The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1937-05-21
What DNinels Doing For The Race
THE court DECISIONS

Human bias prejudice predictions vate equation
into which they enter The judges of the Supreme Court form
no exception to this rule All for court free
political slant and bias pure of while 1T mposs
IDLE for judge free himself of his received and
itica and economic philosophy would be for Baptist
aside his denomnaoal tenets religious controversy
The electoral commission appointed determine the
Nlden contest 1877 composed of Honorable upright
men, and yet their decisions split along the line of ceavaghe
eight Republicans upheld the claim of Rutherford Hayes
publican candidate while the Democrats with like
ity supported Samuel Ten their Democratic copartzan No
upbraided their honor and integrity either side
merely illustration of judicial following
its pre- conceived opinions.
The Supreme Court from the bred Scott to the Angelo Hen
decision split states rights
Control The judges who believed that the control of the interest
of slavery should be left voted remand bred Scott
back the of slavery while the minority opinion
entertained by those who upheld strong central authority
Precisely the line cleavage observed the
eo Herndon The four conservative members of the bench
Van DeVaer McReynd Switzerland and Butler who joined
in the minority opinion would return Angelo Herndon to the
tender mercies 81 the 81 Georgia.
liberal sentiment nation the Negro a citizen
and conferred upon him the rights and privileges of citizenship
and made these rights revocabe by the states The reaconar
have constantly combaed the spirit and of John Ca
chiefly concerned with preventing the Negro from
enjoy the full status of an American citizen
President Rooseves proposal to beraiZe the Supreme
Court would certainly tend safeguard the rights of the Negro
under the law Every candid and farmnded citizen knows
fully we'll that the rights privileges of the Negro would be
better by liberal judges viz Hughes
Saone Cardoz and Roberts than by the four reaconas who
joined in the dissenting opinion in the Herndon
Justice McReynod anexra judicial uttelance stated
he believed in equal justice for all including the
darky but his reactonay attitude and states rights obses
ion illustrated by his in the Herndon makes this state
ment rather unconvncing.
Roosevets proposal to add members the Supreme
Court rather daring to the md conservative mind
but the practical statement impute easc perfection
to fra human nature Judges subject like inrm
tiles other Downing the judicial ermine does change
judges nature AS long judges appointed by the Pres
dent and confirmed by the Senate their attitude political and
economic questions will influence their decision Then why
have bench mbued with basic political and economic phoso
ply which the nation has approved?
In addition to the broad principle the Negro special
for supporting Rooseves proposal squnts drec
ton of LIBERAL federal control against the doctrine of rights
which has been the rock upon which political hopes
have foundered from the days of John Calhoun until
1t true that the main purpose in berazing the Court is
to broader attitude economic rather than
human rights But the Pesident has distinctly sadhe
two are indissolubly joined together
Provincial southern sentiment is hdebound in it's advany
of states right in soar the Negro is concerned but strangely
enough this section has furnished the chief supporters uphold
ing the hand of Rooeve and the New economic liberal
ISM The section which unanimously opposed the Gavagan
antynchng bill almost sGdy uphold aspect