| Show Tin 1111 i ISS ss QUESTION QUI STIO TIme The bill to make the he acceptance of ot n a afree tree free railroad pass lUss by b Judges a n felony tel on onh has h stirred up n a good deal of ot feeling Inquiries have bun bien Instituted In at the tho railroad s tI here huf In regard ard to the thu muter matter and of ourse ur e without avail Th paper Instituting the Investigation bit tion might have known that the passes were we not Issued from froni lh hi local lonI but Lut train from rom the 1 headquarters of ot the tile rom com companies vanies 8 A little thought might have haves saved 1111 s pd amen muth ado nto about out that noth nothing Lag ing In b To ru hear bear h nr the hue and cry cr one would think that Judges judge jull S were singled ld out by railroad officials as special objects of ot Ir nl toI Also ho that only when a railroad company was engaged In litigation tion a pan pau fla wits 1118 Issued to the judge beI be I It WI e to bo be tried The quo ques Won Mon Is hi asked by b one editor what would I I 7 I i iii L I IL bu IJo thought It If a IL n litigant was wu to send a n chick chok to t the thu Judge who wits Willi to try Iry his ns as though thur th re a IU tny parallel between tho thU two proportions There Thore Is IK nothing In common n thorn theta ure ore Issued to public officials ns as n a courtey entirely ol t d from rein anything that r relates l tes to th the iry A 4 chuck check MaL from a litigant to the th judge hi gi In his wise case cn e would woul l bo ho ah nh A nt at patent lIS tent on 0 Its Wo We have been asked what Is tho the mo In frea tee p w to II Judges If the railroads them do cia not lilt expect In return ID Iii JI It a n fact that nobody ever offers a 1 courtesy without a 1 mercenary motive ln Io people always look Ilok for tor quill pro quo IUD when they hey extend n a 1 favor tavor It ID is customary for tor transportation tation companies nail other pub lie lit concerns to give 10 free trel palee to Why should the Judges jude ho ex cx hon members of th the legisla legislature ture und al also o executive oxe oven o en to sire art complimented It would give tho thus appearanCe of suspicion that a pass was In th nature of or a 4 bribe or 01 a n abid Jill hid for cor or In return auth would thus rolled reflect on the other Now observe oh orve we Wf ire are not standing up tip for tho thu PUSH system Timer There tony may be ob oh objection to It on general principles It ItIs ItIs Is 13 n a matter entirely In lit the hands of ot the tho companies and an corporations that extend th the courtesy courtoy which hats has be como common In this country What we Oppose l Is IK tho time proposition to make It a felony telony for u IL Judge to accept n a a as aK thought though tho the Judiciary wore were notoriously l venal find especially susceptible of ot cheap purchase c It Is II a o slur on the bench find antI we regard r It Il ns liS a 1 masked slander elander upon ulon a 0 class clans of ot that ought to be above suspicion antI that should be ho regarded BH nil Incorrupt Ind Impartial until stubborn facts can bo be cited In absolute proof of ot the contrary |
