To this desecration, this glorious
Democracy added an extensive slipe
of bigotry. It is the custom on such
occasions to have men whom the
people have honored occupy promi
nem positions, un this special oc
casion a part of the present Supreme
court was early made tbe recipients
of such custom. This part was the
Democratic portion of the court.
lhe custom was extended to some
ex-members of the court of Demo
cratic persuasian. Some remarks
were made about this proceeding,
and then a committee called to
"honor" the remainder of the court.
But the remainder declined to be
honored under the circumstances.
To be a little more explicit 'Judge
Montgomery, who was a Confederate
soldier from the age of sixteen and
one-half years to twenty-one years,
who was in many of the fiercest bat
tles, who was severely wounded, who
record as a soldier boy can not be
surpassed, did not receive any con
sideration at the hands of the eom
mittee in eharge until some remark
about the matter had been made.
We believe that Chief Justice Fair
cloth and Justice l urches were not
in the procession on that day. Why
this, when a number of Democratic
ex-members were specially honored!
The managing committee were Dem
ocrats some of them of the most
narrow-brained and hide-bound
variety.
