The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-03-30
The Circuit Judgeship,


Last week we briefly alluded to the doings
of the Convention held at Elkhorn on the
18th inst. to nominate candidate for Cir
cult Judge. That Convention was not call
ed by any party organization, but was sim
plysa Convention of those opposed to the re-
election of Judge NoGGLE, convened for the
purpose of consultation and obtaining unity
Of action. AS convention of delegates the
gathering was total failure; there were
but twenty present, when there should have
been thirty four, and large number of
those present were self appointed and did
not even live in the Assembly Districts they
pretended to represent. Kenosha county
had no representative whatever; Racine
county was represented by WIN. G. Roberts,
and Green county by l. F. Mack The con-
vention can be regarded in no other light
than that of gathering of respectable gen.
tlemen from Rock and Walworth counties
and their deliberations as acts of indiuiduGls,
and not of delegates.
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confess to feeling of surprise, (not unmin-
gled with disgusDthat the gentlemen present
at Elkhorn should have taken advantage of
brave mans absence to use his name as they
are now using Col. Lyons; and this feeling
is not at all mitigated by their Subsequent
statement that he has accepted the nomina-
ton in telegram received from him at
Huntsville. If Col. Lyon has sent such a
message, it was of course based upon their
representations of the proceedings of that
convention;we cannot believe til at he would
for moment, have entertained the PROPOSE.
ton if be had been at Elkhorn on the 18th.
Besides we are firm in the belief that the
gentlemen " ho started and controlled the
convention scheme would have nominated
another person if there had been the shadow
of chance for success; and that not daring
to face tie people with their original pro-
gramme, they take advantage of Col. Lyons
absence from the State to use his name to
conceal their own weakness and at the same
time vent their personal spite on Judge
NoGGLE.
The ostensible excuse for the convention
was that Judge NoGGLE was not competent,
and that the people did not want him re-
elected. Why, then, make any excuse at
all !? Neither MIR NoGGLE or his friends,
claim any special property in the Judgeship,
and their right to invite any other gentle
man to be candidate was just as clear and
undisputed as that exercised by Judge Noe
Giles friends.
We are sorry to see the attempts that are
being made to impugn Judge NoGGLE's char
acter; and 1t is suspicious that the wrong
acts are usually located remote from the
place where the calumny is circulated. If
he is guilty OF wrong acts he has been very
kind i'll not inflicting them on the people OF
Racine county; and we are almost inclined
to believe that if we went to the other
counties in the First Judicial Circuit we
should hear the same reports, but located in
some other county.
Judge NoGGLE is a man of independent
mind and strong character; he is apt to tell
the people just what he thinks, and of course
makes many personal enemies; but if his
enemies are bitter, his friends are equally
strong and positive. We are not surprised
w 1AO COppCIuCduS uGIjOCTdLS ana con
sentative republicans denounciug him and
plotting for his defeat; but we should be
surprised if they succeeded. Judge NoGGLE
has given entire satisfaction to the people
of this county by his course On the Bench,
and even the great personal popularity Of
Col. Lyon will not be sufficient to carry the
majority against him.
Col. Lyons friends in Racine county ex-
ceedingly regret the unpleasant position
they are forced to occupy; still they would
disgrace their manhood if they allowed their
personal friendship to overcome their convic-
tons of right and justice. We therefore, in
advance, protest against the vote that will
be given on the Judgeship being taken as
an indication of Col. Lyons popularity at
home.
We confidently expect that Judge NoeeLE
will receive, under the circumstances, an
overwhelming majority in Racine County
Racine AQU0c0te.