The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-23
Associate Justice Morris Record

The banks insurance companies railroads and other
great corporations exploiting the people of the state have
saunch friend in Associate Justice Morris who IS seeking re-
election for another six term to the supreme court OF the
of Montana This borne out by the majority OF the
opinions which he has written the in which he has con-
Cured and the in which he has dissented
Judge Morris has the quality of being consistent Ills $40
gan when he stopped being banker and ran Tor and was
elected to the supreme court was Wealth protects tne c
must protect the rights of the forgotten man. lie USED
all during that campaign He never deviated from
that preaching.
Once elected platform and slogan being of further
us discarded what he had preached and his decisions and
opinions the high consistently reflect his
unwaverng support corporations of wealth and privilege
hundred cooperative organizations IN the
state with their thousands of going forget
on election day. the opinion of the majority of
that the cooperaves not liable Tor taxes on the
patronage dividends which they pay Associate Justice
his opinion which concurred in by Chief JUS
Johnson and Associate Justice Erickson held that those
patronage dividends could not be accounted profits OF the
association that they egmatey included by the Gala
tin Farmers Company cooperative association IN e ac
counting under the cooperative association law
they belonged the patrons The association paid the taxes
under protest that premise and carried the case TO the s
preme Morris and the deceased Stewart who all OF MS
life loyal friend of the large interests of the state dev
cred an opinion dissenting with the majority and holding that
the cooperative must corporation taxes on the moneys they
had already paid out as due its patrons THIS CASE VITAL
TO ALL COOPERATIVE MEMBERS IN The STATE, Will.
BE REMEMBERED BY THEM ON ELECTION DAY. THEY
WILL VOTE TO REPLACE MORRIS WITH A MAN, MORE
SENSITIVE TO JUSTICE; ONE WITH LESS OF THE TRADl
TIONAL BANKER PSYCHOLOGY
personal injury suit brought by Sullivan against the
Northern Pacific Railway recorded Montana Page 49,
he again with his colleague Stewart in denying damages
to the one injured held for the railway company
opinion with which Associate Justices Angman and Erickson
disagreed forcefuly.
The Northern Life Companys interests were
guarded by brought by the administrator of
the pocyholder who died policy which the
pany refused pay because of technicaly Again Asso
ciate Justices Angstman and Erickson dissented
The "Keeney case which well pubicized and which
bring into prominence the dctaorial administration
President Simmons of the State University supported by
Ayers his board of education only
ample of Morris consistency in supporting the political
and his sympathy with the interests which tried to de-
pve Keeney his plainly recognized rights of tenure OF the
held in the University Judge Morris dissented from
opinion of the other members of the court who recognized
Keeneys rights Any possible ability recognize justice and
equity which Judge Morris have had at time his
appears been completely eradcated by his long
conventional pound of flesh demanding banker
The limited horizon of his mentality indicated by his opn
involving the question of whether ballot should
counted when voter failed to get his X exactly in the
printed square before the of the candidate for which
that the of the plainly enough
indicated ballot should be counted But Judge Morris in
sisted X be right in the square the vote not
be counted.
Many other might be cited here examples of Nor
of justice and indications of character They
would convey nothing They would all show that
justice of the supreme he still retains his
banker attitudes He should will be retired He doesn't
progressive society His background suggests reaction
record the court emphasizes it.
good job of repudiang his platform which
elected in 1884 Let have in his place with
integrity keep his campaign PROMISES something
place society Let keep them off the court