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The Colfax Chronicle
Colfax, Grant County, Louisiana
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In a letter dated July 27, 1882, from Alexandria, Louisiana, R. J. Bowman accepts an unsolicited nomination by L. V. Mayre, J. M. Hetherwick, C. M. Flower, and others to run for Judge of the newly created 12th Judicial District in the August 10 election, authorizing use of his name while advocating for a non-partisan judiciary.
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Messrs. L. V. Mayre, J. M. Hetherwick, C. M. Flower and others.
Gentlemen—Your request to be permitted to use my name as a candidate for the Judgeship of the 12th Judicial District, created by an act of the last Legislature, in the election to be held on the 10th of August, 1882, has just been handed to me.
While thanking you for this expression of your confidence, permit me to say that it is the more grateful because entirely unsolicited by me.
Believing that the judiciary should be free from the strife of politics or of parties I do not feel that it would be right to reject this first manifestation of such a movement.
You are, therefore, authorized to use my name as requested by you.
Yours respectfully,
R. J. BOWMAN.
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Author
R. J. Bowman
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Messrs. L. V. Mayre, J. M. Hetherwick, C. M. Flower And Others
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r. j. bowman authorizes the use of his name as a candidate for the judgeship of the 12th judicial district in the august 10, 1882 election, accepting the unsolicited nomination while emphasizing that the judiciary should remain free from political strife.
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