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JUDICIAL ELECTION.

JUDICIAL ELECTION.
The Tunes, Of yesterday, in announcing that
c. Bcckwith, Esq, (DemocraD las sin obedi-
encc to urgent solicitations Of large bodies Of
merchants" etc, finully consented TO permit
his nan.c to be used as candidate for the Of.
fec Of Judge Of the Superior Court for the
benefit Of tho "dcar people, still carps about
the ':disgraecful rcproacll' Of partisan nomi-
nations for Judicial officers, and the shame
ful credit Of reducing an Independent judicial
V"to tho degraded level Of party politics"
This, We conceive, is about as cool business
lis the editor Of that sheet fresh as he is from
the advocacy Of Dred Scottish, las ever been
engaged in. Does it lio in the mouth Of the
editor Of a partizan Democratic journal to com
plain Of party nominations for Judicial officers?
or Of the elevation Of partisans, cvc'', to
tue Judiciay7 Suppose Chief Justice
fancy should resign or die tomorrow, who
would be appointed iii his place to the highest
ard most responsible judicial position i'll tic
world? Would tho editor Of the Times be
willing to see the Hon Benjamin r. Curtis,
late Associate Justice Of tho United States
Supreme Court, elevated to that place? The
order Of nature renders it certain that Judge
Taney's judicial career must soon terminate.
Is the Times willing to cuter the list rs ail adj
vocate for the appointment Of Judge Curtis as
T,e 81 t{-ht y Nh
cundid mau will pretend to dispute either the
integrity or ability Of Judge Curtis. His dis
seating opinion in the Drcd Scott case
was the ablest Of all the opinions dcliy-
cred in that celebrated trial. Why then not
appoint him? Why should not tic Democrat
ic party, now dominant at Washington he
willing u elevate this distinguished jurist to
position for which lie is 20 emincntly fitted?
Simply because he is not sound on the slavery
question, according to the new Democratic
rendering Of the Federal Constitution. THIS
tile Times very we'll knows, and Tor this rea-
son that Journal would he opposed 10 Ills ~
roirtlnent
1lE 1 &HHo, Il ath t"A'o>%es~- -NA~
election Of Lyndc over Paine, for Chief Justice
Of Wisconsin, and yet its editor continues
carpiug about a partisan judiciary, and about
prostitueing tue Judiciary to to degraded lev
cl Of rartizan politics. Who WIS Chief Jus
ticc fancy, himself, before and at the time OF
his appointment as Chief Justice? 4 partisan.
and ILL ultra partisan Of the Democratic party:
and rs reward for his partisan services, liz
received lis appointment ut the iauds OF 4
PARTISAN President and Senate; and now rs his
earthly career is about drawing to close, no
man stands tic least chance for the succession
who is not !: partisan, and partisan Of the
right stripe, too. He must not only be Dc.
1nocrat, hut 4 Lecompton Dcmocrat-iycl in
the wool-onc who st.llis ready to do tic dirty
work Of the slave power. Even the distir-
:,uisllcd Rcvcrdy johnson, pre-cmincnt fur his
learning and ability, has ITO chance for the al'-
polntmcnt. His letter, written last flll to
Douglas, presents Ill insurrnountable objection.
But tho Tins says that Though politics
lave gradually become mixed up will. Judicial
elections in other States, ctr own happy Suite
Of Illinois llls tllus far hccn exempt from Tie
disgraccful reproacl" This is decidedly cs'ol.
How happens it, that III every county, circuit
or district in this State, where the Democratic
lnlrty is iu tho ascendant, Democratic partizalS
:lrc snugly seated upon tic bcllcl1? We re-
x..1oo+ f1,1t., TI,1frn I1,
old Wllis and Il very allc lawyer and jurist
and perhaps the ahlest in the State, rail- for
Justice Of tile Supreme Court Of this State in
thu middle district against Mr. Skinner, 4 ne-
mocr.t, Il very weak man and very inferior
lawyer. WHO was elected? Skinner, Of
course. The Democratic party having tile
power in that district, elevated one Of their
own partisans, who wis cn1incntly Unfit, to the
Bench Of tile Supreme Court, over one opposed
10 them in politics who was cminently fit; yet
i'll ''harpy Illinois," according 10 the Tinsrs,
politics has never invaded the sanetitv Of our
Judiciary, for the reason that none IF their
Democratic Judges were brought forward and
nominated by Democratic ctucs,ses and con
rcntious. But what is tile difference, whether
Democratic partisan is elevated to the Bench
through the spontaneous aud irregular action
If the party, or through the more regular ac-
tion Of the party? If there he any difference.
the latter course is preferable rs tending 10
bring forward lcttcr nlcl,.
The Republicans having the majority in this
county. it becomes very convenient for tho edi-
tor Of tic Times to .lled crocodile tearso vcr
the degradation Of the Judiciary ~ partisan
purlx,scs hut its tears will lie nnayailing with
independent Republicans, who llayc good men
iu nomination for Judges.
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IMPORTANT TO GAS CONSUMERS.
In tile proceedings Of the Common Council
nn Monday evening, a Report was submitted
incorporating state Of facts which vii! not
little surprise the consumers If gas in tllis city
The Report was in effect reply 10 a prop'$i-
tim from the Peoples CHS Light a1ll Coke
Company Incorporated 1T tic recent session
Of the Legislature, to supply the city with g;ts
ut reduction ot f'rrhfy lrr rent. from the rates
charged I'y tIlc Company now i'll the business,
and to furnish it tn individuals ut reduction
I" thirty 7~r cea from present prices The
question will arise i'll every mind, What must
b" the profits Of tho big meter Oh Market
street. will its manufacture Of eighty OF ninety
millions u cubic feet per atlnunl. if another
Responsible Company will undertake the halsi-
ness III Il margin Of thirty ,nr cent less than
the rrli'1; rates? That the proposition thus
made is tonn .fde. there call he no doubt. The
list Of stockholders i'll the new Company cm-
hr;ltrs tho 1l:ncs Of snnlc Of tie heaviest ne1,
iii the city, anu the capital stock authorized
under tic act Of thr Legislature $500, 0oo)1ms
H' been subscribed Int about $50. 900, which
Will '~ forthcoming wl,cllcyor the city shall
have entered into the proposed Arrangement.
1t may he remarked at this point that the
Ctn'uril Report embraces tic item Of lloncst
measurement rs Wellas fair prices, anon. tile
r'alsons WHY the new Company should he en-
colragcd to 20 into operation Immediately.
The following comparative statement will
show the saving 10 lie effected to tho city by
all acceptance Of the ncw proposition:
Firm the Published rrport ri tho Chiraeo Gas
~. 'n sl a, f da'inx tn"rasy ,s sT M ye1 fas Ill
Al I. xs :a i. ., ~ I'D sy u = y: s
vi4uala =. toiaV pr l,oo csl,t:7s
Totale' for the yrar .&@s; ysac4
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