THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELL' FONTE. PA, OCTOBER L én, 1901, 3 . A SER The Story of Justice Relatignship Wit of the Commonwes: 10US CHARGE Potter's Remarkable h the Governor uth. SCORED BY THE PAPERS OF ALL PARTIES Severe Criticism From Sources Which Demand Attention. What Will Be the Outcome? Will the Court Order an Inquiry ? The Philadelphia Press has supmitted to the people of Pennsylvania proof that Justice William P. Potter, Governor Stone's former law partner and appointee to the Supremd Court bench, has prostituted the office by be- traying secrets of the court and attempting to smirch the integrity of his Judicial colleagues. When the legislature was in session th-re were “leaks” on questions affecting “machine” legislation pending before the Supreme Court, and it was an open suspicion that either one or the other of Governor Stone's ap pointees, Justice Brown or Justice Potter, was the crets, betrayer of court se- On May 1 The Press laid the grave charge directly at Justice Potter's door, declaring that he informed Governor Stone of the standing of the court upon the Pittsburg “Ripper” legislation prior to the announcement of the decision. Although Stone and Potter made weak denials at the time, the justice took no steps to refute the charge or protect his sullied reputation, and the announcement of the decision confirmed the account of the betrayal, even the names of the justices voting affirmatively having been announced in advance. The Press now gives in detail the long-distance telephone conversa. tions between Potter and Stone when the justice “tipped” the governor in advance of the “Ripper” decision, and also the decision sustaining the gov- ernor’s cut of the school appropriation These telephone talks revealed Potter in the attitude of a boasted “ma- nipulator” of the remaining members of the Supreme Court; he assumed to be able to “control” certain justices, without their integrity; and Governor Stone commended him thing.” The papers of the state generally, except a few organs that would defend highway robbery if done by one of their candidates, condemn Justice Potter for his course. It shows that he acted more as a paid attor ney determined to win his case than a member of the highest judicial body of the state. Following are some of the opinions of leading papers of the state: Philadelphia North American. No greater infamy charged against a Judge. The alleged is not a mere impropriety It is a ¢rime punishable by impeachment and perpetual disqualification to hold any office of honor or profit. It is (ncredi- ble that a reputable newspaper would make such an accusation without ab- solute certainty of of its evidence, Press has not the the accuracy of its reports of istice Pot- ter's with Governor Stone. stalwart could be offense The : | 4 east of conversations Philadelphia Times. The Press has published at length the all onversations by telephone between Governor Stone and Justice Potter, in which they diacussed the at. titude of the supreme upon the “ripper” legislation and Justice Pot- ter's succeasful efforts to bring about a decision Im favor of the machine This extraordinary exposure should make impossible the election to the supreme court of an appointed mem- ber who has not only betrayed its secrets but dishonored its integrity, if it does not make impossible his fur ther presence in the court It mat ters not how this conversation was overheard and recorded. The report is positively vouched for and its au thenticity was practically admitted at Harrisburg by the passage of an act, under machine direction, making the betrayal of telephone messages a penal offense Pittsburg Dispatch, The charges preferred against Jus tice Potter and Governor Stone by The Philadelphia Press, in connection with the Pittsburg charter bill, lack the element of freshness. They were pub. lished last winter, in a general way, and were promptly denied by both Governor Stone and Justice Potter, Now, after many conferences of insur gents and Democratic leaders, they are renewed shortly before the elev. enth hour of a political campaign, without giving the name of the man who made them, but shrouded in even greater mystery of anonymity than ever—yet with a degree of circume stantial detail that most . positively calls for an answer in more authorita tive form than hitherto given. No af fidavits accompany them and no proof is given whether they emanate from a responsible man or a professional campaign liar, yet they are pu ed by The Philadelphia Press in | rg. ost type, attended by declarations from that journal of its entire respon sibility and a bold challenge to the governor or Justice Potter to deny them if they can. Philadelphia Record. egod ¢ court ter, of the supreme court, of having made improper disclosure to Gover. | nor Btone of the Impending action of the court with reference to the con tested constitutionality of the Pitts burg “ripper” legislation. The gov. ernor and Justice Potter both denied the truthfulness of the publication, | but the charge was reiterated by The { Press and its verity messurably con i firmed by the subsequent decision oi | the court when announced. wr ~The Press has republished its dis patch of May 1, with further confirma. | ment of our citizens, In May last The Press startled its | readers by the publication of a Har. | risburg dispatch accusing Justice Pot. | | the people of Pennsylvania should turn hesitating to reflect upon for “doing a good tory particulars of a most damnatory character. 1t is apparent to the dull est apprehension that such collusion 1 » executive and judicial de the state ot Wie government ly exist as a result of the be- sacred trust. If of The Press he true, * and Justice Potter are th office hold the Repub partments of could or of the most fons h they nization of the contr of honora- they would Hate tisproof, or with m his Republican state ticket, infamous and ju- of the shou! sn dragged into the mis minister to the ambi gnectine me nm the immediate Poke fe he last degree ative, legislative ties ante ion hip and to the like the laws of their end Pennsylivar } COmMpans in in 11 ] ta of have themselves gone mad they wil take rtuni ty to res themselves upon their coarse enge and impudent b ) Pittsburg Post. disclosures etrayers The extraordinary of The Philadelphia Press, owned and controlled by one the great Re publican manufacturers of Pennsyiva- nia, and edited by a member of Pres) dent Roosevelt's cabinet, in reference to Justice Potter's betraval to inter ested parties of the confidential dis. cussion in the supreme court of the state of its Integrity as a judicial tribunal, and of its decision on an im- portant case, before it was authorita- tively made presents a stata of facts that have a profound ef oot the peaple of Pennsylvania, and more especially on the members of the bar. This ‘partisan clap trap.” It emanates from those high in authority in the lepublican party. whore political 1 inclination wonld support Potter for election he an admissible candidate, on any standard of official and judicial men We can recall no such judicial mis in the history of any state of the Union, save in South Carolina and Louisianz, in the worst stages of the carpet-bag regime, when judges were made a matter of barter and sale, and political caucusses or private interests determined their action. This is the low condition to which the highest judiciary of Pennsylvania has sunk, through the criminal mis- conduct of one of its members, We reprint the disclosures of The Philadelphia Press, not because of thelr probable political effect. but as the most startling bit of news, Im- portant to all the people, in regard to judicial degredation that has been nade public for years. The judiciary should not only be free of just re of prblie, must on is not duty ane he to Justice were to conduct known conduct proach, but of even the suspicion of | misconduct, let alone criminal viola. | tion of its recognized duties and re- sponsibilities. That has become the gospel of our polities and the Judg- SAFEGUARDING THE BENCH, | For the honor of the supreme court down the Republican candidate who is seoking to remain in the high place | to which he was appointed by Governor Bione, To jealously guard this sacred tribunal Is the Imperative duty of every good citizen. Within the past few years thers has grown up In the public mind grave suspicions concern~ | | by a lamp. | front of the house. ul the country have been heard ocom- plaints against judges who have seem- ed in the their duty and who have not always held the scales of justice firmly, This to waver parformance of ! 1s one of the most depressing signs of full of and The American people have al- the times, significance danger, ways, hereiofore, held the judiciary in the very highest respect. They cannot permit any lowering of the standard; nor can they tolerate any looseness of personal or official conduct, Throughout all the partisan and fac- tional conflicts waged In our own state no member of the supreme court, and no candidats for a place therein, has ever been publicly subjected to such a grave charge as that which now eon- Buch as this misfit Justice Potter. fingrant fronts disregard of propriety sopointee of the present secutive accused of, is unprecedented in the en- tire of the court, Buch intl history iat innghiy LOnsnip ublie official is mate between a EOOTre e Potter to be himself a part of the machine. This is contempt ¢r that words cannot for judi fitly characterize. These revelations surely will make a profound impres- selon upon self respecting citizens re- gardiess of partisanship. such be comes the duty of all decent Republi- Under circumstances, it cans to unite with the minority party in electing Judge Yerkes to Justice Potter's place. Happily, the Demo- cratic reform candidate is a jurist of the highest rank already, so far as ability, character, experience and learn- ing are concerned. For nearly 20 years he has presided over the courts of Bucks county with thorough accept- ability to rll classes of the , and has repeatedly been called borly way, to fill a gap on the bench in Philadel; fill. The make hia, when judges have been people of Pennsylvania will if the no mistake they Judge Yerkes to supreme but they will be greviously unit themeelves and own interests TAX RIPPER BILL KILLED hia's : ladeip tutional, "™ Declares Ph Measure Unc Pittsburg Oct i A Court onsti hie 1 OwWh an pleas courts per the the board in January, and provided fo officers at the coming eleation proposed ousted men the election of November The present incumbents. Rinaldo A Lukens and Simon Gratz, were joined by two taxpayers, Rudolph Blanken. burg and Samuel Sartain, In a bill against the commissioners of Philadelphia restrain the placing of the names of Alexander Colville and John BE. Hanifen on the ballot and to prevent them from furthering their candidacy for the office. The filed a to the bill of the plaintiffs, which was sustained by the lower court The appeal was argued week, and yesterday morning the opinion of the supreme court declared both the acts be unconstitutional, on the grounds of special legislation, and re verses the lower court, at the same time granting the injunctions prayed for, The opinion of the court is writ ten by Justice Mitchell. | £ ounty to defendants demurrer inst fo Football at New Haven. New Haven, Conn. Oct. 23.--Foot- ball of an extraordinary character was witnessed by 12,000 bicentennial guests at Yale field yesterday, when & team composed of the most famous stars among Yale's former players lined up against the substitute ‘var #i:5 eleven. Despite the fact that they | were undisciplined and untrained, the | veterans outplayed thelr younger riv- als from start to finish, and won by a vcore of 12 to 0. - Fatal Benzine Explosion. Lancaster, Pa, Oct. 23.--Mrs. Har riet Conter, of this city, was using benzine to clean out a closet in her home yesterday, when it was ignited The explosion that fol lowed blew out all the windows in the Mrs. Conter was horribly burned. She was removed to a hospital, where she died in a few hours. She was 28 years old, and is the mother of six children. AAR St Killed By Overturned Car. Lisbon, O., Oct. 23.-While unload Ing a car of steel at She Lisbon tin mill yesterday, John Bleugh, aged 28, and John Mona, aged 45, were killed. Four others were seriously injured. The ear, which stood on an embank- ment, turned over suddenly and bur fed the unfortunates beneath the load | student-merchant who sells milk BUSY WOMEN STUDENTS. How Poor Undergraduntes Manage to | "ake Hoth Ends Meet nt Amers ican Colleges, * Miss Alice Fallows is the author of an article in the ( entury, which is en- titled “Working One's Way Through Women's ] Just within the entrance of the gyme- nas Smith mall square room whieh looks The covered of college flags, bright- pineus hions, of other Colleges.” um at college is a like a booth bulletin-boards at a church fair. i with on its wall blue prints, are copies (iibron painted frames, colored class pillow-covers and a score banners, CATCHING FROGS FORTHE TORY, working her hanging in a i the way through = Corn tor 1 picture 5; 1 PErroiy STOVE work . CHT Che Jewel Stoves and F“Friends For PERE". Lifclime ALE famous > for 35 Years Over 3 Millions in use. Jewel Stoves ure sold by DANIEL IRVIN'S SONS, High street, 3ellefonte, Pa. ORGANS! Hall, Pa., for opposite | i oiher of football ¥ avered with ¢ a8 past ur sit neglected { wer, a pathetie warning of the jemand. eYerywherys ry these hods of making m ight seem faneous expres gsion ace and butter of merch fintes the erie storm of fornia protest from Maine to (Cg § Yet college men in sin praise lar po- sitions meet only and come mendation., Doubtless some of the occupations in the diminished list for girls de | elared official by college censors will 3 ¥ seem trivial enough to the masculine by by Nevertheless, the the thousand qoarte and butter countless pounds, { college girl invests as muck energy {| and strength and originality in her | tasks us the college man in his, If she earns as much money as he, her effort must be almost doubled.* Few girls, under the circumstances, have the physical exuberance necessary to meet the strain of entire self-support, They must stop short at self-help, But the attitude of a woman's college is strongly paternal. Though restric. tions are laid on the student who works her wav, scholarships and loans, as far as they go, are the compensa- tions, and, when these are exhausted, a protective care and watchfulness which seldom fall to the lot of the col Es Sun $100 Reward fico, The readers of this paper will be learn that there is at least oned that science has fey’ id Hall's Catarrh Isased to write ug or our agent OC. KE. ZEIGLER, ORGANS! je organ Organs manu- After he or tong qualities. rices Our prices will convinee vou, LEGAL NOTICES. DY E NOTICE James Zeuny OF pra tions preaching of of the sacraments and fi aeoordance with ve Saministea oLher means « the confession of ’ ses 10 have, § benefits and privileges ¥ the said act and 11s su; posters and enjoy [Y 3 onferred iy his ements 6G. Rusk 5 15 ‘ Co RT PROCLAMATION —Spracial Torw WHERRAK, the Hou, John G&G. Love, President wdge of the Cour { Common Pleas of the § 3 1 of the County of Centre precept bearing date the 34} 15 and to me directed. for hold'ng a special term of Court of Oyer and I. General atl] deli ery thrphans, 1G Quarter Sessions of the Peace vlfonte, for the County of Centre and to ce on the third Monday of November next, being the Ish day of November. 19 Notice ix hereby given that all persons sum moned as jurors are hereby notified to attend Given under my hand at Belistonte the ith day of October 110] and the one bundredth ard { iwenty filth year of the Independence of the | United States Gini consisling having issued his day of August CYRUs BRUNGARY i Oct. 15th, 10] Saerift ; E* BCUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of JOSEPH C. BIERLY, Inte of Miles township, Letters testamentary u ing been gracvied by tho said estate hav BILL HEADS, ENVELOPES, NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS, SHIPPING TAGS, LETTER HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, In fack any and all kinds of Com- mercial Stationery. 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