The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-09

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Ing the fact that the receipt Of the
news Of the defeat Of Judge Prescott,
Tor denomination 70 the Office Of Judge
Of the District Court vas received in
eailna with great regret. The Judge
has long and honorably presided in
The courts Of this District, and there
is not q resident probably 90 weIl and
iavOrably known IL every county Of
The district as he. He has now dIled
the Office for three full terms, and a
portion ofa fourth term, and trick
In the convention. only prevents him
from holding lbs Office still another
term. tits seldom that 3 public man
b foand Wh0 has served eOntinuousIy
in once for 20 many years, aud yet st
The eloes Of hls public service enjoys
the sstaem and popularity which ls
aOoordsd % Judge Prescott. We verify
believe that The regrets We hear Of
fum eitigsns of the various eoansiss
81 The District are of faP mere value 20
the Judge than nomination and
election 70 the o6iss could have pos
SHY been. Ths Judge yislds Up
gIaosnulIy the ladicial ermlne, salts
1ed thst e is % beWurn fog four years
H 8 most worthy and honorable man
IL ths psrSon Of Mr.. Hlnds, who viii
Be as much Of q terror to the Law
breakers ss Judge Prescstt himself
has been. We are glad to know that
MF. Kinds sustains an excellent rep
utation at home and ls most heartily
endored b. his felloW-citisens-wIth-
Out regard to party.
Now q word with reference 70 the
Judicial Convention held last Thurs |
day, and Ga proceedings. Prior to |
the convention n. L. Pestana, ofRus- |
sell; n. P. Simpson Of AcPheFson
8. o. Kinds, Of Lincoln, and ]. h.
Preso0tt, Of Saline, had been an
nOuncsd as candidates for this high
and honorable oface.S. The situation
with reference 20 prospects" was
about as follows: Mr.. Simpson had
7 delegates elected In his favor from
his county, Judge Prescott delegates
from Saline, Mr.. Kinds delegates
from Lincoln with Judge Prescott as
second choice, Mr.. Pestana 2 dele
gates from Russell Twelve delegates
was q majority In the Convention.
Ellsworth county had no candidate.
A battle was fought for the delegates
from that county between Messrs.
Prescott and Pestana, and Judge Pres
colt won by very decisive majority.
Thus with Sallne's s delegates and
EIlswOrth's delegates, Judge Pres
colt was within one Of nomination.
There had been rumoFs and threats
from the Simpson men, who saw that
the nomination Of their man was i'm
that they were bent upon
beating Prescott and Saline county"
It was Afterwards reported that Mr.
simpson had no such feeling on his
part, and that lie Eas desirous Of
prolongation Of the good feeling
which seemed Of late to have pre-
rallied between Saline and Mcpherson
'ounties. Well, convention day came.
The convention was organized in the
Isual form. The list Of delegates was .
Irrangod 30 that Mcpherson was last. .
MI the candidates Except Pestana. !
Mr.. Simpson, were pre-
ented with the usual eOmmendatory "
peeches. Lincoln voted for Mr..
4inds, Russell the same way (which :.
{ course caused some surHrIsel Saline "
pr Judge Prescott, Ellsworth the :,
anne way, and last Mcpherson for =
ir Hinds-whlch nominated him, y
nth two votes to spare. or course Il :
'as complete surprise TO the Pres
Ott men. Mr.. Kinds and his friends -
'ere just as much surprised-having a.
I'd no lntlmation Of the intantiOn OF -
le Mcpherson and Russell men. =
he convention, after the appoint :.
leut Of the usual Central Committee. - -
roke 40, but not before the delegates W
ID assured Mr.. Kinds Of the hearty A.
I'd earnest support Of himself, not On
lly BY delegates themselves but by %,
leiF respective constituencies. We IN
adeStand that the MePherson dele
ltee state and that Mr.. Simpson him
u claims that be was the author Of m
is really sharp but questionable trick tb
throwing the support Of the dele
Ites ofMePheFson and Russell to Mt. -
lnds. We are reliably informed
1m various sources that this act Is d,
no means Endorsed by the people Of a.
cPherson county that large ma
rity Of our nelghbors are notin SYM w
thy with Mr.. simpson and his al
: In their move to stir up & polite
strife between the counties that as KI
natter Of fact Judge Prescott was
lch more preferred for Judge In W,
It county than was Nj. Simpson ,,1
d thas u this was not so, Judge I
eseOtt was at least the second OPT
Oiee Of the county. II is the opin- q
Of q number Of good men Of Ne +
srsOn county (sOme Of whom are W.
. Simpsons fFiends) that this I
We will dispose Of the latter gentle W5
n as candidate for the near fu-
., and that the worst used up man 8
this political wrangle which he Del
ught about himself ls the Hon. 7
tthew P. simpson. As far as frOr
Ice Prescott Is concerned he ls still @
he best Of repnte throughout the inSs
trict, and can retire with as mauy inst
rels as II he had won In this con j.
. whe
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