Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-29
PROMINENT MEN URGE
SUPPORT OF DALLETT
Appeal Issued to Voters N Be
half of Orphans
Court Judge

Voters Of every political belief are
strongly urged to give their hearty sup
port TO the reelection OF judge Morris
Dallctt TO the Orphans court in state
ment just issued by g1 II PhiladclDhia's
business and financial leaders.
The preservation Of the high standards
Of tho judiciary the statement points
out. depends uuon the acceptance OF "a
'ong-estahlish,d principles that Judges
who have capably and faithfully filled an
elective term upon the bench shall be rec
tanned In tho judicial service.
The statement pays high tribute to the
I integrity and ability Of Mr. Dallett while
serving as President Judge Of the Or
phans Court
The statement follows.
ITO the citizens Of Philadelphia.
In the election OF a Judge of the
Orphans Court i'm November the citizens
OF Philadelphia are confronted with
very important issue in the preservation
or rejection Of the long-established prln-
ciple that JUDGES, who have capahly and
faithfully nlpd an elective term upon
the bench, shall be retained in the udicial
service.
Ever since the establishment Of the
3 'HfI,
Judiciary OF Philadelphia was placed upon
an elective basis il has been recognized
that public interest and the preservation
OF the integrity Of the courts and the
administration Of justice demands the
retention Of Judges who have given the
/ best years of their lives to the public
/ service. 80 matter how bitter in the
/ past has been the heat Of party or fac
tional strife, and regardless of the in
/ dividual party affiliations of the Judges,
for more than 80 years Philadelphia has
/ maintained the principle of returning to
4 the bench Judges who have served pre-
( vious elective terms with faithtulncss
/ TO the public trust.
Under the former party convention
| systems, the Republican party indorsed
! Democratic Judges the Democratic party
! indorsed Republican Judges and both
! parties ndOrsed and supported avowedly
| Independent Judges.
ut Is vital that this principle, strong
! enough to enforce itself upon political
parties for two generations, shall be pre-
! served by the people under the non-partt-
! san judicial election law. 1t applies with
| particular force to the case of President
| Judge Morris Dallett Of the Orphans
| Court
Appointed to the bench eleven years
ago, Judge Dallett was nominated and
elected for the full term Of ten years in
1905 In the first years of his service he
| sat AS the colleague Of three Of the
founders Of Orphans Court jurispru-
| donCe--Judges Penrose, Ashman and
Hanna. Succeeding Judge Penrose as
President Judge, his service has been
such as to maintain the high standards
which his eminent predecessors estab-
lished for the Orphans Court.
These standards should be maintained
and the principle of the retention OF
Judges should be preserved if the public
expects the highest ideals of judicial SER
vice and the capable and impartial ad-
ministration Of justice which is possible
only II the bench is kept free Of political
strife and Interference.
Therefore, the undersigned join in
urging the voters of Philadelphia to give
their undivided support to Judge Morris
Dallett at the November election"
The appeal is signed by the following:
lthnghau. b. Morris, Edward b. Smith
! William r. Nicholson c. S. W. Packard
Alba B. Johnson, y. r. Fowell William B
| NanLennep NJ. D., c. Stuart Patterson
| George W. Elkins. Charles y. Norton HowarJ
p. French, Robert =. Hooper Asa s. Wing
| J, s. W. Holton, George X. Johnson, G. c
! Purvcs. Charles +. lnEersou, William T. El
liott, Emil Rosenberger, James Dobson.