The Office of Lord Advocate:
A Wise Precedent Eetablished From Our Own Correspundent, Edinburgh, Feb. 13.
Mr. Ramway MagDonald taken 2 Wise course in making the office of Lord "Advocate for Scotland non-political one. He cannot te given the whole credit for the course taken: he was not at frat inclined to make the prefndent; it waa in some respects forced upon him, "Bat, his aetion hat "ood deal of courage behind it, atid ib his rece tinted raise frou the Conserv tive, Liberal, and Radical. press Sealand' The aly ebjestors found. in the, week! ly_ organs the extreme Beds. The new Lord Advocate ig Mr. LI, P. Mac-milan, K.c, % Unionist, atone time candidate for East Lothian and from. the eorrespondence published, the Prime Minister proposed to Mr. Macmillan the neceptance of the post "on a asin entirely non-political." On ing Mr. Macmil-Jan undertakes: "to discharge the duties ati enjoy the rights of the office without participation Politics and, of course, without a neat in the Iouge."" As T have anid, thin action required courage on the part of Mr. Ramsay Mac. Donald, Tt must be borne mind that during the past, fort. night he has been subjected tow raucous ¢lumour by. extremist members of his party: in Seutland urging him, almost with threats, to a very different course. These so-called idealists from the Clyde have eon preaching the cruelest doctrine of purty spoils and jobs, Nothing would wtisty then but that, the Law Officerships should weatowed upon, menivers of own party. Their ings howe been Moecow, 1 men who find their precede Tegal ofice men knowledge and of appointment sets up a now precedent which may te well worth the con sideration of future tis not, after al 46 non-political positi in England ae well woul it not be better to have a
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