Show PALTRY LYING oi ot james jimes C j shields to be chief justice ju stice of arizona vice sumner howard was rejected by the U S senate few daja days ago and forthwith baskin telegraphed his sak sall lake organ ae as follow senate rejected the nomination nomi nailon james C shields for chief justice arizona whose predecessor was sum ner howard who achieved considerable reputation in the prosecution of mormons cormons Mor mons the removal of howard it is alleged ali ened was broucht brought about by mormon influence and tho the rejection of shields is intended as a it rebuke to the president for permitting howard to be punished for his activity against mormonism Morn now no we happen to know some thing about the removal of howard a and n d it i t was not brought about by mormon jn influence fluence nor did the senate intend its reject rejection i r on 0 of f shields nomination as a rebuke to a the president for permitting howard to be punished for his activity against mormon ism 10 howard was totally unfit for the position and like one or two olour of our p own w n F federal ed eral officers be he undertook to make a brilliant anti mormon record to maintain himself in office but his 69 activity against mormonism amounted to nothing only it was bo misdirected and un judicial I 1 t that h a t i it t ri furnished further evidence I 1 e of his judicial unfitness however many lawyers and not a few senators have held that the president has no legal power to remove united states judges at all ii and this had bad its I 1 influence luence nf upon the senate in in its rejection rei action the nomination af james 0 shields |