Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-07-02

To the Electors of the 18th Judi
cial District, Penn'a., Compos-
ed of the Counties of Butler and
Lawrence.
At the solicitation of many friends
of all political parties, in both counties
of the district, | offer myself as can
didate for reelection to the place now
hold.
| have always during my term on
the bench, earnestly, faithfully, and
honestly tried to do right toward all
men, as far as | could see and know
the right, and this will ever be my aim
and effort.
A careful and just administration OF
the claws of the land' as far as L could
learn, interpret and understand them,
bv diligent and continuous application,
research and study, has been my sole
desire and ambition while on the Bench;
ever mindful and conscious of the fact
also that in every official act am OATH
bound.
Had | been treated with common
fairness and decency when a candidate
for the nomination at the late Repup'
lican primary election and been defeat
ed by an unpreiudi' ed expression OF the
Republican electors, would have will
ingly retired from the great RESPONSE
bilities. vexations and burdens OF the
judicial Office. But the base slanders,
misreprese ltations and falsehoods
heaped upon me by paper purportlng
to be one of the Republican party or
gans, and by a few malicious enemies,
prompted by private and personal grlev-
ances, going up and down the district,
self-respect and consideration tor my
relatives and friends, and conscious
knowledge of the rectitude of my prl-
vate life, and of the honesty, integrity
and fidelity of every official act of my
tie IN and services on the Bench, lead
me to yield to the earnestly expressed
wishes of many friends of all political
parties and of both counties and impels
me to appeal to the impartial and un-
preiudiced judgment of all the electors
of the district for justice.
most emphatically say to all cleo
tors and citizens of the two counties
interested that there is not one word OF
truth in all the base calumnies circulat-
ed against me, and | pronounce the
oliginators and circulators thereof vile
and malicious slanderers.
blind yanIItInQl
tisan, it is true, yet haye been Re-
publican from the organization OF the
party, and supporter of all its essen
tial and distinctive principles, by con-
tributions and humble personal lnfiu-
ence, but in non-essentials and in local
issues | have always claimed and ex-
ercised liberty.
During my whole life, professional
and judicial, | have never taken brlbes,
sold justice or myself, wrecked banks
or other mems fortunes, committed pur-
jury, betrayed either public or private
trusts, or squandered in speculation
poor peoples livings, or stolen farms, or
spent in any way the money of any one
did not honestly earn or could notrepay.
l have always thought and felt that
judges and jurors, who hive to deal
with the lives and liberties, rights and
possessions of men should be especially
free from all such sins and crimes, as we'll
as free from all local, political, partisan
or sectaran influences or prejudices.
And in the formation of judicial dis
trlcts by the legislature, | have always
thought that there should be no politl-
cal partyism shown or dishonest gerry
Wandering, so as to utilize party ma
jorities in favor of aspiring political
ringsters or partisans, who were with
out much higher or better qualifications
than fedlty TO partq to aid them to Ju-
dicial places. responsibilities and honors.
The remedy, however, for all evils Of
this kind, and where they exist, is
within the easy reach and control of
the honest and intelligent electors Of
of all such judicial districts.
On account of the false, unjust and
malicious charges enumerated, that
were urged against me at the primary
election referred to, and circulated and
pressed upon the electors at the eleventh
hour, when their refutation was impos
sibIe, my friends join me in declaring
that | am not bound by the result OF
that election, but that | should, as |
now do, submit myself as candidate
to the consideration of the honest, just
and intelligent electors of the district,
free from political, partisan, or secta-
rian partiality or prejudice.
Z. McJ UNKIN,
President Judge 18th Judicial District.