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Show JUHCIAL RE50LI.TI0N. ( The rrrif Tliat Itrjan Wants to Cpael j Our f.sleral Judicial Sysletn. i Io the hwple understaud that fart j of the program of Hryaulsra la tha j overthrow of the federal court as they j are now constitute,1, and Hie substitution substitu-tion of an rl.s tive Judiciary, holding 1 oihi-e for liui'tod terms and chosen by j js.piilar Tote? i 'i'l.e lapse of four years has cast ; something of the ha'e of distance over Mr. ISrjan s radical and revolution-j revolution-j nry rot ions on this subject. Soma of j li.s more ctiservativ a;s.loglst ara i 4-veti s.s l.ircg to create tee Impression ; that what lirjan has said In the past aa:i st hie tenures did nn apply to tlx Justices 011 the Ih ii. h nf the Supreme Court, but 11 er. ly to clerks la the ei-s ei-s ut,ve ih partmt ids; that it Is not the . staluhty of tiie f.-deral Utieh which : lirynu u Hacks, but the c-n. ral Idea of 1 permanent tenure In the civil svrTli-a, ! w hieh is another and a widely different ; cjiiisstioii. i 'J his is pure hum!. tie. Mr. I'ryan haf 'committed himself k,,,:nreiy and without with-out reserve to the il.s t- ne that tlw federal fed-eral Judiciary. Inch:. I, eg the Justices of tlie Stt.r,,,ie Court. louM be e!e-tid by the rf-opie, nn.l m:! .,.s-i nt stat.-d intervals in-tervals to r. movnl bv p, pular vme. Iu June. 1st.;, j.,.1 U f.ce Ins own l'omiiiation for pit seietit by the Chicago Chi-cago convention, but after the Su-I Su-I retne Court's .l. Ui,.u ti at Hie Clsv-hmd Clsv-hmd Wiis,,n l;,c me t.,x law whs uncn- strutiotial. nn.l al'!-r tish-ral s.urts had played their right -ous ai t In tha enforcement of the l.i-v ,P:r,,ig the II-I.11. II-I.11. lis disiiirlrfiuccs of lv.t. Mr. Hrvaq I ru tul ill a college le'io.l.cal rad.-rl tha Nebraska Literary Magaine. au arU-rle arU-rle I ginning with Hies,, words; ' It is Hie duty of evsry good eitlrm to endeavor to make the i;overnmeut as perfect its iH.ssji.le. I... Hi in Its machinery machin-ery and in Its adiuimsttath.n. I Iwg t judgment. noKot lie made with advantage advant-age to the s-,. pie." I laving ills) , sc.! of the executive anil legislative departments of tne covern-nieiit, covern-nieiit, Mr. lirian went oil to say: j The pr.ssent method of seiicnng fM-eral fM-eral Judges is wrong. Nearly all tha 6'at. s rl.s-t the Ji dges w ho pnssjde OT,-r state courts and tu.d no il,:tii-ultv in s-rurtnir s-rurtnir (s.nip. t. ut otlicutis. w hen a I Judge Is elected for a limited term ha ran Is? re-electisl if his conduct Is such as to merit It: hut a judge appointed for life can only with tret d.t'ioulty Is- d. H.sed. no matter Imw t.uKa isfae-' isfae-' tory he may prove. A president, who . cenerally appoints i:s.n the recommendation recom-mendation of a few 11.1 mls'rs of tha dominant party, cannot choose ns Intelligently In-telligently as the p.H.p!e themselves, and the I nwiT to de; ose by a refusal ta re-elect Is an essential restraint evea ttHUi a Judge. All human beings, to a C renter or loss ex tent, in ',uire a certain bias from association and environment, and on the griat ipiestiotis which divide di-vide societv tha; b.as nn.-onsciou.sly n-tluemss n-tluemss the mind f the Jnd.-e. I.lfa positions aoe apt to bres In.l flerenca In the public servant, no matter la w bit r-'s Hon he Is pl.-.eed." This haves no d mid us to what Mr. r.t.ian thought and tin ant. lie would like to destroy bfe tenure In the federal feder-al i-ourts and throw tlie judiciary into national s.l.t!ea. It Is nous. ne for any friend of this ardent rovoletiotust and disciple of Altgi Id In progressive socialism so-cialism to p-eteiid that I'rjan'i host, II-ty II-ty to I fe tenures of ot!l.-e Is Inspired s,l, It by a reasonable solicitude concerning con-cerning tiie danger of stagnation and oxidization in the sulKirdlnate civil sr-Tica. |