The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-10-29
The Supreme Court.

NubSestloHs. arc now being made
about candidates for the Supreme Court
and il is proper that we should view thu
ground TO secure the purest and yblest
men We have in the party for that posi-
lion. IL is one Of the mos! important
positions known 10 the law. II i- Tia,
court OF final resort in our state. scti.
ling principles vitalto our lives. liberties
ana The property we possess, All thai
Is sacred in this life Is In tie hands al
our courts. and as sensible men il is pro.
per that We should secure for this emf.
ncnt position men who wOl,ld adOrn il
with the gl'accs of their minds. aud 10
secure TO it the confidence Of the pco-
pie in lis virtue and ability. and in look.
ing around among our distinguished
men. we know Of no one who would
honor the position, the party and the
state so much as the Hon. Samuel Il.
Perkins. who so long and with so much
distinction held place on the Supreme
bench. lie is thorough and accom-
plishcd lawyer, Who will ably and fear
lessly discharge his duty. lie is the man
ioi The position and the times. The De-
lniOcratic party must not dishonor ITSELF
in selecting inferior men for positions
OF 80 much importance. Let ,is ,te that
Judge Perkins is replaced OH the bench.
In this connection we can but renew
our suggestion that the nan,es of Judge
Dickncll and Downcv should bc brought
before our State Convention for places
on the Supreme Bench. The superior
fitness of these two jurists needs but to
be mentioned to be recognized and ac-
knowledgcd by all. irrespective of party
feeling. The high attainmcnts. tie fincly
moulded mind. and the long experience
of Judge IIicknell side by side with
that OF Judge Perkins would add a
strength TO the ticket that could be gain
cd by no other means. while. the. firm.
solid and deep intellect of Judge Dow
ncy. whose motives aIs. incorrigib,c and
whose every thought j. moulded IN the
crucibIc of Spartan hoiior. would give
ius Il Supreme Bench rs has rarely graced
the Judiciary cf any state. -s,
There are Also political reasons why
these nominations should be made the
first of which is that OF locality. Judge
Perkins is from the centre, Judge i}ick-
nell rom the southwest, and Judge
Downey from the southeastern part OF
the State. Let the other TWO Judges be
taken from tie more northern portion
or the Stale. and tic distribution will
bc perfect and give entire satisiaciion.
5"ttohtmbns Dullc;in.
The BrrLDTIS suggests the nolnina-
ton Of five Judges. when four consti-
iutc The court. and of course only four
ere 10 bc elected 'rlic Bulletin also
names two candidates from the second
di-iriti. both cmilrntly qualified, hut
only ono can have the nomination from
the Democratic State Convention. We
give the Districts info whicI, The state is
divided for Supreme judges. AZ il may
assist in the selection Of candidates
First District --S,cubcn, Lagrange.
Elkhart. 81. Joseph. Laportc, Porter.
Lake. S,aIke. Marshall. Koscinsko. No
bic. DeKalb. Allcn. Whitley. Fulton.
Pulaski. jasper Benton. White, Cass.
Wabasii. Huntington. Wells, Adams,
Jay, Carroll. and Miami. r.r-,..e
Second District - Delaware, Henry.
Wayne. Rush Fayctte, Union. Decatur,
Franklin. Jennings. Ripley. Dearborn.
Ohio. Switzerland, jefferson. Scott,
Clark and Bartholomew. aasf
Third District-Clinton. Upton. Boone.
Hamilton. Hendricks. Marion. HaDcock.
Shelby, Browu, Floyd, Lawrence, Jack
son, Orange, Washington. Crawford,
Harrison, Morgan, Monroe. Madisoh,
Perry and johnson.
Fourth District -Tippccanoc, Foun-
tain. Warren. Parks. Putnam, Mont-
yomcry, vigo. Clay, vcrmillion, Sulli-
van. Green, Owen. Dubois, Daviess
Knox. Gibson, Pike, Martin, Wander
burgh, Warrick, Poscy and Spencer.
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