The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-04
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wrlllcd under the ignorance, Tyranny
or corrup'iou, w NH combined, Of al
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g.. llm bate radical Administrations
There are, III All Ia the state, thirty-iiyr
district judges and two criminal court
judges.
Since Governor Coke assumed the
executive chair, in January, II number
of new judges have been appointed to
fiji vacancies occasiOned by rcsigna-
ton, death, addressed out, or otherwise.
For general information, we will
glance ut them individually.
Agar ago Governor Davis appointed
Mr.. Barton, judge Of the Waco district,
In place of j. W. Oliver, resigned. This
gives great satisfaction.
Governor Davis also appointed John
&. Easton for the GAINESVILLE district,
in place Of Bob Taylor, rejected; and,
in vacation, he nominated Silas Hare
as judge OF the new criminal district
court for Dallas, Mckinney and Sher-
man. Governor Coke renominated
him and he was confirmed. With both
of lhe,e--Eastom and iIare--the pco-
pie are well pleased, especially so with
Judge Hare. "
Governor Coke appointed III. Barks-
dale, of Dallas, for this district, in
place of Judge Hart, resigned. The
people are welt satisfied with Judge
I,ark-dale, and have The utmost cOuii-
dencc in his integrity and ability.
The appointment of Hon. NJ. II.
Bonner, to succeed Scott, deceased, of
the Kaufman district, gives unbound
ed satisfaction.
General Matt. d. Ector, of Marshall,
secceeds Williamson, who was adj
dressed out for crimes as judge. EctOr
was elected judge by the people, in
1856, but ousted by the military in
1867. He is good lawyer, Il good citi-
zen, and was as brave confederate
general as ever went into battle. He
lost leg ut Chickamauga. We con
graduate him and the people on his
restoration to the place from which HI
was driven in the whirlwind of recon-
struction.
Honest old Colonel y. S. Broaddu4,
of Bryan, succeeds Judge Onins, re-
signed, in the Washington district.
Judge Onins was an appointe of Gov
ernor Davis; but the bar of his district.
including Colonel Broaddus, said he
was gentleman and an honest man.
IT old brother Broaddus is not sound
and an honest man, then we have
known him long aud we'll in vain. All
the gold of Ophir would not induce
him to do an official wrong. We use
the term "brother' in a liberal sense,
he being a Baptist Of the missionary
W
ford's wing of the church,
Richard :. Walker Dick Walker,
long of Nacogiochc@, but lately of Gal
weston, takes the seat so long poiIuted
by Priest in the Cherokee district.
Priest, record as judge was such as TO
cause q legislature Of gentlemen to
vote him out by Il two-thirds majority,
while Walker is not only one Of tbs
fir~t lawyers Of the state, but man Of
un+ulliod honor.
Captain John =. White, by the wise
selection of Governor Coke, succeeds Il
petty renegade, tyrant and numbskuIl
named Nancy mot Morey as tele'
graphed), in the Seguin district. When
John p. White was born he came forth
ani has ever remained worthy son Of
n stock who never went bacKon truth
or honor. With a big heart as citizen
and soldier, he is n 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
scrrcely realize that they have gotten
rid Oft the creature Nancy, and secured
the services of the noble ard pure John
T. White. We Send our old friends of
Guadalupe greetings Oh The occasion.
Edward Daugherty, of Brownsville,
all old and sound lawyer, takes the
place of Judge Russell, who resigned
because the democrats elected him
senator. In that ease one decent man
succeeds another.
Captain James \. Ware is to occupy
the seat of J. j. Thornton, imbecile and
resigned, In the tiarroville and Eagle
Pass district. IL is o good lawyer,
a man of strict integrity, 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
day for living, have experienced in
person the nobility of his nature in the
hour of distress, and thank Governor
Coke for selecting him for q position
80 wen suited to his character and
ability.
James NJ. Lindsey succeeds Hon. {.
c. Binkley in the Grayson and Cook
district, and is satisfactory TO the peo-
pie. He is man well qualified and of
undoubted integrity. But unlike most
OF the other appointees, he succeeds a
good judge and gentleman, in the
person of Judge Binkley. We haue al
ways felt more than willing to give
Governor Davis full credit for any and
every good act while he occupied the
chair of state. Had he filled the bench
with such men as G.. G. Binkley, the
state would not have mourned as 1t
has.
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