Show Communicated JUDGE ZAXE Judge Z VE came to the bench of this territory ter-ritory w ith a high reputation for learning and probity He has sustained his reputation reputa-tion m both respects No judge of greater learning has ev er been appointed to our courts the honest of his official acts is be j successful controversy But his temperament disqualifies him for the bench He brings passion and prejudice preju-dice to a position of which impartialitj and equality arc the requisites Such charac tenstics are undesirable anj where m this territory they are both unfortunate and cruel While Tudge Z AN E was not alwajs swayed bj feeling and in several instances evinced a freedom from prejudice not shown by his confreres yet his whole record rec-ord on the banch in eases affecting the political poli-tical and religious situation here does not justify his appointment It is true that some fair minded and dispassionate men desire his restoration but it is not because he is regarded as the ideal judge but because be-cause it is possibly safer ojudging our future fu-ture experience bj the past to bear this evil than to fly to others w e know not of We hav chad less able less conscientious and more prejudiced judges than ex Jud0e JVNE notwithstanding which the appointment appoint-ment would be regarded as calamitous bv the bulk of the population and cen by a majoritj of non Moimon attorne sIt s-It is argued with consistency that the acts of a judge whose temperament disqualifies dis-qualifies him to administer justice 111 anv class of cases are open to suspicion in all cases Prejudice is the unconscious bending bend-ing of the tree to the north winds of passion pas-sion A man imj doff his cloak but cannot laj aside his disposition Judge Z VN E lacks the judicial temperament it is for that reason rea-son w e oppose him |