Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-05-29
JUDGE SHUFORD'S LETTER
= CLEAR, FRANK STATE.MI:Sa
OF FACE.
The Judge Ia a Candidate, Aud
Has Not Before spoken, he
lieNing Hc Could No, WIN PRO
prieS-In Any Event He would

la justice to Judge Shutord, TIM Cru
ZEN with pleasure prints today the tot.
lowing private letter from him to It gcu-
tlemen in Ashcyile in relation To the
| Judicial nomination;
My DEAR SlR:-Your very Kind favor
of the 18th Inst, in reply to niue ul re
cent date, has been received, aad thank
you for it.
had heard before that some political
capital was attempted to be made out
OF the fact that the Governor, acting
under the advice of The Attorney Gen
eral, issued me 4 commission for eight
years, but had not heard that any one
had gone so far beyond the truth as vou
state in your letter
As to the statement that urged the
Governor Cas YOU say 1t is being circu-
lated to issue me commission tlr
eight years, can only say that the same
is utterly false and without foundation.
and the person who made the statement
did so without knowing it to be true
say TINS because neither myself nor the
Governor, nor his private secretary has
given out any such Information, and no
one else has stood in position TO know
the facts.
About the 10Th OF January, 1888.
while passing through / he CITY OF Kaleirb
on my way to Franklin court. called tn
pay my respects to the Governor. and he
mentioned the fact himself that nv rclu.
mission had not vet been issued, and
tcudcrcd me commission for cipht
wears or at least said he was ready 10
issue ne such cpmuIissonl stating
that he had been advised by the Attoi
ncy General that / was entitled To
commission for a hl term. He also
stated that his predecessor in office.
Governor Fowlc, had taken the same
view of the question as the Attorney
General, and mad issued to Chief Justice
Mcriimun aud lndgc Clark. who were
elected under similar circumstances as
myself and Judge McRac, commissions
for eight years. The Governor. at the
time, expressed his purpose to cndcayor
to obtain a judicial determination Of the
question, but sad that, until thqt was
done, he could only be governed by the
opinion of the Altolncq General. II
asked if the opinion Of the ATTORNEY
General had been submitted in writing,
and was informed that it hal aat
whcrcupon | requested that nv com
mission be withheld until the Attorney
General had filed written opinion. The
Governor then, III my presence, dictated
a communication to the Attorney Gen
cral requesting hls opiniIu in writing.
Before leaving the city met the Atto,-
ney General, and told him had rc.
qucStcd my commission to be withheld
until he had filed a written opinion He
replied that he had no objection to re
duclrG his opinion to writing, as he had
no more doubt about my having been
elected for eight years than that he WAS
elected tor tour years
had been out OF the State Tor a month
previous to this time and had not seen
either the Governor u the Attorney
General since their election, and had had
nc communication whatever with them,
and alter the interviews above stated |
heard nothing further from either oil
them until perhaps Sin weeks or two
months when received by ma |
at Wlllamston commission lorl
eight years wltha statement from the
Governor that he had been advised by
the Attorney General that WIS entitled
to such commission. Afterwards saw
the ATTORNEY General on yIri0uS nc
casions, and had repeated conversations
with him, in all OF which urged him to
obtain judicial determination OF the
question, and he assured me, at all times,
that II was his purpose to do so in am
pie time for all political parties to make
nominations, in case there were yacau- |
cies to be filled
During the month OF April, while hold |
ing court at RoXboro, received a com.
munication from the Governor aSl,iup |