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tnu-; Dy oeuawunai uuuioeu.A JUDGE RESIGNS TO GET A BIGGER SALARY, AND trill THEN IS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD.ach It will be remembered that the last General As-,er sernbly increased tUe salary of Common PleasJudges to $2,500 per annum. A number of thelose Judges who went in on the low salary immedi-lare ately resigned, and were at once appointed by the Governor to the very same judgeships, to enable , them to draw the big salary. Of oourse, they all tbe had to go before the people for re-election in Occurs tober. Among those who resigned, and were appointed by the Governor under this arrangement, , was Judge Johnson, of Ironton, who, by the way, ao~ is a good judge and a clever gentleman- He wasto a renominated by the Republicans in hisjudicial 'ork •“^division, composed of the counties of Jackson, Vinton, Pike, Scioto and Lawrence, and every tean body supposed he would be re-elected. His defeat was not considered possible. He thought it far 1 of more likely that a thunderbolt from a dear sky would strike him down, than that the nee, people would refuse him that judgeship, with the rery $2.■■00 per annum. The Democrats very quietly rors went*0 work and made Martin Crain, of Ports-“onth, their candidate, and then elected him. luiy He was the only Democratic lawyer in the subdi1 to vision who would consent to make the race againstJudge Johnson; and be will make a good judge,too. He will be remembered as the Representa-ana tive from Seiota County in the sessions of the General Assembly of 1862 and 1863. The laughseks oomes in at the point where Johnson resigned to get the big salary, and then lost the judgeship 1arly
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Cincinnati Commercial
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1867
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