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Smith, of Lackawanna county, to per form the functions of his office. Judge Smith sat with the court last Jan .uary, filed opinions in the cases' as signed to him last March, handing down the last one in May. Some weeks ago he became seriouy ill, but is now convalescing, and expects to resume his seat upon the bench next week. But notwithstanding the as surance of noted specialists that Judge Smith is rapidly regaining his normal health Governor Stone has appointed three physicians to determine his phy sical and mental capacity, with the intention, not to say hope, of retiring him upon half pay. The statute upon which the gov ernor predicates his eager action was approved by himself May 11, 1901, and reads as follows: "Whenever a judge ot any of the supreme, superior, common pleas or orphans courts of this commonwealth, by reason of physical or mental dis ability appears to be incapacitated for performing his judicial functions and duties, and by reason of such disabil ity has not" performed such duties for the period of one year, the governor of this commonwealth shall appoint a commission, consisting of three skill ful and disinterested physicians froni different counties of the state, to ex amine the said judge, and if the said commission shall report that said judge is permanently incapacitated to perform the duties of his office the governor shall notify the judge of such finding, and if the said judge shall resign with 30 days of such notice he shall receive for the balance of the term for which he was elected, dur ing which he shall live, one-half of the salary which he would have re ceived if he had not resigned; and the vacancy thus created shall be filled ia the manner heretofore provided by law in case of vacancies in judicial office." The governor has also appointed a similar commission to examine Judge John I. Mitchell, and rumor intimates that he contemplates other commis sions to deal with Chief Justice Mc Collum and Justice Dean, of the su preme court. But the facts in their cases are not known. If any 'incapac ity exists in relation to any one of them the public prints have not chronicled it. In Judge Smith's case there appears a premature exercise of authority under a statute of dangerous purview. At the threshold, there Is an unmerited insult to a citizen es teemed so highly as to be honored-by judicial place. No man relishes hav ing nis sanity of mind or body im pugned. The mere engendering of a suspicion as to the capacity of a judge is scandal-mongering of the most desplsable kind. It touches upon the sanctity of a court. But the practical facts in Judge Smith's case make the governor's con duct wholly inexcusable. The limit of time has not expired; only half the specified period has elapsed. And, as if to add insult to injury, the gov ernor now complaisantly refuses to recall his commission on the theory that establishing, Judge Smith's ca pacity will wprk no harm. Any call by that commission upon the judge before the defined time has passed would be trespass calling for a boot. In all the history of the nation the people havajOwen jealous of the-dig nity and BanctiTy of the founts of jus tice. A reverence of its own kind has ever been felt toward the holders of judicial office. When 'John Quincy Adams appointed tho "Midnight Judges" this last act of malicious par tisanship helped condemn his admin istration. Tho packing of the federal supreme court by increasing its mem bership to secure tho affirmation of the legal tender act has been a blot from which the true American turns aside. But the unwarranted exploitation of this Pennsylvania statute is fraught with the gravest peril. A governor can remove at will a whole court, and recreate it to suit the demands of favorites, or to, secure decisions re quired by party exigencies. A disap pointed candidate for a gubernatorial nomination can bo solaced by appoint ment to a vacancy thus seized in bri gand style. Coercion can be enforced upon unwilling factions by forcing the affirmation or invalidating of any law that Involves detriment or benefit. Such tactics smack Qf England cen turies ago, when a king upturned a kingdom's faith or . pawned all his lands to secure an end. It does not tend to lessen the evil that may be wrought by virtue of this statute that Governor Stone's tprm is happily drawing near Its' ignominious end. There may bo other governors like Stone.- Pittsburg Post. . t Two Policies Contrasted. Senator Hoar thus contrasts imper ialism and self-government: ' '' What have your ideals cost you 'and what have'they brought for you? 1; For tho Philippine islands you have had to repeal the Declaration of Independence. For Cuba you have had to reaffirm it and give it new luster. 2. For the Philippine islands you have had to convert the Monroe doc trine into a doctrine of mere selfish ness. For Cuba you have acted on it and vindicated it 3. In Cuba you have got the eternal gratitude of a free people. "In the Philippine islands you havo got the hatred and sullen submission of a subjugated people. 4. From, uha you naVG broi,sht homo nothing but glory. From the Philippines you have brought home nothing of glory. 5. In Cuba no man thinks of count ing the cost The few soldiers who came home from Cuba wounded or sick carry about their wounds and their pale faces as if they were medals of honor. What soldier glories in a wound or an empty sleeve which he got in the Philippines? 6. 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