Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-17
For the Herald and Tribune.
From Greene County.

we are called upon to select a successor
to our present Judge, for this Judicial
District, beg leave to put in nomina-
tion for that office, the present incum-
bent, Col. A. D. Brown, of Greene
County, and to assign few of the rea-
sons that might be given for my prefer
ence. First of all, Judge Brown has
demonstrated, during the past eight
years, his eminent fitness for the place.
He has shown himself to be both capa-
BILE and honest, and this ist the jefferson
ian standard. 1t would be a waste Of
time to adduce proof that he possesses
both of these qualities, for the bar and
the officers of the court, as well as null
titudes of the people, are witnesses of
the fact. His decisions have stood the
test OF the supreme tribunal; his ad-
ministration has been first, fair. impair.
tial and economical. The tax payers
are beginning all over the district to
wake up to this question of economy,
as well they may, in these days of fl.
nancial depressions. They begin to
see that economy in the administration
of public trusts is prime necessity and
will not forget the officer who best
serves the public in this regard While
the hangers on about the court house,
the professional jurymen, and all
idlers, patiently awaiting an easy job,
will enter an earnest protest and vehs-
mently paw the dust when the little
pickings they have be en- accustomed to
are cut off, the tax payers congratulate
themselves that these little leaks in the
county treasury are being stopped by
a careful and upright Judge. The dis.
gusting spectacle of half dozen guards
expecting pay, coming into court with
deputy or constable, and one lone
prisoner, and more profitable too, in the
breach than in the observance. At all
points economy is now the rule; not
parsimony, but the adoption of strict
business principles. Those who have
been about the court house, even few
times, know to what we refer. The
barnaoles who are long and loud in
their abuse OF the man who has taken
away their job, understand it all too
well. And the solid men, the tax pay
ers understand ttoo. AS a soldier, Col.
Brown had no superior among the tens
of thousands of brave and loyal men
who entered the Union Army from
East Tennessee in defence of Republi-
can institutions, and the cause Of hui
man freedom throughou5 the world.
No braver man ever drew q sword in
defense of any cause. The writer of
thle haviDg seen hlm amid the now ling
death storm of battle, knows whereof
be athrms. No man ever saw him
quail or finch in the presence of the
foe. Brave and daring in battle, he
was equally kind and generous in
camp and on the weary march; respec-
ted by his fellow officers and beloved
by his men. His surviving comrades
know how true this was of him during
the war, and his neighbors know how
true it is of him now, in civil rife. No
more kind or obliging neighbor ever
lived. Who ever asked favor of him
or any of his family and was refused?
In their hospitable home, before it was
wrecked by the devouring flames, the
poor and destitute always found food
and shelter, and generous welcome.
1t is with no desire to detract from the
merits of others who may be candidates,
that have penned this eulogy of my
old commander. Invidious compari-
sons are not my purpose when urge
the Republican electors of the district
to carefully consider the claims of all
now mos. prominently named. Some
OF them are yet young in years and in
party service; Others having already
had long pull at the public crib, are
for beyond the reach of want, and
living at ease in palatial residences,
still clamoring for more. Judge Brown
is man of the people, modestly living
in a hired house, battling with misfor-
tune, but with unwavering faith in
the plain people, as Lincoln was wont
to say, and with consciousness that
having honestly and faithfully dis.
charged the duties of his high office,
the people will not forsake him in the
hour Of trial. REPUBLICAN.
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