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Show AG-E OF RETIREMENT. The qnestion of acre as applied to the efficiency of judges is ono that has been recognized by all countries as important, and there is in most a provision whereby judges may retire from the bench at stated ages. But it is a. certainty that no stated time or age is applicable to all men, somo being be-ing good up to ninety 3'cars and even beyond, while some fail at fifty, and even younger. And so the question is always one of personalit', rather than of stated nge or time. A recent 'Parliamentary inquiry has been made in Great Britain on the question of retiring judges at the age of sixty-five. Tho result has been a practically unanimous negative from the bench. Lord Chief Justice Alver-stone, Alver-stone, who iB in vigorous mental and physical activity at seventy-six, thinks i!f any ago is fixed at all, it should not be under eighty. He points out that Lord Chancellor Ilalsbury performed twenty years of admirable public work after he had pnssed three score and ton, Justice Phillimore, aged sixty-seven, sixty-seven, says 'that ho does moro real hard work now than ever, and, ho adds, "it is not so hard." Ho says that if ho were a younger man ho could not do it. There is much reason for this, for a vigorous man at the ago of sixty- older, has moro perfect practico and, command of his mental resources than ho had at any provious timo of his lifo. His knowlodgo is more extensive, ex-tensive, his exporioncp greater. His facility for the uso of that knowledge in tho different fields of application is easier and more certain than over before. be-fore. Tho plea which the British judges make for a great age as tho ago of retirement is sound to tho core, provided pro-vided any age is to bo fixed at all. A man who is thoroughly at himself at eighty, or moro, is a tfar moro valuable man in all fields of intellectual intellec-tual endeavor than at any other period in his lifo; and yet thoso who are feeble of body, or whoso minds fail, ought to bo retired from tho bench at whatever ago the infirmity comes upou them, even if it bo no more than forty. What is wanted on the bench, as well as in other walks of life, is thorough knowledge, absoluto command of one's faculties, good health, and with increasing experience, a man's efficiency as years go by is all tho greator, as long as his health, vigor, and faculties remain with him. THE DECORATIONS, AND ALL. It is good to note the practical completion com-pletion of the preparations for tho National Na-tional Education Association's convention, conven-tion, which begins in this city on Saturday Sat-urday next. There is but one point of incompleteness, and this can be supplied sup-plied by the citizenship of Salt Lake City within the next three days, by a prompt response to tho invitation of the Entertainment Committee on the part of those who are able to accommodate accom-modate delegates with rooms and boaTd. It is to be hoped that the response will be not only hearty, but ample for all requirements. In tho meantime we may be allowod to say a word in approval of tho decorations dec-orations of the streets and especially Main street, and the streets for a block on each side, as to the completeness, appropriateness, and beauty of the decorations dec-orations shown, not only in the streets themselves, but on the principal buildings build-ings along theso streets. It is not surprising sur-prising that the National officers of the Association who aro here oxpress admiration of these decorations, and say they have never been surpassed in any city where tho Associatiou has had its convention. All concerned in tho getting up of theso decorations aro entitled en-titled to praise by every citizen of Salt Lake, for they do tho city honor and are in excellent taste. Already contests are brewing which will call out great activity in their settlement during the sessions of the Association. These contests embrace the selection of officers of the Association, Associa-tion, and fixing the place where the next convention is to be held. These contests will be keen, and will be stoutly fought to a finish. It is sure, however, in view of the good will which succeeds the settlement of these contests, as shown heretofore in the sessions of the Association, that the convention will leave this city with no heartburnings, either on account of the enthusiasms in the contests among the teachers, or in the hospitality of their treatment by the people of Salt Lake. |