Show IDAHO TEST OATH Bidlculou9 and Absurd Position of Judge Beatty To the Editor of THE HERALD The test oath case still hangs fire notwithstanding I not-withstanding the effort of the Democrats to demand immediate action on the part of Judge Beatty The pretext in the telegraph dispatch that Judge Beatty defers action heroin for the reason that a test caso is pending in a state court on mandamus is the laughing joke of attorneys today Robison the applicant for habeas corpus I law is in jail deprived of his liberty and can Judge Beatty continue him deprived de-prived of liberty because some state court is investigating or may investigate in the distant future a mandamus case of someone some-one elsol Judgo Beatty although a United States judge is governed in his procedure by the laws of Idaho which jealously guard the rights of applicants for habeas corpus and impose heavy fines and forfeitures in these cases for unnecessary delay In fact habeas ha-beas corpus cases have all precedenceas the liberty of thocitizen is Involved The attorneys at-torneys here for Robison are getting warm in the collar and propose if this unnecessary delay and disposition to evade continue or dismiss the issue that 0 full explicit and certified copy of the whole proceedings in this test oath case shall be forwarded to the attorney general of the United States asking that prompt and immediate sac tion be ordered in this action J C R MONTPELIER Ida Sept 30 |