The Hartford herald., 1880-06-30
Strange.

All of the committeeman i'm each
county in this district have appointed
officers of election as required by the
call made by the District Committee,
May Sth, 1850, excepting Messrs. Me-
Henry, Walker, FOgle and Griffin, of
our County Committee. The people are
curious to know why they do not act.
We are aware that Messrs. McHenry
and Walker are lawyers, and have been
associated with Judge Stuart rs lawyer
and judge for the past quarter of cen
tury, and that MIR. FOgle is n lawer, and
for some time has practiced ut Hartford
under Judge Stuart rs judge of our
court, and that he il the nephew OF MIR.
Sweeney, of OwensbOrO, who WAS Judge
Stuart's law partner, and that for these
reasons they may have personal pref
erence for Judge Stuart, and an over
ween love for him, because he is
individually and socially clever old
man. And it may be that they person.
ally dislike Judge Little, though why
We cannot imagine. He Is an elegant,
sociable and agreeable gentleman, n
first-class lawyer, and has developed
the fact when acting as special judge;
that he will no doubt make us an active.
able and just judge, who can and will
attend promptly to the duties of his
Office if elected, and relieve our over
crowded docket. But admitting those
to be the real reasons why they do not
act, is it not strange that those gentle
men shouldle their personal preferences
or dislikes put them i'm open warfare
with committee which has authority
over them, and with the Democratic
people of their county who they pro-
posed to serve when they accepted the
trusts repOsed in them?
We are aware that they, as lawyers,
have u right to II voice i'm the selection
of Judge, but our present constitution
was adopted for the purpose of giving
the DeODle chance to say who should
as popular with the lawyers of the dis
trict as Judge Stuart, but suppose he
was not, the lawyers have no special
privileges over the other people in say
ing who shall be judge.
The truth is, if the judge is a "clever
fellow" the lawyers generally are 10th
to part with him, and if they, and not
the people, had had the choosing, Judge
Stuart might not now be judge, as he
was comparatively unknown To the
ponent, had II warm place in the hearts
of the lawyers, but the people elected
Judge Stuart-(that is the people who
ran him n quarter of a century ago. and
~ he has had the office for three terms,
lone more term than the Republicans
were willing To give Grant, we think
the people are inclined now To let him
rest i'm his old age.
Those gentlemen are eminent law
yers, clever gentlemen, etc, but they
should not let their personal feelings
get the upper hand of their Democracy.
They should have been willing to let
the people vote in the primary, and If
the people did not approve it they
would not vote i'm il. 1t was not for
them to say that the people should not
vote.
But now, that two of the COM
mittee, Messrs. Ford and Collins,
being true blue Democrats, have, with
the approval of the District committee,
appointed officers Of election, and ask
the Democratic people of this county to
come out on next Saturday, July Sd, and
vote. Vote for your chOice-come out
i'm such numbers rs to convince your
committee that they have no right to
stifie your voice i'm any election and
that Republicans cannot hope for sue
cess upon the idea that Ohio county
Democrats are divided or without lead
ers.
Let the voice of the people be heard
on that day i'm thunder tones against all
cliques and rings. DEMOCRAT.