The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-09

into our constitutions. The privilege
Of the writ OF habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless in cases of
rebellion or invasion the public
safety may require it, Constitution
United States. Art. /. Sec. Q. Consti.
tuition OF State of Washington. Art
/. Sec. 10"
Judge Chadwick wrote the above
opinion also. and Judges Mount and
Holcomb signed it IL is plain that
the identical principles which the
court laid down in this case in 1915
are rspudiated in the quarantine de.
cision just rendered.
BY diligent search. am unable to
find this recent quarantine decision
OF our Supreme Cour. sustained by
any other court decision in the land.
or any textbook authority. or any
principle OF constitutional liberty.
private rights or distributlve justice.
Space and time do not permit me
to deal fully with this question at
this time. but l VIII deal more fully
with II after election. whether | am
elected or not. because ] am not will
ing TO submit TO the constitutional
rights OF the American citizen being
destroyed-even by Supreme Court
decision-without my protest being
recorded.
All persons who believe that n
healthy, clean person should NOT he
Guaranteed and the terrible stigma
OF diseased person wrongfully put
upon them. and that they should
NOT be denied n hearing before a
court OF law and that they should be
permitted to meet their accusers face
to face and give evidence of the facts
OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST
THEM, which they allege in their
petition 10 the court. and that they
should NOT be denied the consttu
tional protection OF the law OF the
land. should vote against Judges
Main and Mount. two OF the Judges
who rendered this opinion.
All persons who do not sanction
police officers going into mans
home and taking his wife and quar-
antining her because she objects to
drunken policemen coming into her
home and insulting people who live
there. and then quarantining her to
cover up their own wrong. should
not vote for Judge Main and Judge
Mount--thesc being the only two
judges of the five who are now seek.
ing to be reelected.
There Is no other appeal than to
the voters of our state.
II is well indeed TO compel the Su.
preme Court Judges OF our state TO
return to and regard first principles
and give full force and effect to the
constitution. The first duty OF the
1 people of this state IL to force our
| Supreme Court to recognize that the
people themselves constitute the
| highest court and the court OF last
resort in our state.
The writ OF habeas corpus in this
state has been practically abolished
and the guarantees of our state con-
stitution are ignored. The final par
agraph In the recent decision of our
/ Supreme Court in handing down its
opinion OF August 9th, 1918. should
| be sufficient to warrant any citizen
in refusing to return to our Supreme
| Court any Judge who signed and
sanctioned this most dangerous doc
D
/ trine.
| This decision was written by Jus
tice Chadwick and signed by Justices
Fullerton. Holcomb. Main and Mount
The last two named Judges are now
seeking to be reelected to the Su.
preme Court, and in conscience
am compelled to pray to the people
for their defeat so that they may be
returned gracefully to private life
and that the other three be defeated
when they again seek reelection.
/ am grived to write and publish
/ this article, but as a citizen and law
yer. must discharge my obligation
Of citizenship to my nation. Its in
situations OF private rights and liber-
/ ty must not perish.
EDWIN J. BROWN.
RRTNC ESIU TIC