The Winslow mail., 1916-01-21
Has He Violated His Oath.

STATE OF ARIZONA. COUNTY OF NAVAJO. ss.
|. Sidney Sapp, do solernnly swear that will sup
port the constitution Of the United States and the
constitution and laws of the state of Arizona;
that will true faith and alleRience bear to the
same, and defend them against all enemies what
soever. and that will faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties of the Office Of Superior
Judge according to the best of my ability. 10 help
me God.
AS a judge he is supposed to
have an unbiased mind, free of
malice, petty politics, religious
prejudice, or arrogant assumption
of power. About one of his first
official acts was to make an order
that no legal notice should be
published in the Snowflake Her.
aid, and in open court repriman-
ded Attorney Jones of Flagstaff,
because he had published an alias
summons unwittingly in the for
bidden newspaper. And for what
reason? The Snowflake Herald
is one of the best newspapers in
Arizona, and has just as large a
circulation of bona fde subscrib-
ers as any paper in Navajo coun-
ty. Was it because its editor,
Bob Smith, afiliates with the
Norman church, and the Snow
flake country, where the paper
circulates largely, is populated
by people of the Norman faith?
Why this religious test for judi
cial favor? Are they not just as
good citizens as any of our gen.
tile population; pay their taxes,
and mind their own business?
Prior to our residence, we under
stand Judge Sapp rode into, Office
on a religious war stirred up by
his political managers, but he
should have forgotten it after
the election, and went on the
bench with his mind freed from
religious prejudice. Can a Nor
man receive justice in such a
court? Do the decent, law-abid-
ing people of this county want
such a Judge to preside over their
courts.
And now where does he get his
legal authority for his edict
against the Snowflake Herald,
or is it a brazen assumption of
power and official intimidation of
attorneys? The law covering the
publication of legal notices reads
as follows:
SEC. 1850. All county and other officers requir-
ed by law to give notice by publication of any
matter pertaining to pending in their respec-
tive Offices, shall publish all such notices in some
newspaper published in their respective counties.
WHEN THE COST OF SUCH PUBLICATION
is NOT TO BE A COUNTY CHARGE. the party
at whose cost the said publication is made may
designate the newspaper in which such publica-
ton shall be made and may contract with the
paper so designated for the payment of such pub
lication.
Does this read like conferring
the power of a czar on the super
ior Judge? Only recently. a eli
ent contracted with the Wins
low Mail through his attorney,
for the publication of an alias
summons, and so notified Judge
Sapp in a written order, but he
denied the clients right of con-
tract arbitrarily, and ordered the
notice published in the Holbrook
News. But he could hardly be
blamed for that.
This is just another phase of
the judicial record of Judge Sapp
since he has been elevated to the
bench. He swears to uphold the
constitution of the United States
that guarantees religious liberty,
and uses his usurped autocratic
power to injure the Snowflake
Herald, because it is representa-
tive of our Mormon ciuizenry; he
violates the laws of Arizona by
denying to clients their rights to
contract for the printing for
which they have to pay he has
been unfaithful to his trust in
encouraging by his silence the