Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
THEY DO NOT REJOICE.

1t leaks out that the appointment Of Mr..
Henry Clay Mcdowell to fill the vacant
U. s. Judgeship caused by the death Of
Judge Paul, has not given great number
of our Republican friends unbounded joy.
Just who would have filled the position to
their satisfaction has not transpired, In
fact no two seem agreed 'on the person
who would have entirely filled the bill,
but it is certain that Mr.. Mcdowell is not
that man. Now they assert that he is
really not Nirginian, thet he lives so
close to the line he has been 90 much out
of the State as in it, that he is lawyer IN
a small county where big men would hard
~ stay, that be knows comparatively few
men in Virginia beyond his immediate
neighborhoOd, and could not in that re-
mote quarter have had legal experience of
such varied kind as is calculated to round
him for the multitude of ponderous ques'
tons which must daily come to the atten-
ton of Judge, and therefore will make
many costly errors, before he becomes
used to the load he will have to bear, no
matter what his capacity. They say fur
Their that there was no political reason
which demanded such an appointment,
that The party in Virginia MAS not
strengthened thereby, nor were the politi-
cal ambitious of Mr.. Roosevelt. AS strange
as it may seem, few of them, say our in
formant, ever knew that any MIR. Henry
Clay Mcdowell lived, much less that be
lived in Virginia, and that bis name sud
denly appearing on the political horizon,
WAS as great a surprise as the appearance
of comet to the ancients.- Stanton
Spectator.
That the Republicans of the Western
District of Virginia are offended by the
appointment Of Hon, II c. Mcdowell I,
the vacant U. S. Judgeship is an assump
ton on the part of the "SpectatOl" that
il not verified by facts, if We are author
lied to speak for the Republicans. We
know we have authority to so speak for
Mr.. A. ?. Gillespie and his friends; and
Mr.. Gillespie was considered the most
prominent candidate from Southwest Vir
pinia. 1t is true that Mr.. Gillespie's
friends were very hopeful of his appoint
ment and were disappointed that he did
not receive it; yet, they are not only not
offended by the appointment of MIR. Nc
Dowell but feel that the President has Sc
lected man who is both worthy and en-
inently qualified.
If the Spectator" had taken the
trouble to investigate, it would not have
fallen into the error of stating that MIR.
Mcdowell could not in that remote quar-
ter have had legal experience of such
varied kind as is calculated to round him
for the multitude of ponderous questions
which must daily come to the attention Of
Judge, and therefore make many costly
errors, before he becomes used to the load
he has to bear, no matter what bis capac
lty."
The fact is that Mr. Mcdowell has been
residing and practicing his profession in 10
remote quarter, but in a section that is
progressing more rapidly than any part OF
Virginia, and where more novel and i'm
portant legal questions have been arising
for settlement than any place we know.
Besides he is scholarly gentleman, law
yer Of marked ability and enjoying prac
tice which is more lucrative than the
judgeship will prove to be.
Furthermore, while he has not been
partisan he is a pronounced Republican,
and is we'll known to the Republicans Of
the Ninth District.
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