The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-24
auPmEmE .OOURT SUDGEs- THE
aaAlM IN i LEA.

AHSAN WE - N-@s%A~s
As the State debt question has been
J ilnalH and forever settled, and the
dutieo developing upOu the chief exc
oulive OF the 81 ate f5r the next two
Year, will DO few and unimporint, the
+, Gubern atsIial election in November
will create but little enthusiasm, and
the nomination Of the Democratic
oandidate'wilE be Influenced to sgreat
degree By locality ard penonal popa-
larity. Bat the people Of each grand
division OF tho State are maniieslinR
a doep concern in regard TO the oltc.
ton Of Supreme Oelrt judges in the
August election. They eeem deter
termined to aolimiaate personal con-
siderationsinm tho canvass, and 10
nomipa!e and elect men, not beCause
Of their personal popularity or par
tiBan ieWlce, but because Of the be-
lief that they will dispatch the buai-
mess which hac accumulated in
the SRprems Court OF the State,
and thus heed the popular
demand ior reform. We have
Supreme Court, composed OF five
Judges, which has been supplemented
BY a'Oourt Of ,Ratoree; but still the
lawyers and the peoplo complain at
the delay inTendSring decisions when
case reaches the Supreme Court Of
the Slate. There Is something radi,
cahy wTongin the jurisprudence Ola
State when good al tizsnD are compelled
10 slumber on thor rights for years
because the'law furnishes no redress
Tor their grieEanSoI. tits said the laws
delay 10 the murtlerefs only hope Of
escape Gndis the cause OF lynch law,
and II is.not'straAge that good citizens
,ahould feel a contempt f0r the law
which deprivesitbem 'ol their rights
''until hope deieHe d'maketh the heart
Eiok." VerbOslty heem0 to bea chronic
disease In the Supreme Court Of Ten
hessse. The weak, washy and ever
lasting A,NoS' pOurs from the bench.
The people can stand a newspaper
scribbler violently attacked with the
seacostA~ scr,Sondi, but they cannot en-
-cu6e 1t In y Judge Of the supreme
,Court. The Supreme Court decisions
Of MissIsSippi and Tennessee for the
pact Ten years piled up together, II lie
said, produce most ditparaging con-
traEt. The Tel ,nessee reports tower
above the Missit uippi decisions in the
same proportion thGt the Himalayas
oveyphadow the | IdiRn mounds along
the banks OF the Mississippi river
The contents Of tn pse mountains aFd
molehllls will expl Vim the huge mgss-
iveneue a one aud the Emallneys Of
abe oAasr. The Mis- desippi decisions
are bris, pithy, tsne aud concise.
Tho mhD point is com pressed in few
words. The TENNESSEE decisions are
prolix, diGuslve, flStUlelt and dlscurs-
I've. The Mississippi Judges decide
haliA dozen cases in the space occu-
pledby one Of the dscisio MS rendered
byaka Tennsssee judges. The people
ol Tenneases want shorter and more
declsicnB-0aFe more ioi quality than
quantity. A reform is demanded.
The beat men are presenting them
selves as candidates for Supreme
Court bldges. The Hon. Benjamin
y. Lea vas in this city ON Monday,
aud Is 50 avowOd candidate before
the nominating convention. The
ARPEAL has no candidate, bat will
aim 20 30 justice 70 ali the aNpirauts,
in order 10 Gidthe convention In max
ing a NiBa selection. Judge Les Is 8
hard worker, rs is shown by the
pI0mplnesz with which he has pub.
lishsd bis reports containing the
elaborate decisions Of the SuprenAt
Court bis character aud his quSlia
cations would adorn che Supreme
Court bench. He has ably, honor
ably and eticisntly performed hi
duty IN every position in which h
has been placed. As citizen and
lawyer he stands like q Crag. firm anC
towering high. Fer Thirty years h
has been known to the people Q
Tenneeaee, and there is not a spo
upon bis bright record. PERSONAL!
he Is one Of the most enchanting o
men. The APrEAL has reason to be
lIeve that the candidacy OF B. J, Lee
win be popular with the people.