The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-11-01
A Warming.
The State.

.,,he annroaching session OF the .Legisa,.
80 inSoes " i'm be elected for majority OF
onr judicial circuits. and 1t Is fuil une lot a
consideration Of the issue Whlcn hust oe
met sI' ~ ~ the incumbents. we believe Will be
candidates for reelection. and all OF mem
ore Torthy OF reelection. Under norma
eooetons 6es sneTs Se retupeed pe Do to his
Willie the elective system has prevaileo
IN snnth Carolina for the selection OF Judges,
the practice of the people mas nr0 mlaue ;,dee ne
NJ honesty and ability should be reained on
The bench. AS the result or THIS practlce. Z.
honorable TO the people ana Sad for To manv
S,sars ;ndiciary Of which she has been Justly
Seand Her Judges have not been In politics
ppnG have not been subservant TO the Wnlms
or Of the moment WeSons tvs fear
5ne1I snr assured that for It's faithful perform
ance they would not suffer.
The value of such system 70 tne State @ mas y,
,eeas neen y,esrshas been fully recognized by all
the people. Even the negro kePuolieahs IN III
the legislature have aprecla!eo tne uSsi.n t
bility or pure and lnoepenueus, ~ Juu nor tSe
anu m,nc-e uSre tic incumbents at each quadrennia
elgt'iun r. iTemains for Governor Tillman to me me
the systsm, Wn1ch Of ntf the laws Soon
pSser hs catered office and began TO put lostG or
nnconstttutional schemes. he deciarea ina ma,
we needed "a Tillmss asaumed Snaicto'Sb to be bet
snr indoe of the law than trained ana aoie
iewyers who sat on the bench. HIS maniIest ~
HisS 70 sweep away all legal OBSTRUCTION 20
his despotic WILL ana de n.s stee cases n his favo
yerS infinenced by enmtty TO MIN ana te
..Reform", has had its effect. me organs ,so, o
his faction have reiterated the sIanuer tua' a.
nnr Judges are partisan and must ne retlreu
ou oud stimulated various cheap aud shabby
iaWvers 10 seek TO displace some OF lhe oes
men on the bench. At, ,,s,o soor
tohe made In the legislature. Is 10 nave
Siatinct understanding Of It's meaning. Inc
scbsme to retire faithful judges because 1nHI Mis;
have not been subservient TO Governor III
~ warnine to the judges now in office O
hearafter TO be chosen that IN oraeI =
hold their seats they must sacr,mce tur,
Judgment and peryTsiIlf TilmaH 1aw aqu or iegsiatis,
majority shall so will II. , o,o,ns
There could not be conspiracy agslns
our system OF governthbein' Cove tbis' To TO destroy tn,
inSependenoe S of the judiciary is a high crime
against the people. formulation, y, O grain q
dust for the charges mage s sa1ebt the remed,
shonIS he found in impeachment. II an!
Judge on our bench has given even c9ior Y, "
The suspiclon that has perverted ane ,,o law o.
DEGRADED the COuSOiLutiOus =,
or malicious in his decisions. ne snouia ,,u ns
impeached. The men who propose 10 lstil 8
these Judges by election ere IN sontIoi ~
h,th the House and the Senate. and nave tn'
nower To remove them by impeachlng Lnen,
Rnt n they do not attempt this II tney Iai
n hiring their case to q constitutional ira
in which themselves shall be both accusers
aod Iudges they will confess tne' mlsera1I'
motive which influences them-,the desir'
to dIsplace. without hearing, judges Wnos'
decisions are displeasing to our new 9espo!
ism, INIT against whose integrity ana co"
netencv no open charge dare be brongnt
II will be we'll for Governor Illlman ahe
his ,ettors in the proposed rape OF tn
judiciary TO recall the past Inc ~uiu1 ~NG G,
Of South Carolina were patlent ana p1ncane paioe
desnl:e their many wrongs until tne haoisa
I,egIsiature attempted to suoVert tne lnue,
pendence and sully the purity Oh tne jSo, jo,
cIary but when that attempt was maoe u .ues
rose in wrath and drove from power I'M, Ims m,en !,
who had 80 abused It, Governor Iilinian
might With propriety consider tne parc usel es 81
in thai revolt by his predecessor IN oitice
d. II. Chamberlain. The motlVe ioI cotI
nassing the defeat OF our marx Judges !
not whit more honorable or repuI aolS ,,t tnal y
That which Influenced the election Oh wnlI
ner and Moses, and the State and the couu
I've could regard with much cnmpiacenc!
The perpetration Of as great a pollilcal oIu.,
Oar "a this by Governor Tillmap and his agent
hnt II ia one blunder that, for the honor anc
welfare OF South Carolina. we Wouio aver
That is the only motive for this warning: