Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-09-06
LETTER FROM MONoNA COUNTY

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LETTER FROM MON0NA COUNTY.
OYAwA, Sept LIST, 1861.
berE FL 3; REGISTER We see by late mum
is in the. field as an indepPemnasiisr cEiisGq,,
date for District Judge. We are glad to
know that such is the case. The action OF
the Republican District Convention, in
placing in nomination candidate Of whose
qualifications for the Office the people had
so little assurance, augured i'll for our
future prospects--for regret it as we may,
it is undeniable that when regular nom.
inees of opposing political parties are in
the field, the question Of fitness is meas.
urably forgotten, and party success the
only consideration. The Republicans hav-
ing considerable majority in The District
it was fair to presume, if the Democrats
should nominate that it would simply be
party contest and Mr. Pende,on's cleo.
ton almost inevitable. The manner of
Mr.. Couriers coming before the people
entirely rebuts this presumption He is
not the nominee Of any party, nor the ad'
vocate or opponent Of any party meas
ures; the comparison between him and
his competitor is therefore not one of poll.
teal antecedeuts but Of personal capacity
and fitness for the position. All readily
admit that it is desirable 10 remove the
election of Judicial officers, as much as
possible, from the political arena--that
the men who can most successfully mani
pulate party conventions are not those
who will be most likely to make honest,
impartial and Discriminating Judges of
the Law
1t is plain indeed to the dulles, appre.
hension. that training in the political
schools with that trickery and blutfing,
their trading and bargain and sale" has
. tendency to cultivate and develop jus,
the habits Of thought, and qualities of
mind and morals that unfit a man for
such a position. In the Convention legal
learning will not teach its possessor how
to secure the votes of the wire. pulling
members, and he sits quietly by trusting
to his merits, while his shrewder neigh.
Dor who knows The ropes and the proper
inducements to offer, gets the nomination.
OF this the convention at Sac City, was a
fair exemplifca,ion. Who was there the
successful aspirant-the man of acknow-
lodged legal ability, demonstrated in every
court in which he has appeared in the
Ds,rict-or the politician? Perhaps Mr..
Joy could tell US. And setting aside the
chicanery and trading through which it is
fair 10 presume party nomination is Sc.
cured. there are other objections to poll.
teal Judge. Even though his legal lear
ming and talent be unquesloned, and his
qualifications Of the highes. order, it is
above ali desirable that an officer of this
kind should enter upon the discharge of
his duty untrammeled by any party ties,
and with no temptation to use his position
to secure his future political advancement.
To one who is mere politician such
temptation must be almost irresistible
To one who, like Mr.. Cnrrier, bases his
claims only on his professional acquire
man!s and personal qualifications, it is
not presented at all; with no political
aspirations there can be no temptation to
him to tarnish his present high reputation
by winking at injustice or evading the
straight lines Of the law to serve politi
cal friend. We repeat that we are glad to
know that Mr. Currier has responded to
the necessities Of the people of this Dis.
trict by allowing his name to bs used as
an Independent Candidate Satisfied as
all must be who have attended the Courts
of the District Of his capacity we cannot
but congratulate ourselves upon the pros
pcct Of securing so able a successor to
Judge Hubbard. and only regret that any
person stimulated alone by the fact of
belonging to the dominant party, should
have the presumption, without any other
qualification to aspire to the Office and
seek to secure possession Of it through
the artifce and trickery Of a political con.
vention. But We aasesconstrainsd to be.
lieve that the peop,oA Of this District, in
elscting a man to this most important po-
sition, will requireto know something more
Of his fitness than that be votes the Repub
lican ticket, and has been . successful
political manager-and in saying this Mr..
Editor, We speak for more than one Mo.
ao1s county. REPUBLICAN,.
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