The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-05-07

sentiment about prostituting the judiciary bv
placing in the handsof thccandidate portv
banner. AS pure and as upright Judges as
live, hold their places to-day through the
results of party contests. In Ohio, Penn.
sylvania, Michigan and other states the
members of the highest courts are elected
on party platforms, and who believes that
Supreme court of those states are not
as pure and uncontaminatcd as any on
earth! Our Republican friends are not in
a condition to raise the cry Of "cOntamin0-
ton" When the grim monster removed
that great and good man, Judge Brccsc
from our midst, the sentiment OF the dis
trict was known to be overwhelmingly
Democratic; the deceased Judge had been
a Democrat all his life, and we had among
us Democratic lawyers in every way fitted
for the seat he vacated. That Republi-
can successor was appointed to don
the ermine laid down by that
eminent jurst, furnishes an example Of the
honesty Of the Republican cry that the Ju-
dietary should be held sacred from the con
terminating touch of party politics. But,
gentlemen, it is perhaps needless to say
more. invoke your forbcarancc, in the
position to which you have called me. Do
your work as may seem to you best, and we
need have but little fear Of the result The
nominees YOU name to-day will be the next
Judges of the first Judicial circuit
The committee on Rules through its
chairman W. r. Smith, submitted the fol-
lowing report which was adopted;
"Iour committee appointed to submit
to tins convention rules by which il shall
be governed in its deliberations, respect,
fully report the following
t. Each county shall be permitted to
cast the vote to which it may be entitled,
Q The number Of votes cast by each
county shall not exceed IN the aggregate,
three times the number Of delegates to
which each county respectively shall be en-
titled.
3. The number of votes cast for any one
candidate shall not exceed the number of
delegate, to which such county shall be en-
titled
4. When on any vote candidate shall
have received the majority of the delegates
in this convention, he shall be, by the
chairman, declared nominated, and the
convention shall proceed in the same order,
until three candidates shall have been nom
mated"
The chair announcing that nomination,
Of candidates would be in order, W C..
Morcland, placed in nomination the name
Of Hon NJ g. Crawford, of Union county;
Hon. Thomas Wilson nominated Hon.
John NJ Lansdcn, Of Alexander, Mr.. W 5.
Cantrell nominated Judge Daniel NJ.
Browning, of franklin Mr. W. Y. Choiscr
nominated Judge J. NJ Gregg, Of Saline;
Mr. J. b. Calvert nominated Hon Jas. NJ
Washburn of Williamson, and Hon. T.. B.
Watkins nominated Judge James NJ. Day
idge Of Pulaski county. Each Of the gentle
mennOminated were presented to the convcn-
ton in mastery speeches. We were sorry
to observe disposition on the part Of one
of.he speakers to build up the claims of
his fayoritc by an effort to disparage the
claims of another twas done in a mild,
gcntlcmany way, however and had. APP
parcntly, but little effect upon the convcn-
ton, either in favor Of the gentlemen lie
cXtolled or against the gentleman whose
claims it he sought to weaken
The nominations being all made
the convention proceeded to the
election of their nominees
On the first ballot Hon. NJ. c. Crawford
received siXty-onc votes and Judge D. NJ
Browning received iiity-fyc votes. and only
thirty four votes being necessary for a
| CnOlCc, me CllulI dlHOullCcu lllc gcnllcllcn
named as two of the nominees Of the con
vcntion. Thcreupon their nomination was
made unanimous.
The counties were then called for second
ballot, and resulted as follows: Washbum
%, Iansdcn 81 Davidge IA, Gregg $, The
ballots then continued with varying results
until the l2th vote, when by the change of
Massac and Pope counties from Wash
burn to Lansdcn, the latter gentle
man was given 80 votes; hut
Franklin county Immediately changed 6
votes from Mr.. Lansdcn to Mr.. Gregg, thus
leaving Mr.. l.. with 30 votes, lacking two
of enough to nominate INN, On the 10Th
ballot Mr.. Lansdcn received 80 votes; but
before the result was announced Hardin
county changed one vote from Woshbun to
Iansdcn. which vote made him the third
nominee Of the conventional result that