The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-23
FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF HIS NOMINATION FOR
CHIEF JUDGE Of THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
A Pleasing EUent At Cumberland When Mr. d. Lndey Sloan
Was Officially Apprised of the Honor Conferred Upon
Him by the Republicans of the District.

deciding-the attributes which al
ways distinguish an able, just and
upright judge.
In this spirit we tender you this
nomination.
At the close of Mr.. Strite's re-
marks, which were heartily ap-
plauded, Mr.. D. Lindley Sloan
arose and made the following ad.
dress of acceptance, which address
also met with hearty applause:
Messrs. A. c. Strife, Julius c.
Renninger, and Lloyd L. Shat
fer, Members of Notification
Committee:
Gentlemen:
In accepting the nomination by
the Republican party to the Office
OF Chief Judge of the Fourth Judi
cial Circuit of Maryland l wish to
acknowledge the debt l owe to the
Republicans of the Circuit for the
high honor they have conferred
upon me-
The duties of a judge are Of a
non-politiCal character but so long
as there are political parties, and
Judges elected by the people, just
50 long will there be candidates
for judicial honors nominated by
their respective parties.
Regardless of the nomination of
judicial candidates by political
parties the people can be trusted
to elect the proper candidate, and
no party can hope to succeed which
dominates unworthy men. The
Republican party requires of its
judicial nominee, that, if elected,
he shall perform his duties faith
fully, fearlessly, impartially and
without perjudiCe. 1t asks moth
ing more, and it will not be salts
fed with less.
This judicial contest is unique
in it way. The minority party in
the circuit, it being the majority
party in the state, has nominated
as its candidate member of its
party, chosen by reason of the fact
that he is of its political faith, and
has in its confessed weakness, for
political purposes, declared that
politics should not enter into the
election of a Judge. In other words
this should be non-partisan cam
paign.
In Maryland the election of the
judiciary is vested in the people,
and so long as the people elect
there will be no such thing as
non partisan bench. There can,
however, and of right ought to be,
a bipartisan Court of Appeals in
in this state, the personnel of
which should reflect the relative
strength of the two great political
parties Of the state.
The convention which you gen
tlemen represent declared for a
more equitable distribution, politi-
cally, Of the members of the Court
of Appeal, and it is proposition
that should appeal to the sense of
Justice and tair-play of all citizens,
regardless of their political affilia-
tons.
l agree with my opponent, that
political considerations should not
weigh with judge in the per-
Torrance Of his duties, and es-
pecially should this be true where
the liberty and elective franchise
OF the citizen are involved. These
are sacred rights of men from
which party prejudice and political
eXpediency should be entirely
eliminated. There is nothing so
fatal to the prestige of the Courts
as to have it said that politics en-
tered into a judicial decision.
Whether l have the character
and ability necessary to the proper
performance of the duties of the
Office to which l haye been nomi-
mated, it is not for me to say.
Those are matters for the citizen
to determine for himself.
The Constitution of Maryland
provides, that in order to qualify