Sharp County record., 1918-05-24

his cases correctly by throwing wet
for the plaintiff and dry for the de-
fendant?
There is not half the crime COM
mitted in this circuit as there was a
few years ago, but perhaps you will
not claim any honor for that. Only
one indictment was returned by the
grand jury for the Southern District
of Sharp county at the last term of
our circuit court, and only two or
three in the Northern District. Sim
liar showings are made by the other
counties of the circuit, hence it will
appear to any fair-minded person
that the people themselves are saw
ing the taxpayers by not violating
the law. 1t is the criminal cases
that have to be tried in the courts
that affect the taxpayers, and as
crime decreases the expenses of the
courts necessarily decrease. 1t is
true you make considerable noise
with your maui and talk about hur-
rying the courts and saving the tax
payers, yet you we're three days in
trying two small cases at the last
circuit court at Evening Shade, and
you tried only three cases at the
Hardy court in the same time.
You are now asking for a second
term, notwithstanding the fact that
you have held this Office for four
years, which is the time usually al
lowed to all of the officers from con-
stable to governor. When your
term expires this winter you will
have received in cash the handsome
sum Of $4,000, yet you have not
done exceeding one years work in
your office. The law provides a
salary for the circuit judge of 49,
900 per year, which is supposed to
be tair compensation, so that you
will have received good pay for the
years work that you have done and
a nice little pension of $9,0UO, which
ought to satisfy the average man
You say in your letter that some
Of the lawyers are against you and
that you want the taxpayers to find
out the reason why they are against
you, The reason is that you are op-
pressive and tyranical in the trial OF
some of your cases; you haven't the
proper conception of justice; you do
not seem to know right from wrong,
or If you do know, you don't seem
to care; you do not seem to realize
that courts we're established for the
sole purpose of administering justice
between the people.
Do you remember the case of
Sharp county against John W.
Thonpson2 Do you remember that
you rendered judgment against him
for about Twenty-Five Hundred Dol.
lars without any trial at all, just be-
cause you had the power to do soY
Do you think that was fairY Still
you say In your letter to me that II
the people think that you will con.
tinue to administer the affairs of
the courts honestly and fairly you
want their support for reelection
Did you know that the house that
protects old man Thompson and his
aged wife from the storms of winter
has been sold to satisfy that Jude.
ment you rendered against him with.
out even the sembiance Of trialY
Do you remember the Himes.Nor.
ris case that was In your court In
the Southern District Of Sharp coun.
ty In August, 1917 Do you rem,
ember that Mrs Stewart, an invalid
widow, was one Of the parties tt
that suitY Do YOU remember that
Mrs, Stewart and her three sister,
were trying to Set their part of theil
fathers estate and that you retuett
to hear word of their testimon,
concerning over a thousand dollars
OF their money and gave that mucl
Of their property to the other side
without a hearine7 And yet, yol
write In your letter about fairness
In your courts, and want the people
to find out why the lawyers ar,
against you, Had you thought tha
when a court denies the lawyer tn,
oacred right Of Offering his testimon,
In the trial of A AMI that N Ia IA,