The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-08-21
Circuit Court Committee.


ton at Portsmouth, which nomi-
mated three Circuit Judge candi
dates. a Cilcuit Court Committee
was also appointed, consisting of
one member from each county.
1t is reasonable to suppose that
this committee, ike our Congress
sionai and Common Pleas Dis
trict committees, is invested with
authority only to determine time
and place Of holding subsequent
conventions and other incidental
details connected with future
conventions, assisting, if they
can, the regularly constituted Or
gauization of the Democratic
party, holding relation through
county committees with the Ma
tional and State on the one side,
and club and township organiza
tions on the other. But from
some correspondence We have
been shown: it appears that this
incidental Circuit Court commit
tee are aspiring to displace the
regular organization and take
the campaign of the Circuit
Court Judges upon themselves,
ignoring the county committees,
and running a little side show of
their own.
Ii the Circuit Court committee
can be useful to the campaign of
the Circuit Court candidates, it
can only be serviceable in work
ing under the direction of the
legitimately organized county
committees. An attempt to run
a Bookwalter scheme, an inde-
pendent method, invites defeat
to candidates who have no dead
sure thing of an election in this
district.
Our county committee will
take care of every man on the
ticket. Our county committee
will see TO it that in the meetings
held the candidates for Judges
will be properly endorsed to the
Democracy. Our county com
mittee will see to it that the
names of all the Judges are on
every ticket. Our county COM
mittee will provide for all the le-
gitimate expenses in securing the
full vote for every Circuit Court
candidate. That is, they will do |
this unless supplanted by acqui-
escence of the Circuit Court can
didates, by an interloping, med
linn Circuit Court committee.
If the candidates for Circuit
Court Judges prefer to turn over
their campaign to this unusual
Circuit Court committee. it is re-
asonable to suppose that the
tickets, and the ordinary cam
paign work in this particular will
be attended to by the Circuit
committee, and not be expected
from ignored county committees.
Candidates for the Judiciary
are not expected to mix in poll
tics, but they are supposed TO be
men of sense, and cur candidates,
Democrats, anxious for party
success. If the Circuit Court
runs an independent
campaign, why not our Congress
sional committee, our State. Sen
atorial. and our Common Pleas
do the samee
The idea is ridiculous, and will
not be tolerated by the Demo
,rotic party organization that
proposes to work for the election
Of every man on its ticket from
The President through all grades,
Circuit Judges included, down to
the nominee for Infirmary Di-
rector.
If the Circuit Court committee
ignores our county committee, it
IS reasonable to suppose that ou:
county committee will ignore the
Circuit Court committee candi-
lates. In that event a lesson
might be learned that the Demo
cratic party is greater than any
Of its candidates, and that insur-
rectionary schemes will be op-
posed and crushed by organized
following respected and
ed party methods.