Show I Contempt of Courts I WHEN i-i i HC F. F GRAHAM former governor of Vermont was sentenced in the supreme court of that state after having been convicted ot embezzling state funds he appealed to Governor Clement for an unconditional pardon And the very day the embezzler V was s sen sentenced sen- sen fenced by the highest court couri in the state he was given his unconditional pardon That is how the chief executive of an American Amen Ameri can commonwealth holds the highest court of his state stale in contempt If If that isn't real contempt contempt con con- tempt of courts what is 1 Sentenced to prison for five years pardoned immediately by the governor before one foot had been set within penitentiary bounds can bounds can you wonder th that t other convicted criminals of Vermont may may entertain a decided feeling of contempt contempt contempt con con- I tempt for the courts If Jf citizens of that state escape the feeling in respect to their courts it can only be because they have to toO tod gre grea i ia a contempt for the governor |