Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-12-30
AN UNJUST JUDGE.
The Verdict of a Noted Washington
Lawyer
Upon the Man Who Presided at
0'DonnsII's Trial..
Why Frank Hurd Refused Two
Chairmanships.
M0rrison as a Presidential Posi-
biIity.
Svectd % ire Register.

no Judge has any right to do.
ain some States the usage is for Judges to
.,;o,.o o,,;r;o, ~, o,,, oueetion of
tHu'"'eo Nv 0f'''0', '
iSC'' IL SUM "' -
perhaps Soi'e'n1ns VI 'A'.t op'n'oD 90 w
tscls out Always Win tue INSTINCT in''' ~
ton to the jury that II IS their DUTY b
decide what is proved. aud what is not
,,roroS er5 70 draw all conclpsions of fact
,a,,oolhr
from 'ue e''ueACe' ""oi'9 ~
any impression tie Judge may have re-
ra;,,;t AMI liz 4, mt understand
s"tN"e 49, ;,
TO have been done IN y Donhells case IL
seems to me strange that the case was
bastened on so r.pjdIv. and [ cannot help
.T': ,' ,-;,,,,,,t a,,n s,J;nar.tinr -
'u.nNi'-s' "''"o"' C"e c''I oe'"'iC'
Mr.. converse oil OAlo, nus Saiu tha' ho
Judge ever charged jury more Imparudily
lhun Judge Lawrence. yet no man was
clearer in summing up evidence.
Tue Comptroller, when Oh the bench like
j,rr,ie lesroI 10 The side of mercy in Grim
:., .h;,b,-, iou of,icer NJ tho
1ai I"ses s. Wv ,,ysysr b;s rrsr
;,''Si-; - ,he ',niI;c C-,b However has
-. no lava nf tha Me ias
~ Inhhprv
"ii. 49, toll
pIHL"S US IA ~ ~, So, W. stsnT. gnard
lu.5, ~ - - suard Nv
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M ON" Hhn'
4 man Of record is this Comptroller.
p,rr of ", paosert jefferson countv he
49,. ,f'r,,,,.h Era,,tI,, CoiIeye win the
Sono-s 81 e. ciasS ,,rsdTatsS at the ON.
cinnati law school in 1910, was five wears
~ ,Ta To,,;sIstTro TO-, vs.r. in Cororess
and tweive vears = imics. lie was on the
C1mr,;t,ae IN Hevision of the Laws when
The Feyised Statues were considered and
adopted, after he had done much to put
them in shaoe He is the author OF III ost
ii the provisions converting the office OF
ATTORNEY General into department. Is
teamed for his ability by Lincoln. who
offered him district indgehip, by Seward
Chese Sumner + r. Wsshburne. LYMAN
Trnn,bnII and William NJ Eyarts.
An"'"er "h'" ''""'
Frank Hurd was first choice for chair
man of the Judiciary Committee. The
Speaker was SURPRISED at the mans mod
esly iare in these days, when the oLfer
was not only declined but met with re-
quest 10 be excused from all service on the
committee. The Committee on EXpendi.
next sugGe ted to liurd by the Speaker,
with the remark that 1t would be very busy
uu!IIE IL ..,r,, ''"' -.
lion
Ask me why this man who made repu-
tation N Congress rs soon As he opened his
mouth, didn't take either OF these Char
manshlps. Well, it was because he wants
to give all his time, thought and study 70
the tariff. This subject said Mr.. H1rd
20 me, sis enough for man who has sin
Cereiy at heart the best interests OF ms
country. lCouJdinOt do justice to thework
OF the Judiciary Committee, Il gave any
time to tariff matters. ! know what seVice
on The Judiciary requires. | was on the
committee years $50.
Carllsie's elevation to the Speakership
makes Hurd the first lawyer on the floor OF
the House. he lives quietly ana unOsten-
tat.ously at WCrmleyS, in tue midst OF Jaw
houks, papers, and works ON political econ
Omy.
John A. Mcmahon, Of Dayton, who was
Hurd's colleague in the Forty fourth Con.
gresS, never liked him mucI more than a
mOther,iu-!aw loves her d tugutrrs nus
band, probably, think, because Mcmahon
was soft money man and liurd a mono
metallist, and 1t may POSSIBLY be that there
"
IN the House ana his appointment on the
Judiciary Committee.
IN, Hama C,,,,,,.to.s
r,o Sona,o- u,ho .oro mo bo liz, NJ com.
,,,;,,oao so;a % mo ros,ora.r. az was
,.a,y Sar WOW, in some n,sces and ersctiv
ri..Ir in oth%r nIaIes Far Instance, I put
Uurd Of the head Of the Judiciary Co u
mice So did the Sneaker. but Uur5 de-
Ni,,;H,,. 80 S,,sstnr M, him frst nut
a.. -, Eoroi,,p A trsirs. en- al tho S,eatar
80 80 "a 80 So iii ~ ioSt 49,
an Sin' nHu mn 80, -, a"0 ~
In"t - iiIT tao' , 10y V"r h,,. ~ al
t ne suouIu nH IL ipoo.,,,. oaS 80 .
tnv ao - to, mo rsnn,e.inn brsiness
ut.' me- "S .ut o. o,,,a,, ',E,a, -
go, no, jar;.fo,;np srI ,T bar;n- cba;r'
S ~ 49, y; oo,,rSe h. con- 10 j. NJ Gov
LnaIS S, VI y; ,I,is - 40 on Esvai
St 60; uS'' ,h n0'S So uo,.IJ Ssve ., Fn,sign
asa;rS -
mWbat about RoImonta"
az ,b;nE of vonnr Belmon, very mucb
rr,,a. " EIain, tb;SLs ~ him His shot
service in the House didn't entitle him to
,rythipg, TO tell the truth. Ii Belmont
were moi the son Of his father | can't help
,hinkinp that the Speaker, with profound
respect for MIN, would have passed him by.
ah;ect IN recoppizing members when
their service does not warrant recognition. +"
uo,.,.on,s Hama
, - 80 :,. $40,
Mr.. DIaIhe sH'U nc 'o'Ai WIZ
made for Morrison, What IS thought o;
this, and let me ask what Is thought Of
Morrison? How does he stand among the
Senator's"
MI Blame, tn'hs C neVe. Sa s any sur, "a
thing. know Mr. CsFIsle 100 wen 70
think ne iashloAeu Tue cohmI''ees tor
any purpose save t9e sopo Oh .ns peopi;;f
iet tIaI GU ~, 49, So IN Mn1.;aon Mo,r;.on
ne mao msde tnem ior Ao t S Morr aH1u
mas never naG asuPt,tG. ,0t - iOn ara ba !:
Sesi,ns; ne pU''t ~ a. VI oUe.s;onsbis
Tut nc - nO' 80 ~ 90 an sdvsn.
t tas u W. a. sstaar, him h;sbiy in the senate
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