oppose the judlc-
/ ial recall delivered vigorous denun-
citation of Chief Justice Walter Clark
of the North Carolina supreme court,
without mentioning his name, because
of his advocacy of recall of decisions.
Some who would disavow Social
lists as such, are nevertheless the al
lies of this Socialist doctrine" the
committee reported. within the past
year chief justice of one of the old
est states, an an address. avowedly in
tended for the people of the entire ma
tion held up to derision our federal
constitution, its makers and its ex-
Founders as a basis for his advocacy
of the decision recall and of other
|
changes in our form of government.
His attack upon the federal constitu-
/ tion and upon our system of govern.
ment has never been surpassed in ma
Elignant vituperation by that of any
Socialist doctrinaire."
Partial approval was given by the
committee to the "Ohio plan,' which
provides that no act of the legislature.
duly approved by the executive and not
vetoed by the people through the ref
erendum. shall be declared unconstitu-
ticnal by the state supreme court un-
less at least six Of the seven judges
concur.
I'VE are not advocating the Ohio
plan. but simply suggesting that, for
existing inefficiencies which are re-
cognized by the bar generally. it offers
some elements of remedy consistant
with our form of government" the
committee said
The judicial recall amendments to
be voted upon in Kansas and Mime
sofa next month were singled out for
/ particular denunciation. These require
a separate recall election, apart from
the election of the successor Of the
deposed Judge, in case the recall Is
successful. "By eliminating one of
the incidental objections to the judic-
\ ial recall, these measures, thus sugar
coated, were fed to and swallowed BY
the legislatures OF these two states.
where, without modification, the re-
call of judges had been previously re-
jected," the report read
Summarizing, the committee eaid:
"a perceptible change In sentiment
toward the judicial recall is slowly but
surely showing itself among the people
of the different states. In many local
tiles it's nature Is not yet under
stood. In most states the average vot-
er has. as yet, insufficient apprecia'
tion Of its baneful character. The
work OF education must be continued.
The signs. however, Of increasing en-
llightenment due 10 the persistent ef
forts Of its opponents. are everywhere
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