Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-02-11
communicated.
Judge ]. T. Mills for Chief Justice

Who shall be our judges? Wcmust
elect chief justice and an associate
justice ofthe Supreme Court thiscom
ing Spring-botE 10 fill vacancies
On whose shoulders shall fall the Ia,
dicia ermine? Judges Dixon. Paine.
Taylor aud Lyon are each spoken Of
in connection with these positions.
We mHSr nominate men uh0m pe can
elect.
1t Is we'll enough TO say, ordinari
~, that judicial officers should be cho>
sou irrespective Of party considera
tons, but now when the adversaries
OF those prnclle les upon the success
OF which We beheVe depends the sal
| vation OF oar country, are about 10
place IN nomination candidates for
these Offices with purity ends il rie,o
now when parry lines are to be drawn
and party nominations made, it he,
comes as as Republicans, rising above
all personal considerations, 10 acl
with that wisdom aud discretion
which has gained for rs the national
position we now occupy
The democracy are rallyjng their
forces and viii strain every nerve il
the contest. In The present attitude
| Of national affair our success is Of vI>
tai Importance lhe influence OF "a
republican defeai ia Wisconsin next
! spring would bc strongly ielt III the
coming Presidential eiec1m
oar candidates sbeuFt not 81 f9r
any 1H otHozina d ae 50ne asa
Sta ac p0re alrH ~ e0n.
port tp8a iha q oas 0siret ST
fegamHg The wii 1t the great
masses az the Repu iean party mas
be seoa - lac history 81 The pase
year
IL Yiew of The present situation o.
affairs aad as onr share IA the task
80 pointing out tue road 10 saeecss.
present the name ofthe Hon j a.
ili.ts, present iudg4 u the5lhJualIcia
+ lHWi1 tQr Chief Justice Judge
/ AIs s. sound iawye.r Ills aaues.
81 enc sin question a thorough
r4 ,ica, cha'ar aad close student.
j Thirty $ cars y exclusive devotion 10
his profession has given him SaGwi
edge of the theory and practical
workings Of the law uneXceled BY
any lawyer in the State. The rare
Judicial talent he has displayed in his
present position eminently fits him
for the office Of Chief Justice. His
public and private character is above
ceproach. Always radical Repub~
llcan, and in his years Of past servi>
res IN Wisconsin, both as a legislator
and Judge, he has ever been found u
jealous guardian Of the rights Of the
people, and an unyielding foe to all
forms of oppression. Had his advice
been followed the farm mortgagers
would long since have been relieved
from their embarrassments without
violation Of statute law or the con
stiiution.
The statntoJofour State, although
married by tyr0s in the art of law
making, III their wholesome provis
ions bear more strongly the indelible
impress OF his mind than that of any
other individual
Itistrue, Judge Cole formerly lived
in the western part Of the State, but
thirteen years upoa the Supreme
bench, which he has SO highly hon
ored, during which time he has re-
sided in Madison, has given him &c
he lrbole site Of Wisconsin, Besides
fitness and acaiiadUdy knows no To-
caIity.
The personal popularity Of Judge
Mills would carry for our ticket q
larger vote than that Of any other
man who could be placed upon it
We think the good Of the State ano
the interests OF the Republican party
demand his nomination for Chic
Justice