The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-22
PuGR PLATFORM ENDORSED.
issue Raised by Ascension Candidate
for Supreme Court Justiceship
Brings TO Light an Unseemiy
Condition Prevailing In States
Highest Tribunal.

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The Plaquemine Champion, In it's
issue iS OF June Is, quotes from this pa-
pers leading editorial in last weeks
issue, captioned "Ascension,s .Iudi-
cal Candidates." the paragraph ralat.
ing to and indorsing the candidacy
OF Edward n. Pugh for associate JUS
8elce OF the supreme court Of Louisf-
ana, and adds the following com
jnents: : #=.D
nat every word of this lis true,
every person who knows Mr.. Pugh
VIII cheerfully testify, and the facts
mere stated are what give him his
standing and popularity in the I'M
portant f1sI' contest he has entered, and
10 i. which SO many able, high-staI
Ing nd worthy sent ilennsn have er1
.fs sec a,
81 aE B ss|sE s.
the man v ilo elnerge ges from It sue
cessfully will have good cause to con-
gratulate himself upon the victory he
has won.
While all the lawyers in the state
Knew how the supreme couft reached
it's decisions, and often talked OF 1t
among themselves and wrote strong
articles on the subject, which were
read before the Bar Association from
time to time, lin which the prae-
tice was severely condemned), Mr..
Fugh was the first one to make the
reprehensible custom public, or call
public attention to 1t, particularly,
and in order to do this he adopted
ut 2s the one plank which composes
his plantform. The plank Is a decided
y strong one, and has had the effect
OF fixing public opinion upon it to
such an extent as to make 1t ef
great moment. Legislator Gilmore,
of st. Mary, has introduced several
bills in the legislature having fer
their object the compelling Of at
least three Of the Justices to acquaint
themselves with the facts In every
case which may be decided by that
tribunal, instead Of one, as hereto
fore. The thing, as 1t presently ex-
lists, Is a sham and fraud, and
under no such decisions can a litigant
be said to have received what was
his Just due, because he has been
getting the opinion OF but one man,
when he Is supposed to get that
of five. 1t Is an easy matter, under
such an unrighteous condition, for
an injustice to be done to any lfti-
CANT, and for & case to be decided
in q manner just the opposite to
what it should have been. That this
IS true, is made clearly manifest by
the many reYersals Of it's own de-
cisions which this court has made.
People, as a rule. were under
the impression that all the Justices
OF the supreme court read everything
IN connection with tho care very care
fully, and IN that way became thor
oushly conversant With the facts, b11t
the exposure made by Mr. Pugh
shows clearly that such was not the
case, and that the findings were real
" arrived at by only one fudge, who
may not. have been any better auali-
fled to pass upon the case than was
the district Judge, before whom it
was originally tried.
Mr.. Pugh, having become con-
vinced that the thing was not ria1t
and that the people were not getting
what they were entitled to, decided
to call a halt on it Consequently
he exposed the unsee1nly thing, made
1t the plank in his platform and has
come before the people on it and
asked them to elevate him to the
bench so that he may aid In It's
abolition. Hence it would seem nat
ural for them to show their appreci-
alton in the premises and cheerfufly
elect him TO the position, which we
sincerely trust they will do.s'
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