The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-08-21
President Judgeship i'm the 4th
District.

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We see it stated in one of our exchanges
that L. D. Wetmore, Esq, of Warren County,
is a candidate for the Office of President Judge
of this District This is a nlistake as we are
well assured that Mr. Netmore does not con-
template being candidate.
The only candidates we have heard OF:
aside from Hon. r. G. White, the present IN
cumbent, are John w, Gurnsey, Esq, OF Tioga
Borough, and c. B. Curtis, Esq, Of Warren
County. 1t is not our purpose at this time to
discuss the relative merits of the candidates.
Tioga Comfy will present her choice in due
time and we shall then have a better oppor-
tunity to second the expression of the will OF
the Convention.-TGogG Agitator
1t matters little to US how our neigh
bors settle their Judgeship. But mas
much as one of our citizens has been made
prominent candidate therefor, we sup
pose that common courtesy requires a
word from home in his behalf.
Judges, we take it, are after all, sub
ject to the same prejudices, the same To-
cal influences, the same partialities and
passions as other men. Hence the Gus
tom, formerly, of appointing Judges out
of the district. And hence the practice,
to some extent, and the manifest propri-
ETY., now, of selecting men under the elect
i've Judiciary, in the same way. Exam
pies of this kind are numerous and fully
warrant the action of Mr.. Curtis support
ers in Elk, Mexican, Cameron. Potter and
Tioga counties. For instance, Judge
Knox, formerly from Tioga, was appoint
ed, while residing in Tioga, Judge in
Westmoreland district. From that dis
trict he was put in nomination in the
Clarion district and elected over Judge
Burlington, also a nonresident In the
Wayne and Monroe district James NJ
Porter, resident of Northampton dis.
trict, was nominated and elected for the
Wayne district and upon his resignation
the contest was between Judge Bell oi
Chester, and Geo. r. Barrett of Clear
field, both non-resideuts, and so in other
districts.
In the 4th district it can hardly be
said that Mr.. Curtis is an outsider He
has represented every County IN the dis
trict, except Tioga, in Congress, and most
of the counties in our State Legislature,
besides practicing in the Western part OF
the district for a long number of years.
He is therefore not stranger, but an old
acquaintance.
We know nothing personally Of the ad-
ministation Of Judge White, nor would
we in any manner detract title from his
merits or his fame But we do know Mr.
Curtis, our townsman and neighbor, and
we bear willing testimony to his qualif-
cations for that position. His talents,
legal requirements and character as a cit
zen ought to commend MIN to favor.
What the suitor and the people and
justice require, above all things, is i'm
partiality. Mr.. Curtis is peculiarly well
qualified for the bench in this respect.
He has few or no partialities for anything.
His mind is cool, well poised and unex-
c'table. He reasons logically and decides
readily from Legitimate causes. He sees
the strong points IN a case at once and no
amount of sophistry can draw him away
from their consideration. These fLe nat
ural qualities, added to a mind Of unusual
native power and careful culture, with a
long and leading practice at the bar in
Warren, Elk, Mexican, Potter, Venango
and CLARION Counties, render him pecu-
liarly well qualified for the Judgeship, so
far as intellect and legal learning can
qnalify man fer that responsible place,
His personal and moral qualifications are
unexceptionable and are SO regarded by
his neighbors at home, where nothing but
equal qualifications and senior rank at the
bar and strong desire to reward long
party fealty, gave his competitor few
votes the start last year for the same high
honors in this county. If our neighbors
in the 4th district select him now, we
can assure them that they will make a
choice eminently worthy Of an intelligent
constituency. If elected we are satisfied
that he cannot fail to make an upright
and impartial Judge-one who will dis
charge his duties with fidelity, prompt
ness and dispatch. We should regret to
lose Mr.. &. as a citizen who has the re.
spect and kind wishes of the community
where he has long resided but if he can
be transferred to post of greater useful
ness and honor, we shall rejoice at his
good fortune Varren MQil.
FGgAThe Renuhlicans of Elk Countv