Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-01-14
From Washington.

! Spscia, Correspondent Muscatine Jourasl,
WAsHISGroS. u. G. Dec IS, 1868
Among those members of the lower
! house OF Congress who are rising to
distinction and who take in the stu.
alton at a glance, is the Hon. William
Loughirdge, OF the Fourth District OF
oul State MIR. l.oughridge was born
in \ oungstown, Ohio, July IL 1927,
and is therefore about forty years OF
age. He may be considered in the
prime OF lite. After receiving a rea-
sonable degree oteducation he applied
himself to the study OF the law and
after graduating commenced practice
at Mansfield, OHIO. In 1882 he pulled
up stakes and removed to the Hawk
eye State, He was member OF the
State Senate III 1857 IS so and Co.
IL 1861 he was elected Judge OF the
Sixth judicial Circuit and served in
that capacity uu.il January, 1867,
when he was elected to the tortieth
Congress, beatingl Macksy over six
thousand votes. AS a legislator, he Is
plain and practical. II he does not
possess the power to make great ora.
torical tlourishes, which characterize
the public career OF some men, he
amply makes up tor it by his common
sense arguments, plain, unyarnished
truths. Unlike some we wot OF, he
dent talk great deal with his
mouth"-he isn't troubled with the
lip diarrhGa, and don't speak when
he has nothing to say. That is a fault
too common with public men. They
talk too much, and too little to the
point. Not SO with MIR. Loughridge
His reasoning, thinking powers are
fully developed and being quick OF
observation, there Is little TRANSPORTING
around that passes his notice. Some
time since it was observed by lead
ing Senator that the Fourth District
OF Iowa could not have sent a better
man TO represent it in our National
councils" \ long time since, Judge
Loughridge was fully impressed with
the necessity TOR change in the Fed
eral Constitution relative to the term
OF service OF Supreme Judges OF the
United States. Last week he intro
duccd the following joint resolution,
which was read twIce, referred to the
Judiciary Committee and ordered to
be printed:
BE 1t rcsoirrd by The Senate ard House
Of Representative Of tho United States Of
-4mertca in Congress. assembled, That the
following article be proposed as an
amendment TO the Constitution OF the
United States, which, when adopted
by the legislatures OF three-fourths OF
the several States shall be valid to all
intents and purposes rs part OF the
said Constitution:
ARTICLE l.
The judges both OF the Supreme
and inferior courts of the United
States hereafter appointed shall hold
their Offices tor the term OF ten years.
The term OF Office OF the Judges OF
the Supreme Court who are in office
at the time OF the taking effect OF this
article shall be limited rs follows: On
the fourth day of March eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, ana each
four years thereafter, the term OF two |
OF such iIdees holding the Oldest com |
missions shall expire. The term OF
Office OF all interior judges who are i'll
office at the time OF the taking effect
OF this article shall be limited as toll
lows: The term OF five OF such Judges
holding at the time the oldest com
missions shall expire on the furth day
OF March, eighteen hundred and sew
ent, two, and on each succeeding
fourth day of March thereafter the
terms OF office OF FIVE of such judges
holding the oldest commissions shall
expire.
lie believed our present system OF
government imperfect, relative 20 the
Judges OF the Supreme and inferior
il is monarchical in its
nature and too much resembles the
of Europe As the law
low is. those officers are placed above
md beyond the power of the people.
instead of being servants OF the people
hey are the masters. \ matter what
lecision they may make there Is no
emedy. Jefferson WAS deeply i'm
pressed with the necessity tor such a
.hange, and in his first message to
Congress urged the attention OF that
body to careful Investigation OF the
sub ect 1t is to be hoped the resolu-
ion will come up at an early day.
poToMAC.