Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-21
Saturday. December q. 1918.
Democratic Ripper Gill Aimed At the
Courts.

u, moCTatic leaders are trying to
Jam through Congress In the expir-
Ing days 81 the. present session
ripper bin aimed at the federal
courts: a bili which seeks TO violate
the spirit II not the letter Of the fed
cral constitution which adopts rev.
ouuonsry means Of films the fed
.tal bench sud subordi nate court Of
hrcs w1th deserving Democrats: and
81 the fame time would cor siderably
inrrca g. the coFt . the federal
tud'r ar t1 the people Of The ccun-
Try
4 .Sitns dut. Of republicans in
the scaate to n1ht this ripper bill 10
q anifa. and bs whatever means are
o. tasA commaHd. for. Il enacted.
th.s MEASURE will make the judiciary
OF the country. ~ tn precedent es
taoi.ehcd az uiuth The creature of the
oYecut.vc ca Congress has been dur
ing tao pss, Few YEAR. II bin can
ha ..anacd prov ding ior IN" retire
mcnt % fcGe.ai judges at the Wiz o.
any prrEidcn: AZ ihc age OF fcVenty'
then u.s. tnat precedent the limit can
ho reduced 10 si1ty years. o. NIFTY. ana
tha fedora bench can 10 cleared OF
monuments and hled with henchmen
o an executive n any time. IL Is the
heEinnIng Of the abolition OF an in
dependent judiciary and the creation
OF federal judicial machinery, com
plotcly subject 10 the whim ana
caprice 81 the executive.
The Carlin ripper I'M IS intended
90 circumvent the following Section
~ Ar,iclr ~ OF the federal constitu
ton The judicial power ~ the
United states shail be vested in one
supreme Count and ~ such inferior
court. ~ the Congress may from
TIME 10 time ordain AMI establish
rho iudscs. both 81 The supreme and
inferior courts. SHALL HOLD
THEIR OFFICES DURING GOOD
pEH>vIpR and shall at stated
times receive Tor their services
.unponsatiun which shall not be d.
miniahed during their term of Of
rrc, Federal Judges arc by tho
CONSTITUTION. subject 10 impeachment
fot onicial misconduct
The carlin ripper hill provides. in
the case Of circuit and district Judges
" W. liNf ifNN ll''i wv 'tkf ~ r'NNiNN
and who were appointed before the
iist Inauguration Of President Wilson
and therefore have served ten years.
that they may resign OF retire on
pay Hut II they fail 10 resign or re-
TIRE the President may on the claim
that such Judges are physically or
mentally unft - discharge the duties
uf thcir office. appoint second judge.
who shalt be the senior Judge and by
virtue OF that authority run the
court his functions, significantly
enough including the appointment
al officials of the court II the regular
5ndg. made inferior ~ law cannot
agree with him on jheee appoint
mcnts II makes a Dixie Democrat
sore 10 think that there are still some
Republican attaches OF federal courts
icft
~ course such q Law would set n
precedent whereby Republicans could
'rip the federal courts after March
~ 1921. hut no such partisan con-
sldcTstion should induce Repub!i-
cans TO lend their support TO "A judi
siai ripper law. 90 course. there Is
nothing In the pTctcnse that n Judge
!U seventy is more likely 10 be in
competent to perform his duties than
some of the Younger deserving Demo
'tats ~ Socialists who might he ap-
pointed 10 succeed them. chief Jus
iirc white ia seventy three Justice
MCkcnna s. seventy nNc. Justice
Holmes H. seventy seven. Ju.ti"e Day
~ ~ his SEVENTEEN year. will any one
,lhir that thrt are less competent
than the mnipr members Of the court
justices NcHeyuolds. Prandeis and
Clarke
Roat the Democratic ripper hill in
tenued 10 save the ,nnrts TO- partisan
Democracy The National E,publi-
can.
Thinking minds Of the country have
watched the tendencies OF the pres
cnt administration, The reaching out
tor more and greater power has been
continuous The executive powers
conferred hS war conditions exceeded
those ot any head Of q nation in the
world Nct our executive demanded
m"r, and motc of Congress and.
whom ID VAS refused demanded of the
people that they give him a Congress
"f he own making tina. he could
mold In the future
Md TO-DAY the party OF Wilson. and
liurl"s'n. aud Gompcrs. and Southern
determination To- punish and dominate
the North ~ not satisfied with ex-
'cutiVr and legislative control Il
would manipulate itself into control
~ the judicial branch by pcliticians.
let us have an end to paiernaIism
and socialism az dominating factors
.n the affairs Of free people.