The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-02
THE PRESIDENT JUDGE.
Partisan Preferences Should not Be Con.
sidered in Their Selection.

the author of the article. The
same privilege has never been
denied to Democrat, Republican,
Jew or GENTLE, so long as often.
sive personalities are not indulg-
ed IN. n.--EDITOR.
Mr.. EDITOR. AS the "News"
is neutral IN politics, [ wish to
present to your readers a matter
that is of great weight and import
ance to them. We are now ia the
midst of national, State and 10.
cal campaign, with the excite
ment incident to such a campaign;
but there is an Office to be filed
at the coming election that should
be strictly non-partisan, in refer
ence to it politics should not be
taken into consideration, it's that
of President Judge of our Courts.
An editorial in the Philadelphia
Record Of October 9th truthfully
says, partisan preferences should
have no influence IN the choice of
Judges of our Courts, and no
weight with the administration
of justice. The Courts must be
kept pure. They are the last safe
guard of right and Justice" Ifa
scheming and dishonest politician
presides over our Courts, the
right of personal security, of per-
sonal liberty: and of private prop
erty, the great absolut te rights of
all American citizens, will be en-.
daugered, and our Courts will be-
come mockery, instead OF places
where justice is iudialally admin
iStered.
Since the organization of our
county, our Courts have been
presided over by men Of high
legal abilities, men of good iudg,
meut, and God. fearing men, like
Black, Kim mel, Nil, King, Hall,
| Rowe, McClain and Swope, and
the intelligence, honor and digni.
ty Of the Bench should be main.
tanned by all our c'tizeus, IRE
spective Of party affiliations one
Of the candidates on the ticket 10
be voted on the Sth of next No.
vem Der for the high and respon.
sible position Of President Judge.
Judge SwOpe, has served us ialth
fully and satisfactorily for tn
past ten years, and since he has
served us so well and has so care.
fully guarded the rights and in.
terests of the people Of our dis.
trict, ] feel that it would be a
misfortune and great mistake
to make {. change by electing a
man who has had no eXperlehce
on the Beuch. no matter what his
legal attainments might De.
Ten years ago, when a compar.
atively young man, the nomma
tion for President Judge sought
Judge Swope, without any
thought Of it entering his mind,
but his education, his legal attain
ments. his well.Ualauced and dis
crlmlnatlng mind and bis force
of character were such as to emi.
nently fit hlm for the position, as
his administration of justice has
clearly demonstrated. Durin-
his practice he was employed in
many of the most important cas-
es tried in the Courts o his COuu.
ty; this with his skull and ability
when District Attorney brought
him prominently before the mem.
bers of his profession and the
people at large. When he doa.
ned his ermine robe he filed il
gracefully with the skill and dig
nifty of one of experience. HIS
opinions have been highly re.
spected by the higher Courts,
more so than that of his I'm mmed.
late predecessor, although the
latter's opinions were more re.
spected than many Of the other
Judges Of our State, He has eX.
pndited the business ofour Courts
thus saving the tax payers consid.
cradle of their hard earned ac-
cumulations, without sacrificing
the rights of the suiiors in court;
and by his economical admluiS
tration our County is out of dehi,
although additional expense has
been placed upon our people nv
the erecting OF several County
bridges, for which, Of course, he
was not res pOusihle.