Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-09-11
JUDICIAL ELECTION.

The smoke of the General Election bat-
tie has cleared away, ard although it re-
yeals victorious and cxultant Denocra-
cy, The campaign ju,t ended -how- that
the Republican laiiY Of Cali ornia j. yet
i.nhucd with considerable Vitality. The
Independent patty, hnvirg cnuncin,cd no
national principles, can take no part IN
the Presidential cnmpnigu Of '.cXt year,
if indeed that which it las just pa~- cG
through ba, not eild, d it, "Xi-icnce. The
next contest, although not strictly pp'ili-
cal in lis chaiucter, will be the Judicial
election, on Welne,dly, October 10th,
| when State Superintendent of Public
/ Instruction, District and County Judges,
aud Justices Of the Peace must be chosen.
The independent nominee iDs Supeiin-
tendent has already witlrdrnwn. leaving
the field 10 the old original cou:e.tanis--
Democrats ana Republicans or the for.
mer, Rev. O. =. Fitzgerald i the nomi-
nee, while Prof. Ezla S. Carr has been
put forward by the hitter. or the respeci-
i've qualifications OF these gentlemen for
the position, we do not propose to speak
at this time, other than to say that for
many reasons Prof Carr i. prc.eninenily
better suited to be p'pced ut the head OF
the educational interests OF the Common
wealth.
The late election has demonstrated two
things: FKst, that the great minority,
in fact nearly all who east their votes for
Bidwell, were Repubicaus-thrt j., they
had heretofore acted with The Republican
party. Secondly, that / luiu received not
n few Republican votes. Entertaining
this view, we ARE OF The opinion that in II
square fight between the two nid pultics,
the chances of the Republicans in this
Stnte are ut least even while With can
diGate like Prof. Carr wLpwiil command
many votes outside the organization that
has placed his name betpic The people,
We can gain victory in Octphrr. Ono
thing will prevent thi-, ard that j. the
lcthargy of the Republicans Nho are in II
G eat measure Liable 10 stay ut hIme and
let the Democracy "wu!k The tnck."
This should not, and W. hope i'll not. be
allowed. The result ~ IN. bat election
will have II great effect Lpon the ensuing
Presidential cnmrign. bu. thi. can be
neutlnlizcd 10y II united nud determined
cff,It ON the part Of all Republicans
throughout the State, at the judicial
election.
In this county, the late election was
carried, not by political principles, but
by fitness for the ,ailou, po-il:"u>, and
we lclicve that the ,nmc rude will bee fol-
lowed in The selection oi our local judici-
airy. The aim for setting the Judicial
Election apart from the General, was that
this rule might he applied and party
pre-, udice and bias count n nought in the
selection OF men TO preside in oar Counts
| and administer the laws ot the land. Our
best statesmen maintained that the. e Of
iiccrs should be selected without rrgnId
to political, religious or other views, but
simply by reason OF ability and fitness,
this argument having ever been used in
favor of an appointed judiciary in pre- err
c1cc 10 an elective. Purity, sect and
creed should be set aside in the selection
of these officers, aud we hr,ievc that the
/ intelligent voters Of Trinity viii at the
polls, in Octobrr, vote ,ur rlhrG cand date
whom they hritvc to be best suited for
the place, II, they did in T." Soptcnbc'
election.
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