Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-09-30

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centre Congressional District.

u,. centre Congressional District.
p,tb narties have made their nomina-
p IN this district. The Lecompton can
hGls l,.n i Hon. Allison White, the present
aaa omber, a lawyer of Lock Haven, Clinton
psn'n tr He has been silent member, and
SouHf f3r his votes on the Lecompton and
Srlisb ' M swindle would never have been
~ If out of his own district. Having
aeara e.a.ranresented the views of large major
DE ns i his constituents, he would probably
!! y, sunk into a quiet political grave, had
CAV 81 tbe ofiee-holders bolstered him up and
pu' minated him. His defeat is certain,
Sp tbe people of this district can never sus-
IN Lecomptonism in any form.
Ut The Peoples candidate is the Hon. Jas.
Hale Of Bellefonte. Judge Hale is a
Live of Bradford county. He was brought
D"' "an farm near Towanda, aud, like many
7 tbe hardy sons of the North, he fire.
.antlv RATED lumber down the river to
G.rietta and Columbia, returning home on
hot ]r From Bradford county he came to
\ yAl;p county in 1881, and studied law ia
Io ofice of his uncle, Elias w Hale, for
a,py years the leading lawyer Of central
osonsylyania On the death of his uncle,
!. entered into copartnership with the
,rsseat Judge Wilson, and was appointed
i.nnty Attorney General for Miffiin county
tT Hon. Ellis Lewis, then Attorney Gen
sr,I of Pennsylvania In 1885, Mr.. Hale
married the daughter of Judge Huston, of
he Supreme Court, and removed to Belle
hDte the same year. Here he speedily
me to distinction at the bar, and, on va
nncy occurring on the bench, was appoint
i president judge. This Office he held
sr about year, and then returned to the bar.
Judge Hale is about forty-eight years of
zoe. in full vigor of life and health. As
{, lawyer he has no superior. In the Su-
,reme Court no one is listened to by the
adges more attentively; but the great arena
II his triumph is in trying causes before a
ary. Here his legal learning and practi
al knowledge of every kind of business,
rom the construction Of the most intricate
to the ordinary pursuits Of life,
lacked up by ready command of Ian
gnge, winning address, and persuasive or
sory, carry the jury with him whenever
be court leaves loop-hole for him to do 50.
In politics Judge Hale may be called
lemocratic Wing. lie commenced life as
Democrat, but joined the Whig party ON
be tariff and currency questions. He is
5w, and ever has been, really and more
i0roughly identified with the masses than
of those who profess to be
Living in the iron county of
entire, he has ever been a strong advocate
T protection Judge Hale, through sun
line and storm, has stood by the great
on interest of Pennsylvania. When he
political life, all parties were
n the tariff He has lived to see all
arties come back and takc-up this great
rinciple, so vital to Pennsylvania
Need it be said that he loathS and des-
ises the Lecompton fraud and English
gindIe? Such a man, brought up from
oyhood among the people, the architect
I his own fortunes, f,Om a lumber-man
4 the river to the Judicial bench, always
mphathizing with, and beloved and res
ectcd by, the people, could not tamely
)ok on and see their rights trampled in the
ust Every count house in his distric;
as heard his voice proclaimihg the indig-
alton of freeman against this cruel out
aye, while his opponent, basely bowling
0 the knee of power, betrayed by his votes
hose who trusted him. The second Tues
lay Of October will bring in the verdict of
reemcn in the ignominious defeat of AL
son White, and the triumphant election
# Judge Hale.