Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
NoN-PARTISAN JUDICIARY.

Kansas Farmer: "Col. A. M. Mack
ey, Of Topeka, who was one Of the
counsel for the state in the Botkin i'm
parchment trial, has written the fol-
lowing article in reply to recent odi-
torial In the Topeka Capital. As that
paper refused to publish the reply, it
has been handed to the Kansas Farmer
and other journals for publication:
"In two or three judicial districts Of Kansas
the republicans and democrats have united to
defeat the alliance candidates for judge. This
Il right. There is no danger 30 great to the
right and liberties Of the whole people ~ Q ju.
dicial of1cer elected to carry out some peculiar
fractional or partisan idea. The orators OF the
alliance party have not heeitated to encourage
the use of the courts TO defeat collections and
the foreclosure Of mortgages. II Is . grave
mistake to elect any man on the bench who be-
lieves in the revolutionary and anarchistic
schemes Of the alliance, and voters regardless
OF party, should combine to defeat thom."
The republican party now demands q
'nOn-partisan judiciary In the zenith
Of its power and glory in the past it al
ways nominated for judges partisan re-
publicans. Now In its time Of distress
it Ii willing to unite with its old-tIme
enemy, democracy, and nominate .
democrat, or even y mugwump, any
thing to beat an alliance candidate.
But what constitutes . bipartisan
judge? To be non-partiSan must he
have been nominated by the republi-
cans, democrats or peoples party, OF by
any two Of them jointly, and If so,
which one or two of themP
l have always thought that the way
to secure a non-partisan judiciary con-
sisted in retaining in Office judge (lr-
respective Of pOlitlcsl who had proven
himself to be an honest, upright and
learned man. This has been the prac-
tice for years with the judges of the
Court Of Appeals in Newly ok and 9TH
or states.
Following this excellent precedent,
the peoples party in this state have
renominated Judges Doster and Mich
olson, both upright, just and learned
mel, vino have heretofore filled their
judicial stations with honor to them.
selves and credit to the people who
elected them.
In this, as in other matters, We are
only too glad to show benighted repub-
licans and democrats the true way
out But you say republicans should
vote against them. 1t is because they
have said that they are In sympathy
with the uprising of the people against
the old parties.
Can it be, Mr.. Editor, that there are
In this state partisan howlers' az well
as calamity howlersY'
1t is treason to use the delays and
technicalities of the law to gain time
for the unfortunate debtor? Are ouI
courts to he run solely in the interest
of corporations and loan companies?
Do you want as judges lawyers, who
II they had lived in Shylock's time
would have been retained by him by the
year Is his attorneys to demand his
pound of hesh2
1t Christ should nov appear on earth
to give us new dispensatiOn and again
sweep the money changers Qua of thC
temple. there are some people who
would WANT him run in on the ground
that he was 'injuripg the credit Of thu
state, and they would again End theil
POntius Plate to condemn him.
The peoples party is dissatisfied will
the present administration of the law
We do think there is . change needed
We do think that Judiciary can be 50
cured WHO will not think it imperative
in order to'protect the credit OF thestate
to put strained and forced construction
upon acts of the legislature, In favor o.
corporations and money lenders.
1 Under our system, the powers Of gov
eminent are supposed to be vested II
three distinct branches: The executive