Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-23 | Page 4 | Impeachment of Judge Landis

IMPEACHMENT OF JUOGE LANOIS. Most persistent at tacks are. beiug , made on Judge K M Landis of the jj federal court, and there Is reason to Hj9 believe a desire to punish the jurist HjnJ for his independence of mind Is back Hj9 o the persecution which now has Hl$ taken the form of impeachment pro- Hi'J ceding6 in congress. H!'! Judge Landis is outspoken and fear- Bm less. He has intlicicd heavy punish III ment on the Standard Ql Monopol;. ; 11 has condemned the I. W, W.. and vig H ' t rously denounced the enemies of this i J country. All this has brought down ! i! upon the judge's head a torrent ol At the bottom of i H proceedings is the charge that, in ac cepting the position of national base PJH ball commissioner at a salary of $42. ,i 600 a year. Judge Landis lowered the dignity of his position and violated bis oath of office. If that is the most se-rlous se-rlous offense ever committed by a Judge, this country would he in a for tunate position of judicial purity. It may not have been the most dignl-ficd dignl-ficd thing to do, but in becoming base-hall base-hall commissioner Judge Landis has violated no code of ethics, and those who are harassing should be rebuked.