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Show 110 RECALL OF JUDICIARY, SAYSJ01I Idaho Senator Also Registers Regis-ters His Disapproval of Judicial Legislation. WASHINGTON, Aag. T-8anatr Borah af Idaho, ia a apaoek aa tk Ut-kood Ut-kood bill la tk aaaat today, rigor-aaaly rigor-aaaly attacked tha principle aaderlying tk raeall of tk Jndiciary. Ha declared de-clared it kia "dalibarato aad aaeoaa-promiaing aaeoaa-promiaing apialoa" that without a fro aad ladapaadaat Jadlctary, aopnlar government gov-ernment woald be a delnaioa "a taaat-ing, taaat-ing, tormenting deluaioa." The speaker declared tkat ia framing fram-ing law. legislator, .honld ba guided by a well-formed and well anataiaed nubile opinion. Tha practical wisdom bora af the reUectioa aad axpvrUaoa of aO.OOO,-000 aO.OOO,-000 of people, h aald, waa a remarkably aafa gnida for lawmaker. Law. ehonld embody ia their enaetment, aa near aa might be, tha practical iaformatioa of tka railroad owner. . laborer, farmer, banker, merchant, lawyer aad 1k thou-aand. thou-aand. npoa wboaa integrity reU tk fabric of modern buainee. Ia mpkasisias tk importance of aa absolutely l.depeadent judiciary, wka honld consider nothing bat tha term of law aa writtea. Senator Borah registered reg-istered kia diaapprovai of Judiciary legislation. It the publie welfare," be aaid, "the people may awdify er repeal it. But the judge who Mgialatee not only violate vio-late his oath, bat anderminea the basis principle, of our Inetitutione and open the door to Injnetia and fraud. "I am afraid that tka pviaelnal of th reenll aa applied to judge will tend to establish the rul of the majority ia matter of judicial eoatroveny. It will ' tend to make decisions bear tka color aad drift of majority rale or party par-ty dominatioa rather thaa tkat of a faithful rendition of the law aaa the facte. "We sometime argue tkat tka fret principle of democratic or republieaa government ia that the majority (kail rule. That I tra la aaakiag law aad determining policies, but it ka aa plea ia, aad will destroy tko republic If applied ap-plied to the eeurta or to controversies to be determined aader tk law. There all men are equal. Though th majority majori-ty mnst rule, yet, a government which ha ao method for protecting tk right of th minority ia a deeooti govern ment, I do not ear wbetner yea call it a meearea. .at arietocracj or republic. re-public. -Katt Hotoat ntlsaaa. ' ' - ''''") "A government which will not protect pro-tect m tn my right, though I td alone aad against all my neighbors, i. a despotic government. If our court r tsught te lists, trained by thi subtls process of the veer to kearkea to tbe voice of the majority, to whom will th 4tm- MliW it Ik. trftie. of tka majority controls! If thi principle prin-ciple anally oomw to bo recognised ia tbe timidity of judgw, to what power In-oar government will tbe isolated, the unfortunate, th humbl aad the poor, go for relief f Where will those I without prwtige, without wealtk or ao-eial ao-eial rank go for. protect ioa t " Declaring tkat although th American Ameri-can eitixen lovw liberty he alee ia tha end demnnda aocarity and stability, Seaator Borah aaid a proposition wkick would imperil tk independence ef tk judicial evatora would not long be tolerated. tol-erated. One of tbe maia quwtion settled set-tled by th English revolution of loss, ke asserted, wss that th people should have th right to appeal for protection to aa independent tribunal of ju.tiee. "A feeble, a timid, aa obedient judiciary haa alwava ia the end proven to be aa ineoen potent., a cruel or a corrupt cor-rupt -judiciary," aaid a ia conclusion. " Whea aad wbereever ia all history von fad a dependent judiciary, you and tkat it ht tka maa of limited means, tbe poor maa, who surfer tbe mas who baa aot the wealth to purchase immunity or the prwtige to cooimana aecree.- vt n th people hv written the law, thaa let ua have an independent judge, fro from any political faar, to interpret th law a writtea until the people rewrite it." , ' . |