, 1873-05-31

The JUDICIAL ELECTION NEXT MONDAY,
1t fs impossible to be too urgent In pressing
upon tho people Of Ohioago tho Importance Of
noxt Mondays election, and tho duty Of oyory
citizen to 60 to tho polls aud Gust his ballot for
oil tlvo Of tho olrcult Judges WHO arc candidates.
Tor 1o-olection. Tho apparent safety Of tho
situation renders 1t hazardous as It opens q
loop-Aolo through which d very small man, Of
such Insignificant proportions that ho has at
traotod no attention, nay croop into tho local
Judiciary and become thorn in tho sido Of
Justice and docenoy for sI1 years to como. II
Chicago had suffered from tho c1pericnco
OF Now York, Philadelphia, aud como Of
tho other largo cities. with weak or
corrupt Judges, tho poopfe would not mood any
information about tha extent Of owl which ill.,
competent and dishonest Judges can innict upon
community. THO errors and vicos of Logis~
latnro, County Board, or City Council aro
triing annoyances as compared to the deliberate
miauso Of judicial powcr. It has beou b1oHs-
ing to Illinois and to Chicago that tho Judicinry
Of the State has always boen Of high order Of
morit, capacity, and honor. Hitherto tho bum
NOR ofomont, which ia 1argo In Chicago, as IT ia
in n1l metropolitan citios, has nevor darod
to dispute with good citizenship tho
possession OF tho Dench. 1t must not
bo permitted to do 80 now. It iB
humi1iating to contemplate hr. Sam Ashton in
tho character Of an aspirant for Judicial honorH
Ho ia in no eensa Of tho word candidate, as hc
has found no party, no soction, no convention,
mo caucus, no Journal, no clique even to present
him. This Is conaoling. Yet 1t Is q fact that
hIr. Sam Ashton is running Mr. Bam Ashton for
Judge non his own hook," and hopes 10 dofoat
ono Of tho peoples candidates by ronson Of tho
general beliot that there Ia no ono running
against them and, therefore, no reaaon for vot-
ing. Ashton bases his hopo Of possible
succoss upon tho obacurity Of ILLS
own candidatnre, . reliance upon tho
votes of largo class ho can control, and be-
liof that tile respectable people will not so to
tho polls. It is reported thai Mr. Ashton iB
quietly working in tho country towns OF tho
county, With the old Of certain old Supervisors,
| aud aomo men who think that ho might bo made
useful on tho canal, aud there is danger that he
suburban townships without creating suspicion
Of 1t in tho city. IT this is truo, and 1t will be
aafo to act as il 1t wora true, the aohome can be
dofeatod by polling d iargo vote in tho city, and
In no othor way. 1t Is necessary that oitizona OF
Chicago should not only como out in mass on
Monday, but that they should be suro to sec
that the ticket thoy voto contains tho
names Of an five OF tho Judgos,-Eraatus s.
Williams, Henry Booth, ". W. Farwell, John g.
Rogers, md Lambert Troe. Not ono OF these
nanes can bo dropped without danger Of thoroby
giving vote for Sam Ashton. Tho fewer votes
that my ono candidate receives the bettor arc
| tho chances that Afr. AAhton's hummer yotes
will outoount them. Of course, there Is not tho
] ghost OF chance for Ashton's election it tho
| people will come out and vote. Aside from tho
possibility OF this diaastor, it would be hecom-
lug thing for tho people Of Cook County to elect
thoir Judges by large and noarly unanimous
! vote. Such an expression Of confidence would
! strengthen our Judges in carofulnoss and indus-
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