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Show The Case at Issue. The yholc case upon which Judge Emerson passed at tho opening of his court at Provo on Tuesday, may be briefly stated in a few words. He simply follows the mandate of the Supreme Court- qf the United States, as authoritatively and unanimously uttered. Judge McKean on the contrary, con-trary, takes his own view of the mat-i mat-i ter which in this case as in most others happens to be in direct oppo-sition oppo-sition to that of tho court of last resort. Judge Emerson, like a souna lawyer and a fair minded jurist, recognizes the validity of Supreme Court decisions and bows to them with becoming reverence. Judge Mcjfean rcj'uijes to acknowledge (.hem as possessing any force with him and proceeds with pen and tongue to denounce de-nounce them its "some loose rulings of the Supreme Court" as "hasty and ill-considered decisions, ' ' "er-1 roneons --views,-" and thus by every means in his power be Sjseks to bring into contempt the solemn and deliberately expressed opinions of the superiors in character, intellect and legal acumen in that system of jurisprudence of which he is pe impo J,hp Prjost insignificant member. Judge Emerson cites the decisions of the Supreme Court, and modestly bases his decision upon it. Judge McKean flippantly resists the decisions of that court and arcogautr ly denounces them as loose, hasty, ill-judged and erroneous. j Which attitude is the most becoming? becom-ing? Whiph attitudB WPM'd the good lawyer and the honest, fair-minded judge be most likely to assume';' |