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 arisen. There have been too many examples of the viciousness of this policy of having judges dependent for their positions on the bidding of political chiefs to warrant taking the risk of extending the system. The solution would seem to lie in such liberal provisions as exist in the Constitution of Massachusetts.

The recall of judges is not a new idea. It was suggested and even vigorously applied in this country even before the adoption of the United States Constitution. In the years between the Revolution and the adoption of this Constitution, each State issued paper money.