Litchfield enquirer., 1868-07-02

We clip the following from the Hartford Courant regarding this question: For the Courant.
 THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.
 The Courant last week copied paragraph from a New Haven journal, which stated that Mir. Good win, of Barkhamsted, had been unanimously nom
 mated in caucus by the Republican representatives from Litehfeld county to fill the place vacated by to give wrong impression since the fact Is that at least half the Republican representatives from Litchfeld county, including the senator, have ex- pressed desire for the election of Henry S. Bar
 bour of Wolcottville who is also understood to be the choice of majority of the bar of Litchfeld
 county, and will be earnestly supported ip legsla- ! tive caucus by members from other counties. Then follow quotations from editorials in the ENQUIRER, and the Waterbury Amer ican.
 that the successor of Judge Hall should be from the same county; as between the two whose names have been suggested in Litchfeld county, MT. Goodwin in addition to his being far advanced in years, is at serious disadvantage on account of his residence ill Barkhamsted. distant from the centres and off the lines of railroad communica- are but fairly stated in the editorial paragraphs quoted from the Anaericdn and Enquirer, is very conveniently situated with reference to the entire Naugatuck valley, which is of itself distinct and
  the natural centre of the eastern portion of Ltch field county; 1t is but five miles from the county seat and easily accessible from the cities. If the judgeship is conceded to Litchfeld county, as it would seem naturally to be- the choice of Mir. Bar bour for the position seems on all grounds one eminently fit to be made. A. In the Daily Couram of Monday we find
 the following:-
 sThey say"that the General Assembly will prob, 4r%
 rior Court that there will be two new judges to select-one of them to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Hall of Winchester. Among those named are Messrs, Alfred A. Burnham of enant Government, now residing temporarily at least, in Hartford; William T. Minor of Stamford, ex Governor and ex-consul to Havana; Hiram Goodwin of Barkhamsted; Hiram Wiley of New London, U. s. attorney for this State, and Henry s. Barbour of Wolcottville. All of these gentle men have had more or less experience members of the General Assembly. All are men of unim- peachable private character Each one, excepting Mr. Barbour, will be presented to the general eau GUS by the Republicans from their respective countess Other names are also discussed, though not, so far as we know by the desire of their CTS. Ex-Senator Foster is of them, and though many Republicans preferred for the senatorship
 more Jealous Republican and one who would do more labor at home in the fierce contests of this
 State probably no man of either party doubts that MT. Foster would make an excellent judge. A le- gal gentleman of long experience and close obser- vaton tells us that Charles B. Andrews of Litch- field, now in the Senate, younger and less widely known than the others named, is of very su- perlor ability and an excellent lawyer, who would make judge of the first class. The public will expect the legislature to do it's utmost to sget the best. Locality is of less importance than high integrity, moral courage, ability, legal knowledge and taste for legal pursuits. And pray understand us as indicating no preference for any individual by any of these remarks.
 To MT. Andrews, our Senator, the Cour- ant certainly does no more than iustice