Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-22
Buying a Judgeship.

ocouIlt Of tne puiS''"1N w
sl Judgeship in Utah by .. r.
Etrckland from 7. J. Drake. We
,.v collate from the Salt Lake
us-old the following document
>, evidence relative thereto.
c,o,ge w c. Bates. late Attorney
General of Utah, is counsel for
,ndoe Drake in the case:
poyT1AC, MICH, Jan. 6, 1878.
c,or0e C. Bates, Esq:
wv Wv dear friend, your note of De-
..m,isr vi 20. 1872, and telegram of
istsr s'Spi date reached me late on Sat.
n.i,v ,".i' night. l was indeed pleased
W s,I.s hcar from YOU. l herewith for
v.rd TO YOU the note which he
S,riekland) gave me. l have in
Xo,sed @ it in blank, as it is payable
W. ~ me or nv order; this may be Il
Sonyenience, it can do no hurt,
%r M # not wanted you can strike it
n,, Do the best you can for your
.sW as we'll az for ME. l shall he
Glad If YOU can bring the rascal to
forms He has no defense to tn
rota that | can see; he may say
ubat he pleases. If there was any
yiIlainy in the transaction 1T was
wholly on his part, not on mine.
H was in Washington seeking
an appointment. first in Montana
then Wyoming, and failed. He
was destitute, and said he dared
NOT 20 back to Utah. He had
said and done so much to expose
Tho Mormons, he was in danger
i he went back without an Office.
had but me year. a little less
than a year, to serve, and | did
not intend to ask for reappOint-
ment One day he came into the
room, which Judge Titus.nnw Chief
Justice of Arizona, and ! occupied.
He appeared much dispirited and
cast down. He said that Attorney
General Hoar tad told him that
he would give him an office if
there was a vacancy. After con-
siderable conversation he said
he would give me all my salary
would amount to If / would
resign, That and the next day
Judge Titus and 1 talked
the matter over, and l then
thought | would 60 into practice
in Washington or Philadelphia !:
and when l next met Strickland
told him 1 thought | would re-
sign. The amount he was to give
me was fixed and the time of pay
ments made easy so that he could
pay them as his salary became
payable and live. aid | sent my
resignation to the President. to
take effect upon the appointment
Of a successor: soon after he was
nominated and confirmed. Then
ne came to our room, rs he said, to
sign the note, as he was going to
leave that day. The note had
been Written out, and he took the
pen to sign it; he declared if he
lived he woCld pay the install
ments as they became due, but
said he was poor, and if he died
before they became due, they new
could be paid. and his wife and
chlld would have nothing, and
That she would be distressed. |
then took the pen and wrote the
last clause to the note, and then
heslgned it and handed it to me,
lNowlng that if he was suffered to
i've, that each instalIment should
oe paid when due. You will see
!hey are all payable at the end Of
quarter; thew are payable in
Washington. When the first was
nearly due l was in Pontiac, and
RSa N. given up the idea of going to
VI wrote to him Il kind letter
lot The purpose of making some
arrangement as to the place and
manner OF payment, whether by
aralt or otherwise. After a long
WI, .me | got his reply, which de-
'eiopei his dishon astv.
Yours respectfully,
THOMAS j. DRAKE.
on receipt of the above, Gene
'a' Bates addressed the annexed
letter to Judge Strickland:
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah,
o,s Man ch 9th, 1878.
W., Strickland. Esq,
SSouasellor-at-Law, Salt Lake.
ori.l herewith inclose you a
tt%py ty OF your note given to my old
us'sha, Thomas Jefferson Drake,
So,t % ,ttontlae, Michigan, dated March
hh'',a, hu 1863 Washington city, ID. e.,
~ you; and have also his letters
n, NJ lie detailing the circumstances
II"er Ier which said note vas given.
~ anu authorized by Judge Drake
i. ~ propose to Judge Strickland.
or a., IL you are willing to p.y it,
~ ~ S any part of it. I am to deliver it
i.Sou' Unless it be paid. then
ri,h i,all bring suit upon it forth
th..' h' and do what | may to see
doas . equal and exact Justice is
bo,% III the premises. AS you are
nv rs'i from Michigan, and that is
ms,.m nome, | hope to SD arrange the
o, aa.er as that no dishOnOr or dis
Pan;ensn Me snail be brought upon our
vnn. vn.nsular State. | will await
r nsrt reply until Monday morning
II it., Az, when. if you do not take
kno,p, n up, l shall proceed by all the
h it'"h means of the la y, to collect
Yours, etc.
GEn T. RATES