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he fails in the most technical detail
in the way of proof he is non-suited or
if he establishes his case by the
strongest proof lie is non-suited be
cause of alleged assumption of tho
risk or his own contributory negli
gence. If, however, the plaintiff be
pemitted to submit tne issues to a
jury the right of recovery is so cir
cumscribed and obscured by unfavor
able instructions and nls evidence is
so discredited by tho adverse com
ments of the corporation trained judge
that little is left for the determination
of the jury. All influences around a
federal court room are favorable to
corporations. Even the jurymen often
ride on railway passes and are the
recipients of corporation courtesies.
But, however free they may be from
such influences they are overawed by
the judge who never fails to make his
influence count for the corporation
lawyer who has favored him socially,
politically and otherwise. The United
States circuit court is the rich man's
court and it will so continue till the
people have something to do with the
selection of judges. Never was there
a damage suit that did not suffer in
that atmosphere and every lawyer
who understands his business knows
it and will not jeopardize his client's
case against a corporation by letting
it come within that jurisdiction. If
an employe is killed through the neg
ligence of a non-resident corporation
and a recovery of $10,000 is allowed
under the state law the claim must
reduced to $2,000 and the widow
orphan must forego all claim to
)00 because of the hostility of the
leral tribunal. The state courts al-
a recovery for $10,000 and If it
re a resident corporation unit
ised the death that amount could
recovered, but because the defend-
happens to be organized uoyona
limits of the state our system
f federal jurisprudence creates a
tinction and defeats a right tnac
f resident citizen Jiad under the
ho laws. Whv this difference De-
fen state and federal courts? Why
favoritism to the " non-resident .'
non-resident railroad corporation
nil Hi ad vantage It can of the
Fe laws. It takes the citizen's land
under right of eminent domain but
when It Idlls his wife or child and
is sued for tho damages that tho state
laws allow, this samo non-resident
corporation removes the case into tho
federal court where all recovery may
bo denied. Tho railroad takes from
the citizen by the state law but when
he tries to take from tho railroad
what belongs to him under the state
law the railroad will insist that the
matter be determined by a federal
tribunal.
"The federal courts aro exceedingly
jealous of their jurisdiction and re
solve every doubt in favor of it. When
an injury is caused tnrough tho neg
ligence of a resident and a non-resident
corporation tho application for
removal is made by tne non-resident
corporation on the ground of separa
ble controversy or local prejudice, and
in passing on the question the state
court is not permitted to pass on any
question of fact so that tho federal
court determines the question of its
own jurisdiction and enjoins the state
court if it interferes with it. It is
therefore practically impossible for
any cause of action where the dam
ages exceeds $2,000 to be determined
in a state court against a non-resident
corporation.
"Removal of causes to federal courts
is an outrage that is perpetrated daily
and it calls aloud for a remedy.
These judges should be elected by
the people. At present they are
owned by the corporations. They are
bribed by "courtesies." They ride to
distant winter resorts in the private
cars of railway presidents and are
entertained by railway lawyers. They
cannot be superior to these tempta
tions and they are bound to repay
these "courtesies" by Judicial favors.
Just the other day tho morning papers
announced the presence at the union
depot of a woll known railroad law
yer who was acting as host to a
party consisting of three federal
judges and a few other railroad law
yers, and he was talcing the party to
the Pacific coast as his guests and
they were sumptuously provided for,
riding in the private car of the presi
dent of a railroad company. This
was a lawmaking excursion. It was
ostensibly at the company's expense
but eventually some poor devil will
have to foot this bill. A damage suit
is coming on for trial before one of
these judges against this same rail
road company where a passenger was
injured for life in an accident on its
line. In natural justice there is no
doubt that the plaintiff should win and
he has a terrible injury and the
amount of damages is placed at $35,000
and he should recover it all. There
is a technical question of law in
volved that may render the case
doubtful and this same lawyer will
raise this legal quibble, and, of course,
he will defend his position with adroit
and admirable skill. By social as
similation and judicial training this
judge is inclined to the same view.
He is strongly impressed by the zeal
and sincerity of this lawyer and al
though there is doubt about it yet
he resolves the doubt in favor of the
railway company that furnished the
private car and gave him such a
royal time at the distant winter re
sort and the plaintiff is non-suited.
He is poor and unable to appeal and
so he sinks into discouragement and
at last abandons his case. Tell me
who pays for the trip in the private
car?"
POISON IN FOODS
American Medicine, published at
Philadelphia, ig inclined to think that
tho public has allowed itself to be
come over-excited over tho pure food
question. It declares thero is nothing
particularly now in this matter of
adulterated foods, though from the
agitation that is being conducted one
might suppose our ancestors had never
heard of anything of tho kind. Says
American Medicine:
"It is, no doubt, disquieting to know
that creosote, a rank poison, is put
on our hams, or in the Scotch whisky
we might prescribe for others, but
these fears disappear when wo learn
that the old-fashioned smokehouse or
burnt barrels did the samo to tho
bacon and whisky of our forefathers.
Indeed, it seems to tie a rulo to look
askance at every innovation, whether
it bo good or bad even sugar was
onco considered a dangerous preser
vative and was forbidden by law.
"Copper, once thought dangerous in
small quantities, is now known to be
quite harmless, and cooking vessels
of this metal are permitted. The
minute quantities of ayes used in our
ice cream or cake or to color our
butter to its proper appetizing yellow
ness, are quite harmless. '
Modern cities could not exist if it
were not for the new ways of preserv
ing foods long enough to reach the
consumer. It is right and proper that
we should know all about these new
antiseptics, and whether they are
more harmful than the old ones, and
we must also keep a firm grasp upon
the manufacturers to cneck excesses,
but there is no use getting rngntened
over the matter?"
The remarks of the Philadelphia
journal are somewhat comrortlng. We
don't want to suffer unnecessarily
from alarm. We have the right,
though, to know exactly what we are
getting when we buy food products.
Every bottle of pickleB or tomato
catsup, every can of peaches or pre
serves or peas or corn, everything, in
fact, that goes into the human stom
ach, should be as nearly pure as it
can be made. When It is necessary
to use a preservative the fact should
be plainly stated on the outside of the
package. Great Falls Daily Tribune.
ANOTHER HUMORIST
Although Mark Twain is devoting
his energies to prodding tho King of
Belgium and most of the things Mr.
Depew is thinking of do not remind
him of a story, there has been no
eclipse of the gayety of nations. Re
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army of humorists.
Hardly have the sides of the body
politic ceased shaking over Mr. Har
rlman's merry quips before the insur
ance committee than H. H. Rogers
of the Standard Oil company begins
chasing dull care back to Missouri.
Mr. Rogers' jests are the more
spontaneous. Mr. Harriman's jokes
are grim and saturnine, like Mr.
Ryan's philanthropy. Mr. Rogers'
humor is full of pranns and wanton
wiles and gambols like the sportive
kid. Mr. Rogers Is merry because he
cannot be otherwise. What could be
funnie to an officer of the Standard
Oil company than the assumption on
the part of a state government that
it has a right to know whether or not
his company has been violating the
law? New York World.
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