, 1873-04-28
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS,
Judge LoInnd Declines to lie n Qa11tli-
tnto for tho Supreme bench Agninsi
IMlEc EcG4nyvrcMco-ConvoE Guile d
Fnw vnrnrT. s,r1 ,EnJ}nt.

Judge cLn1vrcmce-Convont Called
for AMr0rn and Joliet
Special Dfspatch to The Chicago Tribune.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, April &c. 1879.-Thero Inns been ercat
anxcty to learn the nnl decision Of Judge Leland,
to whether he will nccopt nomination to tho Supreme
Court agafnst Judge Lawrence canaidate foE.roeloc
ton. Judge Diokoy waa nlao understood to bo in tho
field but there not tho anxtoty to hnve def
nto expression Of his viowE, since largo number
Of heavy men haTo gono over to Ju1go Lawrcpco dur
the past fow nya tlat his swrencos Reelection, In
tho eyont Of Judge Leland declining, Is hero 1oood
upon as ccrtan Tho only opinion in this county has
been, a1I aong that Judge Le1and might run Judge
Lawrence hard, Judge plckey being tho ucxt strongest
man. Lending mon OF different sections, who havo
hitherto wavcred haEo put ond 10 all doubt by do
claring that tho event Of Lennd not running, their
votea. aud a the votea shoy could influence would 40
for Lawrence. No emo to bothor Judge D!ckoy,
AZ bis wife is very SICK and ho Ia In consAnt attcn
ance at hcr bedside hut thcro Is oycry confidence fe
TINT ho would not accept tho nomination, waa
tcnaerod.
With tho view Of putting end to doubt to Judge
Leland's intentions, have applied To him for def
nito Etacncnt Of tho coursc ho proposed to puraue
and IN Ecny, he gigos me tho following, with authority
to publish
Monn1s, Ill, April 10, 1873.
Tbs Hon. E. $. Leland:
At recent meeting Of Grundy County Farmcra'
Club tho olowing resolution WIS unanimously adopt
Ing full confidence in the ability and integrity Of tho
Hon E. s. Leland, Of Ottawa, urgently request him to
alo- his nnme to 10 uaed candidate for tho office
G. jndgo Of tho Supreme Court Of this Slate.
'' Secretary arundy County Farmers Farn aci Glib.
IN reference to this letter tho Judge saya:
Ing in substanSo 4 kept copy> TINT did not de-
Sire to nssu1no tho enormous labora and immense
sponsibtites Of . place on THO supreme Bench that
my decided preference wag to be reelected Circuit
Judge that II feelings Of kindness and friendship for
aoro to have any Influence Il would ba more pgree-
eected to tho placoi now ll tha eyon Il lad de-
Hred to e candidate for tho nomination ut Princeton
qq The aa sou4 not
for supron,e Judge, ana that ho might rely upon T.
rsvocable that llo had done so and Ind since written
to ne tlss s ao a2 @ sn Eey rpon ii th9t
s ns vote p @ n s
to Ill tho Offices, like all other rules 1t had Ito oxccp-
tons that ono Of tho rights of tho minority wns not
conscience, doomed diaroputubie; and TINT
could not, and would not, accept d nomination ns n
thas posivey M ah entoy becsaao It Lad yes
stated to mo by eo.ne that tho Convention had tbs
right to mako mo candidate, whether desired to 10
"Yourp think did mo Injustice tho other day
In assigning for me- without authority, reaaons Why
would not accept tho Princeton nomination. think
that any body Of men, whether lnwyers fsr1nera,
has tho right to express preference Tor any pcruon
a on - se nohg 81 h
expect nothing Of him. except TINT ho will declare
what ho honoay believes to bo the law regardless Of
Einsaif." @' "''@ - ''N' 4N'@'S'' 's1'0D%l ~
There f. pretty general notion, which y spreading
idea that Judge Leland would be induced to accept
nomination hhyo been influenced by iptercsta very
different from those which actuated tho snray yeo
mon, namely to create vacancy on tie Circuit lench
to which they could elect one Of tho1r number
80 convinced are numbers Of pernons formerly M
and prominent cittzcn. WHO probably Is we'll
qualnted through tho district as any ono, says 10
docs not hear any Of thcm growing the Times and
journal representing them TO be. send tho nano
weight Of these words. He snya the farmers 4re at
tenn6s 6 t. Their M nlowina sn Th1t they hs7e been
such fools not 10 know that tho Judges not .e-
sponaiblo for TINT law IN The early da5a OF annoy
ao section Of n,oloontentY them as the monkey
used the cats tw, to pts' tho ctcsts out Of tile
se by .s{ sssfe haxe 9 ' % ever II 4,n.
JOLIET, ILL.,, April 20.-Tho County Farmers Clnb
held special nsoeting hero today to consicr tho pro-
After spirited discussion. tic subject was laid over
Until tho first AEouday In Afay when Joint conyc-
ton Of delegates from tho clubs Of this and Grndy
dali and Judge McRobers, 1t IL understood, viii be
the competing candidates hoforo tho Convention, while
Cart. Charles T. IN hss many friends: The namo Of
Judge Harris, of Gr1tnay. nay also bn presented.
AURORA, ILL.,, April a1.-The Republican County
Committed has Issued cali for convention to be hold
at Geneva Saturday May n f9r The nrposo Of select
be hold at Anrora on tho nrst Monday IL June, to put
In nomination Circuit Judge for this Jucin Circuit.
1antion viii Gs jusa WiIcox T ot Egln, % Who Is sGt tho
present incumbent OF tile olce and the Hon. Charles
Wheaton, OF Aurora.