| Show the judicial ticket edited by the nonpartisan non partisan judicial district committee HON JOSEPH CHEZ CHAIRMAN for district jud judges judes es ALFRED W AGEE ARTHUR E PRATT for district attorney STUART P DOBBS nonpartisan NON PARTISAN PLATFORM ADOPTED BY democratic JUDICIAL convention we favor a nonpartisan non partisan judiciary while under the laws of this state it is necessary that the names of candidates for district judges like those of candidates lor for othor other offices shall appear on the ballot as the nominees of some political party in the selection of such candidates we insist that party affiliation should be ignored and that no mau man should receive a nomination as a reward for party services the nominees for judges 0 should be men learned and experienced in the law men of unimpeachable integrity teg 0 rity men of such courage in the discharge of their duties that every litigant rich or poor individual or corporate without regard 0 to creed political belief or political influence may be assured that even banded justice will be administered the constant meddling a A d interference in petty pa partisan politics by our judges lt has become belt a reproach to our judiciary and we pledge the no nominees I 1 ee of f this convention if elected to keep out of politics and to k keep ep politics out of the courts the following appears i in the state platform of the Democrat democratic fc party of utah f we favor the n nonpartisan non 0 0 partisan art s 13 selection 4 OL judicial ana school officers an ana at a tim ewhen when no I 1 other ea elections ons are bel helal the do democratic socratic pa paty y of this state sho should d be co commended mended for its stand with ith respect to the no nomination minati and election of judi cial and s school hool officers no thinking in man or r woman iq doubts the 0 necessia necessity essit for forthe the I 1 enactment of laws that tha wile wilt enable this to be done the jeo people e of this county and district a are e to be congratulated that ode oneff of the great political parties nas as awakened to the necessity cassit of relieving 0 the judges ri of the district court not only in this district but throughout the state of the suspicion of partisanship san ship and absolving them from till fill allegiance to 0 or activity in behalf of the political parties to which they may belong no judicial officer of this state in which the spirit of progress and reform now exists should owe his nomination and election to the fact that his service to his bis party merits reward or to the fact that he has been able to so control the party machinery or enlist the aid of political bosses as to secure his election to the bench he should not be placed in a position where he may be confronted with the problem of the possible effect of his decision in any case upon his chances of re election it is not fair to him nor is it fair to ahli liti litigants 0 and before him reco recognizing this great truth the de democratic socratic party of this district in their recent judicial convention beld in Ogden 0 den nominated one democrat arthur E pratt and one republican alfred W agee both of 0 ogden n den and both chosen for their fitness for the off lice as candidates for judges of the district courts of this district and so far as it was in their power under the present political methods of electia electing T judges gesa absolved b s alved them from all obligation to party by adopt adopting in C a non partisan platform upon which these gentlemen are arc pledged this is a step in the right direction which should roe r ceide the ca ement of the people reforms are not accomplished if they do not have back of them public opinion is best made known by the vote vole of the people if therefore the people of this district want their judges to be elected upon a nonpartisan non partisan vote let them manifest their will at the coming election by voting 1 for mr pratt Prat and tand mr A aye e oi 01 1 the other hand if the people of this district are satisfied with the present antiquated met methods lods and are content to be numbered among the non progressive states stales where indifference to a hit hia L r rr r alme of civilization altion is t the u rule they may is as surely obtain b 1311 this result by voting against arthur E pratt and alfred V agee 0 who have consented t tf submit their candidacy to lo ahr th people upon 9 a platform of non 13 I 1 f the result of if this ea election tion may determine whether h e the r or biot it ft e next leisl le legislature at r re e oi of thi this state will pass laws p providing hviding 0 for or the elec tion of juds judges by a amon on parti partisan an nomination and nd ele election tion and solely upon the their r individual merits and fitness for such offiel why not by not ur ote servo serve notice now that t ane opportunity port unity i ixta x st ae lp tb that at we t e ople of the fair state of utah h desire to march abreast ath th the fore foremost stac of the U IUD in this us its w v it 11 us in all other progressive pro 0 i legislation no better time than the present can be ded to indicate our will to our legislators and serve notice that we we desire our next legislature le i slature tu to provide the necessary laws to select our judges 0 without regard 0 to partis parties or party affiliations thus orly ocly can we expect to place our judiciary on a plane where they can not be tempted to favor party associates or at least to lo the suspicion of having 0 done so which whether it be true or not tends to lower the standard and di dagni ui ty of our courts |
