The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-09-27

| ingly and wo-thily, man must be honest, well
read in the law, quick of perception, impartial,
without prejudice, cool, and withal qualified
for the orderly and speedy dispatch of business.
Few men possess all these requisites, and but
comparatively few are endowed with even the
ever, gentleman has been presented for this
dignI6ed position, who unItes in himself the
qualities necessary TO an upright and able Judge.
We alIude TO the Hon. WILSON REILLY, of
traordinary powers, well-grounded in the legal
science, quick 10 perceive and grasp the abstru-
sest point, liberal and candid in his views, and
endowed with that noble ness of nature which
shrinks ntuitlvely from injustice aud wrong,
Wilson Reilly Is confessedly the foremost man
in the district for the Office for which he is nam
ed Should he be elected, the people will have
upon the bench, not only an honest minister of
justice, but man who will be able to save them
thousands of dollars in expenses by having :heir
business transacted with the proper dispatch.
The only opponent of Mr.. Reilly yet in the
field, is JAS. MILL, Of Chambersburg, nomIDa-
ted by minority of the Republican Conferees
of the District. Mr.. Mil is gentleman, and
we have not word 10 say against his moral
qualifications. He claims to be Democrat,
too, and that is surely no objection in our eyes,
except that we do not admire the Democracy
OF man who plays fast and loose with the Re-
publicans, even If il is to cheat or deceive them.
But we do object TO Mr.. Nill's slowness in the
trial OF ca uses, which every lawyer in the dis
trict knows units him entirely for the Office of
Judge. Under his administration our docketS
would groan with unfinished litigation, and the
County Treasury would be made 10 pay double
for the inactivity of His Honor, Judge Mill
We warn the people against such state OF
things, and appeal 10 them to prevent it by vo-
ting against Mr.. Mill. This is no mere political
question. If in the matter of nominations il
was impossible to take it out politics, the peo-
pie can and will do it, for it involves their dear
est interests, their homes, their families, and IN
greater or less degree, their social and domes-
active, working, vigorous minded, as well as an
upright and honorable Judge. We can, we
must have him in the person of Wilson Reilly.
The"Republican" Judicial Conference.
On Tuesday last the Republican Conferees
from Bedford and Fulton and the so-called
"Union' Coaierees two Republicans" and
one Democrat) from Franklin met at The "Ju- |
niata Crossings" and on the first ballot, nomi-
mated James Mil, of Chambersburg, for the Of
fee of President Judge. The Somerset Con-
ierees, disguised with the chicanery of the
franklin county "Republicans," knowing that |
Mcclure and Co. were determined 10 defeat |
every candidate outside Of franklin county,
absented themselves from the Conference.
The Fulton Conferees were instructed TO vote
for Alex. King, of this place, but in violation
of their instructions and disregarding every
principle of honor and rignt taOe of them DO
ted for Mr.. Nh on the first ballot. Thus
Milking was deliberately cheated out of
nomination that was his by the expressed will
of the people, for sir of ;hs nine delegates
that met in Conference, were instructed to
cast their votes for him. Whilst we have no
sympathy with Mr.. King, politically, we must
say that he has been treated most shamefully
in this matter. But Mr. Mil is no more the
regular nominee of the party in the district
than Mr.. King. full conference would
have cast - votes, majority of which
would have been 7. Yet Mr.. Mil had but
5. Therefore, his nomination is no more
binding upon the "RepubIIcans" of the dis
trict, than Mr.. Kings would be, were he TO
claim the votes cast for him, as nomination.
But the Franklin county "Manage.s' hac
predetermined that none but FrankI in coun-
ty man, of their own selection, should be nom
mated. The "RepositOry and Transcript,
the organ of the "Managers," had declared that
1t would support no brother-in-law OF Judge
Black, or Judge Kimmell, if nominated, the
editor meanwhile knowing full we'll that Ross
Forward, Esq, who was the Somerset candi-
date, stood in tha; relation to beth Black and
Kimmell. The same dictatorial sheet had also
declared, in effect, that Alex. King could not
be elected, if nominated, taking the position
that none but a Franklin county man could
hope TO beat Mr.. Reilly. Hence, it will be
seen that The franklin county "Managers" were
resolved, by fair means, or foul, TO deprive the
Republicans of the Western end of the district
of any chance they had to obtain the candidate.
How effectualy they succeeded, the work OF
last Tuesday plainly shows. It remains to be