The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08
The Tuioial Question.

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There are three candidates now in the
field for the Office oi'Presdont Judge in this
Judicial district, H. d. Wetmore, Esq, of
Warren, the nominee Of the Republican
Convention, Hon. i. Brown, the nominee
of the Democratic Convention, also Of War
ren, and man in Girard, Erie County,
styling himself Samuel L. Woodruff who
has nominated himself, but is not running
to elect himself, but if possible to 6o'cat Mr..
Wetmore, the Republican noninee' The
election OF W oodruf is out Of the question
and he knows it, and he knows that the
election must result in the selection of d
better man than himself in every way and
shape, whether il is MIR, We!moro or Judge
Brown, and yet, he has had the impudcnco
TO try and force himself upon the RepubIi-
eau party Of the District as the nominee OF
the party, FOR the highest, ard what should
be the purcst Office within the gilt OF tie
people Of this or any other District. 1t is
too late at this time to give another history
of the schemes, arts and appliances Mr.
Woodruff has made use Of to place his per-
sln upon the Bench as the III hest Judicial
officer Of the reopc Those who have
e become acquainted with him and his back
ers best in the contest dcSpise him the most.
Ii he had have been "Shystcr" practising
in the New York Police Courts he could
not have resorted to a mCaner strategy
to save his victim, than that he has to
force himself upon the Bench, anu 60 can
didate for the Office of township constable
ever resorted to lower means to obtain the
position. than this man has to become the
high judicial officer Of the people. We
lid not think he would have the assurance
10 ask one person in this county to vote for
him, after the way This connty, its delegates
and its candidates, had been treated and
traduccd by Woodruff and his clique, and
we accused Of all the trickery, ..corruption,
meanoss and villiany which their vile aud
corrupt tongues could give utterance TO-
and the several newspapers in Erie County
which are supporting him can fud language
to express. They commenced a. the Irwin
ton Convention, by calling this "a bcggar-
ly county wiki its five hundred Republi-
can votes;' this is the language Wood
rulf's orator, bcdlcllow, aud carpet bag
carrier applied to us, aud now he has the
impudonce to ask for few of our "beggar-
iy,.' votes, and this language was used in 4
public convention, and went into public
print, sanctioned and approved by thi.
Girard candidate, and solicitor for cur votes
Was ever brazeness so unbaunled? Can
one voter IN this county be so los! to shame
as to vote for such dcformity? We would
not have supposed such a thing would
have been thought Of or hintcd ut, was il
not for the fact that about once in week
there has been sent to some OF cur promi
nent Republicans of this county, copies O
the Erie Gazette and village paper il
Cory called the Cory NepuJd.caa' (wt
should think from the softness of the las
mentioned sh:et the brains for it were mad
yesterday telling them what low livec
sccundrels we are, and how beggarly W
are, and how great mighty aud good S, i
Woodruff, Of Girard, is and what an hon
est set of men his supporters are, and al
ways have been, and stuck into each one
is an extra sheet called "opiuions Of tn
press" and each article is re-hash OF tn
same namby paInby stuff and each shiniu
with glittering diamonds of compositio,
which would be discreditabe to any mid
die aged mans grand mother. We say
the scnders of such stuff, don't take ii
people of this county to be fools, be lit
merciful 10 your opinion of US, give |
the credit of having in the Republican part
in this county, where we don't belong to II
party for loaves and fishes and stamps
where no Republican, can hold an ofhc
and does not outside of Post Office, eth
County, State or NatiOnal-of having
much common sense as could be detectt
without the aid ofa Spectroscope. A mer'
full man is merciiul to his beast" 4"
thy servant dog2' The last arrival
this kind of fungus came in the Erie g