Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-09-18
THE JUDGESlEIP.


The 10Th OF October the District Judge
Of the Ninth Judicial Di>tiict is To be
chosen by the people. The cand dates
are L. Steele and 4. NJ. Rn>burough, the
present incumbent, both residents of
Yrrka. Judgr Rnshnroueh has been in
office in this county continuously for over
twenty years and hl- received already nf
the peoples money ~iXtv-fvc thousand,
>ix bundled drllnis, and if hi flan;ic rt-
ioits tu get office again aie successful, he
will, ut the end of Iii tenn, have been in
o:lcc OYER quarlerot ii century, aud will
have received n'nlriy one hud ed thpu--
AID dplGrs tpr salary. JUdtc II ,-bor-
uugh. whose o d age alone units him for
oiicr, is he."r" the pr"p'ca piti.ul hrggar
for N ne. What peculiar Calm has
Judge R1-hol"u2h on the people? Are
hi> m.rit> in any drgrec superior 10 those
of Mr.. Steele ? The position Of .Judgele-
quircs II man OF cool judgment. That
Jud Re Il. possesses this i, by no one even
of hi. acqunintanccs claimed. The posi-
lirn of Iudgr requires II knowledge of the
Inv acquired bv study and Practice
Judge Il. has very little knowledge o.
law, Il. he has never been n student, and
has been 80 cinstnntly ia OH :e that to be
n lawyer of much practice has been m
/ impo.sbi ity. y prompt diligence is ab-
so'utrly essential in II Judge. Til, quail
ihcaliun i. one which j. in nn degree
pnssr-srd by Judge Ro, ,aorough. Pro-
,tination, negligence. inrxcu-abIe de-
I liV have Away, from the first ot his long
oili e holding, been his malk krd laults,
aud now ;hnt cd age i. Hpon him, the
hahi:s of his younger day are moi only
confirmed. hut much worse. Fion
j month"; OF delay in the rcndeting OF de-
cisi0ns, We have nuW even pa>scd tu
years. We would speak kindly Of the
Judge in hi % 4 age, and i ;al laui ,ntly
bat we hive duty Ia dr charge To the
pcope. The people demand il - Judge
/ perfect freedom furn palti,nn pjudicr,
and Il holding nioor from all political zeal
! in nt least Any active participation in The
whil and swirl Of politics. To the
charge of prrtl-an-hip of the EXTREMIST
chuncter Jud 5e R,>boroueh mDl,t say
guilty. lie has actively, during the
holding of political conventions, lakr,
pat IN their proceedings. Agninst these
und qualities we pace the claim, OF Mr..
Steele:
Hi n1t nr invrtrrnteo otli e holder nor
the recipient OF 1t turtuat from the public
treasury.
lie i nm old reid mt oc tn c,lrty anl
llr, always been known u.arlb,i: -pirit-
ed citizen. giving Ia. instead of taking
from the public fund.-.
II hns even been known rs - mar Of
grlt ruergv. stralv industry. dilig.nt in
/ hu-iues-, prompt in I'll mlttnr,, and 81
! man OF unwrnrird effort in the practice
ot hl4 profession.
Asa lawyer he rank. with the best in
( the Sntr. uni in Northern Cqii.u.uit he
l,n~ not hi equal.
Asn man Of Integrity, hi, character i
unlmprhchnble.
H. i. n man n' generous impulses. quiet
in hl> charill">. simp'e in hi habits nf
life. temperate ioall things. tiu. ia the re-
buttons - t'ri'ud.h hip and true in the rc!a :
tina> OF business.
! Mr. Steele hns the in1rp md nrn of
thought that nat"s him reru.ilrv the
/ mlu t"r Judge. What i. ,ight ia p'in
cip'r. / 81 him li-h; il nr;: N, ~! h..
4 act. upon That pinciplr. No ore can ne
ctl-e him Of c"ul'ing private or public
/ favor.
/ H.. has never shown any prrliSnn zonI
in pn'ir rs, and this because %, hi>
Independence.
Had he crooked tn r,rnant hinges Of III,
Thl' THRIFT nj sht folio ia vnins. kn'3
He wou't have been higher in p,~iion
but lower in mnhhpud. Fellow citizrn-,
we want la Iu'tl-r new lille into our nf
Ia r.. Let us change the incumbent aud
Ir ievr .jul 90 Rt-h,rough of tn. cares
nul i ,lirs nf an office his old nge units
him IT, fulfil. and in klud le.s To him .r.
plrrr him viii. younger man. Vote for
/ Mr. Steele. LI1IGANT.