Show VACATED THIS morning judge michael ier adjourned his hla court sing sine die after discharging the j nd stepped down and out the news of the nomination of david T corbin for the position of chief justice came over the wires this morning and this we suppose was the reason for judge lers ers er erb s precipitate action it seems to us that he might have waited at least until the senate had confirmed the nomination if not until his successor had put in an appearance the tooele thoele case is left in statu quo and the grand jury had much unfinished business on hand while several accused persons persona are in jail awaiting their action but BU t utah we presume is able to endure for a time timo without any chief justice at all and though litigants may buffer suffer through delay and justice may have to wait for its duee dues the sun will rise and set as usual business will not be paralyzed neither will society resolve itself into chaos judge schaeffer Bc haeffer some time ago incurred the displeasure of most of the members of the salt lake bar who made a united effort to procure his removal the objections we believe were not eo so much against I 1 the man as his alleged incapacity ne tie was believed to be bonest honest but not learned in the law the attempt tem pt tte tie to 0 remove him failed at the time the judge held heid heldon on and andaas was master of the situation and latterly we have heard no great objections raised against him mr corbin was the unsuccessful contestant fox the for north carolina and is a strong republican in politics it is not bur bure sure that his appointment will be confirmed or that he will accept the position there is nothing on earth more uncertain than the tenure of office in utah |