Montana labor news., 1945-02-22
PESKY FLY LIGHTS in
JUSTICE NORRIS
POLITICAL OINTMENT


The late Clarence Darrow great hui
manitarian friend Of the proletariat. once
wrote. "An army well equipped and
ready for action has less terror for the
ordinary man than the unfavorable COM
ment Of the daily press Proof of that
true statement is often evidenced by the
actions Of many Of our political servants
who have proved to be faithless to,
voters who led them to the public trough
to craze and wax fat at the taxpayers
expense. Justice c. F. Morris of the
State Supreme Court is an outstanding
specimen for an example and, Mr. and
Mrs. Working Folks, here's the dope to-
prove il:
In the January 25 issue of the Mon
tana Labor News. under the caption "a
Wolf in Sleeps Clothing" a writer took
a wham at Morris with convincing re-
marks which indicate that the "Old
FOSSIL is anything but "all wool and
a yard wide" Then some "dirty scala
wag" saw to it that the judge got a
marked copy of the News for his judi
ciaI consideration.
I'll not say in whose presence he read
the article but he did and then, did he
go "redl' So red that he scrammed
right out and got few snorts Of fresh
air or something stronger, came back in
and read it again, became further ired.
nshed out and again absorbed some
more bracers. This popped him until he
became so gimpy that he bolted down
to the Clerk Of Supreme Courts office
and had placed before himself HIS OWN
OFFICIAL RECORDED DISSENT in the
H. c. Hall, Relator, VS.. George E.
Niewoehner Respondent" case, which
made plenty Of noise in all state papers.
This FINAL" decision had been filed
for the record with the Clerk December
26, 1914, number of the file being 1854.
But, was it FINAL? Evidently not and
Morris must have read something in
the Labor News which re-geared his
mental manipulation as he started
SCRATCHING OUT with a pen the en-
tire last paragraph Of HIS OWN DECI-
SION on page Al, and which read as fol-
lows:
we should be the guardians Of the
liberties Of the individual not their de-
stroyers, err if err we must on the side
Of democratic Freedom"
The final entry on the page at the
bottom reads thus:
"Note-the above lines stricken by
Justice Morris January o. 1915. Frank
Murray Clerk"
To even the dumbest person it now
must be clear that Morris never had any
sincere regard for either his own state
ment or the actual or implied principles
cited in the three stricken lines.
While we might expect such screw
balling in an OPA office Or a bar where
they mix juleps, if this is proper legal
procedure before a Supreme Court Bar
or other bar where they mix laws, I'm
a Chink herb quack able 10 cure any
and all OF our ills with slug Of soy
juice and a sniff Of hop.
However, possibly a corporation lack
ey-iudge who repeatedly has to confer
with the A. C. MS sixth Floor" before
he can render decisions which concur
with the opinions o1 his masters. the
Copper and Power drove, can get away
with alleged or actual unlawful prac-
ices which would send a friend Of the
workers to the clink if he tried it,
I call attention Of the Montana Bar
Association, every judge in the state and
Gov sam Ford to Sections 1O87S and
lO874 OF Chapter 2, OF the Montana
PENAL Codes Of 1895; and I frankly ask
Zach, any and all Of you did Morris
iolate either OF those statutes by "alter-
ng' his decision or did he note II thJ
answer is mo" / dissent, with just q
tiff's decision Of course.
Anyway, all Of the aforementioneC
Hope is correct; picked it from thI
official record in the presence Of Clerl
Murray OF the Court, and it should b'
fool and error-proof in respect TO law
, ful evidence, and should leave no oppor.