Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1880-05-29
CRIMINAL JUDGE.

thrr. is too much Indifference, too much apathy
on the part of people in relation to the selec-
tion of a suitable and competent Candidate lot
the Office of criminal judge. When the people
come to know and realize the great importance
of this office; when they learn OF the quai'nca-
tions necessary to full and faithful dlscnarRe
of the duties thereof, and when IL IS iouho ah"
ascertuned that by wise and jndicious seie'
ton we NAV and can save An immense amount
of costs both to the state and counties interest,"
ed, then it seems to the writer that every lax
payer and lover of order and peace In ti's
criminal district must feel deep ana enthusias-
tic interest in the selection and election Oh ths
officer 1t must be remembered that in the iaith'
full certain and efficient administration oil Tue
criminal law depends our peace, quiet protee-
tIon and safety. in fact, our prosperity aS
people, and as a county. depends upon the rep
n,a ton we build up and establish as law abiding
and law enforcing citizens. That the people
NAV have confidence in and respect for the court
and in order to bring ability and dignity to the
position, and to faithfully and impartislly I'D
minister the law as the people demand that II
| shall be administered, the judge OF this court
should not only be legally qualified IN the iaii
sense and meaning OF that term, but lie shou"
| be man of firmness, prompt and courteous III
the discharge of every duty merciiui IN MS Juus
msnts and duly sober at all times he shouiu
| bs man of moral character. worth anu stauo-
| ing, above and beyond the reach OF teInptatio"
| or improper influences Of any and all klhos.
| Have we such q man ? We honestly and con-
scientiously believe that in Maj. John E. Ryianu
| all these qualifications and elements oi illness
are to be found. and that if elected to this I'M
porlant office he will give entire satisfaction.
| There are toe many important issues involved III
1 III. H.. th ulaRf inn n
allow side issues and eide candidates TO cut any
| figure in the race. 1t will be remembered that
Lafayette and Johnson counties. after the claims
| OF the several candidates had been tn9rougniy
| discussed, recognizing and endorsing the qua!i-
dcatlons and fitness OF Maj Ryland for the posi-
| tiOn at their late county conventions, nnani-
mously instructed their delegates to vote lor
| him in the criminal convention. which met ut
Higginsville on the Goth Inst. These delegates
true to themselves. faithful to their
of their people. in that convention, cast their
ballots one hundred and sixty-slx consecutive
times for Major Ryland. The vete on tue last,
| as On the first, standing thirteen Ter Ryland aud
thirteen tor BI Ieathitt. This result being brought
aDout by Breathitt,s having obtained the pro1 les
Of delegates elected in Pettis county, and under
| stood 10 be fer Rylsnd. In Pettis there We're
six delegates elected by tho people. and strange
was in tho cenvenlisn at Higginsvills to repre-;
, sent the county. DR.. Clark yeted nrst' last anu
throurh the chairman OF the delegation, voted
every time for Bresthltt, and through their
J chairman declared to the convention that they
| could not and would not change IL has oeen
stated in Lexington. since the adjournment OF
the convention, that the Saline aud Pettls dele,
CATIONS were willing to take up a new man and
make y nomination; if 50, why did they mol
| make that statement in the convention? Bu
3 suppose that such statement was made out o.
the noninatIon Of Ryland. then what is the
position Of these delegations? We have IN,
Saline delegation in the convention sayini
they are bound by Instructions; We have AVE-
proxies from Pettis saying they are bound by
honor to their principals, both Saline delegatiol
aad Pettis proxies in the convention aeclsne
one thing and out of the convention another
We dent pretend to say that either the sam IL.
', delegation or Pettis pro xies made any such out
!, to show the Inconsistency of these parties pro
"a vided they made them. But let us examine thi
little further anu ask lne eond
: ''dark horse" and with the aid ofa few dele
:, gates from Lafayette or johnson nominated hlm
Is eas il is said in Lexington they proposed to do.
Why we ask in the name Of all that Is fair, JUS
and courteous, did they not cast their votes 70
y convention, whose claims had been discusse e
by the people in all of the counties IN Tue CIRCUIT
- and who had received the unanimous endorse rs,
johnson, and who had been informed by thre
of the delegates elected in Pettis that they woul
support hlm9 Can any of these delegates, Q
y proxies or Interested persons at the conyentio
,e working against the nomination Of Ky land
answer the above question? If 80. we are airal
one of the Pettis proxies, ah9 seemed to nav
g. and hold absolute control over the otRer loui
ie Certain schemlng and wire working politician
| of Saline and PettiS counties net being sstisne
E with the trade and traffic that had been maue
the office OF circuit judge Tor that of state senator
must, in order to bring about perfect harmon
and satisfaction in their own ranks. ueinan
Il and trade ior the other luSgeshlp HAS IL tne
com. to this that the high aud e%atsa P%siIG
% ths market like personal chatteis In the ~.
m ginsyille criminal convention we had aaetht
" proxies proxies in A. democratic conventions The pra,
tlce only tends TO confuse and defeat the VIII
J. the people. In LAFAYETTE county We nave po
al itive party law against the of proxies In an
"A of eur cQpventi0ps. And the sooner TINS law
AZ adopted by both state sud county csnventioI
a. party. s T Under n T The M Lafayette t party law D
Clark was eatitled to cast the entlre vote
Pettis county, he being the only delegate ele
ne I66 votes for Ryland 1t is reasonable to suppo'
that Ryland would have been nominated ha
C. DIR. Clark been allowed to cast the vote: II
convention, fer the reasons above stated. fallI
en- to nominate, the people must now decide Il
no question. Ana we do earnestly hope and b
nk iieve that the 5th day OF June the democrat
voters of Lafayette county, by their votes ut Il
nd general primary election to be held on that da
will stand by the action OF their late county COZ
,r that they will say to the delegates who 50 fait
,al fully represented the county IN that conventS
:ht Had Messrs Felix aud Collier. delegates elect
ad by the people of Pettls county, coms to u
, a convention and cast their votes Tor fyland.
- it was understood they would do, by both
DC land and DIR. Clark, the trouble and expense
second canvass and second convention won
b. have been eaved: We say to the people Of I
county, Maj. Ryiand's whole lite has been wi
oi and is now before yon; Ye9 know his intesrl
ar Of character; his ability and qualifications ~
IN lawyer; his department man and ctize
=, his love OF order and respect for law
oi morality. sobrIety and high social standi
OF You recognize in HIM lifelong democrat, wi
sst since the war, because Of his unfinchlns, u
wavering democracy; because Of his console
tious devotion TO the pure principles OF q
rly party has received the bitter abuse and vile
,y secutiOn of the leaders of the radical party
h;o opr cOHaiy. No pleasure SO sweet to the pro
his inent rxdicals Of The county as woul be the
me feat Of Ryland in this contest. A few of the
us with more :money than brains. and less re;lt
than prejudice, have even Withdrawn their Eu
On l ness irsm his law firm because of the politt
character of the firm. Then let us Use all III
In enable means to secure his nomination. ant
defeated, we will gracefully and chcerinIiy x
tS our support to Eis more fortunate opponsnL
al JUSTICE