| Show JUDGE JUDDS COSTS that was piece of ralliet dastardly fidelity to duty on the part of the district attorney judee judd when he ordered the garnishment of tho unpaid wadee of the railroad men who made of judgment rather than put jibe government to unnecessary expend AA The cotte for which thus made amounted to pi portion of which was abo fee of the d attorney this coat mil when pun into garnishment proceedings for each defendant will be considerably cab alced the whole being chargeable upon the little wage fund that is the onay re lett the family while its head worker is out ot employment it la true that judka judd wae acting within the letter of the law but so aleo were those that pursued relentlessly the hapless victim jean valjean the hero ol 01 les Mise it is possible at times for the law to become cruelty rather than justice it matters little to the district attorney whether the little bit of wages is necessary to keep the family from starving it the people of the united states had to bear the coat of prosecuting these cases it would cost each individual the of one five thousandth part of a cent and it ia very likely that the people would prefer to contribute one five part of a cent each rather than the families of the men should suffer it will not bo long now until a whole lot of political managers will come before the people tor an election to places which they now hold by appointment and those places which aro permanently filled by federal appointment will bo largely dependent upon the elective machinery of each state we dont herein propose to officers of the law to condone or to compound crime bat there is rule that has high endorsement it is that laws and institutions are made for man not man for just as the sabbath is made for man not man for the sabbath in other words if judge judd were directly responsible to the people for bis official authority his course as to the collection ot costs would be the course that he should now pursue for the law ia made for the people and not the people for the law |
