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Show MAY TRUST HOUSE TO REMOVE JUDGES Substitute for Impeachment Will Be Introduced In Congress Washington, Feb. 28. A substitute substi-tute for Impeachment ns a means for romovjng unfit federal Judges will bo embodied In n bill providing a constitutional amendment shortly to bo Introduced in congress. Tho gonornl Idea In this proposition proposi-tion Is that n federal Judgo should bo roniovnblo on n two thirds vote of tho houso, voting on tho bnro question ques-tion ns to his suitability to remain on the bench. Remedy Has Failed Tho linpenchmcnt remedy lias full-od. full-od. It hns been found impossjblo under this procoduro to romovo Judges, Judg-es, except whoro thoy aro notoriously gullly of somo obvious unfitness. It Is recognized by public men that a Judgo may also ho unfit by tho lack of real Judicial temperament, prejudice, preju-dice, HI health, or moro laziness, and that It ought to bo posslblo to romovo ro-movo a man who Is only an obstruction obstruc-tion to Justice Speer Case 8amplo In tho recent caso of Judgo Speor, whoso Impeachment was sought, tho committee found thnt tho Judgo was hopelessly Ineffcctlvo ns a Judgo nnd that practically nil tho nccusatlons woro supported by tho uvldonco; yot tho commlttco wns unwilling to roc-ommoud roc-ommoud Impeachment and Instead, rocommonded that another Judgo bo nsslgned to do tho work, leaving Judgo Speer on tho bench nnd salary sal-ary roll. This Illustrates tho hopelessness ot remedying tho obvious defects In tho systom of federal Judiciary. Rapidly thoso courts aro becoming encumbered encumber-ed with men llko Spoor, Wright, Dayton Day-ton nnd KUlots. Prosperity Possible How $55,000,000 of prosperity might bo addod to tho West Is Indicated Indi-cated In a letter sent by Secretary of Interior Lane and read Into tho record by Senator Mj'ers of Montana. Lano ndvtses that a prominent hy-dro-electrlo engineer has assured him thnt tho pnBsago of tho public lands power bill by this congress would bo followed Immediately by tho construction of Water power projects pro-jects amounting to that sum. Want Sanitary Work Tho public health servlco believes that at least two por cent of tho public rovcuuos ot n stato should bo spoilt for sanitary work. This per cent Is not kept up by many states. Tho health servlco claims It pays to spend monoy on tho public health, meaning by this, prevention ot typhoid, ty-phoid, malaria, tuberculosis and smallpox, by attention to child hy-gleno hy-gleno In tho public schools, Industrial Industri-al sanitation, milk control nnd similar simi-lar linos ot work.. Good Forestry Results That tho national forests undor tho forest service are used and aro not moroly locked up Is shown In figures ot the annual report, JUBt made public. For Instanco, It nppoars that tho forests soil 6,600,000,000 feet of timber tim-ber every year. Thoy ovorsoo tho grazing of moro than 1,500,000 cattlo, and 7,500,000 shoop. Thoy suporvlso the building ot moro than COO miles of road, 2,000 miles ot rail, 3,000 miles of telcphono lines and 700 miles of flro lanos In a single year. |