Show INTEGRITY OF COURTS IMPERILED THE people of this country are naturally jealous of any interference with the courts courte of justice from sources outside of their own immediate sphere declarations of the earence e ea tence of that species of control iash regarded with distrust and repugnance pug nance As a matter of course we have reference now to the sentiment of the nation at large the local feeling in some quarters not being so scrupulous in that regard As an instance of local laxity in that connection tion a prominent anti mor imor mona mon 1 active politician said some time ago in a liberal political gathering we already have control of the courts in this territory such aa announcement or cwm claim made in a political gathering in any other part of the country would have raised considerable of a breeze around the ears of the person who so expressed himself in behalf of his party we noted the fact of the utterance at the time and made several subsequent sube quent references to it but no disclaimer came from the speakers political asso dates clates and not even a gentle protest emanated from the judiciary of utah upon whom a dark imputation had been cast no such intimation from a national official quarter is to be tolerated popular sentiment is pronounced upon that subject no other theory must be enunciated at least than that the courts which are the bulwark of the liberties and rights of the people are beyond the pale of political manipulation II if they are to be governed under poll political considerations then is the country on the edge of a precipice over which it is liable to rush to destruction truc tion the law interpreted and administered without fear favor or hope of reward is the theory of our system under our institutions no one of the three departments of government can properly or safely invade the domain or prerogatives of the others any attempt or semblance of it to break over the prescribed boundary is necessarily viewed with disfavor this healthy sentiment is precisely what has caused so many of tho the loading leading journals of america to so sharply criticise criticism critic ise the basis as suied by president harrison as expressed through the attorney general for the removal of chief justice sandford taking up this fruitful topic america speaks thus pointedly president harrisons attorney general has haa put his foot into it in giving the reason for the removal of chief justice sandford of the supreme court of utah in b bis is letter to the chief justice he said the president has become satisfied that your administration of the office was not in harmony hari nony with the policy he deemed proper to be pursued with reference to utah affairs As the chief justice is appointed to administer justice according to the law irrespective of policy and politics this letter naturally afforded judge sandford a good opportunity to step down with dignity after writing a stinging rejoinder to the at torney general ll 11 although the view embodied in the foregoing quotation tends in the proper direction it is in some respects open to analytical criticism we hold that except as a matter of discretion the introduction of the foot into a bad place was not in giving the reason for the removal of justice sandford of the supreme court of utah but in the adoption of the reason an offense of any kind is much worse than the inadvertent confession of it |