St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-09
BRUNOT COMMITTEE REPLIES
TO REID.

TO REID.
Some days ago there appeared In
the press 4 statement from which it
appeared that Mr.. Reid, who is OPP
posing Judge ,Brunot for the Supreme :
Court, objecting to. Judge Brunot
calling the attention of the voters 70
the fact that Mr.. Reid can serve bare
ly half the prescribed term of office
should he happen to be elected. The
law says that Supreme Court judge
must retire upon his reaching seventy
five years of age. The term of this
Office begins next year, 1928. Mr..
Reid will be seventy-tive years old
on March II. 1880, when but half
the term of fourteen years shall
have expired. II he were on the
Supreme Bench at that line, ne
could not serve day longer, if he
wanted atc. Speaking of vacancies
on the Supreme Court, our state con
stitution. reads as follows The
vaccancY sha1l be filled by a special
election called by the Governor,
which shaii be held within four
months after the vacancy shall have
occurred Therefore, special
Eelection would have to be hsIi be-
tween March IL and July IL. The
next possible primary is in Septem-
Der to nominate Congressman. M.
Reid's successor could no. possibly
be named at that election There
fore, why vote for a man for an
Office wnen you know that he could
not serve but half the term. and
when vod know, If he is elected, a
special election, under the circum-
stances stated above, must be held
to fill his place?
Judge Brunot can and will serve
the entire term, If elected. He has
repeatedly stated that he can CON
ceive of no circumstance or condition
that would cause him to willingly re-
tire before the term expires. nor
cause him to ever willingly become
pensioner CT the state. Tne pension
for judges is intended to take care
Of those judges who are poor in cir
cumstances ard health when they are.
retired by law. Mr.. Reid tried to
make it appear that Judge Brunot
will have to retire and draw q pen
sion when he reaches seventy years
of age, which will be ten years from
now, if ie lives. Nobody knows bet
ter than Mr.. Reid himself that this
is not true.
Mr.. Reid was member of the
Constitutional Convention last year
and voted several times to retire
judges on full pay. Several emend-
ments were introduced to :educe the
retirement pay to one-half and then
to .two-thirds, but Mr.. Reid helped
to kill each of these amendments and
his votes were directly against the
taxpayer, The two-thirds retirement
pay for judges was compromise
settlement OF the controversy. We
have the authority to state for Judge
Brunot that. ii he had been member
of that convention he would have
voted against any pension for judges,
and he would do SO to-day, because
the people of our state are already
overburdened with terms.
Mr.. Reid was defeated by Judge
Guion for Attorney General. He
was defeated by Judge O'Neil a few
years ago for Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court, the very office he
now seeks against Judge Brunot.
Mr.. Reid ir his speeches claims that
very lawyer east of the Amite river
is supporting him, when i! is we'll
known fact that at least six promt-
nent lawyers in that section are OPP
posing him. On September 18th,
Judge Brunot will carry as many
parishes as Mr.. Reid will, and Judge
Brunot's majority in East Baton
Rouge Parish alone will equal the
entire vote polled in Tangipahoa and
Livingston put together.
) Last year East Baton Rouge Par
ish by a vote of the people enacted
a stock law. Opponents of this law
have attempted to make it appear
that Judge Brunot is responsible for
the passage sof the law. Judge Bru-
not is not law maker, and did not
make this particular law. AS Dis
trict Judge he Is the enforcer of the
laws. He has had to decide all maj
ters with reference to this law, and
his decisions have been in accord
ance with law and justice and his
oath OF office. Such methods as have
been employed by Judge Brunot's
opponents In this connection do not |
reflect favor on the candidate In |
spring them, nor will they discredit
Judge Brun0t in the minds OF the
fair and intelligent citizens.-Adv.
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE FOR
H. r. BRUNOT.
raDn $3.50