When they agree upon a verdict, we believe it to be as near to absolute truth as men well can come." "You have given up the jury system, then ?" "It was well enough as a corrective in the days of hired advocates, and a bench sometimes venal, and often with a tenure that made it dependent, but is needless now.

No conceivable motive but justice could actuate our judges." "How are these magistrates selected ?" "They are an honorable exception to the rule which discharges all men from service at the age of forty-five.

The President of the nation appoints the necessary judges year by year from the class reaching that age.

The number appointed is, of course, exceedingly few, and the honor so high that it is held an offset to the additional term of service which follows, and though a judge's appointment may be declined, it rarely is.

The term is five years, without eligibility to reappointment.