The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
THE POLITICAL CANVASS
Il Discloses a Peculiar Fact Relating to
the Appellate Court Districts.
Another Error of the Late Legislature-Many
Candidates for Vacancies in the Field
The Judicial Districts.

The ante-conventlon political canvass
on each side has disclosed o peculiar fact
in the composition of the Appellate Court
districts. 1t was the intention in the d.
vision of the State into five districts for
the Appellate Court to follow the divisions
for the Supreme Court but by some means
Vigo county, which belongs in the latter
division to the Third district. was put In
the First district for the Appellate Court
division. 1t was probably such an error as
the celebrated one leaving Gibson county
out In the gerrymander act. which the au-
tocratic lawmaker, Claude Matthews.
Secretary of State, sought. without
authority. to rectify. The only eff
feet of the mistake is to make
some confusion In nominating can
didates for tbs judiciary. Judgeship
DOmi natlons are ID much luggied as any
others. and now that there are two higher
courts with vacancies. y candidate dlsap-
pointed in his supreme Court aspirations.
may compromise with defeat by standing
for an Appellate judgeshiD. If the districts
for the two courts are identical. nothing
But the Vigo county candidate Is some
what restricted. 1t happens that Judge
McNutt. of Vigo, is . candidate for the
Supreme Bench before the Democratic con-
ventiOn in the Third judicial district IL
he should fail in that aspiration. and
should want TO make q trial for the APP
pellate nomination. he must compete with
candidates of tho First district The change
might be the cause of defent. 1t is proba-
BILE vigo county will. at the next General
pellate district.
The Democratic Appellate candidates, SO
far as heard from. for the Appellate Bench
are Judge Reinhard. the present incumbent
sv~A L. n Nf Inhn md
b. III. Burrell. of Jackson. in the Second;
Allen Page, of Franklin, and A. w.
Reynolds. of White. in the Third; o. T.
Lotto. OF Delaware. Robert Lowry. of Fort
Thomas Ellison. of Lagrange. in the Fourth.
and William Ross of Cass. and Judge Bur-
son. of Winamac. in the Fifth.
Judge Reynolds is in the city in the in
terests of bis canvass. He registered at
the Grand, where that popular and astute
politician Colonel Rice hangs out. Candi-
dates find it convenient when seeking
Democratic favor to give attention to the
The candidates for the Supreme Bench
of Judge Elliott, IS by expiration of
term. The Democratic asplrants are
Judge New. at present on the Appellate
Bench in the Second district: Judge Nc
Mutt. of Tore Haute, in tho Third district,
also Judge McCabe. of Warren county.
Judge Carroll of BIackford county, is men,
toned for the Fourth district nomination.
Senator L. L. Howard, of st. Joseph. au-
thor of the Tax law, and Thomas A. w Gods.
OF Lake county. are seeking the Fifth dis
trlct nomination.
These districts are so arranged" said
Colonel Rice, las to make the court sure to
have three Democratic judges"
There Is always an absolute certainty
about that in Democratic legislation, but
Colonel Rice should be commended for his
frankness
The judicial districts for the Supreme
Court are as follows:
Flrst-Monroe. Owen. Clay. Parke. Nor
gan. Sullivan. Greene. Knox, Daviess, Mar
tin. Dubois. Pike Gibson. Posey. Wander
burg. Warrick. Spencer. Perry. Orange.
SecOnd-OhlO. Rush. Switzerland, Dear
born. Shelby. Brown. Lawrence. Crawford,
Harrison, Floyd, Clark, Scott. Jefferson,
Washington. Jennings.
Third-TippecanOe.J johnson. White. War
rem, Fountain. MOntgOmero. Clinton,
Boone, Upton. Hamilton. Marion. Vermil-
lion. Putnam, Hendricks. VIgo.
Fourth-Allen. Whitley, Huntington,
Wells, Adams, Grant, Blackboard, Jay. Del
aware. Randolph. Howard, Madison. Han
cock, Henry. Wayne, Fayette. Union.
Fifth"Lake. Benton, Porter. LaPorte.
81. Joseph. Elkhart Kosciusko. Marshall.
Wabash. Miami. Cass, Carroll. Lagrange.
Steuben. DeKalb. Noble.
The Appellate disrricts. except for the
change noted above as to Vlg0 county, are
the same.
Not Amer Congressional Honors.
Hon. Charles II. Griffin has been in the