| Show A SINGULAR crun CRUMB I 1 a OF C CO 0 31 F philadelphia american mourns over the election of the democratic candidate and among other comments on the disaster to republican interests offers this small crumb of comfort to its desponding friends in the situation which it describes as a calamity that the senate and ana the supreme court will be re republican publican through the whole of mr R delands me lands lauds presidency must be a comforting consideration to many who have helped to make him president this comforting consideration appears to us one of the features of our national government much more in the light of a calamity than any change of parties in power it is a shame and a disgrace to any administration that party interests should govern the administration of public justice justlee if there is any depart ment of state faour fro nr which such considerations erat ions lons should be entirely excluded it is the judicial but the publican republican ite lle party has made its interests paramount from the beginning heg beg ining of its accession jand and the appointment of judges of the supreme court from party adherents and lor tor party reasons Is is one of the strongest esturo proofs oft of this selfishness and anti anta when the policy of granting rewards in ID the shape of public office to party supporters was carried as far as the judiciary and positions in the highest court of the and fand were given as acknowledgment for services ren rendered deret the party one of the broadest steps was vas taken in a downward direction that has been made since the nation had an e existence the motto to the victors belong the spoils ought never to have influenced appointments to office in a court to which all creeds parties arties artles anci andl lasses look for the final of important legal disputes that confidence in the tile court ot of last list resort has been greatly weakened by the policy which rejoices the Ameri americans canis far from being a gacom comforting consideration to the average citizen |
