The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-11-04
NEWS AND Isl THE LARGEST ONE Dollar PAPER IM CARBO
STORM CONDEMNED.


A Man without Honor and Lacking IN
Dignity of Character Degrades Him
self and the High Character Of the
Bench by Chioanery and DIsgraceful
Tricks.
There Is scarcely a newspaper of any
standing whatever in the Lehigh Valley
that has not severely condemned John
B. Storm for the dispicable manner in
which he has acted in this contest to be
electeePresident Judge of the 43rd district.
There are very few Common Pleas
Judges in this State who do not enjoy that
entire confidence of the public which a
man on the bench should have. There are
such, however, and it is not at all desirable
there should be any increase in the num-
Der. There would be an addition of one,
however If Judge Storm should be elected
in the Carbon Monroe district. Saws the
Philadelphia Press.
Judge Storm has Become party to. IL
not the originator of, trick which ought
to bet sufficient 10 disquailifY any man for
tho discharge Of the naturally delicate and
impartial duties of Judge. He took a
snap proceeding in Objecting to the certi-
fcate of nomination Of ex. Senator Craig,
the rival Democratic candidate, waiting
until late in the last day in order to render
II impossible for Mr.. Craig's friends to
raise objections to Judge Storms certi-
hcate' which is exactly the same as MIR.
Craig's. The trick has succeeded with
the assistance of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, who could be relied upon
where factional advantage is to be
obtained. By the arbitrary order Of the
Secretary the name of Judge Storm will be
printed as the regular Democratic candi-
date for the district, although he has no
nomination but that of monroe County.
If Judge Storm were a man at to be
upon the bench, il he had that sensitive
honor and dignity Of character which
every man who seeks the exalted position
OF Judge ought to have-and must have
If our courts are not to be debauched and
degradsd-he would have been incapable
Of participating in such disgraceful trick.
not only, but he would have repudiated
Instantly any attempt to make him
oene fcisryfof 1t. The Judge who obtains
this place by chicanery cannot expect to
command popular confidence. He invites
both distrust and contempt, and a dis.
trusted Judge is worse than worthless; he
isia constant menace. The man who will
take an unfair and indecent advan tage of
another is not the one to balance the
scales of justice between men.
No one knows better thau Judge Storm
that, under the decisions of Judge Simon
ton. the Dauphin County Court, his
name is not entitled 10 20 ON the official
ballot as the regular district nominee
Judge SimOnton ruled in the Fayette and
Greene County cases that in a district
composed of two counties the nomination
of one county alone does not constitute
district nomination. The same ruling
was made in the case Of Mr.. Craig's
certificate OF nomination. and it would have
oeeh Vhe same, OF course, in the case of
Judge Storms certificate had that been
before the court. But the case of Judge
Storm is just as much covered by this
opinion as if it had been individually in
issue.
The snap game to which Judge Storm
and the Secretary of the Commonwealth
have rssorted in Order to cheat the Demo
Gratis of the Carbon Monroe district is
notice enough that JdRe Storm did not
expect to succeed By fair and daylight
methods The purpose Of this whole
despicable business was TO trick the people |
into casting a vote for Judge they did
not intend to cast. What right would
man who received a seat on the bench by
such methods have to the respect of any
one The people of that district can
best show their self respect by defeating
Judge Storm. 'He is unfit"