Evening star., 1921-09-16
Editorial Digest
Lands Before the Bar.

/ American Bar Association, 81;
Judge Landis. II. Thus stands the
score Of support in fifty-four repre-
! sentative papers which deal with the
! unqualified condemnation"s of Judge
| tion for conduct unworthy of the
office of judge" in engaging in pri-
vate employment and accepting pri-
| vate emolument" as national COM
missioner of base ball. while serv-
Ing on the bench. Those who\ join
| the lawyers in condemning Judge
Lands hold that the ethics Of the
! case and the general principle and
precedent involved transcend per-
| sonalities and individual integrity.
Is impossible to maintain public con-
fdence in the independence Of the
judiciary" SO long AZ Judges are per-
mftted to serve two masters" The
Judges supporters take just the other
stand-that. whatever the ethics or
/ might be, he is "a law unto himself"
and his reputation as an honest jurist
| suffers in no wise from his services
in the cause of the country's well
loved sport.
The American Bar Association has
lie service" declares the Philadelphia
Public Ledger independently. by maxi
ing formal. as the st. Louis Post
Dispatch Independently puts it, "a
verdict which public opinion has
! Pittsburgh Gazette Times (repub-
lican) adds. giving authoritative
] ratification Of the righteous judg-
ment of public opinion Nobody
questions the honesty of kenesaw
Mountain Landis." the Cincinnati
| THE general proposition is GER
| tainly sound" says the Baltimore
Sun independent democratic). that
| no judge should associate himself
\ with private business in such a way
as to cast doubt upon the honesty
Of his official acts" and the Kansas
City Star independently expresses the
| majority opinion when it says that
in this instance. "by making his fed
eral judgeship an appendage to
base ball job. Judge Landis has tended
discredit on the judiciary"
| There Is biblical authority" the
| Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Gndependent
democratic) recalls. to the effect that
| where mans treasure is. there his
heart is Also and the New York
lands has made himself in the eyes
OF the public. a base ball arbiter first
and a federal Judge second" and il in
| the discharge of both duties either
must suffer. the Oklahoma City Okla
homan (democratic) thinks "the pre-
! with the smaller salary" Any one
who accepts a judgeship should. in
| the opinion of the Wilmington IN. C.)
star (democratic). gives his whole
time. mind. heart and soul to the per-
formance of the duties Of his Office"
! ND
| nize the opposition to dual employ
| ment for judges and "by resigning
one office or the other give force to
an unwritten law" the Springfield
Republican independently predicts
! that eventually formal statute will
be enacted forbidding such dual en-
ployment"
But Judge Landis' course sis not to
be decided by ordinary standards"
the Butte Miner (democraticp declares.
and the resolution of the Bar Asso-
citation will not be concurred in by
that class of individuals that is gen.
orally designated as the man in the
street. Certainly the opinion of his
constituents, as represented by Chi
cago papers. does not coincide. How
ever dangerous" his course might be
in it's general application" the Chi
cago Post independently asserts that
In the specific case Of Judge Landis
ut Is extremely beneficial. to the pub
lic." and rather than serving to "un-
dermine public confidence in the
judiciary" the Chicago jurist. in the
opinion of the Tribune Independent
republican, Of his city, "is the most
distinguished supporesof that conf
dence." because of the fact that gen
keral public confidence IN him is full
l4nd serene" The Lafayette Journal
and Courier independent republican,
agrees that his course upon the
bench has done more to inspire such
confidence and sustain it than any
other influence that has been exerted
in that direction" and his private
employment" the Wheeling Register
(democratic) holds. is not such that
utilized in favor Of the enterprise:
az a matter Of fact. .'he has merely
world of. base ball" Heretofore
nothing offensive has been found in
arbitration by federal Judges" says
1.-THE New York Globe independently,
noting several instances in which it
has occurred. such, for instance. as
Judge Alschuler's relation to the pack
ing industry. and it maintains "it is
clearly not Objectionable"