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Show OO A6EFS SPEECH AT JUDICIAL CONVENTION The women of the local progressive party held an Interesting session at tho close of the Judicial convention Saturday and a permanent organisation organisa-tion was porfected Dr. Anna RIos Finley was choson president and Mrs. Gertrude Carr was made secretary 'and troasuror. The next meeting of tho organization -will bo held at tho Progressive headquarters, 325 Twon-!ty-fourth street, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, where all ore cordially Inited to attend this meeting. Agee's Speech. Mr. Agoe was not prcBont at the judicial convention on Saturday and there was considerable doubt as to his accepting tho nomination. Therefor There-for a committee was appointed to wait on him before adjournment and request hm to appear beforo tho convention. con-vention. His appearance was the nlg-nal nlg-nal for hearty applause. In presenting present-ing him to convention, Chairman Hen-dorshot Hen-dorshot simply said, "Bohold a jusU Judge " Mr. Agee then spoke in part as follows! "Ladies and Gontlemen of the Convention Con-vention I really do not know what I ought to do under the circumstances. circum-stances. Your chairman tells mo that I have been nominated by acclamation. acclama-tion. I would have preferred that the Aote should havo been taken bo that I could know the feollngs of all of the delegates present for If thoro Is any opposition to my nomination I would not think of accepting All my life I havo tried to discharge tho duties du-ties of citizenship to tho best of inability, in-ability, and have never tried to shirk anv responsibility. I havo lived in this city for mors than fifteen years, and during all that time I have cheerful! cheer-ful! contributed in taxes my proportion propor-tion for the maintenance of the government, gov-ernment, state, district, county and city, but I havo never drawn one dollar dol-lar In saiary from the public treasury. If I should consult my own feollnga in the matter, I would not accept this nomination "As I have said, I have always tried to bear my rfbaro of the burdens of cltlaenshlp, but I really fool that under the peculiar clroumBtancea in which I am placed nt the present I ought not to be asked to boar the bnr-den bnr-den which you now seek to place upon up-on mo. Yet I raelljiethatltiothoduty of someone to assist in this conto3t, because there has exlBtod for a number num-ber of years in this state a political machine as merciless and TinBcrupu-Jous TinBcrupu-Jous as over dominated the politics, of any fitate or olty in tho American union, un-ion, and I believe It to bo tho duty of every good oitlren to do his part to overthhrow this niachino, A groat hue aud cry hns been raised recently against tho proposed recall of judges of our courts, but t want to nay to you that wiille there may be room for an honest difforenco of opin ion as to the proposition of the recall re-call of public ofTIcors, there is no reason rea-son for the recall of tho officers of the legislative or executive department depart-ment of government, which does not opply with equal forco to the judiciary. judi-ciary. In fact I am inclined to think that there 1b greater reason for applying ap-plying this princlplo of recall to tf judiciary than to othor branches of, the government. More thnn thirty-seven thirty-seven years of practlco at the bar has led mc to conoludo that the most extreme ex-treme reactionaries aro on the bench. Tho bonch and bnr have boon blindly following precedont for a century. Someone, a century or moro ago. mcy have announced some doctrlno which, at tho time, was entirely proper and applicable to the situation, but which Is wholly inappllcabln to prent conditions, con-ditions, yet our courts havo been blindly following precedent rather than keeping stop with the progress of civilization Under our syetom of government, with a written constitution, constitu-tion, certain limits are placed upon each branch of the government. If the legislative branch of government undertakes to exceed Its authority lt Is met by a decision of the courts say- , lng, under the constitution "thus far shalt thou go, and no farther." If an officer of the executive department undertakes to uanrp any authority which is prohibited by the constitution, constitu-tion, ho is haltod by an Injunction from tho courts; but if the Judiciary overstops tho limits prescribed by tho constitution there Is no remedy except by an appeal to the people. The Judgea of our courts are very much In this respect in tho condition of the Taft delegates In the Chicago convention, whose seats were contested con-tested They pass judgment on their own caso and on their own actions. "But over and above all this Is the fact that our Judiciary ought to be absolutely divorced from potty partisan par-tisan politics. The spectacle of our courts engaging in active partisan politics on every occasion, is the most vicious practlco with which tho American people are confronted today to-day and Is a reproach to our system j of Jurisprudence. Tho use of large sums of money In our elections is also a menace to the perpetuity of i Republican institutions. Therefore, In accepting this nomination, I want It distinctly understood that I will not attempt to securo an election by the use of monoy, nor will I engage in potty partisan political strife, and If I should be elected, I want each and every one of you to understand ' that if you Bhould become a litigant In my court, you would receive no dlfforont trootment whatever than would my most bitter political opponent oppo-nent You cannot afford to have elected to the important office of district Judgo, a man who will show any favor to you because If ho would show a favor to you at one time, he might conoludo to favor the other follow at some other time when the matter Involved is of groat importance import-ance to you. If I should be elected I say to you here and now, that it shall mako no difference whatever to mo what a man's business 1b, what his religious opinions are, or what his party affiliation may be, or whether he is rich or poor, blaok or whito. Politics have no place, whatever In a court of Justice, and I want no one to give any support to me in this contest with any expectation whatever what-ever that by reason of that support ho will receive any different consideration consid-eration from my hands than would the man or the woman who opposes me. The only aafoty to our Institutions Institu-tions rests In tho principle that equal and exact justice to all must he administered ad-ministered hy our courts." j no |