Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-10-09
Don't FAIL TO VOTE.

One week from next Wednesday-that /.
is Wedne,dy. October 20lh-the judicial
Election for 1879 will be held. A State
Superintendent of Public instruction, 1t
District judge, County Judge, and two
Justices OF the Peace, for each Township
are to be voted for III this county. The
non pa; ti,an character of these positions,
and the Importance OF having them filled
RESPECTIVE OF political opinions and patty
feelings was the purpose for which The
judicial was separated from the General
Election. That the purity OF the Judi
ciary is most essential to good govern
ment i, a selG-evidcnt fact, and that hon
esty and capacity should be the leading
qualifications required for these positions
j. admitted by all. III order that none
but the best men should be selected To
preside in our Courts it is OF the first i'm
ppitance that every voter should go to the
polls and laying aside all partisan and
po itcal feelings, deposit his ballot III ia-
,o' oi only those whom he deems the best
qualified for the offices 10 be filed.
For State Superintendent of Public In
strucion. Professor Ezra 5. Carr and
Rev. o. p. Fitzgerald are the candidates.
Between these two, the choice is easily
made. Prof Car l. an educator of the
highest order, his entire lite having been
devoted TO educational matters, and aside
t.,.,,, 20 ,,r..,, lanr,,in,r b,. ,ri'l ltino
the administration of educational affairs
in this State mind unbiased and unpr,j
Il liccd. Under his care our public
schools will n-sured!y be free from mat
tcts of either p 'iticnl or II religious ma
tne. o. Par,on Fitzgera!d, directly the
opposite may Ice said. For iour years he
he d The position to which he again as
pires, nnd during that time wrote him
unfit Tor the place. The change Of text
books. for an inferior set, ut an enormous
expense 10 the prIents OF the Stat, aud
the exclusion oi all literature of II nature
ca culated Ia inspire love OF country from
the libraries of the public schools, should
and we believe will prevent his election
H. the Place II second time. Prof. Carr
viii be elected if the voters d, their duty
that j.. 60 to the polls and vot, for
him. That his opponent ha- great pres
Ii % in the recent Democratic victory |
here i, no doubt, but this should not de-
ter anyone from expressing choice in I
favor of the best man for the high and |
important position o. State SchoI Slp r
intendcnt-a position tor which p i les
should have no Weight in making chp c,..
Fer District Judgc, Hon. A. NJ. Il ~
b rough, the present incumlcAt, is the
can ldntc of the Demo rncy-nnd Hon.
+ jah S.eclc, an Independent cand,dat =.
hi, opp ment. Both gentlemen are resi-
dcnt> ot Si-kiynu and it is probable that
titt county will decide the election.
During >iA years "ccupanc1 of the Bench
o this District, Judge Kp>borough has
given pretty general sIti-lnction- the
printiptl comp amt inGIlgcd in against
hin beng delay in rendering Il .ci i,ns.
Mr.. Sterile has the ind 'rSrrn.nt nf lh Re
uict, i, rrputed to be the best lawyer in
the four counties comprising t, and in
every way qualified for the office.
For County Jud ge-tho position in
which urr people are most directly inter
e,tel--the Dcmncintic nominee is R'ch-
ard Chiinld, while the R.'puhiicans have
put forward r. T.. Jones. Both are old
residents of this county. having lived here
for twenty years and upwards, and nrc
well known 80 n'mo-t every citizen. In
point of qualification, it is unnecessary for
Us to \ cak, rs each voter can decide that
for himself Any one who has watched
political movements in This county knows
that whenever Clifford was y aced in
nomination it was not on account of pe-
ca inr fitness, but bccau-e of hi. inilu
ence," II power which he has ever wic!d-
c | with more or less effect. In the Con-
vrntion which nominated him for County
Judge, he claimed the place on the ticket
| &c ,u,e he was II Democrat, because, in
his own language, he was "sound t.
day." but failed tn mention the fact that
he had paid up, and withdrawn from the
party less than two years before, or inn
mrdntely alter hi. second election as
District Attorney by the Democracy of
Trinity.
The connection of Mr.. Jones with the
Journal during the past few years pre-
c'udts our spenking of him in those terms
of puise which we should .therw.e do.
OF his qua iiculions for the office there
can be no question. and in our opinion.
his elevation To the County Judges
Bench viii prove II NATTER of cunglatua-
tion 10 the people Of the county.
The vote ot Trinity county ut the Gen
cral i ectiCn was only S.4, and it j. not
likely that as many will exercise the right
"t sufl age at the Judicial Election. Yet
the offices 10 he filled are important ones,
and should hling out II full vote. Anoth
er matter to be weighed is the fnct that
in 50 small II vote II few ballots, perhaps
single one, will decide the result, and
no citizen will be justified IN staying ut
home and thereby jeopaldizing the ie-
suit. Livery one must have choice and
those who d. not otexpress it are rrcrennt 10
the high trust Of American citizenship.
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