The Red Cloud chief., 1875-10-07
TIE RAILROAD JUDGE,

Hon. VIM. Gasiin Jr. has been here
for the past few days fishing for votes
for himself as Judge. The staple ar
gument Of himself and his friends is,
"if you get me you will get a railroad,
if you don't get me you won't" Why?
Will Gasiin build a railroad, is he a
whole legislature empowered to pass
laws and erect corporations. Is he an
incipient company from whose brain
shall spring full fiedged, a railroad SO
o as he shall touch the bench? Is
he in conspiracy with congress, and the
general state government, whereby he
can command instanter, subsidies with
out end, and the patronage of the
whole country? If he is all this he is
by far too modest, ard his sphere as dis
trict judge would be too humble, he
should advertise himself as a candidate
for the vacancy az presidency Of the
United States, now about to occur, or
should apply for several cabinet posi-
tons, or should go into partnership
with ,enator Dague in the an,i-state
ring business! But no, MIR. Gaslin
unfortunately is none of these, and Is
simply a rump candidate for judge.
But yet he and his friends say
to the voters, go for a man who, when
your interests are involved in the mat
ter Of railroad will stand by you. This is
their platform. Do these gentlemen
comprehend what they are about.
Whit does Gaslin ask you to do. To
make him judge. What are the du
ties of the judge, to MAX, laws and
dabblc in railroad schemes? 80! his
duty is to administer the laws? How?
as he finds them on the statute books.
BY what rule does he construe them?
The rule of interest or the rule ofjus-
tice. Honor. which. thank Heaven still
survives, and whose voice is louder
than the tuning clamor of base self
interest answers for every honest mar
in this county.
The laws must be construed BY the
rule Of justice and by none other, and
ou. upon the men or set of men who
seek to commend to the intelligent
people; A man whose virtue Is that
he promises, in direct terms, or by fair
implication, by the expression Of his
friends in his presence, and his consen-
ting silence, tn administer the laws in
reference to railrord-,- 90 as 10 answer to
the interests of the country. Mark the
words and remember the men. and the
position to which he aspires. He pro-
poses to so &C. as Judge as to conserve
the interests of the country. Not the
honorable and just interests, but the
Interests Has it come to this-,hat
Honor is only an empty name-and
interest independent Of honor is the on
iy reality. Can it be possible that a
man makes a specious bride Of this
kind,the stepping stone to judicial pow
err? Is it true, that corruption and
not purity. bias and not iIppartiaIity
pledges and not stern adherence 10 hws
aud facts-6t men for high judieial 20
s%itions, and commend them to their
fellow men?
Let the conseiences of honest men OF
this county answer. and let that an
swer reveal the fact that the people of
this section of the Republican Valley
want no dealings with . candidate for
Judge Of their district sho 20 ;ar for
gets his own dignity as to COME shod-
ding into this county with bis pocket
full Of votes for himself; who is 80
far lost 10 honor and decency as TO dis
eiaisn constantly against the purity of
woman aud the integrity Of man who
Is so far eblivioes to rectifude ss to
pledge es suffer pledges to be msae.
That if made Judge he xill administer
the laws according to the interest of
ans -ecisen-H1hout sayiag 5 cord as
10 xheiasr these Interests sheuld be
hssszAst4 - 49, :