Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-02-17

the first Monday of January next aitel
their election" The second clause vii
then read
"They shall be commissioned by th,
Governor and shall hold their offices fol
the term Of twenty-one years, begin
ming on the first Monday of January
next after their election The second
clause will then read,
"They shall be commissioned by the
Governor and shall hold their offices
for the term of twenty.one years, be
ginning on the first Monday of Janu
airy next after their election, il they
shall so long behave themselves well
but shall not be again eligible
Remarks
As the Constitution stands the pow.
er to commission the judges is only an
inference, and no time is fixed for the
beginning of their terms. The pur-
pose is to supply these features of the
amendment OF 1850, which were prob.
ably overlooked or lost sight of in the
transfer OF its provisions, to different
places in the new Constitution
Here follows n long list of amend
ments suggested by the Committee re-
lating 10 Courts and the Judiciary
system under the new Constitution.
not Of much local Importance, Hence
we omit IT, ED. REPuBLIoAN1
Article V, section 18TH Insert in
tbe middle clanse after the word asboll ),
the words nbe commissioned bv the
Ciovernor and sballp and affer tho
words aten years " the words abegin.
ning ON the first Monday of January
ncvf oftcr their election
Tho middle clause will then read
aond shall bo commissioned bv the
(;overnor and shall hold their offices
for tbe neriod of fen years beginning
ON tbe frst Monday Of Januarv neyi
after their election If they shall so
lony bebove themselves welfu
The ontire sec,ion viii thon road,
All indges rconired ~ be lc,rncd in
tbe law e2cent The indges of tbc Sn.
nreme court Shall he commissioned bv
The yoyernor and shall be elected by
the qualified electors Of tbc rcsnectiye
districts over which tbev are to nre.
sido and hold their Offices ior the neri.
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The nnrpose of mis- amendmon, il
to return 10 n direct election of tbe
neonle for the iudges of the Sunremc
ronrt Tho efiect Of tbe section os n
stands is TO denrive the ,,eonle of an
invaluable rigbt--that ofseleating those
who administer their laws-and 10 in.
vest il in an irresponsible body nm.
known TO anv Legitimate form Of poy.
ernment, and subject TO no correction.
1t il an anomalous. irregular and anti
Democratic expedient, 70 reach pur-
pose foreign to true principles of right
government.
When two Judges are to be chosen
for the court in the last resort in which
the final exposition of the laws should
accord with the genius and sentiment
of the whole people no reason of sound
principle or of hubble welfare should
exclude the citizen from the choice of
both.
Why should they be confined to n
ballot for one, leaving the selection Of
the other TO accident or the manage
ment of an irresponsible convention.
or worse. perhaps, TO the cunning ma
nipulation of this uncertain. ungoy.
erned collection of partisans. The
novelty means simply that a minority.
no matter how ii Is composed. shall
make appointments TO office. Great
or small rs voice il all potent no mat
Ter how accidental or how Il mis,epre.
sents yenuine public sentiment
From the very nature of publie ae
fairs tbey are certainly varying neces.
sarilv reouiring chnnces of ofadministro.
tion 10 meet the ponnlar will When
these changes come why sbould NOT
the ponular voice he heard in the cleo.
ton of iudges in accord with the peo-
ple themselves But this Invention
seeks 10 renress the populor will bv
taking from the citizen one of bis hal.
lois and striking down his mower 70
opposo any one be NAV deem bad or
untit II i his riybt necessary TO the
oniovment OF trne liberty 10 vote
AGAINST as well as for candidates Bnt
this device takes away thai mower
There is no longer contest before the
people wherein the citizen may strike
the unfit man of his own party by
voting for his opponent; and no mat
ter how he casts his single ballot, the
incompetent or unfi. man, by an in.
gcnious stroke of art, is successful ere
tho election has begun. Nor ia the
right vain or useless, since four times
have the people abandoned party lines
in voting for Supreme Judges after the
amendment of 1850 had invested them
with the power of choice.
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