Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-09

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more fitted to be Judge than last years
calf. He is a cripple, and born crank.
The editor of this paper has known him to
DO things that would be inexcusable in an
idiot He has not the sense that the law al
lows a pensioner, and if he persists in his
arbitrary and erratc course, the Truth
will be compelled to tell what it knows
about him and his. Judge Thomas Is Grip
pie: he is a crank: we have heard him make
rulings that wouldn't stand IN justice court;
and while we believe that John Henry Or
rick is scoundrel and ought to be hung on
general principles, we know that the rulings
of Judge Thomas in the case were arbitrary
and unjust. Just like every cripple he
(Thomas) is irritable and he permitted his
crankiness and his pettishness in this Or
rick Case to run ahead of the law. We will
not charge that Mr.. Thomas wa nted to bulld
himself a reputation out of this case, out we
| do say that he demeaned himself during the
| trial of the case, just as we would expect an
afflicted person to do. His rulings were
anything but fair, his attendance at court
was not regular, and his demeanor while
there was the demeanor of a teething child
| Truth.
The above TRADE is so uncalled for,
and so far beyond the bounds of just
ice, that we cannot ignore it. Judge
Thomas was born in this county, and
has passed his entire life in this judi
cial circuit. He has been in number
of political campaigns, as candidate,
and has gone through them all with
out reflection upon his honesty or
moral worth. He was for many years
the Judge of this circuit, and conduct
ed himself so well in his high office as
to win and deserve the good opinion
of all. Very few of his decisions have
been reversed, because he knew the
law and had the firmness to declare it.
We have observed him closely, and
can say we never knew him to carry
his private feelings on the bench, or
to allow them in any degree to swerve
him in the declaration of the law.
During the long, tedious and weari-
some trial of Orrick, the patience OF
Judge Thomas was tri ed beyond en-.
durance; for-we say it with respect
and goodwill to all the counsel en-
gagged in the case-the legion of tech
nical points raised were not always
discussed with urbanity and Chester
fieldian politeness. But, wishing, as
we presume, to leave the circuit bench
with the kind wishes of all, he exer-
cised more leniency than should be
demanded of any mortal. We were
present a portion of the time consumed
by the trial, and the Judges forbear-
ance and patience were not, to lay.
man. the least noticeable feature OF
the proceedings. With the evidence
in the Orrick case we have nothing to
do-that came within the province OF
the Jury, and they have passed upon
it. That Judge Thomas rulings were
arbitrary and unjust, we deny most
emphatically. If further refutation
were needed, the decision of Judges
McFarlane and CAN'T in passing upon
the fairness of his rulings in this case
would be sufficient to satisfy any un
nreiudiced mind. The balance of the
above screed seems to be largely devot
ed to arraigning Judge Thomas fol
being cripple. We feel that it is un
necessary to answer such an attack
We can add, however, that the in
trinity of Judge Thomas is confined
to his legs. His head, which, we taxi
it, is the main thing in Judge, is al
WAYS clear as whistle, and gives NJ
token of the cruel infirmity which
makes him to halt only when Oft tn
bench.