Show SENATOR ROOT ON TH THE RECALL At the c ting of the bar association in New NewYork York last week weck Sen Senator tor Elihu Root spoke against the thc recall of judges lie He d declared that that U lit Tt litis ft is jf not a R judges judge's function nor within hi his power power ho be said to lito enlar enlarge c improve o or chan change chanc c tho law lIi his duty is to maintain it to enforce it it whether it bo ho good L or bad wise or foolish accordant with sound or tiu round Found economic policy U A A sovereign people which declares that all Jl men L have hR certain inalienable ri rights and imposes upon itself t tho he great eat impersonal rules of con conduct deemed necessary for tho preservation of of- those r rights and at t tho mo time tim I declares that it will disregard theo theM rules whenever in au any particular caso case it i is IC tho the wish of a majority of its voters toJo to toJo Jo 10 FO o establishes as completo complete a contradiction of or the nta principles of our government o n as alS it is possible to conceive It abandons ely the conception of a a. justice jus t tice ke which which-is n above ovo ml majorities of or a right in tho weak which L t tt hc the stron strong are bound to respect It Jt denies denit the vital truth t taught aught by br religion and realized in the hard experiences ot mankind and ha has i inspired ire ns 1 every O constitution I America has cd and overy great declaration for foi r human freedom inee Mag Magn ra no nR Charta the tho the truth that thai human nature needs to di distrust its own impulses and I passions and to establish for its own control tho restraining restrain l in ing ag and guiding influence of declared principles of action act If If i is to be bo changed and th decisions of our courts arc n to bo considered d in th the same amo way ay and upon tho I arne r presumptions and Uld with no greater respect for authority author i ity tv than th in the tho ease csc of political the tho authority of ol it t he courts will ill inevitably decline the independence o of or the j indicia branch will cease judicial decisions ns will ivill interpret the law w ah a to suit the majority of or tho the moment and the r recall will b be tho natural and aDd IO logical expression ot of the tho relation re l lation t to be c assumed between tho people and the courts V We e suspect the recall is a fad which will pass passin by in a a- brief time To place a judge of a court courtin i in n a a position to be always listening listening- to catch the public sentiment of the moment and lean to it would in a brief time take from the tho people the one trust trist which has always been theirs I |