The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 12, 1916, Page 16

(Contmued from page 6) mealth the conservator “and protector - of vested and property nghts mstead of observmg its early and ancient functlon, as & conservator . and protector of per- sonnl nghts. . . 'We have witnessed for years the leg- Mahve attempt both in the federal con- gzess and in the various states to regu- “ilate and dlvest property rights of " its great powers. ; : These legislative attempts have con- Y stantly run up against the constitution, gither ‘federal or state, by reason of the alleged protectlon ngen to property : rxghts therem. 0o It s unnecessary to relate the pro-’ g;‘essxve legislation that has been de- jmanded, partially enacted, and some finally established, after violent consti- Ptutxonal htxgahons thereupon: from the ilife insurance investigation of former iyears, down on through the primary election “laws, the workmen’s . compen- sation acts, and the short hour labor ,acts for women -and. children, _including _}the safety- appliance acts for rallroads and industrial corporations, to the regu- latory acts affecting corporations today, - 1~ Furthermore, the demand has mnot :stopped legislative enactments, but . at- tempts have been made in recent years . jto curb the power of the judiciary by taking from it some instances the rxght to fully interpret constitutional -provi- sions by providing for the ' recall - of. or by similar methods. PEOPLE’S JUST COMPLAINTS AGAINST FAILURE ‘OFTHE. LAW (refemng to the en, :s, the‘ people) say~the law is slow and dxlatory, that it takes forever to reach a conclusion. That redress of wrong is 'often attained, if at all, too late to have ‘any use. 'They say the law is enormops-. ly expensxve, that whether a suitor suc- AlL Quality Goods KREMENETSKI - BROTHERS 'l‘uttle, N.D. Judges or the recall-of judicial decisions. . ceeds or is defeated he is hkely ‘to. be ruined either way by the mult:phcatlon.\ of counsel feeés jand costs’ and ‘expenses and loss of time and. interference with business. That the client has no means of measuring or: weighing or estamatmg proper compensation for.. the services' rendered to: him; that the law is so ar- ranged as to require even in simple mat- ters ‘an enormous and - disproportionate amount. of labor which has to be paid for, ete.” ‘This truly is'a situation that favors property rights and not personal. righst and privileges. The questlon is, How does about? Generally speaking, the great lawyers ‘of ‘the country are attracted to capital, *tp vested property rights, by the finan- cial returns involved. Capital seeks - the : ‘advice ' of legal learning and well ‘compensates it. Con- sequently, men ‘eminent at the bar are generally eminent corporation attorneys. The consequent result is that men who it come are eminent at‘the bar become impressed- with the view point of capitalism and property rights, that is, the necessity of safeguarding property rights for ' their further advancement of. corporate inter- ests” and this view point for purposes of argument may be conceded to be con-- scientious and not corrupt. = ° CORPORATION LAWYERS SHAPE - OPINIONS OF, THE COURTS ‘These -men at the bar. mould and fashion the opinion of the bar. The judge of today-is but the 1awyer of yesterday; generally speaking, emi- nent men at the bar become the judges of ‘state courts or federal courts. The view point: of the lawyer of yes- terday becomes that of the judge of to- day. The opinion . of the bar and its meth- ods, thoughts and actions in a manner fashion and shape the trend of the judge's thought 'and action tegardmg Jjustice on'the bench. The Judge therefore, is, whether he wills* it or. “not, consciously or uncon- sclously, mfluenced by his’_associates. His : trend of tho!ught -is”'along the line of “His-former thought :and" ac-- /. tion ‘hds' heen:concerned “with the- -pre-- servation of property rights, and: it is -only natural and consequential that this thought ‘and action should’ be further i _continued: when' on the bench. It is this view point which has in no - small :measure occasioned the present popular opinion of our judiciary. It is needless to say that our Jjudiciary is of prime impdx'tance, in fact is . of fundamental necessity in:the . preserva- - tion of our liberties and our repubhcan 2 form ofgovernment.- In-a government of laws there must be ‘a Judxcmry and it must be free and in-" dependent. ' What is needed more than legls‘latlve y Judlclal reform is the reform:: of the & itself, and of the modern view the be ‘are ever patamo . the “rights " of property, and further. that the law. to be - must be 3 d - dir neys in order that his lmparhahty may not become partiality by delay, and his justlce may not become wrong by ex- cessxve “and prolonged expense, TEMENT OF . THE OWNERSHIP -MAN- CULATION, ETC., REQUIRED 2B4Y ;1'9%2E ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST y 3 Of the Nonpartisan Leader puhlhhed weekly at Fargo, North Dakota, for October, 1 State of North Dakota, County of Csss 8s. Before me, a Notary Publie, in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared D. C. Coates, who, having been duly sworn accord- ing to law, deposes and says that he is the Manager of the Nonpartimn Leader and that the following-.is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, man- agement (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc,, of the aforesaid publication for -the date shown in the above caption, requi: by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulntlons. printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit: 1." That the names and addresses of the pub- lisher, editor, .-managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, The Ncnpartiuan Publishing Co., Fnrgo N. D." Editor, Herbert E. Gaston, Fargo, § s Business Manager, David C. Coates, Fargo, That the owneis are: (Give names and ad- dresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding” 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.)' l‘ldwin F. Wood, ‘Fargo, N. D. Albert J. Fox, Fargo, N. D. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgageen, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) one. > C. COATES. Sworn to and suburlbed befom me this 2nd day of October, 1916. . T.:COLE. (My commission explres Mny 165, 1917.) ER————— T L L Elevator Managers !!. in need of an Elevator Muuker for your Company, write or wire The Equgyrgg-u Ochhange UNION N ATIONAL BANK of Min Capital and Snrplus $90,000.00 Farm Loans Negotiated at Lowent Rates. Prompt Setvice. MINOT, NORTH DAKOT Kodak Films Developed and Printed, All ' Work Guaranteed £ Camera Supplies L. P. WELLER New Rockford, N. D. American National Bank VALLEY CITY, N. D. Capital and Surplus $110,000.00 ; The Farmer’s Friend Money to loan at all times to reliable parties Farm Loans a Specialty J R. Kirk Commlssmn Co. Inc. SOUTH 8’ 'AUL, MINN. SALES AGENCY AND AUTIORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE .American Society of Equity consxcx YOU’B LIVE STOCK TO US AND GET A SQUARE DEAL ANOTHEB ASSOCIATION SEES BENEFIT IN SHIPPING LIVE STOCK TO THEIR OWN SELLING AGENCY J. R. Kirk Commission Co., So. St. Paul, Minn. ~ Gentlemen: Manaing, N. D, Feb. 3, 1910 Drafts eived for car of hogs shlnped you Jan. 21st. through Dunn County ity Si;lppié:hga Auocintlon AII members that had hogs in the shipment are awfully well :is:ud v and the wav vou have l?.m"ed the goods. Will ha: cars to start from Dnnn Centar next week. ve several more . Wit mchgood um-uyouucureduwfll mean more cooperation among the farmers at this end. Yours for more cooperative business, AJ.BRETZLAFF, Shipping Manager. John P. Byrne of " livestock Teceived by the Epuity C Who a.ccompamed the first. consxgnment ; Operatlve Exchange at South St. Pa.ul : : The thestock Department recently opened at South St. Paul 1 by ‘the Equity Co-Operative Exchange, received its first carload-of. |- livestock from Nortonville, N. D, - This stock was owned by J. P. ‘Byrne and his brother, Edward Byrn Shipment Nortonville, N. D., Oct. 6, 1916 Equity Co-Operative Exch., . South St. Paul, Minn. Attentmn Mr. F. B. Wood, Manager. ~Gentlemen: Have just received my re- turns from car of cattle and: hogs, numbered 90794 and I wish to say that I am well -pleased with weights, prices . -and service, You may expect my live stock shlpments in the “future. = Yours’ very truly, : (Signed) JOHN P. BYRNE. e, and was consigned by-them to. the ONLY ' COMMISSION HOUSE IN SOUTH ST. PAUL at is OWNED-and CONTROLLED BY FARMERS. - J. P. Byrne accompanied the shipment and after his retum g ,homei 1:nml the letter above, to the South St. Paul office,