Show 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 r ar w V s I 1 v I 1 J abey 1 AJ I 1 T tho be ret retirement ofton phil philip 11 emerson from froni tho jia supreme uv bench of the territory where he lie has bus presided with dignity ability and fidelity for twelve y years cars was celebrated by a formal public recognition ogier of his ans I 1 eminent services only a 1 few ew lays days since at provo there he lie gracefully resigned his judicial robes 1 after having fully 1 established himself in the hearts of the people by the unswerving justice ot all official acta acts and his kindly personal deportment in all his intercourse social or deflit offiS dEf tiT aIbe be t al 01 11 Q 4 A gen till t urbanity and honesty of character consistent with a loyal man and an impartial judge when he be first went to provo in his official capacity twelve years ago 0 lie found the city almost I 1 cuti entirely without a lo 10 7 g i cal balbar bar dis discovered diso gov ered that some intelligent young men who had been born and reared in the place were anxious of fitting themselves fur for the legal profession from froin the very generous good nature oi of br heart he lie encouraged them in this worthy ambition ta t t A class of litva students i ats T was was A r organized ht i f a and n P ivar h his is honor prepared prep L s rd andoe an ae livere liv e d a j series series of comprehensive lectures for their benefit and did his utmost to td aid them they appreciated his friendly y aiNi assistance fiance and profited by his example and instruction a ud from time to time many of them were admitted after passing most creditable 1 examinations to the practice cil ce ofine e mv lawr 7 A when the honored judge retired he left as the result of his genuine beneficence a of character a large laric youthful vigorous local bar the tile members of which saw him step down from the tile botich with h regret and just prior tahi a fast 1 st official lasey d and expressed their gratitude I 1 t to Q I 1 him were h appy to call the father of their legal status with cordial unanimity they de glared ini in i plain aduf 1 r bec td dinople 4 te terms ru elhat they respected revered and loved judge jude 4 emerson he ile had bad always been beell conscientious conscientiously y juet and fair iu in administering the law he ile had mingled courteously with the people I 1 and recognized their full rights he ile had I 1 permitted permit eed 11 0 f 1 fiu dice to warp bia his judgment or dwarf his better nature pure uptight up tight and patriotic he conducted himself with such uni uniform forin propriety and aud wisdom on all occasions that none could reproach him hirn and now when he came to resign relian 1 his official tasks the people with one accord corned him to re idenie enco in their midst and wished him unbounded success es in practising practicing before the utah bar which hia his eminent virtues and learning are so well ivell calculated to adorn but in striking repulsive contrast aith ex judo emerson how bow can we avoid re recalling e alling the very dil different narrow minded fanaticism of judge zane behold him as he lie appears upon lie tile judgment seat which he lie almost daily disgraces in salt lake city note his contracted f forehead or che ad his veering eyes his withered countenance the flighty sinister willfulness wilfulness wilf ulness and penurious mechanical bigotry which ever and anon find expression in his cold forbidding wi withered face and discover if you can whether this judee joac which ba has s been been imposed il I 1 a ap ased upon utah exhibits exhibit sono one external indication of anything except a mean mediocrity permeated with selfish rapacity and void of any single 1 I redeeming trait but buti ithe Q the observer is inclined to belied 1 t at these personal appearances must be deceptive let him wait to observe bow thia un unprepossessing prepossessing judge presides upon the bench and it will bo be found that his legal 0 learning is is defective his caliber small and his capacity very limited and then if still one doubt remains that tilis judge jude is not riot entire entirely fy II 11 ill unfit oft for fol alho it nna ti lda ld A p potent tnt lion tion which ha ho occupies wilh such ill grace let them examine alis official record and see how bow he bus bas charged juries in tho the daml name of law with the v venomous prejudice of bis own weak mind or how he lie ba has despotically set aside the ruled and most thoroughly well ed safeguards I 1 imparting to raen zy luser lU surp P inythe sole prerogative of the law he lie haa has drawn and selic selected ted W with t vindictive partiality packed juries on ou his own authority alone and in this way he lie has made wade the people groan should he bo be cut short in hi hid tyrannical career the terrible shadow of nemesis wo uld drive him in anoble haste from the territory which he has outraged and the people eople whom ho be has persecuted acorn derision contempt auddis aud hia own internal sense of the justice of a wronged peoples righteous wrath v strike him forlorn and hh hit name would never more bo be men tinned save eave as a synonym for a roal inal i edical moor I 1 |