| Show Amendment No 1 Should Be Voted In hi Tuesdays Tuesday's Election I Amendment No 1 is II an amendment to the Utah constitution giving the legislature the power to provide for selection of Supreme Court and District Court Cout Judges solely on the basis basil of fitness for office and without regard to any partisan political 1 considerations This Tills amendment seeks to remedy i Utah's system of selecting Judges on I partisan ballots during general election year years year years when consideration of f fitness fit fit- it- it ness of candidates for the Judiciary Is overshadowed by election of national state and county officers Under our existing system Judges have been swept In and out of office almost without exception on the ba basis ds s of majority political party vote Experienced Judges have been regularly removed from of office office office of- of fice because they have been completely forgotten In the heat of political campaigns campaigns cam cain which do not not and and Can C'an n not not not- have any bearing on the Judiciary or oron oron oron on any candidate for the Judiciary In order to correct this condition an amendment to the Constitution of Utah Is desirable The amendment proposed Amendment Amendment Amendment Amend Amend- ment No 1 on your November 7 ballot wilt will give the legislature power to de devise devise devise de- de vise a new system of selecting Supreme and District Court Judges In effect It will make possible continuing capable Judges In service of our courts It will eliminate possibility of removal of capable capable capable cap cap- able Judges because of ot a change In InI I partisan political sentiment What hat i la IJ Effect of ot Amendment No 1 17 The effect of the amendment la is to give the Utah Legislature power to create a new system for selecting Judges The proposed amendment does not provide provide provide pro pro- vide any particular method of selecting Judges It does not provide nor contemplate contemplate contemplate con con- template that Judges are to be he be appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed There are various satisfactory I m methods already adopted by several states which eliminate the evils Inherent I ent both in selection of Judges by apI ap- ap I I and by election The proposed proposed pro pro- pos posed d amendment would leave the choice of or methods to the consideration of the I Legislature Why You Should I Vote ote Yes We should benefit by the learning and wisdom that come Increasingly to JUdges by experience It Is advantageous both economically and from the standpoint stand point of the administration of Justice that Experienced and qualified Judges be retained In office When they are swept I from office merely merely-by by reasons of swings In poll political power It 11 Is a loss to the I citizens and the government You should vote lYES YES on Amendment Amendment Amend Amend- ment No 1 to make It possible for Utah to preserve a capable Judiciary free from removal by political trends You should vote YES that selection o of judges for th the tho Supreme and District Courts may solely on the basis of or o n y free of any j political consideration or Issues You I should vote YES b because cause you and the I electorate of Utah now have the opportunity opportunity op op- op- op opI I of effe effecting a a. change which wilt will be of permanent benefit to you and to all the citizens of Utah Non Approval al The Utah State Democratic and Republican Republican Re Re- I publican parties at their 1944 platform conventions adopted provisions approvIng approving Ing Proposed Constitutional Amendment No 1 and urging Its favorable consideration consideration consid- consid by the voters I |
