The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-06
THE ONLY JUDICIAL CANDIDA TIE
WITH a PLA TFORdn.

D3I0n.
IF the supreme court from this dis
trict. that he is the only Judlclai
candidate in the field with a plat
form-the only aspirant to the bench
who bases his application for the pee
ale's favor. on a specific desire and
pledge to elevate the character OF
the states highest court by insnr1ng
Inc proper consideration of appeals
and the participation of more than
me Judge of the tribunal OF final
Iresort in the examination OF the
| law and evidence upon which the de-
cisions are based and promulgated
OF course all the aspirants for the
judgeship promise to perform their
duties to the best Of their abilities,
and there is no fear that any one
Of them will fail to do this much II
| he be elected, but it has renamed
! Tor Mr.. Pugh to point out a very. Sc
rious defect in the prevalent method
Of transacting the business and tram
ing the decisions of the supreme
| court. In connection with the an
/ aouncement Of his candidacy he
called attention to the fact that I'M
1 der the existing system 'sthe lltgant
| obtains the opinion Of only one judge
| on the law and the facts, whereas
! he is absolutely entitled to the Judg-
1 ment of all five = He added: II
further legislation is necessary to
correct this evil it should be enact
ed at once l trust my candidacy
will direct public attention to this
state of affairs and bring about the
desired results
/ AS il in response to this timely
suggestion bill has been introduced
in. the general assembly by Repre-
sentative Gilmore of St Mary requir-
ing that at least three of the su-
preme justices shall study the rec
a ord and pass upon the facts present.
ed and the law questions involved
in all cases submitted to their trlbu-
nal for decision. Tie measure Will
. doubtless pass, as the need Tor Il
is generally recognized by attorneys
and litigants appearing before the
supreme court
Mr.. Pugh has shown that he IL
possessed of special insight and IN
| SGiative in connection with the post
) ton to which he aspires, and as
there is general recognition of the
{ fact that he is one OF the abies1
+ and best equipped lawyers in the
!. state, it is not too much to expect
I a majority of the Intelligent and dis
eliminating voters OF the fourth ST
!, preme court district to prefer hiH
s when it comes to making a choice
1 for associate justice in the eomins
/ primary.
Democratic Committees Fix Primar,
Date.
A meeting Of the Democratic execu
! i've committee of the tWenty-seVentl
{ / judicial district was held at thu
. courthouse WednesIday. with Johl
: Marks, of Assumption, in the chair
Z and the following members present
Y St. James-Frank Chauyin, e. ]
e Leche and J. N. Gourdain, the latte
proxy for Joseph B Dornier. As
: sumption-John Marks, Mr. Landry
l G. L. Triche. sion--Pa lte
I Lenann, H. C. Braud, the latter b.
E proxy to Mr. LemanH. Tuesday, Sept
3, was fixed as the date for the pr
mary to nominate candidates TO
Judge and district attorney, and tn
!, aspirants are required to post $40
Z each with the chairman Of the com
I mittee. Another meeting will be he'll
July 81 to declare candidates with
i out opposition the nominees Of th
/ party District Attorney Gilbert, 0
Z Napoleonville, is unopposed for re
. election. For Judge the candidate
!, are r. J. Chauyin, OF Donaldsonville
: and Charles r Wortham Of Ma
! DoleonFille. A committee compose
: Of Messrs. Lenlann. Gourdain an
! Triche was appointed to draft resC
i llltions commemorative Of the deaf
= of the late Senator r. McCulIoh, on
q OF the. members of the colnmitte
i from Ascension.
: The Democratic executive commits
! tee of the second district OF the frs
! circuit convened yesterday at. tn
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