Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-26
The Supreme Bench and Judge {. /.
Edwards.

To the E iiior OF the Sedalia Democrat;
II Is no doubt too early % begin tanning
the emders under the pol t'caI pot IN prepare
ton for the coming campaIRu, because We
shall sst out, from the frat, 81 the boiling
poi &c this year, and Il were bett : TO =, rain
and moderate the beet aud ehulliiion til tbe
latest possible moment, rather than be iu
bRtts TO add pntimely ard srtiaeisl fuel.
There is one ofice, however, WhIch The
constitution require the people to MI 10 the
sane manner that POLITICAL Offices ere A led
snd while others msy not agree With your
. o'respoGdent IN thinking that 81 b Ia not
the wIssst possible requ Tsmen,, yet all will
agree that the manner Of nllIbg this Office
OORnt 70 be exempt, as far A. may be, from
the tactics Of 40 Ordinary political campaign.
We allude to the Judiciary, aud Tor Tia
present to the Supreme Jadioisry oithe State.
TakI0g into account the relative position
Of Missouri among the sistsrhopd Of States,
in point Of wealth, population q d the i'm.
mensity Of interests concerned, II would be u
sad aud humilisting ron 'otiOn II we we're not
much accustomed TO hesr Il claimed that our
sABNtAh' DHutu " oAOfutA WIN hAAbm pfirN
ID scholarship, legal learning and ~, eisl
judicial culture, which makes IL the per o.
sny State Court in The land. This ear n
vacancy will be created by the retirement o.
Judge NAptou, who 10 the oids.t member
and who Is justly estet med to have been on,
of ths Tipssl lawyers aud most scconp lishtd
Judges that eyer occupied a place in our
c iurt, and hence the rel u~iuliou OF he cour,
viii not be enhanced By Ibs vscaucy which
bis extreme age and oott nuous labor IN tie
public harness for forty Ave yeafe, ss, m Il
mako desirable sDd nscsssar,.
Wac shall Do hii suectao I Let no nam.
90 mentioned ia 20 nectO1 With thi-, The
most important Office IN the State. on account
Oi locality in The N. v or s. T.. or N. Nj
AS though the equities In lha STATE wore Il,
be represented In the Suprt me- Court accord
ing to latitude aT iougiGd, or pvins, OF the
compase.
LIT US taboo this legerdsmaip, dickeriog
and dice tbro Aing, ut least IN the c,se +
Suprt me Court Jadge, snd try once to Bsm,
a man with sOla references t. his intrinsic
merit aud supreme q ness tor The OIL Q.
WiIhUut the sligtItest personal ns in that
direction your CORE. pinceut is unable TO
mention any available man, who could viii
mute distinguished credit iii Judge Napton's
vacant chair, or who conld briDg n larger
fund of legal eiudiilon TO the duties of lhal
high office than Jldge e. l. Ed GErds o.
J g, IN City.
judge Edwards has once niIed ,be oficp
OF Attorney GeberAi hotorsbly AID ,%ficieui
Is He Is In the prime Of vigorous manhood,
be is energetic And industrious. sud what /.
of yet greater relevancy 10 this question, k-s
on the q 81 judicial circuit shown himseli
every intb a Judge.
l: iS not always the bes. LAWYER that mates
be best jnige, Tor conversely. the besl
judge that makes the best advocate, but he
best ideal iujge must add TO legal sfud on
the endo~m'n' OF a J 'dicial cast OF nj nd.
Nothing can prove the possession Of this
peculiar sptitudc or faculty la a lawyer, eT
cspt actual demons!r Atiun on the bench, ana
this Judge Rivards has done and is doing 90
the hrss ju iicial circuit. according 10 the
united testimony Of all the lawye ere a. hi,
bar.
There can be no Legitimate obstacle TO Bis
nomination unless tho people OF bis iudicla
district should sr,i ,blg but naturally under
take to retain his services 10 their Immediate
behalf. but he is emitted 10 seek for, and The
people are entitled TO demand tor hIs 1bal.
ties a wider usefulness.
JUDIx Esro.
sedalis, Feb. l7'b, 1890