Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-10-29
POLITICSlN.
JUDICIAL FIGHT
DsmOcTstIl AspIFant For So
prsme Bench Condemned !
.GARPAGt Tricks 10 REACT

i Of esAdldats Flor Hishsst Court In
tire .coEaSonwsalth severely erItl-
eisedS;
Especial Correspondence,l
ID. Harrisburg, Oct. &C.
The Visit here last week Of G. La
Rue MunsOn, the Democratic nominee
for the supreme bench, on his cam
paigning tour Of the state. gave mem
bers of the bar and others an oppor-
tunity of verifying the reports regard
Ing Mr.. Munson's political methods and
his utter disregard Of the proprieties
and complete lack Of appreciation Of
the dignity Of the ONCE 20 which he
aspires.
No candidate for ward constable
could do more than has been daily ex-
hibited by this asplrant for a seat IN
the highest court Of the common.
wealth.
Upon his visit here Mr.. Munson
made his headquarters at one OF the
hotels. He evidently expected a mum
Der Of the Republican members OF the
bar to at least call upon him, but In
this he was soreIy disappointed? His
coming had been .heralded In advance
and every effort possible was made By
Democratic politicians who. are enEi-
neering the canvass for Mr., Nuus6R 70
persuade Republican, members of the
legal profession to ''Day Their respects"
to the gentleman from WilIiamsport.
Republicans lidehWals4.
But Republicans were not caught
mapping They did not give the Demo
cratic candidate an opportunity to ex-
ploit HIS gnon-partisdhP campaign
game, and they left him alone with his
Democratic contingent, which was but
a corporals guard.
Ansehormous sum Of money is being
spent to promote Mr.. Munson's candi-
.dacy.
Where 1t is coming from Republi
cans can only surmise.
The fact that Mr.. Munson has among
his clients a number of powerful COS
porations has been accentuated since
he started out on his hunt for votes
and the malls have been flooded with
tons Of expensive campaign HteratuEe
exploiting his candidacy and attacking
his Republican opponent
Misleading post cards give a map Of
Pennsylvania, so marked as to create
the impression that the incumbents on
the supreme bench come from but q
small section of the state, have been
circulated by the thousands. If upor
these very maps lines are drawn from
north to south 1t will be shown thai
the. state will be, blocked of so that
every section win have a representa-
tive on the supreme court.
Cheap Game to Catch Votes.
Justices of the supreme court are
not representatives of counties or dis
tricts. Each justice represents the
whole state, and local lines have moth
ing to do with It. ef es %.
It would be just as reasonable and
Just as correct to argue that q muci
larger portion of the commphWealtI
has no representation Ia the executive
branch Of the state governments rhers
Is butFopa governor. and OF neeesslt,
he resides in one Of the sixty.nln,
counties, Shall II then be argued thal
the other sixty-eight counties have nf
representation in the ONCE OF tho gov
ernor? The friends ofi,Mr. Munsor
ought to call In those campaign docu
ments. They may do him harm by Civ
ing the impression that he is makini
his canvass on the platform OF Ioea
Representatives In, the supreme court
This would be both Illegal and iiIoe
icai feTl ST a
But attempts to catch votes by such
tactics simply emphasizes the undiRni