New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-31
THE FARMERS MoVEMENr IN ILLINOIS.
ITS INFLUENCE UPON TIRE OLD PARTIEs--wHAT 1T
MAY ACCOMPLISH
Fryni e

IT'S INFLUENCE UPON TIRE OLD PARTIEs--wHAT 1T
MAY ACCOMPLISH.
FrJn re Chicago Tribune
The State of Illinois has to elect, next
month, % Judge many districts for the Cir
cult Courts % the ' la TWO Of tne grand divisions
elected In several counties there are County Judges u
be elected 10 NIL yae@hce Inc entire Circuit Bench Is
to DO refled by election. partisan Legislature la
bored for months arrange these circuits, IN order TO
secure the greaes possible number Of judges OF the true
political faith Nea'y every Judge no" on the Dench ~
Illinois selected IVY nominating convention, and
elected because ~ hs party politics. Yet In all Illinois
there have been nhN four republican conventions heI1
10 nominate candidates for Circuit Judge, and one OF
these, failing 10 agree, adjourned without making q
nomination. There Lao hOt Deen courage enough IA the
two parties 10 call convention 10 nominate hepuO-
lican candidate for SupeI Judge In Republican dis
tIiot, Democratic Judge IN Democratic district.
The Republican part IN Illinois has practically lana
down It's organz uohi u has abandoned that Vac.iu
care II once eNer lSf over tge Bcnc ana mas tue
gates wide open for Democrats, Independents copper
heads Liberals, Gfuger, and all other discontehed
classes, TO elect the hiy old judges on nc st onIay
OF June. The farmers movement has pualy Zed tue
Republican p6rty ~ Illinois. aAd the paralysis promises
toendure Tor some time. lac nyvement rs 9nB 10 ts
infancy It's ntcTfer zee IN the election Oh Judges Is not
by any means thorough Ia many counties the organ
zaton Il incomplete, and 10 was no part OF the pro-
granne in the Inst Instance to Interfere with
the courts Farmers nominations OF cnnddates
Tor judges are nut an incident tne orgahlL ,ton
has further aud more distinctive work before
every county tins STATE corps OF county officers, Ia.
clndink Treasures County CLERKS, surveyors, &c,
spois of party managers rhe Idrmers' organizations
viii probably nominate their own mon, ana elect them
To all THESE places, eAccp III OitlcS n JfH
later In 1874, they Will have tneir organization so com
plee every township that they Will take the election
OF the &c state Senator's ad he 1888 Representatives, In
the l. gslature into their owl hands We do not say
that this altogether desirable, but We look upon IL as
highly probable. They wilt also take into their own
hands the election OF members OF Congress, and VII
select lnen not because OF their advocacy Of the Eff
teenth Amendment OF their loyalty during the WIT,
bat because OF then supposed fidelity 10 farmers III
terests.
H. The meantime, what win become OF the Republican
and Democratic partiesi Ia the Judgment uf every true
friend Of reform these parties have Outyed thelt use
fulness. Both are corrupt The Republican party Is tiie
corrupt OF the tWo by OF iS larger oppOF
tuntos II the Democratic party had equal Oppurtun-
nlos it woald probably be cOrrnpt thaA the Rspu
oa because as rank and he. la the Northern Staes AZ
lpast possess less Inteiigenoe. Both have reached
state where they ought be oyorthrown aud pulvezed
n the f. ueTs' movement shall give them the coup dc
gycoc whether Intentionally or otherwise, II Wal taNo
tah,u tnR nltt step 10 wider and more wholesome
reform than 40 pro- ctOrs Intended