The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-21
The Judicial Convention

Col. Childrrss, Chairman Of the Dem
ocra,ic State Committee, has called
the Committee together To. determine
at what time "A COnvcnllon s'lhil h'
held To nominate five Supreme Ju ICES
Since .Ile call of the Committee th'
matter has lren discussed somewhat
by the State press, nni rclri'nc" IA"
been made [, the Act Ut the Assembly
providing Tor the election oi Supreme
Judges tor the Safe nt L'rg", and
hose tor the Divisions. Tnnt act Is
merely directory, and can he nOtiTnI
more, and siloul'i net he 80 executed
as to work an lnjnrs Ia any one, AMI
10 de- tails only one say is "prn.
The Convention. when 1t meets,
should IN the first place numlnnle u
full ticket urli.c names for tIe~trHlch,
without sn ylOg one wuru bOn "~othlr
at L,rur' oi 'DivIsiun.' and after tins
has been done. let The C~onvrnlion,
from lIl. five 50 nominated, ~c,i-ntte
Two for HE State 81, Large. III other
words, WHEN the Convention is organ-
lied and nominations are IN Ord"r, let
all the camiIiatrs he presented t"'"r"
u vote is taken, all to he voted fur or
Oguinst at every ballot. If at amy Time
amy Of the candidate, receive me vote
necessary under tue rules OF til" Con-
veullun necessary to "A choice, such
candidate or ralildttc1 shall nc de
clarcd nominated. and the Convention
proceed u ballot iNel wcrn the remain
lny candidates uutll "A tu'l ticket IA
made, and then, from tha, ticket dcsI1
nate VITO are for the state al Llrgr,'
and who for the "DlvIsiOn.'
Ii strikes us that ihi, Is the Only FAIR
and equitable mode ol nominating, and
the ONLY one that gives To raciI cnn,li
date "A inll chancc at his real strength
IN the ~CpnvrutI"n, anl less calculated
to give Oil",Sc 10 the counties repre-
s"Utrd ~ the Convention. 1.-Two sets
Of nominations arr had, that IS, one
for the estate ut Lrrg"," and another
iDr the "Divi,inn,' Iclrgatrs IN many
llID'llINi1 tHIIl'l ~ l''I' WINNIE w
ins,anrc: say that Smith, Brown and
Jones are candrbatr> in Middle Ten
nesSeG. Warren county prefers NInltl
first and Brown a. II second choice.
and il Mlld.r Trnursscc is 10 have twO
will vote for both, II she has a chance,
bu, Jones convlulcs 10 lac Il randll1lr
for tue State at Large" n candidate
or candidate come out for
West and E,st Tennessee, then
il their nominations are to come on
first Warren NAV be compelled to vote
for her Middle Tennessee man. Junr,
Nhp may I've elected, and thus reduce
MIlilc Tennessee to one for the ID
vision, and Warren will he compelled
To abandon one of her two preferred
men, aud in this way deprive hcrsrl'
Of one OF her real choice for one she is
cpmp,ra,ivel, Indifferent about.
W. think ,hi. Of sufficient impor,
ancc to demand the attention of the
members Of that Convention before The
meeting rs we'll ~ after the assembling
aud it is prompted by u desire that all
its work may he doac IN a manner I"
give no o~ticnse, AMI allow the lalrcsl
chance to every asp'raut before tue
Convention.
We copy. with appreciation, the
above editorial from the McMinnyillr
New Era. 1t is perfectly apparent
from the Constitution that oil Of the
JUICES OF the Supreme Court are to be
elected by the same votes. are to have
the same powers, and are ca nal in dig
nifty. The Act OF Assembly simply
Ir'scribes a directory mode Of cleo
ton, ant the mode adopted was sug
ge,ted by the n ,quul number Of
Judges to be elected. The judges are
cloc.ed by the votes Of the people OF
lhe whole State, aud when elected the
Judges are Judges for the whole State.
This being so, in convention the can
didates ought % be nominated 10y the
representatives, of the whole people,
and not by the delegates from the scr-
cral iii, isions action for such division.
When tue Ave are nominated, the Con-
venllon can then designate the two to
be voted for A. candidates for the
State at Large.