THE COURIER.
II be good.
preacher in this town remarked in
i last Sunday's sermon that idleness
the paradise of fools. The democratic
linistration has boomed this brand
hparadise.
rederick Shepherd, of this city, in
communication in the News the
er evening discussed the propriety
newspaper criticism 01 judicial acts.
Shepherd thinks the idea of the
tors posing as judges is humorous.
w it is not known tha anybody pro-
d that the editors should usurp the
ctions of judges. The contention is
t the judges are subject to the same
ticisin that is meted out to all other
blic officers. And Mr. Shepherd and
brother lawyers will probably agree
t newspaper criticism has en
ced the usefulness and integrity of
judiciary. The fact that the ju-
iary is constantly in the strong light
publicity, through the course pursued
the newspapers, has kept many a
vering judge to the straight line of
jjity. The Dundys and Scotts and
Khers of their sort who are disposed,
trough arrogance or corruption, to
erride the law and defeat the ends of
stice, are curbed iu .their propensity
' the vigilance and fearlessness of the
'ess. It is true that censors some-
femes err and instead of criticism make
unjustifiable assault. When editors
,ke this mistake they should be pun-
Ihed the same as anybody else; but the
nishment should be administered by
ue judicial process, judges snouia
Lot have the privilege of personally
persecuting editors who have criticised
eir acts.
'Walter Wellman in discussing the po
tion of senators on the silver question,
Bid: "Thurston of Nebraska, Baker of
Kansas, and McBride of Oregon, are the
Senators from all that great expanse of
ipuntry courageous enough to stand up
igainst the vicious and impossible plot
t the mining camp bosses."
- The venerated Journal is becoming
Iridely celebrated as the source of legal
(unions of peculiar and fantastic de
ign. Not long ago this wise contempo
ry laid down the interesting theory
bat if an editor accuse a judge of an
inlawful act and shall be unable to con
rict the judge he, the editor, shall be
kdjudged guilty of the offense charged
gainst the judge. It is not surprising
hat this opinion was received with
Birthful manifestations by the press of
he country. And only the other day
he Journal was delivered of another
pinion quite as picturesquely ridicu
ous as the first, and one that is pro
luctive of quite as much amused corn
Dent. This time the Journal said that
'all other branches of the government
ixist merely that we may have courts."
"his deliverance caused the Bee to re
nark: "The whole machinery of gov
rnment in all its ramifications and de
ails, so we are told, has been con
tracted ana supported solely that we
nay submit our dispute to judges and
uries. What a beautiful political phil
eophy! Is it any wonder that judges
ecomo imbued with an exaggerated
ense of their own self-importance when
here are such journalistic sycophants
eady to exalt them above the popular
overeignity, if not above the divinity
Himself?' An anxious public awaits
egal axiom No. 3.
There appears on the first page of
rhe Courier a half tone portrait of Mr.
P. O. Martin. Next week, Thursday
ivening, February 13, at the Funke
pera house, Mr. Martin will deliver an
iddress on "Development of Power at
Niagara Falls." This gentleman is an
ditor and he has much to commend him
besides. lie is a finished speaker and
has a wide reputation as an authority
on electrical matters. For those who
are interested in subjects along the line
of material development, electrical en
gineering, mechanics, inventions, etc.,
there is no more attractive theme than
the subjugation of the great power of
the Falls of Niagara for the purpose of
supplying electric force. The project
was worthy of American endeavor and
the accomplishment in keeping with
American energy acd ability. Mr. Mar
tin has an interesting subject, and his
reputation is the assurance that the lec
ture will be particularly attractive.
In local politics the latest style is a
third term for office-holders. A few per
sons are enthusiastic advocates of the
new style. A large number regard it
with disdaiq, and their is a movement
on foot to ignore it altogether.
The Honorable Erraticus Sockdolager
Dundy, judge of the United States dis
trict court, has gone to Japan, where it
is fervently hoped the variegated beaut
ies of the land of small-eyed women,
will have a soothing effect on the
querulousness of this venerable judicial
dictator, and work in him a placidity of
temperament and a relish for justice, so
that on his retrrn to this country his de
clining years may be crowned by a grace
somewhat lacking in him up to the time
of hiB departure for Japan. The judge,
previous to his flight to Japan, enter
tained the idea that some people here in
Nebraska regard him with a feeling of
contempt. The effect of the sojourn
among the land of Tsi-Psi-Chis on the
sensitiveness of the Honorable Errati
cus Sockdolager is uncertain. He may
forget all about the contempt in Ne
braska as he waxes fat and ruddy in the
favored country where the Japanese
sun warms and beautifies and softens
all. May the judge have a pleasant time
may the Japs know enough to keep
out of his way. With Dundy roaming
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