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OH STORY OF
VICI0RYJ01D
Observations Taken in
Brilliant Sun Leave Lit
tle Margin of Error.,
MIGHTY BARRIERS OVERCOME
Willing Dogs Justify Confi
dence Placed in Them by
Explorer.
PLATEAU CF ICE IS CROSSED
Southward March Averages
25 Kilometers Daily.
ALL ARE WELL ON RETURN
I to Mm in Party of final Discov
rrj. I lircc Ileitis Detached for
I loriili.iii- i:ir here,
lias f NirT Hai-I.
n.; i 1 m 1 i mi.iit or
MIM.-M) I.MT .ol .
. . . That eay it iec. mlT tl
was t'aulfil i)H(-l lirbl hrr X"
from 'utli-'-i.t. the frnprratur
minus vn'nxim l'J.4 d Jrf'l bc:-vr
xr K:lh7rlttirtt I and the rounl nl
Adluc wrrc lTfcit. Tha llay
pff a:irz aa uual and P. M.
wa nianV a halt,
A'iri1inc to our fknnlnc w- had
rra-h-l our drf tnatliin. Ail of us
Eathrrra runt the rrn. a beauti
ful li'V. f'ae all hanil taking hoid
of It at:! planting It. The at
plateau Q wMrh tho p!t la atand
Ine sit the nimr of t)ie "King
llaalcil VII rut.au.- It la a ait
praln alia.- in a:i directions: mile
aftrr mi: durlr.a the nteht w cir
cled anunl the rantp.
In the weaiiT " spent tha ful
loatua; 1t taMrir a vrta of ot-arrva-ieria
from 4 A. M. to 7 I M.
TM r-nutt a us v drf rfr, Ca
BittiUt i. - - Prom Amundsen's oao
r.rr.ui of the nndlas of the South
wl..
HV r.iVI I t. AMI SIKV.
iWrittrn i-" 'ady t'r the New York
Tt?p--a and The I ires-mlan. I
' ' "cpylsh 1 hr the Nr York Times Coin
Tan. A:i rirftil. re.ereit. I
Ifi'BAKT. Tasmania. March S. II. 20
A. M. u the I'illi of February. 1911,
we commenced to work our way to
ward the south, from that 1ay to the
11th f April, e-lihlishing three- d'pot-i.
whi-i li: all ront:iinMl a iinantlty of
ITor ln:i .f aNout nnoi) kilost. ine
I'liuj.ml ?l !uir.!rrl kilos. Ir.tludln
tl kt.!. of ii nit. wrrf rarhtvl
in .mi ilrcrfri. 700 kilo in SI il';;rs
und '0 klh in il'i:rpv suutli lutl
tudr. n Uir.tlm.irks wt-ro to be Mrn
tho lfwii. rre niarki'd with flairs,
n.vrn kilomrltT!' in ruch nile In the
a-lrrly ami w-.-t'Tly il.ri tion.
4.ritaaS ;mmI fnr llrliaa;.
T:t uronnl ,iitl l.if M.it,. ut the b.ir
rlrr were f t'ir hr.-l iitil ftprrl;illy
wrll .i1ai'tl to arivlnv: with
ln Krhruary IS hal thus trarrld
about 110 kilometer. Tho rlhl of
the l.MlEr. was :'." ktl-. nl tha num
hrr i'l ti-'Hf as hix fr rarh .li;".
Ttir ii r f of thf barrier was xino.it h
nl fn. with n iiatiiri. Thn ctrv
i. vtrrr vry local. anl wrrr fminil
lanarou.H in only two plar.-i. Kfir the
rrit- -Inns. Miiooth uiululntlon. Th(
urath.r wa .-xirllrnt calm or a Unfit
lrr.'7r.
Th Inut tfMnirratur on t!irs4
l-pot trtp-i ai a minus 45 rrt.-lus or
rt-nti isralr I I di irroc.H brlow ai ro
Kahr nhlt . t 'n the 4th of .March, on
our rriurn from tho first trip, bicln
nlnis on the 15th of February, we found
out that the Fram hail alreaily left us.
With pride ami tlelisht we he.iM that
hrr iiniart captain had ucce!tl In
ratllnsr her fanhr.-t south fnd there
h.lstin the colors -of Ills country a
kclorlmis moment for him And his com
radis the furtlidt north and the
farthest siiuih-food old Kram. The
hiua.st soulii lalitud u'.taln.-d was 7S
il.-Kre.-s II mlnuii'.
Ilnl araxr4 W ! .
it. f..r tiie arrival of Wiuit-r uo had
kiiou kilos if sal meat In the l!opot.-t,
.nouKh for ours.-lvr and 1 10 1oks.
l-liitl'l diK hiiu.i-.-. a corntiir.atlon of
irnts and snow l.uls. were built.
Having cared for the dor. the turn
i me to use our soil 1 little hut. It i
ilinost rnttrrly covered with snow- by
the middle of April. l":rst w-e had to
srl 1 ic t and air. Te Lux lamp, which,
l ad a power of .'0 standard candles,
i.iif us .i brilliant l;tlit and kt ( the
lu
1 " n l'.s
DEATHBATTLE WON
ON WEDDING TRIP
IDAHO (Oi ri.i; W ALK 100 MILES
THROUGH DEATH VALLEY.
Tiw.o-li Marrlncr Took Plnce in
Soatllo Tlirrc Vcnrs Apo Iloni')
iikmhi .laiint Jifl Tukon.
I.iiS AXtJKI.KS. -'a!.. March . iSlic-
t-lal 1 BattlinK airainst crlm iicril
w hich brousht cicath near them several
times flnrcnce K. KiWy, a mine owner
of Idaho, known as the "poet prospec
tor." accompanied by hi wlfo. arrived
in I.os Anireles this week after one
of the most unusual wedding trips
ever recorded.
They walked 10" miles throuch Peath
Valiey. crossins from Leeland. Nov., to
Ballarat. CaL. beins; nine slaya ana
niKhta in the. greatest natural doprea
lort In the Tnitesl Htatea. They wore
khaki trousers and hiph-topped shoes.
Althnuch the Kildy marrlaso took
place In Seattle three years aco. It had
been planned lon before that the
honeymoon trip was to be a tramp
through I'eath Valley. But Kddy was
ciillrsi K.at after the ceremony, and he
and his bride took a Pullman ride to
New York City.
I have made ;o previous trip
through Death Valley, but 1 cannot re
call one that came ns near finishing
me as this," said Kddy.
Several times on the trip they en
dured liUiTerinff on account of heat and
the absence of water. Once they drank
poisoned water anil wero deathly sick
for hours.
Mr. Fldy Is known in the Northwest
as the dincoverer of the ,lxst Packer"
mine and three "Loon Creek'" mines in
Idaho. He also is extensively Interested
In the Ivuth Valley reuion. ''
NEW FREIGHT RATES FRIDAY
Soul hem I'uctfio to lsue Portland
Tariff March 15.
Kffcctive Friday. March 1.".. the
Southern Pn-'ifio company will Issue its
Portland tarilf for class rates south of
KosebiiraT. these rates to lie based on
the distance tariff rate published 1n
conformity with the order of the State
Knllroad Coininls-hion effective March 1.
The urecon Commission reduced the
distance tariff rates on the O.-W. R. &
S. and Southern Pacific tine out of
Portland, specifically providing the
rat.v on the O.-W. K. & X. road, but
not on the Southern Pacific. However,
the Southern Pacific will put In a class
rate out of Portland lo points In Ore
KoTi t conform with the distance rales
ordcTcd by the Commission.
ABERDEEN OUT FOR TAFT
ropnlarltjr f Tropin AlminWtr
tion Vohc1 ty City Kri-UIoiit..
A RKIt I K I'.S, AVanli.. .March 8. (Spr
ci.il. ) Tli formation here of a city
and eventually a county Tuft cltih has
hcen rcrtivel with ent hu laitm and ai
re -iy si vera I hiindrt names have
b-rn )larcd on th lixt.
Tht pi-pulsritr of the T.ft Adminis
tration and the K(rnK M-ntimcnt In fa
vor of hi re-eITtin have bon evi
denced In many way In .herdecn. but
this la the rirst actual utep taken by
TaftV fitportrrs hero to further fhe
I'rf.iideni's nomination. It in expected
that a lrsr m:i meeting and raHy
will he ludd tiurin the cornim; week,
at whirl) t iine definite .:.uk fr the
club's organization will ho made.
ROBBERY CHARGE DROPPED
John McXanutrii Rearrested on
linrsc of Mcnlinj; Anloinohilc.
XKW V(if:K. March a John Mc
Xamara. charired with robbing the
Bank of Montreal at New Westminster.
B. C. of Jitl.iiim. was released today
by a I'nlted States Commissioner be
cause of lack of evidence, but van re
arrested Immediately on a charge of
havlnir broken Into a irarace In New
Westminister on the ni:ht of the rob
bery and stolen an automobile in which
the bank robbers ma.lc their escape
later. He will be Kivcn a hearing on
March II.
Charles Fox. representing the
British government said that lie would
ask for the prisoners extradil ifin.
ENRAGED MINER SHOOTS
Ilullr .Man Fatally Wound- ox-Tart-iirr
niu! Kill.H Himself.
GMIIKM. XfV March 8. Frel
Riirnhain. rerently of Butte, Mnnt..
Khot and .rohahlv fatnlly wouniled P.
II. laAvelle. a miner with whom he was
formerly In i-artnership in .Montana
and killed himself here today.
A nuarrel over their Montana nilnin
hums is hup posed to have caused th
slioo'.lnu'. Hurnham toppei Iavelle as
h. w as k'oinK home from work and
ordered him to throw up his hands.
ItMvell' turned and ran and Hurnham
shd him three times through the back,
lvelle has a wife and three children.
TRIXIE OBTAINS LICENSE
Miss Krisaiiza Will Ilrcomc Ilride or
Manager Tomorrow.
XKW ViiUK. March S. (Special.)
Trixio Frlwania. the comedienne,
obt.ilti-d a tuarrlajie license in Brook
lyn today to wed Charles A. t.oettler,
the theatrical nianaer.
The couide will be married Sunday
at the Bath Beach Catholic Church,
of which the actress is a member.
Miss Friicanxa nave her ukf as 40
and her birthplace us Ireland. Her
maiden name was Catherine o'Calla
han. She had It chang-ed by court order
in l!ok. Her first husband Is dead.
Orceon Po-t ninslrrs Confirmed.
OP.F.i;oxiAX NKWs? r.rilRAt". Vash
ir.Rtoti. Mar h S. The Senate today
cooflrtned the nominations ns post
masters of Ylrcll Staples, at Vale, and
Alfred lanesar. at t'onuillc. Or.
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OROZCO'S ARMY IS
ON WAY TO CAPITAL
Vanguard Starts From
Chihuahua Camp.
RECRUITS FLGCK TO BANNER
Railroad to South Will Be Pre
pared for Invasion.
I.V
I o
800 MEN ARE hi.' V.OUTE
Icparturc ot Vanguard Marks Bc
plnnlns of 'anifai;rii Asainst
City of Mexico More Troojis
Arc to Bo Dispatched Soon.
CIIIHUAHL'A. Mex.. March The
vanguard of the lnsurrecto army niob
illzel here departed for tho soi.l h In
two trains today. It was the real be-Klnnliij.-
of the campaign to take the
City of Mexico, althouKh the immediate
destination of thf column was an
nounced as Jlminez, about halfway be
tween this city and Torreon.
Six bridges between here and Jiminez
must be repaired by tli trottis as they
proceed, and it Is thouisht that the trip
will renulre at least two days.
There were about M0 men in the de
tachment. This leaves 1U0D men here,
but (Jenoral Pascual Orozco says that
recruits are Joining him in crowds.
Liurini; the next woek, he says, 2000 ad
ditional men will bo entrained for
Jlminez. Most of the. men now- at
Juarez under General Uujas will be
broiiKht here.
A messenger from the camp of Gen
eral Villa, the federal commander,
brought word tht 200 of tho latter's
men wished an opportunity to Join the
rebel racks.
Authorities are looking for John
Chancy, of Indiana, United tate of
America. The American Government
has made Inquiries for Chancy, who
was formerly a Repretentat Ive in Con
press from his state. It was reportod
that ho was enptured by the revolu
tionists but the rebel leaders profess
to know Ilothinu of It.
Heard Kccclvo Sentence.
GcorKO 1 Beard, who had pleaded
nuiliy In the L'nited States IMstrlct
Court to havinc received a bribe while
an official in the Custom Service, was
sentenced to iwrvr one- year in the
County Jail by Judne Bean yesterday.
This was tho extreme peiralty and was
Kiven because of the previous record of
Beard. IMirlnu; the procesjdllies a
stranger, .who had nothing to do with
the case, addressed the court in the
strain that It was unjust to punish tho
youni; man when his superior officers
had been the cause of his Bcttlnir into
trouble. Before, he had proceeded far.
he was ushered from the court room
by a bailiff.
SPAIN AIMING TO
ANNEX PORTUGAL
DIPLOMATS SEE KEASO.V VOR
. DEADLOCK OX MOKOCCO.
Alfonso's New Ambition Said to Be
Based on Theory That Anarchy
Will Wreck Little Neighbor.
PAHdS, March 8. (Special.) In con
nection with the news of a deadlock
in tho Franco-Spanish Moroccan ncKO
tlatlons, a stranee rumor is circulated
in French diplomatic circles. It is that
Spain is contemplating Intervening in
Portugal and finally annexing the
smaller nation. Some of the thoughtful
students of diplomacy believe that this
is the only plausible explanation of the
doirtred obstinacy with Which Spain is
holdinK out in tho negotiations with
France on tho Moroccan question.
Spain's attitude Is said to be based
on the theory that the .-ituation in
Portugal will soon be an impcssiblo
one. It Is said that already well
dressed persons cannot appear on the
streets without being insulted by a
mob. Anarchy, it la declared, is in
creasing daily and intervention will be
soon necessary.
Spain, to keep other powers from in
terfering, will step in and manage af
fairi. With that end in view, it will
withdraw Its troops from Morocco and
use thorn In a neighboring state; then
it Is expected that the Portuguese re
Xiubllc will fade Into history.
BANQUET FOR VISITORS
Idaho Delegation to Eat Stock Show
to lio Entertained.
C. W. Hodson was appointed by a
committee of tho Portland Commercial
Club yesterday to head a committee he
will appoint to entertain the Lewiston
and Idaho delegation, which will be
hero March 18-13 to attend the Fat
Stock Show at tho Union Stockyards.
The Idaho crowd, which will consist
of from 15o to 2nn people, will reach
Portland, March 18 at 8:"0 A. M., and
waiting automobiles will take them
to the Commercial Club for breakfast.
At 11 o'clock tho Lewiston. Moscow and
other parties will hold their own Idaho
parade through tho principal streets ot
Portland, und in the afternoon an
automobile trip will be made about
the city. The Commercial Club's diiy
as host to the visitors will close in
the evening with n banquet at the
club beginning at 6:30. On March 19
the officials of the Stock Show will bo
hosts and the visitors will spend the
entire lay lit the show under their
care.
Announcements from Lewiston say
that every town represented in the ex
cursion is bringing to Portland its best
products for display. Moscow will
furrlsh apples for uny banquets and
luncheons that arc to be given tho
visiting party and other cities will con
tribute in similar manner 'with what
ever product has given them claims
to fame.
OLD STANDARD OIL SOARS
Stock of New Jersey Company at
StOOO INtaMislics High liecord.
XKW YOllK, March S. The old stock
of the Standard Oil Company of Newr
Jersey sold up 10 points, to $100 a
share, the highest it has ever sold.
Trading has been active for several
days.
In the panic year of 1007 tho stock
sold down to $a0.'
SLIGHTLY ENCUMBERED.
MILDRED BRIDGES
CLINGING TO SEE
Girl to Spread Gospel
of Absolute Life.
"MOTHER OF RACE" SPEAKS
Membership in Chicago Seer's
Cult Rapidly Growing.
MONA REES, FAITHFUL, TOO
18-Ycar-Old Miss Who Called Her
self Spiritual Wife or Prophet
Is Iteleased From Juvenile
Court's Authority.
CHICAGO, March S. (Special.)
Mildred Bridges, the striking 18-year-old
brunette "mother of the race,"
whose release from the authority of
the Juvenile Court was announced a
few days ago, today made the state
ment that she would cast her lot with
Mona Ree. "high priestess" of Abso
lute Life, and devote herself to the
spread of the See gospel.
Miss Bridges made the statement
in the presence of her mother, Mrs.
Lucille Bridges, Mrs. Felicia Kees, poe
tess of the cult, and Mona, "the per
fect woman," at the Absolute Life
headquarters.
(Irl'M Father in Templef
Stephen H. Bridges, husband of "Lu
cille," who sued her for divorce and
later dismissed the suit, is declared by
all the women to have been residing
In the See settlement house since
Christmas day. This he denied, al
though ho said he visited there.
Mildred Bridges was emphatic in her
statement that Mr. Bridges had been
in residence at the house for several
months.
"Papa is living here with us," she
said. "It is silly for him to deny It.'"
Oirl el eiv Auto.
Miss Bridges , has just come into
possession of a new limousine motor
car, the gift of her father.
The young woman declared emphat
ically that her determination to follow
the principles and spread the gospel
of Absolute Life had been unalterable
from the beginning, and that with Miss
Itees and other leaders of the "Higher
Thought." she intends to devote her
life to "the living truth."
That Absolute Life Is being taught
and that the membership of the cult
Is being rapidly increased under its
present management Is admitted by
Mona Rees, active head of the move
ment. The Sunday school conducted
at 2608 Itaelne avenue is attended by
larsre numbers of young children and
n'oncliided on par-e n.)
U. B. M'NAMARA IS
DYING IN PRISON
JCTE MILL DT7ST AGGRAVATES
PRISONER'S MALADY.
Brother Also in Poor Health, Burns
Operative Reports After Visit to
' Men in San Qttentin.
LOS ANGELES, March S. (Special.)
J. B. McX'amara, serving a life sen
tence at San Qucntin for dynamiting
the Los Angeles Times building, is dy
ing from tuberculosis and J. J. McNa-
mara, his brother, serving a 15-ycar
term for the offense, is In poor health,
according to Malcolm MacLaren, Burns
detective, who today returned from a
visit to the prisoners.
McLaren said that J. B. McXamara
had lost 15 pounds since he began
serving his sentence. During his trial
McXamara was frequently ill in the
county jail. Since his incarceration in
San Quentin J. B. McXamara has been
employed exclusively in the jute mill.
The flying dust has seriously aggra
vated his malady. J. J. McXamara has
fallen off in weight. The prison pal
lor has spread over his features and Ms
step has lost all of its old-time elas
ticity. "Both brothers are looking bad," said
MacLaren. "Xelther has been accus
tomed to confinement, let alone the
dust of the jute mill.
. "J. B. McXamara ia constructed on
slender line' he has lost 13 pounds
since his tri ,lui th. He will never re
cover." 0. A. C. CANOEING HALTED
StndeiiLs Cannot Enjoy Luxury Ac
cording to Xew Regulations,
OIIEGOX AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Or., March S. (Spe
cial.) The luxury of canoeing on the
Willametto or enjoying an excursion
into the hills on school days are things
of tho past at Oregon Agricultural Col
lege since the adoption of the new rules
relative to class attendance, which
were distributed yesterday. The new
regulations carry a self-inlllctiiig pen
alty which counts all absences as zero
and whereby any student who cuts 10
per cent of the recitation or laboratory
periods in the course forfeits the right
to take the examination and receive
credit in that course.
These rules will, it Is believed, solvo
the vexing problems of dealing justly
with all cases of absence because they
do away with the acceptance of ex
cuses at the discretion of instructors.
TRAVELERS SEE "RODEO"
Northwest Represented at Outdoor
Extravaganza at Santa Anita.
LOS ANGELES, March. 8. (Special.)
"With the opening tomorrow of the
first annual celebration of the "Rodeo,"
Southern California is to be the scene
ot an unequalled outdoor Western ex
travaganza. Cow punchers and cow
girls from every section .of the ranch
country between the Canadian border
and the Rio' Grande are already camped
on the "Lucky" Baldwin ranch, Santa
Anita, to compete in this great south
western Inter-state cowboys' contest.
A special excursion of 40 visitors
from Portland and Pendleton, Or., ar
rived over the Southern Pacific today
to attend the Rodeo.
Beginning tomorrow afternoon the
competitions will be held daily on the
Baldwin ranch until the close of the
contests, Sunday afternoon, March 17.
CROUPIER GOES TO PRISON
Jury That Convicted Roulette Dealer
in Reno Pleads for His Parole.
RENO, Xev, March S. Jack Mayer,
who was the proprietor of a roulette
game raided, here July 2S, when Mayer
and four members of an "ocean-to-ocean"
automobile party were arrested,
was sentenced here today to one year
in the state prison by Superior Court
Judge Somers, of Gold field.
Mayer wept when the sentence was
read and a petition for his parole is be
ing circulated by local business men,
including members of the jury. Ho
will be taken to the penitentiary late
today. Tho members of the automobile
party forfeited their bail ot J250 each.
A. C. Johnson and Albert Foregor, who
were arrested at the Mine time for con
ducting a faro game, were acquitted.
BABE-PIANIST AMAZES ALL
Little Seattle Maid, Only 8, Plays
Like Veteran Artist.
SEATTLE1, March 8. (Special.)
Teachers and pupils at the Warren
School today were amazed to see a
3-year-old girl step to the platform
in the chapel, seat herself at the piano
and play like a veteran and accom
plished artist.
The prodigy's name is Gertrude Aus
tin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
Austin, 300 Denny Way. Her father
taught the fhild to play in six months.
This morning she astonished her
schoolmates by a rendition of "Home,
Sweet Home," with variations; "The
Mocking Bird" and "Heather Rose."
Tiie child cannot yet reach an octave
on the keyboard. The little girl comes
from a musical family.
Bank of Umatilla Incorporated.
SALEM, Or., March 8. (Special.)
Articles of incorporation of the Bank
of Umatilla were filed with the Secre
tary of State today. The principal place
of business of ,the bank will be at
Umatilla, its capital stock is 1 1 ",.000
snd Its incorporators arc V. B. Sawyze,
A. L. Larson and Maurice D. Scruggs.
J'KICE FIVE CENTS.
TAFT REPLIES TO
COLUMBUS SPEECH
Recall of Decisions Idea
Is Scored.
LAW WOULD BE INCONSTANT
Rule of "Special Instances"
Worst Form of Tyranny.
TRUE FREEDOM MENACED
Roosevelt ProjMisal Denounced by
President as "Utterly Without
.Merit or Utility" Seeds
.of Confusion Sown. ,
TOLEDO. O., March 8. President
Toft, in an address here tonight on
"The Judiciary and Progress," de
clared that the proposal, recently ad
vocated, for the recall of judicial de
cisions by tho vote of the people to ho
"utterly without merit or utility and
instead of being progressive, is reac-tionars-."
The President made no direct refer
ence to ex-President Roosevelt or to
tho Colonel's speech at Columbus be
fore the Ohio constitut' nal conven
tion, but referred briefly to tho many
policies put forward by the Colonel in
that address.
Our (Government Is llent.
President Taft said in part:.
"In the last year or two we have
heard much of - radical methods of
changing the judiciary system. If we
would properly consider these propo
sals and stand on solid and safe
ground, we must re-examine the fun
damental principles of stable popular
government. ' Tho history of the
world seems to show that our form of
government is more enduring and sat
isfactory than any other.
"it was long ago recognized that the
direct action of a temporary majority
of the existing electorate must be lim
ited by fundamental law; that is, by.
a constitution intended to protect the
individual and the minority of the elec
torate and the nonvoting majority of
the people against the unjust or arbi
trary action- of the majority of the
electorate.
Cheeks and Balances Provided.
"Then, to protect against the mo
mentary impulse of a temporary ma
jority of the electorate to change the
fundamental law and deprive the indl-'
vidual or the voting minority or the
non-voting majority of inalienable
rights, the Constitution provides checks
and balances whereby every amend
ment to the Constitution must be
adopted.
"These checks and balances include
the division of the Government into
thre independent branches the legis
lative, the executive and the judiciary
and the provisions by which usurpa
tion by one of the functions of another
is forbidden.
"The judiciary, w hether appointed or
elected, the moment they assume their
duties, must enforce the law as they
find it. They must not only interpret
and enforce various enactments of the
Legislature according to its intention,
but when the Legislature in its enact
ments has transgressed the limitations
set upon its power in the Constitution,
the judicial branch of the Government 1
must" enforce the fundamental and
higher law by annulling and declaring
invalid the offending legislative enact
ment. Then" the judges are to decide
between individuals on principles of
right and justice."
Courts Must Avoid Favor.
"As between the individual and tha
state, as between the majority and the
minority, as between the powerful and
the weak, financially, socially, politi
cally, courts must hold an even hand
and give judgment without fear ot
favor.
"I concede that the system is not per
fect or as good as it can and ought to
be made. 1 have been preaching for
reform, especially in the. enforcement
of tiie criminal law. for years. Tho
defects in our judiciary have not been
in the corruption of tho judges, but
mainly in the procedure and in tho
helplessness of the judges in jury
cases to assist in reaching right con
clusions. The popular impulse has
been to take away the power from tho
judges and to give it all to the jury,
and this has not been for the public
good in the enforcement of the crimi
nal law.
"But these humdrum defects and
their tedious remedies are not of the
spectacular character to call for politi
cal "discussion or to attract effort from
politicians in the passage of remedial
legislation. The formidable attack upon
our judiciary now is tliat the judges do
not respond sufficiently to popular de
mand. It is said that courts are inter
posing their obstructive power to the
enforcement of legislation looking to
the relief of the oppressed by declar
ing laws unconstitutional and by so
called judicial legislation interpreting
into statutes words not intended by the
Legislature.
Two Proposals F.xumineri.
"How is it proposed to remedy these
wrongs? In one of two ways, either
by tho judicial recall or by the recall
(Concluded on l'as 0.)