The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-03
NEW DISTRICT JUDGES.

The people of Texas have Ions
writhcd under the Ignorance, tyranny
or corruption, or all combined, OF &
portion Of the judges thrust upon them
by the late radical administration
There are, in all In tho state, thirty-Iiv,
district Judges and two criminal cour
Judges.
Since Governor Coke assumed tn,
executive chair, In January, u number
of new judges have been appointed t.
fill vacancies occasioned by resiyna
ton, death, addressed out, or otherwise
For general Information, we vii
glance at them individually.
4 year ago Governor Davis appolntc,
Mr.. Barton, judge Of the Waco district
in place Of }. w. Oliver, resigned, Thi'
gives great satisfaction.
Governor Davis also appointed John
G. EastOn for the Clarksville district
in place of Bob Taylor, rejected and
In vacation, he nominated Silas Hare
rs Judge of the new criminal district
court for Dallas, Mckinney and Shcr.
man. Governor Coke rcnominatcd
him and he was confirmed. With both
OF these-Easton and Hare the PEG.
pie are well pleased, especially 40 with
Judge Hare.
Governor Coke appointed II. Banks
dale, Of Dallas, for this district, ii
place of Judge Hart, resigned. Tn,
people are well satisfied with Judg,
Barksdalc, and have the utmost conf
donce in his integrity and ability.
The appointment of Hon. NJ. III.
Bonner, to succeed Scott, deceased, OF
the Kaufman district, gives unbound.
ed satisfaction.
General Matt. ID. Ector, of Marshall,
secceeds Williamson, who was adj
dressed out for crimes AS judge. Ector
was elected judge by the people, in
1865, but ousted by the military in
1867. He is good lawyer good citi-
zen, and was rs brave confederate
general as ever went into battle. He
lost leg at Chickamauga. We con-
graduate him and the people ON his
restoration to the place from which he
was driven in the whirlwind of recon-
struction.
Honest old Colonel A. s. Broaddus,
of Bryan, succeeds Judge Onins, re-
signed, in the Washington district.
Judge Onins was an appointc of Gov
ernor Davis; but the bar of his district,
including Colonel Broaddus, said he
was gentleman and an honest man.
If old brother Broaddus is not a sound
and an honest man, then we have
known him long and well in vain. All
the gold of Ophir would not induce
him to do an official wrong. We use
the term "brother" in liberal sense,
he being Baptist of the missionary
branch, while we lean to Brother Graf
ford's wing of the church.
Richard S. Walker (Dick Walker),
long ofNacogdoches, but lately Of Gal
weston, takes the seat so long polluted
by Priest in the Cherokee district.
Priests record as judge was such as to
cause legislature of gentlemen to
vote him out by a two-thirds majority,
while Walker is not only one of the
first lawyers of the state but man of
unsullied honor.
Captain John p. White, by the wise
selection of Governor Coke, succeeds a
petty renegade, tyrant and numbskull
named Nancy mot Morey rs tele-
graphed), In the Seguin district. When
John p. White was born he came forth
ami has ever remained q worthy son of
stock who never went back on truth
on honor. With a big heart as citizen
and soldier, he is lawyer in the higher
sense, and is loved by the people of his
section for the excellence of his char
acter. The people of that district can
scrrccly realize that they have gotten
rid ofthc creature Nancy, and secured
the services ofthe noble ard pure John
+. White. We send our old friends of
Guadalupe greetings on the occasion.
Edward Daughcrty, of Brownsville,
all Old aud sound lawyer, takes the
place of Judge Russell, who resigned
because the democrats elected him
senator. In that case one decent man
succeeds another
Captain James A. Ware il to occ,,nv
the seat of ]. ]. Thornton, imbecileand |
resigned, in the Castroville and Eaplc
Pass district. He Is q good LAWYER
man of strictintegrity, and has been |
tried In the crucible which detects the
true metal. We have been his COM
panion in exile since the war, have
seen him cut cord wood at five bits a
day Tor living, have experienced in
person the nobility ofhis nature in the
hour.of distress, and thank Governor
Coke for selecting him for a position
20 well suited to his character and
ability.
James M. Lindsey succeeds Hon. c.
9. Binkley In the Grayson and Cook
district, and Is satisfactory TO the peo-