, 1879-05-19

CHICAGO, May 18.-1n your issue Of this (Sun-
day) morning, find an editorial on the Judicial
situation, which, in the main, is very fair state
ment Of facts relative to the situation, showing
as it does, and proving by precedenrs, that the
Republicans Of Cook County have always re-
fused to consider politics in Judicial elections,
and would not do so now except that the rc-
fusal of the Democrats to unite on combina-
ton ticket left no other alternative.
In that editorial you say that at no time has
there been any serious objection on the part Of
Republicans and conservative citizens to the re-
election of Judges McAllister and Rogers. and
that all efforts at q union ticket embraced the
names of these two gentlemen; that the friends
Of law and order were satisfied with their de-
cisfops, integrity, ability, etc. and on this point,
With your permission, 1 will briefly comment:
White claiming to be Republican OF the
ustalwart" type, also nut Ia 8 claim for con-
servatism. from the standpoint OF citizen, and
hee to say that the dicta OF q thousand straight
or mongrel conventions would never prevent
me from opposing candidates for Judicial posi-
tiops whose decisions, however learned or tech
pically correct, were utterly subyersIve OF good
'orucr, and to few of these will now refer,
in order to ''point moral"
law, good order, aud safety Of person was out
ragged BY the rule Of law under which poor
Hanford was dragged from his grave
and cepsured for getting III, IN the way
of a murderer's pistol. This vas .
clear Invitation to take human lie, and who
dare say that the invitation was not accepted. in
view OF the many homcides since the date OF
that memorable trial? It / am wrong IN this
cstimate OF the character of the rulings re-
ierred to- and its effect, then vas public opinion
and nearly ali the papers Of the city, wrong in
denouncing the Judge and demanding bis nesig-
nation. Ny conservatism will not allow me to
vote for man who stretched out the strong
arm Of law to protect gambler who, In the
eyes OF the Judge possessed more rights than
the Mayor and the entire police force Of the
citv. Here, too, was IN open Invitation to
shoot down officers for attempting to enter a
building that three-fourths Of the people--the
Judge included-could swear TINT, to the best
OF their knowledge, was crooked.
I will not (uor can any conservative citizcn)
vote for man who declared the Tramp law
Unconstitutional, thus inviting to our city the
criminal classes to steal our property, take our
lives, and ravish our wives and daughters. By
tional BIZ Judge McRoberts, Of Joliet, and Judge
Cochrane, OF Peoria, and no doubt the same de-
cision would have been rendered by the Judge
IN question only that an election vas pending,
and the great city gave him large tramp ~
constituency who invariably vote early and often.
care not If all the lawyers In Christendom
were to make affidavit that these decisions were
in accordance with law. II SO, as Banks said bY
| the Union, "let it Slide" know them to be
gubyeysiYe OF good order. and throwing screen
over the criminal to save him from the penalty
| of his crimes and no oneneed advance the ar
onnent that the rights of all people are con-
served by these decisions. Where one decent
man ia protected thus thousand rascnls escape
and If law be then to defend the guilty at the
! expense Of the innocent let US wipe out the
whole sYetem aud commence anew.
There is one other decision will mention. A
man was arrested under the United States laws
| for Illegal voting at one OF our elections. The
| voting was proven, the fuegalitv OF the voting
| was proven but. tnasnuch as It was not IN
| nroof that the rascal voted Tor Congressman
| (which, OF course be did), the oigniaed Judge
| H3scharged him, TO repent his ylllalny at the
nert election. l do not now recollcc1
,rho this Judge was, but, quite
indenendcnt of his name or party, my conserva
| +;sm con,nels me to say that he is no more I'll
~ eit a. Jutpe over the interests centerine
sronn6 civilized society than Is certain place
1ac1ared by lngersoll to be 3 myth suitable
4eh 4er The storage Of dynamite. =:
Now. q Judge fought to know enough tt
know u that hts salary, the costs OF crim1na
courts, of iails, Of penitentlarles, are all Dalt
10 +aTes levied on the labor and wealth OF tht
/ ;ndnstrions aud temperate, and that thes
| classes would rather spend their money to pre-
| ..enr than TO punish crime. 1et IN lace OF int
| fact ali our laws are warped and dislortcd Z
fovor the criminal classes; ana Il mucn OF ln'
| hoe not heen done Of late, with the expectation
~ getting nav On election-da then certain can
| d1dstes are more divine and less human tna
| +hry arc supposed to be. nEsf SloE~