The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-05-21
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Tie following IS entitled 10 great
weight, coming as IL does from ihe
Sunday lI'eicoac, the leading, and
about the only pirely independent
paper In The State. Read Il closely :
The action of certain so-caIled in
d"rendent papers In trying TO force
politics into the canvass for judges Is
condemned hy all independent voters.
Politics, II y justly claimed, Should
never enter into the canvass, only the
fitness Of the candidates themselves
for the position sought should be con-
sidered; and as the independent pa
per il Is, the Sunday IFeicoae eschcws
politics and supports those, who in
its opinion, Is considered the best fi;-
ted for the bench.
For Supreme Court the Democrats
have placed the following candidates
IN the field J. X. Kelley, Of Mutt
nomah: +. T.. Prim, OF Jackson: Snd
John Burnett, nf Benton. And the
Republicans have nominated the I'll.
lowing far The same position: J. L.
Waldo, OF Nu!tnpnah 3; w. =. IoId,
OF Marion, and i. Il. Watson, OF
Jackson. or the Democratic nnmi-
nees, Hon. J. X. Kelley and lion. p.
course, outside Of few who were of.
Tended by decisions rendered against
them, has given unqualified saiisfic-
iion aud marked them as rer@ons
above bribery either by hulldozing,
threats or otherwise. One of the
best arguments FOR their cleciion Is
unconsciousiy put forth by the OreJo-
aiGn in its advocacy OF the eiccti IN
OF Judge Boise FOR the third judicial
district. Judge Boise is one Of The
judges Of the Supreme Court. aud in
participating in its proceedings, and
who jointly with either one or both
OF the other judges, reader decisions
in all eases brou Int before the court,
shau!d. we would think, merit equal
condemnation, provided the condein-
nation was just, with Judges Kelly
and Prim. But the Csegoaiaa sin
giles out the two DemocI attic members
for condemnation and stands IN for
the Republicans. Surely this Is con-
sistency with q vengeance and shows
what an independent newspaper it is.
II Judge Boise does not merit con-
demnation, neither do Judges Kelly
and Prim.
After thorongh canvass of the
candidates we will support, unless
more substantial reasons be adduced
than those brought forward by bull
dozers aud those differing in politics,
]. X. Kelly, =. P. Prim and w. u.
Lord, the first two Democrats, and
the latter Republican. Our REASONS,
we will, as the canvass progresses,
give at times more fully, but for the
present, we will only say that Judges
Kelly and Prim have maturer age,
experience and ability, aud Mr.. Lord,
the vitality and quickness of younger
years, combined with legal learning.
The first two are experienced in all
the different qualifications or posi-
tions which pre-emiHentIy fits them
for the Judiciary of this State as
their history is, to great extent, the
history of the State. This. OF itself,
is of the greatest possible advantage
in eases brought before the Supreme
Court, wherein personal knowledge
of the constitutional and legislative
history OF the State is required.
As to the changes brought forward
against Judge Kelly in the Patrick
cipher dispatches from this State in
the Presidential embodiment, no one
knowing him personally or by repu-
tation gives tho charges tho least con-
sideration. This is the better set
forth by the action of the United
States Senate when the matter was
about 20 be Investigated John Kelly,
then United States Senator from Or
egsn, made statement of the facts
in the premises, which by his coll
league, Senator Mitchell, and his fell
low Senators were accepted, where
upon the affair was dropped. It is
noticeable fact that his vilest enemies
are unable TO mako any charges
against him save this one.-IFel-
come.