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Show ROLAPP ROASTS HOWELL. Tho roast that Judge Rolapp administered admin-istered in tho Democratic judicial convention con-vention in Ogden on Weducsdny lo Judge Howell, was ono of the severest possiblo character. When ho said, "If you elect Mr. Richards to this office .you must not expect him lo serve his part3' 1)3' holding submitted cases under advisement ad-visement for a year or a year and a half, simply because his decision might affect the political situation of his own or an3'bod3",s else's part3r, or might endanger en-danger Iho chances for election or ro election of himself or an3" other individual," indi-vidual," he made a most scorching arraignment ar-raignment of Judge Howell. For it is inovitablo that he must have meant that Judge Howell does those things, or olse his recital of them as something that Judgo Richards would not do had no meaning. Undoubtedly Judge Ro-laop Ro-laop meant to sa3, and in effect did saj", that Judgo Howell conducts his court as a political partisan doing the things stated, that Richards would not do. And nothing moro contemptible con-temptible and reprehensible could possibly bo charged upon anj' judge than theso derelictions and offensive of-fensive acts thus charged by Judge Rolapp Ro-lapp upon Judge Howell. It was a ter rible arraignment to make of a judge sitting on tho bench, and it comes with especial force from Judgo Rolapp who himself, prior to Judgo Howoll 's term, was tho judge on that bench. It will be recollected that Judgo Howoll is tho judgo before whom Marshal Mar-shal Spry and Attornej-'Goneral Bree-don Bree-don appeared and urged that In the interest in-terest of the Republican part3- he should rule upon a motion that was before him with regard lo Iho prosecution of councilman coun-cilman who had taken 11101103'' in contravention contra-vention of law, and claimed that it was the Judge's duly to so rule as to uphold up-hold the partisan interests of the Republican Re-publican party at that time. Judgo Howell made known tho visit of these worthies and what they said to him, and 3'ct he did not resent their appearance, appear-ance, ho did not cite them for contempt, con-tempt, he was too weak in the backbone back-bone to come lo the front and say publicly pub-licly what ho had said privately. Judge Howell thus discredited himself with Iho public of this State, and through his own discredit he discredited tho wliolo judicial department of the Stato government. For if it is open to any scheming politician to approach a Judgo and, without either reprimand or punishment, pun-ishment, urge that ho shall decido matters mat-ters before him with a view to the interests in-terests of the Republican partj, or of any other party, then indeed is our judicial S3'stcm deserving of opprobrium, oppro-brium, and justico is put at tho sorvico of partisan dishonesty. Tho vory serious charges made by Judge Rolapp against Judge Howell absolutely disqualify him in any candid can-did judgment from sitting upon tho bench, in so far as thoy are true; and we suppose that Judgo Rolapp is prepared pre-pared to sustain them. The fact that Judge. Howoll did not resent in any way tho scandalous, partisan solicitation solicita-tion made by Marshal Snry aud Attor-nc3'-Gonoral Breedcn to him in the mat-tor mat-tor of tho motion Uicn and there pending pend-ing before him that he should decide that motion with a view to tho interests inter-ests of tho Republican psty and not in accord with the law or with justice shows his character to be so weak, his mind so timorous, that as a question of personal character he is absolutely unfit to bo a Judge. 1 , , |
