The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-09-07

Common Picos Judge.
The candidates for Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in this sub.
division of our Judicial District, are
now in the field, and their merits fol
the position should be well under.
stood by the people, whose suffrage
they will expect at the coming elce.
ton.
The office of a Judge of the Court
is an important one, and great care
should be exercised in a selection. -
He is emphatically the Judge, and has
in great measure, the legal rights
of the people in his power 1t is o
vast moment to the people, that thei
legal rights and remedies be ce,tai,
that there may be no doubt as tC
,ohdt is the laD !; for, il the law be
certain, and its administration uni.
form, and the practice of the law
made conlormible to established
rules, then the client and his counsel
know what to expect know how tc
act, and useless and unnecessary lit.
igation, and a large number of vexs-
tious and interminable law suits are
avoided. But if the Judge is igno.
rant Of the law, what assurance has
the litiS CANT that his cause will be
correctly decided? The Judge may
decide it according to law, or he may
not. The result is that a bad case
has about as good chance to sue.
ceed as a good one.
1t is true that the unsuccessful
party may appeal, or have second
trial, and the delay thereby is often
SO great as TO cause the suitor to
abandon his suit, because of the
seemingly slow and uncertain coureo
of justice.
1t is notorious fact that the in.
competency of sone Justices Of the
Peace has been the cause of many
expensive law suits; and it is equally
true of incompetent Judges. The
consequence of blunders and igno.
rance on the part Of the Judge arc
more severely felt, because of the
lprotracted delay and enormous cost
bills, which are sometimes ruinous
and also because his power is great
er, and its misuse therefore more dis
astrous. Under our Judicial system
the Judge is more or less a conserv
ator of the morals and peace of the
community. The Grand Jury and
the officers of the Court are his ser
wants, and the administration of jus
tice subject TO his will. If he knows
the law and administers it correctly,
citizens are safe; but if he is igno
rant OF it, or perverts it, disorder,
ruin and contention are the result.
The Copperhcads have nominated
Chester Il. Mott, of Upper Sandusky
"a man long since in the decline OF
life, and never having occupied a
higher judicial position than Prose
cutting Attorney of his county. His
abilities, or rather disabilities, are
notorious, and when his name was
first announced as q candidate, it was
considered a good joke. No ont
dreamed of his nomination, especial
ly when it was known that Judg,
Whitley would accept. But the day
of the Convention arrived, and 10
''the first was last, sud the last first"
bargain and sale WAS discovered,
merit and fitness were unheeded, and
the bargain, regardless OF consequen
ces to the people, must be carried
out, and the Office Of Judge dis.
graced, by the nomination OF a man
utterly incompetent to fill the posi-.
ton.
The bar OF Tiflln, regardless Of
party, we're SO indignant at the NOM
ination that they refuse to support
him.
The Republicans have selected
Hon. Cooper X Watson, Ct TiiIln, as
their candidate--a man known all
over the State of Ohio as an eminent
lawyer. His extraordinary abilities
are acknowledged everywhere, and his
practice has extended through all the
northwestern counties OF the State,
and the aid of his superior legal tai
ent sought in the more important
contested cases. He is clear head
ed, Thorough lawyer, sober and
moral man, and in every way quail
fed for the place.
This office, more than any other,
should be removed from the political
arena, ana men selected, on account
of qualification, rather than from po'
litical motives, Every tax payer and
every citizen is interested in this
matter. Mr., Mott accidentally is the
Democratic candidate, nominated by
al unfair and corrupt course, ant
unqualified for the place--hc has moth
ing TO recommend him to the suffrage
of the people, and wotrust the think
ing voters of this district, and al
those who want an independent and
untrammelled Judiciary, will see tC
it that Cooper X, Watson is elected
.r.. LAWYER.