The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-10-28
A JUDGES rRIoKERY.

Ficte OF DIRTY Political Work UuHf
for Judge Prnctisod by i. -. storm,
Mickey Cassidy and Boss" Hnrrity
Decided their own way.
We take this published account of
the Judiciary from the state admins
tration Philadelphia Times.
Judge Simonton Tuesday disposed of
all the cases involving the right of
Judicial candidates 20 places on re-
gular tickets, presented for his con.
sideration The first one argued was
that resulting from the fling Of obiec-
tions to the certificate of nomination
of Allen Craig, Of Carbon county, as a
candidate for Judge in the Carbon.
Monroe district In them it was con.
tended that he had not been nomi.
mated according TO the usages Of the
Democratic party, and Michael Cassidy
chairman Of the Democratic committee
of Carbon county, was put on the wit
ness stand by council for Mr.. Storm to
prove the customs of that organization
with regard to the selection of candi-
dates for Judge in the district.
MIR. Sharkey, Of Mauch Chunk, testi
fled in the interest Of Allen Craig. He
stated that after several meetings
of conferrees from both the counties
in the district, the effort to select a
candidate by the method was aband-
oned
EX Deputy Attorney General Snod-
grass, who represented Mr.. Craig. made
the best argument possible in the
light Of the opinion of Judge Simonton
that candidates nominated in but one
county in district comprising two
counties were not entitled to a place
on the regular ticket of their party
About all he could say was that the
Secretary of the Commonwealth
should refuse to file the certificates of
Mr.. Storm and Mr.. Craig because they
were "manifestly defective"
Lyman D. Gilbert represented the
objections to Mr.. Craig and had plain
sailing, because the latter had failed
to file objections to the certificate of
his Democratic Judicial rival
Soon after the close of the argument
Judge ,simonton decided against the
validity of Mr. Craig's certificate of
nomination.
Counsel for the Fusion party of
Allegheny county, which bad placed
on its ticket the names of Judge White
and Ewing, having amended the afh
davit attached to the nomination
papers filed in the Office of the Secre-
tarY of the Commonwealth, it was pre-
sented to the Dauphin County Court
tuesday In view of these notifications,
the Secretary of the commonwealth
that evening ordered an official ballot
to be made out for the Fusion party,
with the names of Judges White and
Ewing on it.
The name of Mr.. Downey, of Greene
county, will go on the Republican
ticket in Fayette and Greene counties
by nomination papers only.
As no objections were filed to the
certificate of nomination of Edward
Campbell, the Prohibition candidate
for Judge in the Eayette-G Greene dis
trict, the determination formed at the
State Department Tuesday night not
to place his name on the regular party
ticket was recOnsidered, and
favorable action was taken on
his certificate of nomination, although
it was regarded as not harmouiziug
with the law.
Similar action was taken with regard
to the certificate of nomination of
Storm, Mr. Craig will have to make the
race IN the district on nomination
papers.
Mr.. Storm was alone certified as the
regular Democratic candidate to the
Sheritfs and Prothonotaries Of Carbon
and Monroe counties, despite the fact
that Mr.. Craig filed a protest Tuesday
evening against the recognition of his
opponents certificate of nomination
based on Judge Simontons opinion in
the Mestrezat-Inghram case. In this
protest it is asserted that the evidence
taken shows that Mr., Storm was
nominated only in one county, and
therefore not entitled to place on the
regular Democratic ticket.
The protest concludes: "The priuci
pla decided by the Court, it is submit
ted, will apply to all certificates of
nomination which upon their face do
not appear to have been made by the
party representing the entire electoral
| district and that in making up his Off
cial ballots the Secretary will be gov
erned by the ruling of the Court in
similar cases whether formal object
ons ha We been made to the certificate
/ or mott
Secretary HarritY bases his action in
! placing Mr., Storms name ON the regu-
/ lar ticket on the provision in the Baker
/ law providing that "All nomination
| certificates and papers which have
/ been filed shall be deemed valid unless
| objections thereto are duly made in
| writing and filed in the Court of
/ Common Pleas in the county in which
the certificate or paper objected to
has been filed.
The remarks OF Mr. Snodgrass, Mr..
/ Craig's counsel, declaring the duty of
! the Secretary of the commonwealth to
refuse to recognize certificates of
nomination which are not in com
pliauCe with the law, was inspired by
the provision i'm the Baker law: at
shall be the duty OF officers to whom
any nomination certificate or paper is
brought for the purpose of filing to
examine the said certificate or paper.
and if it lack sufficient signatures or be
otherwise mauifesJiy defective it shall
not be filed