The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-05-26

rhe Man for the People.
notice the following in the Hawes-
vile Hdindedier, published as an adj
vertisement. Thinking it an exceeding
ly appropriate presentation Of the can
vass for Circuit Judge in the 4th Dis
triet, present it for publication in the
HERALD. think it most appropriate
in this county, as hitherto the DemOc-
racy here has evinced no disposition to
involve politics i'm the Judicial election
Please insert II as an advertisement.
DEMOCRAT.
By your leave would like to submit
my views as an humble citizen of Han
cock county, upon the relative claims
of our two candidates for Circuit Judge,
IN this District. | am Democrat, and
always have been. In "a race where
party issues are presented, my vote Is
always with the Democratic party, but
it has ever been my candid belief that
the Office of Judge Is essentially nom
political office. The people should vote
for the man AS a Judge and not as a pol
itician. The candidate who makes the
race as an extreme partisan cannot
be wholly free from craftsmanship after
his election, mt least, this is what the
people say, and they are supposed To
have proper and correct ideas ON such
subjects. .I "a.
Mr.. Little is "A partisan in the strict
sense OF the word, and is making the
canvass rs such. The people object to
il. They insist that he Is not running
for Congress or any other political place.
He is dragging the ermine into u cess
pool, out of which it cannot come I'M
stained. This was shown by the fact
that he and his friends were clamorous
for convention, and would not be sat
isfied without one. He insisted in his
speech at Hawesville, that the Judge
ship ought not to be given to any other
than a consistent Democrat. But the
people say that a Judge should know
no class or party. There Is the differ
ence between Mr.. Titles view and the
peoples view. But why is not Judge
Stuart a Democrat II it be consid-
cred that the Office must be filed by u
Democrat, why is he not the man. His
appOintees over our Judicial District,
have all been Democrats.
In Hardin county he made Capt.
Bell, Democrat and u Confederate
soldier, Master Commissioner. In
Meade county he appointed William
Ditto, another Democrat, to the same
place. In Breckenridge he appointed
Mr.. Virgil Babbage, a Democrat, and a
brother-in-law to DIR. Taylor, Chairman
of the Democratic County Committee,
to the saline place. In Grayson he APP
pointed Ed. Thomas, both Commission
er and Trustee of the Jury Fund, he
having long been the Chairman Of the
Democratic County Committee. In
Ohio he appointed Mr.. Ed. Murrell,
another Democrat, to the same place.
In this county, Hancock, he appointed
Capt. Murray Brown, u Confederate
soldier and Democrat, to the same
place. He has uniformly appointed
Democrats AS Trustees of the Jury
Fund. These things are matters of
record and cannot be denied. Speak
ing of records reminds me of one that
Mr.. Little has made. He claims to
have clean record. Let us see. In
1875 Captain Bill Taylor was nominated
for the Legislature by the strongest
Democratic nomination ever given to
any man in Daviess county. At the
election Mr.. Little voted against him
and for Gus Philpot, whom the Repub-
licans supported with marked unanimi-
ty. Capt. Taylor was a Confederate
soldier, and was nominated for pOliti-
cal Office, and still we are referred to
Mr. Little's record.
OF Judge Stuart ON the Bench, have
to say that more unbiased and impair
tial Judge was never elevated to that
distinguished position Litigants in his
court are absolutely ON an equal footing
and the decisions are rendered without
regard to rank, fortune or any other
clanish distinction. In the courthouse
he is as entirely free from partisanship
as if he were deciding fictitious cases
between John Doe and Richard Roe.
He is totally uninfluenced by the zeal
of attorneys as by the characters Of the
parties, and stsnds isolated i'm the forum
of conscience.
This is nothing more than Justice to
the venerable man, who has been iden-
titled with us so long, and who has so
endeared himself to our people. His
ability is beyond all question, for he Is
universally recognized as one of the
best lawyers i'm the State. His record
Is a. good as that of the gentleman who
opposes him. Democrats in voting for
him are guilty of no infidelity to their
party, and they do no violence to the
most refined and delicately constructed
idea of Democracy. L am n Democrat,
and am for Judge Stuart--mOre, am
for him first, last, and all the Time
He Is the man for the place and the
people, irrespective of parties, and will
be elected ON the first Monday i'm Au-
gust. 80 TRUE BLUE.
May Is, 1880.