The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-11

InaLcnieEA aDlliiSi Sttauy manu. uh-
erring eye and stout heart to give tho
American people Magma Charter, as
lit were, that would stand the test
OF time and OF enlarged and changed
conditions as they developed. That
was some 13S years ago and this great
instrument which has challenged the
admiration Of the world has been
found wanting in but few small de-
tails which have easily been righted,
The fundamental and underlying prin-
ciples of the constitution remain as,
Jefferson and his contemporaries pro
muigaled them. However. with its
great and time-honored service, its
patriotism and its broad American
ism. the great old document by which
the ship of state has been guided well
nigh century and a half is now, in
our opinion. rudely attacked in this
bill. II there Is one branch of the
three coordinate ones OF the United
States government which has been
pure and undefiIed as whole, which
has had the fullest respect and CON
fidence OF the citizens of the nation
II is the federal iudiciary--that grea y
bulwark of the people, the creates
judicial forum on tho face of iii
earth, where the rights of every ma
is preserved and Where prince an,
paupor alike may seek and find sim
pie Justice.
The trainers Of the constitution
sought TO fix the terms, the mannerI
of their selection, the age limit forI
retirement. etc, etc, Of all classes of
federal judges, and up to the time of
tho introduction Of this bill no aug-
gestion of q change has ever been
made. Federal judges are appointed
by tho president by and with the con
sent OF the senate. This proposed bill
changes this provision and delegates
to the president power to retire any
and all federal judges when they
reach the age of seventy, or at such
time thereafter as their retirement
may be deemed best for the good of
the service,
Without going into a discussion OF
the eonstitutionality Of the measure,
and We do not believe IL would be con-
stitutional, and so eminent a consti-
tutional lawyer as Senator Cummins.
of Iowa, declares it would not, the bin
Ii enacted into law would prove a dan.
gerous weapon for designing politi.
clans to use at the White House, and
in the end we might find the faint of
latter day politics pervading to large
and dangerous extent the entire fed
oral Judiciary. The aim in the past
has always been to keep these two
things federal judges and politics.
as far apart as possible. which ac.
counts in very large measure for
the prs-eminenee In which the feder-
al judiciary as whole IL held in the
esteem of the American people gencr-
Ially, In passing we might suggest
that Georeia's state Judiciary is suf-
fering today by reason Of the fact
that it is, under present conditions.
ever and cternally made the flotsam
and ietsam between the various and
lprecarious tides that obb and flow in
the currents Of Georgia politics.
The average federal Judge, howev,
Ter distinguished he may have been
in the practice prior TO his appoint
lment, rarely is elevated to the bench
before he reaches the age OF tiftyfive
10 60 years it takes at least fiyegr sis
years tor him 20 broaden into a proper
conception OF Che duties of the Judi
cial office; and why at seventy. il he
SIN be- mentaiiy ana physically lit
should the government BE deprived
OF his rlpc, able and experienced sery
ice? The entire bill deals with i
subject SO vastly important. so fal
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