The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-25


sEs3N Ths Bar Nomination
i lar. q. C. r Mitchell very kindly con
1esceais 10 accept the aominssion OF the
~meeana of The members OF the Bar Of the
! 1<,h Judicia! District" We do not objee,
Z - bis acceptance of this someSaat ques-
tie,abie houor under the circumstances.
j Nj We certainly consider ii aaghahls
lsa that . little clique Of about doaen
Democretic lawyers, assembled purPeaely
y nominate Democrs, fss once. and grave
~ going through the mstions OF doing this,
sAcula call themselves The Bsr Of the iA,h
yudciai District, and term their nominee an
ialspeaieai candidate, Itisa piece OF pre-.
sVuhpsion actually too absurd in is folly 10
arouse indignation. The grave coresPon-
-desce setween committee appointed BY
tAia '.nee,ing Of the members OF the Bar
Of the l&,h Judicial District add the for
saaAas aoainee. 10 happy sequence TO the
meeting itself. II is doae up adnlrably.--
There Is % much solemn consequence about
II - shossh the Gommittee and The nonai-
see were not laughing TO themselves Al the
exqusite fun Of The Joke, Or as Il he whole
affair were mol most stapendous fraud
upon che people, though very small mat
iee in itself The Committee who notified
!. III Buchanan Of his nomination, and Mr..
buchanan in his reply Of acceptance, were
aSl : biz more solemn nor apparently more
Impressed with the grave importance of the
occasion, than the Committee ol the meet.
in Of the members OF the Bar 81 the Ia,h
judicial District and Mr., Mitchell In their
correspondence. The committee inform
him with most serious face, that be has been
spontaneously declared 20 be the choice Of
u. p-etssssos" for Judge Oar esfimsble
fellow citizen replies, ina, he heartily APP
proves Of the plan with saeA result , Of
nemsnsuag candidates FOR Judicial stations
by conventions OF The Bar, Ibis pIriy don't
approve o. this in single District OF the
State, OF OF the Uaiied States. where they
Asye the rayefiiy) 80 Is 10 keep The e!es-
zion out Of the arena Of politics, and be
does rot feel az Absrss TO disregard the wishes
Of his professional brethren" thus express
ed. H. therefore, Of coarse, accepts, Thus
viads up tie lsughable farce, and the cur.
tain drops bei.re the delighted saAienee, the
pubic.
Nov, seriously, wish Il know by
What riyas these dezen persons assembled at
Lyons, I'll members of one party. and nom
inaisng msn Of their Qua parts for high
Office. PFessme e der.sre themselves and
.peak Of the m.eises As the @atpbrrs Of Inc
Dsr et The iali gadieisi Dtstsietn We
want 70 know shai right the, hsss 10 pre-
sent the sesnil u beir petty eIiaas meeting
to the peoPle Of this DistFici IS the choice
of the members Of The Bar II lae whole
Disraeti What Republican members 0 T
the Bar empowered these Democratic law
yers 10 re, Tor thetDs Whist Republican
members Of the. Bar sose recognize the &C.
ton Of this clique meeting as 5heir own
voice and bnd,ng upon them Yet the
world is told mat these Republicans, even
those lev wko were q, the meeting, refused
to have anything to DO with i ana withdrew
before the object OF the nomination was in. 4
tro6aced, that they ss "membr- OF the Bar \
OF the ls,h Juiieisl District" i ped make !
this nomination and are among those rec
ommending il 10 the people. Il there was
ever piece Of more impu3ent political pre-
sumption 0! more presuming piece Of po-
1sse aaka - "a,
pointed out. Il soald have been bad
enough had sllthe nsmSefs 81 i.s Bar net
and taken the nomination trea the hands /
of The people, where il rightly belongs
but for clique Of petty polilic,sns all Of |
one party, and who happen to be members
Of The Bar, 10 meet and nomaste eandi- |
date, and thea introduce him u he people |
- the choice Of the members u The Bar of |
the whole District, is carrying tie legaljok
too far, But il i . very propef daale to the /
xhoie piece Of Democratic triekery intend |
edast che start 20 place Democrat in this |
ofice To NJ. Mitchell BIN elf. We are
not offering any objections We are only
commenting upon the manner d which bis |
name has been brought before the people.
The very strongest objection we have 10
Dir. Mitchell is, thst he sA1uia accept q
nomination thus made, aud b men who /
represent not even their oaB profession
much less any party or portion OF The Z
people, and By & formal reply - The invita-
ton give fictitious importaEcg and gravity
to the siliiest farce ever enacted before the
people Of Iowa.