Show THE OGDEN COURT CLERK Our Washington correspondent wires that there is to be another investiga lion by the department of justice Into the conduct of Judge MINER MIN-ER court at Ogden The attorney general has so informed Chairman WASH INOTON of the House committee on territories territo-ries We do not understand that charges demanding an inquiry haye been laid against the Judge himself although his honor a few weeks ago seeing some reckless reck-less statements in an irresponsible newspaper news-paper precipitously rushed a defense to the Capital The allegations of irregular ties all seem to run against the clerk of the court and the accusations are chiefly that he has charged illegal fees an Ogden attorney at-torney named MALOXEY being tne principal pal if not the solo accuser For the sake of the court the clerk the attorneys and the public ve are glad the investigation is to be made and hope it will be so thoroueh as to definitely establish estab-lish the truth or falsity of what has been alleged It ought to bo a comparative easy matter to do this and will be provided pro-vided the attorneys frankly toil what they know whether it shall be for or against the official who is charged with excessive thrift The fee bills are plain enough and the attorney will know whether or not they have been required to pay more than the law permits Of one thing all who enter the courts are aware and that is I that the legal fees attendant upon lii gallon arc themselves so exorbitant a to make going to law a decidedly expensive luxury in somo cases these fees arc so high as to amount to a denial of justice for the reason tbat parties who feel that they have a real grievance cannot afford to go into I court for an adjustment of the same The law Is extremely rerous in tbo generous matter S mat-ter of official fees and If clerks go beyond tbe statutes they should be brought to task at promptly as possible THE HERALD does not pretend familiarity famili-arity with the facts regarding the Ocden clerks office j but inasmuch as charges have been preferred by a reputable member mem-ber of the bar a thorough investigation should be made and lawyers practicing in that court should tell what they know without fear or favor |