The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-12
JUDGE ncCOOl ISSUES
STATEMENT TO VOTERS
rfsminsnt Chsnssllof Will ns
A Candidate fsf Reelection in
Coming Race

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the sixth chanccry court district
has issued the following state
ment to the voters Of this section
To the Voters Of the Sixth
Chancery Court D istrict Of IN,
State Of Mississippi.
am a candidate for the office
now hold, and have held bv ap
poiniment Of Governors Iongino,
vardaman and No | in succession
and confirmed by their three
state senators on Endorsements
by nine tenths of the lawyers.
officers. representatives. senators
and influential citizens Of the
district as competent and wor
thy. During this year | have had
similar Endorsement by the law
yers officers. senator's and rep
resentatives and others of our
District. But the Constitution
having been changed SO as to
make judges elective, this last
Endorsement Is premature, but
my uniform Endorsements as a.
bove mentioned for twelve years
shows my capacity, merit and
popularity, although | have been
appointed every time have ask
ed for it. | have all the time been
an advocate Of an elective jud.
iciary. Il am the only Judge in
Mississippi who wrote. over his
own signature, letter just
prior to the election of 1910, ad-
vising the people of Mississippi
to ratify and adopt the present
Amendment to elect judges, and
my letter was published in all
the papers Of our district and in
many other prominent papers
of our state. During all my man
mood days III vocated an
election of J Is a sound
Democratic And Govern
mental policy. e done more
than any man in Mississippi to
bring about this change in our
constitution so that the people
may vote for judges. While
do not expect always to hold the
office. the doctrine of rotation in
Office has never been applied by
the states and nation to judges.
Under the Federal Constitution,
the judges hold for life or dur.
ing good behavior. In many states
and in several instances in our
own state the judges have had
twenty to thirty years. and finally
they voluntarily retired. The
rotation doctrine is applied by
the people to the county officers,
but never to the judges This
is the first time | have ever
asked the people to elect me
Judge. and as | have been faith.
full in securing this right OF
theirs to elect the judges. the,
assure me they will stand by me
and elect me. Under our Law
the Chancellor is authorized t.
do ninety percent Of his work il
vacation and while this make,
the terms of court short, he il
required to keep his Office oper
daily for the performance of hi
varied official duties. | give tn,
same proper and prompt at
tention to vacation work that
do the court work and this make
the terms of court short AM
when the work of the court i
done the court is adjourned. t,
! stop the expenses Of the court t,
the tax payers and | then returl
home promptly to resume my va
; cation work which is perpetual
, There is no end to it. therefore
will be unable to make a canvas
! unless to attend an occasional pic
mic. because Of this vacation wor
requiring my daily attention. un
, less | should have the Governo
! to appoint a special chancellor
do the work while made tn
, canvass but the people woul
r not approve of that. as think
! ought to do the work myself
. There is not more than one hal
/ as much made out of the Office 9
: the salary amounts to. sine
: there is enormous costs to be ms
: consisting of railroad fare. hot
bills. livery stable exnence,