Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-05
ELEorrvE JUDICIARY,
Faa,areo r me ss.,e.n IN Ssys York.

\ $3.50
The commission lately in session
lin New York FOR tho purpose vi
,oeerlauling thu state constitution
aud recommending a.ec,!ed amends
mcnts, unanimously pronounced the
elective Judiciary a failure. amt All
viscil the substitution of the Gla
mode OF constituting jadgesAs ry-
iccu,irc appointment. An amcm',
ment to the constitution providing
the next election. aud it Is, to be
berHa ii viii hr adapted. The New
York judiciary las fallen into s"eH
a depth Of DEGRADATION and coniemp'
HAT the whole country feels tt'e ais
pracc und is anxious for a change %
any KIND, on the principle that
v hen the worst isreachcd an! change
mast he for the better. Tho prcsrui
<vstrm was introduced aud adopted
in Now York in 1916. and was hailed
by the legal profession aud the reo-
| r;e rs the great refNrniatorv measure
(which was 20 purify the Judiciary
aud cpcn the fountain of Justice To
the poor and oppressed, who wcr"
without money and powerful friends
"a ,nlcrrct!r for them. For 4 time
siie innovation worked well. The "a
.vnrsTsm. cXclusivcncSs. and in sumt
instances inSolent Lc-poii>,n. wGicl'
marked tho OLD system AMI gave So
much nfeacc 10 suffers AMI Officers
,f The courts. gave wy 10 urha;'!ts
anal all the polite ar:s known to
qf:l prar:icc;i ny The psoIrSsed pa,iti
";nn. rhn New York example be
carve y precedent. ard in 4 irw year
nearly al tle states OF the Fedora
;uiou aAr,.i,i the elective system.
The inI.ercnt vices and Grfrc:s pt the
-vs.cm. however. soon hrrantc appar-
ent aud were developed with such
ra;;tlity tina; iii les than ten RAJ
r:nrr ti@ date of lis adoption in New
YORK il was denounced rs Il f~ail;ti'
in New York city. n stencil which
'i,lcl the land and .hreatrnrd to
:rcsk dcwn all tie barriers Which
The law lad set Hp Cor tho protection
}ui preservation of snv;r'r. The
r"a:ts we're owned. body and Siul, by
the thieves aEd cnt-tirna's. an;iit Wa
found impossible to elect an upriah,
;u,tg'. This irmilia;irg arkrowi.
-igncnt was formally made in the
state lem;SlsIure. ard q bill was IN
trndured into that body in 1855. pro-
vid!ng for the holding CT the terms
"s the court OF Over and Tcrmin"r
~ circuit judges from the rnral cir
Icuiis III Succession. as thc only reno
.dv for TIE cvTE. ~S;"""- 1885 10 re.
'srcct has hrrm paid 10 the courts a.
courts; individuals, it is true. have
occasionally by accident or by foriu-
nate combination been elevated to
the hcnch, who by integrity ana
learning coinriau ed sc respect and
rbii!ttiSicc OF tEtlf constituents. tu' I
these eases havc been a!to.ciE"r c%-
crptiomal ani SERVED hy tie rnm,raS'
to show the aci:h % which the iu:ii-
had fallen. GAroii appoiu,ivr
system is o-rn 20 lra:iv al iccti"n>. :
ana Tie Aforementioned experience
Of its ma,.y def els and imprr. c
Ui=ccara"cs mary po-~o"S whc
:" ouli otherwise advocate its re
Men of'cntimc< fv tho
evils Tie: have to ti.oze Hey knew
moi ST wj,.out hesitation, but when
it comes 10 eject between twa evils,
both well kuown,it is n difficult mat
ter 20 determine which is the ~icssrr.
We believe. ti!gr"fo:c, il IS very
'ioub;iu! Wheeler Ia" proposed
amendment ia lie New York const;-
tniion viii be adopted.
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