The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-07-18
Notice TO Voters
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Il hand, and since the Office OF
lDistrict Judge is a most I'M
portant one, ] trust that the
fpeople will consider well the
matter of choosing the man
they wish for judge.
n | have carried my fight to
the people, and have called their
attention to the waste of time
and money in the conduct of
trials by Judge Spencer
His campaign letter IS mis-
leading and deceives the peo-
pie in that he keeps back so
much of the truth. The whole
truth being that of the 60
odd cases tried at the Lubbock
term of court, he tried only
two by jury, and used a jury
only four days of the term.
He continued all other jury
cases both civil and criminal. If
the court does not use jurles.
there is no need for jury ex-
penses.
Another misleading statement
In the campaign letter sent out
by Judge Spencer, is that, which
would indicate that he goes out
of his way to charge the grand
Jury specially on bootlegglng
violations. The fact being that
|. the law compels him 10 make
these special charges on boot
logging violations. So that he
does not 90 one step further
than the law makes him go.
Some very strong evidence
THAT he is not so solicit0us about
Il the enforcement of the law IS
found in the fact that he turned
the Mexican loose on his own
bond for the sum Of $500 no
security at all. The Mexican
had been in Jail for more than
" months without trial and
was the main witness IN tour
other cases. If the Mexican 5
own honor does not bring him
back. there will he eight cases
20 Off the docket By reason Of
this action Of the court
/ have contended thryngh the
campaign that Mere has been
too much waste 81 time and
too heavy an eSn)euse 20 the
counties In the trial Of cases.
II is the people who bear these
expenses. lam fighting for a
principle nd that principle is
that the affairs Of this Office
should he administered IN the
interests Of the people, and not
in the interests Of individuals.
Judge Spencer has published
his appellate court records, but
he does not tell the people the
character Of the cases affirmed
nor Of those reversed. That has
much 10 do with such record.
A foreclosure suit, wherein the
parties are only fighting for time.
and in which there is no com
plicated points OF law. is quite
different 20 suit in which there
are intricate questions of law
for adjudication.
The people however, are more
Interested in the actual trial of
the cases than in the results
Of appeals. In appeals the liti-
giants alone bear the expenses,
while in the actual trial of the
cases large part of the ex-
penses are borne by the peo-
Ole. And the farmers Of the
country are entitled to have the
business of the courts dis
patched with all the speed pos
sibIe CONSTANT with a due adj
ministration of the law, and
that they shall not be held need
lessly in the trial Of cases. from
their business.
| have been fighting this
campaign in the interests of the
farmers and the people in gen.
eral. and calling attention to
the waste Of time and money
which falls upon them to bear.
and the people at the polls on
the 9th will. am sure. record
their protest against such waste
by naming me as their choice
.or the judgeship. | am resting
my case with them.
JOHN II. MOORE.