Nevada County picayune., 1886-08-11
c. E. Mitchell.

luu3p. III IOo- independent candidate for judge, and gave as bis excuse for rnnninE independent, that it was not a Po' ]itical office and that the man who filled judicial position should be as far from political preferences as was possible, And hence wb'Ie ne was d "true democrat,' Ill every sense of the word, he would not submit himself to political con yention. and thereby have his mlnd biased" for or against po'i'lcal parties. He also thought that a judge should not be an office seek CT. By this kind of argument he succeeded in procuring the votes of a great many good men, bot'l Democrats and Gre enbackers, and was elected.
 Now Mir. Editor, I have no per sonal war to wage against Judge Mitchell. but this is a country in which every citizen has right to express his sentiments and he ought to do so honestly, and as long as the Lord lets me live, l will be one of that number who endeavOrs to do so.
 1 submit to all fair minded men that jndicial position should be filled by a man who is as perfectly consistent in every thing as Is pos sihIe for q human being to be. For, they not only follow preced- ents in most instances, but in the very large scope of judicial dlscre, tion, they establish preccdents: and what manner of Judge wonll it be who would establish d just prece- dent and not follow it! Not such an one as republican government, and a civilized nation should have. And a man who is grossly lnron' sistent in public affairs would be sucl, a judge, for that IS a pnbll' position. :.
 Now, lets take mp Bro. MitchcFs record since he was true Dcm' crat @ and an independent candi'
 date for Judge, and see whether ol no. he has been inconsistent. Ot rather, whether he has ever been consistent, in a single instance, with what he preached.
 In 1882, he told us he ras a bet ter Democrat than his opponent Judge Smootc, and that hlS actions in the future would show it. Now, what has been his course? Wfe'h' CT he was a partisan or pot, ht managed to get a pretty good di' vide of negroes on the luries i'll the
 different counties, and any man with a particle of sense KNOWS that he did that for the purpose oI rousing the negro to the opp ,sitioi and to bind his claims more SC cnrely 10 the Republican party.ant not because he cared anything for the negro or his rights. And will tel the colorcd men that there never was a man who so zealon>l, fought the negro than did Judg, Mitchell when he was a Democrat and if he had meant what he said when he said he was Democrat and had intended to cast his To with the Democratic party he nev er would have had Il jury cOmmls sion who would have put negroe, upon the jury. Then Was henot a partisan in office! Did he not ap point Capt. W. R. White, then ih, Democratic nominee for clerk, | jury commissioner because he knew that he would not put ne .rocs upon the jury, and would thereby make them solid for the opposition! Oh! whata true Dem ocrat! Certainly he wa1 not q par. iisan in office (0, and Il judge should never be. Oh! consistency lhou art a ''Son of a gum"
 fla judge in 1882 shOnld be free of the ''biaa" that the nomination by a political party would create why is it that a judge in 1886 needs that bias ?' guess Mitchrl thinks that biased Republican is better than a ''tru" Democrat" But the people think different. They know that Mitchell is fishing for office as :he has always been, and he has worn the "independenp' dodge threadbare running for con sress, so he had to take the thing straight, and although Mir. Mitchel said he would never go with 'rads, he has swallowed the whole "busi- ness," and as he stands shoulder to shoulder with the recOns,rnc- tionists, reckon he will quit 'cuss ing the Democratic party for sup porting Joe Brooks.
 No, judge, yOu had the judge ship once. and would have been judge to-day had not your own personal aspirations, O.ether with the influence the radicals wielded over you, prompted you to resign and go "go mp higher" And as yOu have got mp there, Judge, the people will let you stay.
 In conclusion, 1 want to say that the Judge has been very con sistent @ in one matter, and that is, he has never been an office. seeker @. Of cOuIsc he ran for congress two or three times a year, but that don't count.
 Now, watch the leading Green