Arizona republican., 1914-07-04
To The Voters OF
Maricopa County

perior Court of MaricOpa County is
the most important position in the
County, and one of the most impor-
tant in the State. This is particular
ly true at this formative period in
The States Jurisprudence, the begin
ming of the judicial history Of a new
state Erroneous rulings and prece-
dents set now will be quoted as au-
thority in the years to come and in
each instance will rise up to mock
the earlier attempts at justice. Many
a crookd calf trail has, by constant
travel, been changed into public
road For illustration, hundreds of
yeas ago an English court at the
instance of the landed class ruled in
Il case where a tenant had rented a
house for a term of years and the
house had been destroyed by fire
before the expiration of the lease,
that the tenant must, nevertheless,
continue to pay rents for the uneX-
pred period, unless he had caused to
be inserted in the lease contract,
provision to the contrary. Suisse
quent courts to this good day have
followed this precedent in the ma
jority of the States of this Union,
though the principle is shocking to
cur ideas of justice and right, and
anyone with ordinary sense should
know at once that when the house
was destroyed by fire, the considera-
ton for the contract failed and the
rental therefor should at once cease.
Since statehood many new laws, to
which others will constantly be add
ed, demand TO-. correct Interpretation
and construction, the highest order
of legal ability obtainable, regardless
ot priority of residence and other
minor considerations. A good start
is half the battle. The most of these
laws have not, as yet, been construed
in this state, though many Of them
have been taken from the statutes
of Texas, California and other states,
and have already been construed by
the Courts of last resort in those
States. The momentous task herein
indicated is no task for the mex
perienced
The administration of this office
Il present is marked by inexcusable
inefficiency and unspeakable delays,
though the Judge personally is
good man. Most of the murder
cases tried here require from eight
to ten days for their disposition,
when they should be disposed of in
from one-third to one-half of that
time. In other cases two to three
times as much time is required as is
reasonably necessary. AS a result.
the docket is hopelessly crowded with
no present prospect of relief. Other
judges are constantly called in from
other counties and their expenses are
paid by MaricOpa County. In spite
of all, the court business accumulateS
and piles mountain high and confu =
sion is monarch Of all, while the law
yers needlessly argue with the court
and with each other over immaterial
and irrelevant matters, and after the
trial are compelled to file long wind
ed briefs, which the court consumes
much time in reading, earnestly seek
ing the correct SOLUTION OF eieiHeH-
tary questions familiar to the best
informed lawyers since their admis-
sion to the bar
The latest report of the Board of
Supervisors places the cost of the
Superior Court of Maricopa County
at 1872, 200 PEI year. CThiS does not
include the costs of the sheriffs Of
flee or the County Attorneys office,
etc. $4,000 is expended per year in
this county for jury service alone On
December 81. 1913, the total bonded
Indebtedness of the County was 81,
361. 1868.
SOLUTION
AS an aid to the solution of these
difficulties, l submit my candidacy
for the position of Judge of the Su
perior Court of Maricopa County, and
in this connection, l offer:
% A vigorous, fearless, positive
quick and incisive mind, seasoned
by twenty-five years of active prac-
tice at the ba-r and an extended ex-
perience in the Texas House of Rep
resentatives and Senate, where
learned the art of making and con-
STRUNG laws:
(2) An energetic, tireless working
body and an indomitable will that
knows no failure;
CD An unselfish, patriotic life de-
voted to the best interests of m,
adopted State. Arizona.
IF ELECTED
ID l will preside over your court
with dignity and faithfully and fear
iessly endeavor to see each and al
of YOU laws carried out and justice
dispensed in each particular case.
90 | promise an economical ad
ministration of the affairs of the of
flee and will oppose grating in al
its forms. l will save the county al
least $4,000 the first year of my ser
vice, or tender my resignation az
judge of your court. The probabili-
ties are that l would save severa
times that much.
CONCLUSION
1t is true that this is only my
third year in this County, but if
know the law, why should it b.
urged against me that I do not know
all the people? Anciently, Justic,
was supposed to be blind, and Il
elected your judge, ! would neither
see nor know either party to a suit
so far as the discharge of duty wa!
concerned, but render a just judg
ment in each cast