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Show BOLLDOZINO ATTOHNtYS. It ia said uouio of Lite frieuda of Cbiel Juetico HchaefTar, realizing that hiti boDor ia ia dimmer of removal, aro about to circulate anions the at tomeys, tor their signatures, a peti tioa to tho president, asking the judge's retention iu office. Ciucu a proceeding ia both mean and cowardly. coward-ly. It ia takiuy advantage of tho office- to bulldozo and intimidate individuals in-dividuals into adsuming positions ayainat tbeir wills. Iu timet pat' einiiliir papers endorsing judges have been presented to attorneys who dared not refuse to sign, though in attaching their signatures they hod to falsify themselves. Lawyer have 10 atoled the fact to their friendd, and Hadly deplored the circumstances and condition which made it necessary for them to place tbenmelvea in uuch faluo positions. It in a delicate and usually BLiiuidul act for an attorney to decline to endorse a judge in whose court he id constantly practicing. Such a refusal id certain to come to tho knowledge of the judge, who, being but human, will not there-a there-a leer put himself out much to accommodate tho lawyer or aid the cause of his clients. So much power ia held by the court, and its exercise not beiuc; always in strict harmony with the law, an attorney has necessarily to be cautious how he incurs the personal enmiiy of the judge. No lawyer can afford to quarrel with the court. So truo is this that we have seen judges shamefully shame-fully and cow.mlly abuse, and almost without cause, hih spirited and intelligent in-telligent attorneys, who would humble themselves aud submit without a murmur, rather than resent the insult and thus destroy their praciico before the con it, and cast away their means of liveliiioo.l. More than ono such instance bad occurred in tho Utah courts, judges taking advantage of their positions to grossly and shamefully insult and abuse lawyers who were their superiors in every: respect. i Then wo say it id unftir and mean lo ask an attorney to endorse a judgo. I Especially would k bo so in the case of Schaefl'jr. Very few members of tbo largo bar of this district but are mora Bkilled in the law than bis honor; and many of the attorneys would be better ou the' bench than Bchaeffer. His ignorance, stupidity and inconsistency aro the common talk within the bar. To ask ablo aud intelligent lawyers to endorse such a man for judge of bo important a court as the one over which he presides pre-sides can only bo considered aninBult to their learning and ability. It is doubtid if six attorntys here honestly deairo the retention in office of SchatO'er. Thia being the cose it is hoped that tho lawyers will not permit per-mit themselves to be intimidated into assuming a false position, and making mak-ing a request which ia untrue. If a paper endorsing this incompetent judicial officer be presented for their signature?, let them one and all assert their independence and manhood, by refusing to lend their influence to bolster up a judge whom all desire to have replaced by an abler and better man. We havo reaEon to believe Schacfler cannot long hold hia position. posi-tion. Hia re'noval will be hailed with pleasure by the bar no less than by the public; thon the former gentleman gentle-man ought not to put any obstruction in tho way of the consummation of so happy an event. |