Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-15
JUDGE LONGS CAREER.
His Record in Indiana Is One Of Which
Any Man Would Be Proud.

Two weeks ago. Judge e. Y. Long
upon an invitation extended to h'm,ad
dressed the Bryan and Stevenson cIut
at the city hall, and at the next meet
ing thereafter of the Hammer and
Tongs club, /, Ralph TwitchelI, went
out OF his way. drawing on his imagi
nation. to attack Judge Longs past his
tory. Since then, T he Optic has
taken time to investigate and the facts
in the case should make Judge Longs
friends proud of his Indiana career.
Before coming to New Mexico, as chief
justice under appointment from
President Cleveland, Judge
Long resided all his life at Warsaw,
Kosciusko county, Indiana, and was
well known to everyone. Kosciusko
was intensely then. as it has ever been.
republican, giving from 500 to 1000 re-
publican majority, and the city Of War
saw giving from 200 to 300 republican
majority. In 1873, Governor Thos. A.
Hendricks appointed Judge Long cir
cult judge, a position corresponding
with district judge in New Mexico, and
for this appointment he was recon-
mended by every republican office-hold
er of his county and Honorables q.
w. Chapman and ]. T. Thayer. then
the republican members of the Indiana
Legislature, in session at Indianapolis.
from Kosciusko called on the governor
in person and urged the appointment.
Judge Long was appointed and twice
thereafter elected circuit Judge in q
republican district, and each time car
ried his own county by good majori-
ties ranging from 200 to 300. Notwith-
standing the republican majority in
his own county the Judge twice car
ried the county by handsome majori-
ties and in his own city which had a
normal majority of $50 republicans,
he twice carried it by over 100 and in
his own ward, usually 1870 republican,
he had substantial majority at both
elections. At these times he was the
regular depocratic candidate, nomi-
mated at a regular democratic conven-
ton on a democratic platform, AMI
was always and during his candidacy,
an aggressive, outspoken, consistent
democrat. He is the only democrat
who since the organization of the re-
publican party has ever carried Kos
ciusko county, and the city of War
saw. No MAJ in Indiana. who knew Of
Judge Long, ever doubted his democ
racy. He was delegate to and per
sonally attended every democratic
state convention in Indiana from 1862,
To- and including 1884. making eleven
Consecutive times that he represented
his county in democratic state con-
ventions and as often did he repre-
sent it as delegate to congressional
conventions and was twice the repre-
sentative of his district in national
conventions, and with this consistent
democratic record his own neighbors
who knew him well, twice compli-
mented him, republicans and demo-
Gratis, by giving him large majorities
in a republican city, county and dis
trict, and in maintaining him on the
circuit bench for thirteen years, until
falling health compelled him to seek
restoration in the climate of New
Mexico.
Such record is not likely to be
tarnished or blown by puff from a
wind bag 1t may be added that since
Judge Longs removal to New Mexico
both of his former opponents for the
iudgeship have each in turn been nom
mated and elected by the republicans
| for the same place for which they
were defeated by Judge Long. John
Reid, now resident of this city, for
merly of Warsaw, father of Capt W. c.
Reid, was for four years a republican
sheriff in Judge Longs court in In
diana and can tell more in an hour
of Judge Longs past political life,
and it will be the truth, than the
orator who assalled him the other
night can tell in a year.