Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-10-28

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our fortunes, he who holds in his
LAnds the scales of justice wherein
are weighed the lives, the liberties,
the peace, the welfare Of the people,
should be non-p partisan judge; nay
should not be elected, because he be-
longs to one political party or another,
but rather his political tenacity and
intermejling should be to him q re-
proach and disqualification.
True, as rule, political parties in
our State and elsewhere nominate can
didates for the judgeship, and some
times, and often, show their wisdom
in the selection but frequently they
do not, and then the people rebel as
they should.
No intelligent and Independent peo-
pie anywhere will support a judge
merely for his political bias and con-
nection, and Just now we have nota-
Bile instance in the metropolis of our
State, where, however, parties in their
wisdom present for the suffrages Of
! the people for the high office Of Judge
men learned in the law, men of char
acter, men who have grown up in the
profession of the law and who should
stand among their brothers as the
| sturdy oaks in the forest, challenging
the admiration of all men-and such
| selections will be, as they ought to be,
approved by the people.
Now, what Rave the two parties in
this fourth judicial district who have
, nominated candidates for Judge done
in the wav of selecting suitable men
for the Office?
The republican party has present
ed two gentlemen for the Offices Of
chief and associate judges, repectivo-
Ily-Wm. j. Read and Edward Stake
The democratic party has presented
for the same Offices, R. HI. Alvey and
"A. X. SJester. The fret two are I'm
tried men the last two are tried men,
and upon their records Chat is, of the
last two) we propose just now to try
the question of their fitness to be
Judges for term of fifteen years fir ON
the first day of January next.
Fifteen years ago the people of this
district chose R. H. Alvey from
amongst the leading and rising men
of his profession to be their CHIEF
Judge. The wisdom of their ohoice
then ia evinced by the fact now, that
he stands as judge in the Court Of
Appeals and on the circuit an orna-
ment to the State, and the pride Of
his district. The failure Of the peo-
pie of this district to re.eleot him
would be to at once pronounce him
unfit for the Office and cast reproach
on him for the duties he has already
performed, and this, too, notwith-
standing the fact that his judicial fair
ness and the judicial manner in ths
delivery of his opinions in our own
hearing psrsorifes him as the upright
judge.
Now, as regards Mr.. Syeatsr. AT
an early age he was chosen member
of our legislature also to be the
States attorney of Washington Coun'
ty, and after that by the people Of
the State to be their attorney general
all Of which positions he filled accept
ably to the people, and the last named
with honor to himself and his State
To-day he stands at the front of the
bar, man of recognized abilities in
the law, and courteous gentleman
his intellect mature, eloquent in
speech, and generous in thought and
action. He is beloved by his friends
and admired by his acquaintances,
No filter man for the. oiiics of asso-
ciate Judge could have been chosen.
On the principle, then, that we all
act in the selection of The hest and
tbs fttest, Can an elector hesitate in
choosing between the candidates pre-
sented 10 him on the two tickets
Allegauy and Garrett counties will
not. CIvIs.
The iSUhddy LHao.
EcKHART, Oct, 10, 1882.