The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-30
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Cnder this heading the o1egoniun OF
Saturday prints the appended connmnnica-
Elon signed Zone oftl,e People, ,, which is
just to the point, and should be carefully
real:
Tony objects to Lord, Waldo md Watson
as candidates for the supreme bench, because
they are. as llc thinks, too yuttng; and he
sneeringly asks If their mothers know
they are out. would like to ask Tony
which is better for judicial Office, young
man of intelligence aud education who Is
student imbRcd with principles ofhones;y
and spurred on to win public favor by
bright future in waiting, or an old man
without honesty or capabllity? But il the
ssge, Of these candidates any chjection?
Maj Lord Is about tIirtv-cight Mr. Waldo
thirtS-iive. and Mr.. Watson about thirty
four. Lord came from Delaware. and
has been living In Oregon nearly fifteen
years. Waldo Is native OF this state,
ra4e son of an old pioneer; and Watson
came quite early. nearly thirty years ago.
They are all young men of greatly more
| than average ability. and the erowning
| feature of their character, as testified to by
their lifelong acquHlhtances, Is honesty.
| In every true sense of the word they are
men-true men. They are regarded by
| the bar as Of superior legal ability. and
Lord and Waldo are specially regarded as
cast. mentally. In n judicial mold. Watson
| is less known at tfIis end of the state. but
| those who do know him speak OF him In
| like manner.
| The question then recurs, having men
| of ability, education and legal learning. is
| Tony correct when he says they are too
| young. in their swaullling clothes. aS it
were ? The history of oiir State talsities
| Tony's statement aud relegates him to his
original position, of the t..iInage OF nonenti-
| ty presiding over inanfty:: ''When first en-
| ter:ng upon the bench our Oregon judges
! We're OF ages as follows: Peter g. Burnett
about 35; =. G.. Pratt, at 80; Wna Strong.
| Mt 33; Geo. IL. Williams, at 80. though he
| had previously, for four years, been
circuit judge in Iowa Cyrus Olney, at 30;
NJ. z. Deady, at present one of the most
| distinguished ornaments of the American
circuit bench. at 2S; II. p. Boise. about
| 3S; Il. p. Prim, at 35, though he had no
natural gifts and was better fitted for his
! original occupation of wagon driver; w
| w. Page, at so; Il. +. SlIatton at IS; f.
! DSiIattIIck. at So; Joseph G. Wilson. ut 81;
| J. J.. Macarthur, one of the best OF our
| democratic judges. 1T %.
So the Intelligent American mind all
over the union also brands Tony with
silly stupidity in alleging too much youth
against these candidates of the people. OF
the justices of the supreme court OF the
| United States the following and many
| others whom ! have omitted. became
| judges in the tIirties: Joseph Story,
supreme court III 1911 at 35; at "a John
Marshall declined an appointment as
| associate Justice Of that court; John Jay.
| first chief justice OF L. 5. supreme court.
was chief justice OF the n. \. supreme
| court at 81; VIM. johnson, associate jilstiCe
/ of the u. $. supreme court. was circuit
Judge in South Carolina at 81, and on the
! e. s. supreme bench at So. by appoint
mcnt of Thomas Jefferson: BnShrod
Washington of Virginia became associate
a.. -, F.Ny
| pOintnent OF President John Adams;
| Noah ii. Swayne was at 80 elected judge
IF the state court in Ohio; David Davis at
| 80 In Illinois; John Mclean at 81 to the
| supreme court OF Ohio; Samuel Nelson.
| of the n. Y. circuit court ut 80, and su-
prime court at 80; James 81. Wayne.
! judge circuit court of Georgia at 81.
! Hiram Warren. a native of Massachusetts.
| AMI for forty years on the bench in Geor-
| gia, was elected by the Georgia legislature
circuit judge at 81. So in every state OF
| the union the greatest judicial Intellects
/ will he found to have entered on their
| judicial careers before they passed. their
| thirties. The whole history of the would.
too. brands Tony as silly printer. 1t
| slIoTR that tie Highest efforts of human
| genius have beellE made by men in their
! tllirties. whether IL be in law or letters. in
theology, III arms or deeds of high enpri>e
| When Jesus Christ uttered his uncQllaIett
lessons OF moral philosophy he was just
| past 80. and crowned his nOblest of all
| careers by martyrtl0m at 33: the same l.
| true of John the Baptist; Julius Caesar was
Roman Chief judge at 81. and at 30 one
of the greatest of Romans; Francis BacoD'S
| great ESSAYS" We're written at 80; viii
| lam Pitt was the greatest man i'll England
| at 80; Thomas Jefferson was only 33 when
lie wrote the declaration of Independence;
Bolsparte at 30 was first consul and sole
| ru!pr of France and at 30 was master of
Europe. II Tony Is right, these candidates
| for tile supreme bench are too young and
ought to be defeated. IL Tony is wrong.
they ere very proper men and ought to be
elected. James X. Kelly is the only In
stance in Oregon history where lawyer
began his judicial career nc an advanced
age. He is about so. His tame now
smells of political ciiicahe ami subterfuge.
During his judicial career with Poor Pliant
Prim the Oregon bench has become odor-
ous with judicial outrages and the people
have become filed with uneasiness and
alarmed at the insecurity of their rights
a widespread diStrust prevails. As appli-
ed to lite long politicians of loose morals,
there is exact truth in DIR. Sam JohnsOn's
sentiment expressed i'm Rassclas, that ''in
the decline of life shame and grief are
Of short duration, whether it be that we
bear easily what we have borne IOrQ, or
that, fielding ourselves in age less regarded
We less regard others; or that we look with
slight regard upon affilctions public con-
tenlptl to which we know the hand of
death is about to put an end.'
No charge could put us in worse plight.
Let us have these educated, earnest, con-
seientiolls young men to administer the
laws OF our state, or any two Of them with
John Burnett. The republicans have
lone well. They have nominated Judges
for the people not for rings, and hence
Tony and the poor hardened barIacles are
mad with inscnsate rage.
a,OwardIy Murder.