The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-23
THE SHALLOW PRETENcE OF THE RE
PUBLlcANS IN ENDORSING" JUDGE
. CllFlLlAN.

PUBLlCANS IN ENDOhSlNG JOON6
cILFlLLAN.
The conversion of the Republican par
ty to the belief that it is duty to elevate
the choice of judges above whatever is
debasing in party contests" was little
too sudden to deceive any one.
IF the resolution to that effect was In
tended as rebuke to the Fss1seer Press,
and other recognized organs OF that par
ty. for their unseemly abuse of the Op-
position candidate, we would say never
was rebuke better merited; but unfor-
tunately the uniform action of the party
has given the lie to any professions of
the kind-and we cannot help viewing
with suspicion even so laudable resolve
when emanating from such source. II
that party had really meant what it said,
by the resolution referred to, they should
have shown their sincerity by recon-
mending the election OF the Democratic
| candidate, who, during term of seven
years as Chief Justice, has shown his
entire fitness for the Office to which he is
nominated, and who in the judgment Of
| all members OF the bar, who are familiar
with his decisions, is the peer of any
| Judge that ever safe on the bench in this
State. But no,-they would forg
politics in the selection Of judges, only
upon the condition of our taking the
man of their own selection. How very
magnanimous!
From the organization OF the State to
this moment there never has been a time
when the Republican party has tailed to
make partisan nominations for the su-
preme bench. In every instance except
the last it has taken the initiative and
made its nominations in advance of the
Opposition and these nominations have
been blindly supported by the entire
Republican press, regardless of the mer-
its of opposing candidates. There new
er has been vacancy on the bench but
that it has been filed by a RepublicsQ
Governor from the ranks Of his own
party, and solely on part san grounds.
Since the Republicans have been in
power in this State there has never beer
a Judge on the supreme bench whose
nomination and election, or whose ap
poiutment was not determined by purely
partisan considerations. There is not ;
judicial district, not county in tht
State, where the Republican party havt
not asserted the superior claims of thei
own men for the Offices of District am
Probate Judge, il there was the ghost Q
: chance for electing them. Even Judg'
Gillian, whom they so laud in their res
e olutior, and for whose especial benefit !
was passed, has twice received part
san appointment to the position to whicl
! ! he aspires. He was once candidat
e before the Republican State Conventio
for partisan nomination for the sam
Office, and was defeated; and he sough
:. aud would have accepted a partisan nom
;, inasion from the late Republican Coz
vention, had it not been thought by th
J !, wire-pullers that something might b
gained over his adversary (who was q
ready in nomination) by an assumptio
] Eof virtue never before dreamed Of by h
:. party. Let US hear no more then abol
"the duty Of elevating the choice I
judges above whatever is debasing
politics" from party which By mel
party drill gave. (no longer ago than la
November). such judge As McMilla
:. Il, 900 majority over SO distinguished
, jurist a. Judge Wilkin. But if the
want people to believe in the sinceri1
Of their eleventh hour conversion.
;. them illustrate it by printing the name
Of both candidates upon their ticket
that all Republican voters may have
fair chance to vote for the most comp
tent man, and thus in fact elevate Il
choice of judges above whatever is
: basing in party contests Show yo1
!. faith BY your works. gentlemen; an
. without dictation. give the voter Ia
chance to elevate" This you ought
do to be entirely consistent, asyou clai
to have no candidate of your own. B
viii you do it,? And if you dare nc
= how thin then is your disguised!
O THE NECESSITY OF TEACHING DAN
ING IN THE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
asI Major Hotchkiss Of the Fillmore C
e Repu6licoa, thinks that Prof. Phelps
determined to introduce the art Of dau
e inx. - one form Of ..social culture ? in
.ir ths Normal School 8 Winona- Phel
fa~-A ln..lr He = xraan ia -on,1d -.