Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-11-11

We have seen some queer specimens OF
Democratic tenacity of Office in our day.
And among the quccrest we ever saw have
been those exhibited since the late election
in this county. But the Wabash region
beats us. We are not sure tnat the Wa
bash can beat us in almost any display of
rascality or vice, but in the contesting of G.
lections on Impossible grounds and with
Unsuitable office thirst, we know it can-
Witness the case of Judge Bryant That
illustrious individual male himself conspic-
nous in his efforts on the Bench for the
Democratic party in 1886 and 81. lie
ruled, argued, and charged for its especial
behoof and profit In certain contested
cases relating to county elections in Foun-
tain and Warren counties, he did this with
charming disregard of justice, consistcn-
cy and even deccncy. In one county he
ruled one way to exclude Republican votes,
and in the other he ruled exactly the 9th
or way TO admit Democratic votes, showing
a pure Democratic taste and conscience
which, no doubt. were tho cause of his se-
cond nomination by that party for the same
Office. These decisions of his were printed
and circulated all over the State, to prove
that Republicans had used illegal votes in
these counties. They were even sent TO
Washington as part of the evidence on be-
half Of Bright and Fitch, and are published
in the Judiciary Committees report we be-
, lieve. 4 great Democratic elbow" was
made over them. partly because being ex-
ccedingly trifling they needed some such
impetus to give them circulation, and part
ly because they showed just that contempt
of Justice and law that would recommend
them to Democratic esteem. Judge Bry-
ant thus became quite prominent man in
the party In his circuit he stood more
fully in the position OF representative or
exponent of the feelings and morality Of
his party, than did j. w. Blake, or any
other man. lie was renominatsd, as we
have said, and has been beaten 1900 votes
His conduct in the Fountain and Warren
cases ruined him, and it served him right.
The people have sail in this vote what
Mcy think of the unjust jndgc" They
have put the seal oftheir condemnation on
him. and on the party that supported him.
His former majority is changed to an over
whelming majority against him, and moth
ing did it but his attempts to make capi-
tai for the Democratic party by his judicial
action Since the election not Democrat
has word to say of the Fountain and
Warren frauds" They find that higher
and purer Court has tried the case, with all
of Judge Bryant's evidence before it, and
without any of his determination to pros
titute the law to party purposes, and it has
reversed the decision, and dcposcd him
from the bench. 1t is an instructive in
stance of the injury shat Judges will do
themselves when they turn the bench into
a stump to plead party causes on.
But Judge Bryant don't mean to 90 out
without struggle. He has been beaten
badly But he is Democrat, and a DEM
ocrat, like young calf, will take a mon
strous sight of hammering over the face and
eyes before he will let go of the ''teat."-
The majority against him is 1900. but he
has notified his opponent, Judge Cowan,
that he wtH contest the elettion!W Isn't that
a Democratic idea? Docsn't it SAVIOR of the
sublime, rather, to undertake to get rid of
1900 majority? But if the contest was to
be tried before Judge Bryant. it certainly
would not be so hopeless as 1t looks. He
could, no doubt, find rule as easily as he
did in the Fountain ann Warren cases, to
suit himself. and exclude as many as 5000
votes and elect himself by handsome ma
jority. But as he wont have that chance
he will probably have TO content himself
with abdicating the Judgeship at the expi-
ration of his present term and take with
him the consolation of feeling that justice
and right are sometimes stronger even than
the Democratic party.-Lsd. Jour.