Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-11-18
The SuDremp C0urt.

General Assembly was, perh,ps. the mo.
important duty which devolves upon tina
holy, and in astran9er would be quite al
to excite wonder. For elsewhere Judge
"et ulon tie bench 10y appointment O
election by the popular vote. and there i
such continual war between the tw,
mctho's of selection that people are a}
to think these the only possible ways.
Vermont has. however. succeeded ex
crIlently in her plan of letting the repre-
>entalive> of the people say who shall al
minister justice. There is hut little dan
gcr, it is found, from political prejudice
IL Little. indeed, rs could be expected wcr,
any other cour>e adopted. Sometime:
when Il new judg. is elected 4 member o
the dominant party stands better chance
other things being equal, but our judge:
are not disturbed for opinions sake. Th.
elder Rc~dlirld-whosc attainmlcnts were
such that he almost changed the name h,
Which the body was known. from the Yer
mont Court to the Redtield Court =
during nearly all his service opposed to
the ma ioritv. HIS brother, reelected YES
t'rIay, does not obtain his place by politi
cal accord with the majority. bat bv IN
eminent fitness for the post.
The Supreme Court ha, changed con>il-
crIbly IN the last few years 10y the retire
mcnt of former members and the accession
of Kew ones, Chief Justice Picrpoint and
judge Barrett arc the only two rcmlinir~
"i those who came in with the system in
November, ISL, when it WI, restored
after half Il dozen Years trial of the cir-
Gull conrt plan.
Hon. john I%irrpoint Of Ncrgcnncs. the
chief il>rice. was born in Litchti"ld. Con-
ncct;cut. sept. 10, 1896, and has been upon
the : prcmc bench seventeen years. He
became chief Justice nine Years ago. when
Hon. l.. 7. Poland wa, appointed United
States senator by Governor Dillingham;.
Hon. james Barrett of Woodstock is ::
native of Stanford. where he WIS born
Nay 81. 1914, and came upon the bench
III lNI1, ut the same time as the present
thief justice. Judge Barrett fitted for col
lr"c ii Randolph, AMI "raduated at Dart
mouth in IS -,
III" other five members elected yr>:cr-
day are comparatively new comcrS Hon.
floyt II. Wheeler Of Jtluajca wa born in
Chesterfield, y. H., August 81. 1888. He
became the leading lawyer Of Windhum
county, rising very rapidly after his adj
mission to the bar. His first election took
place i'll lNGo, when Judge rrout left the
bench. Judge Wheeler ht~ ma L. a most
rNcrllent record in tie iiv" years since his
Election, and evidently like, his present
position far better than political life, OK the
second congressional district wouIl have
sent him to Congress thi, fall.
Hon. Homer +. Royce of -. Albums
comes of 4 "jiulicial family" and its rep
hat not suffered t hi~ hands. II,
i Il native of Berkshire. AMI is tittv-tivc
years Of aGr. H WIS elected in 1870.
lii llbor> have been greatly increased by
location of the RAILROAD fights in his
ptrt of the STATE. and of course in the bit
tcrnc-s created by Ties. contests there
.ltvr been attacks made on JEdwr R.vcc.
the people of Vermont ir,v. conf
lrncr in hi honesty a. in his ability.
lion Timothy p. KcdlirId of Montpelier
Va BON IN Coventry. November ;, l>I2.
lnd has been four years Il judge. This.
'oun;y deems Itself Fortunate that ii is
me Of Tie two in whilh he l:oll, hi,
courts.
Hon. Jonathan Eo>s Of >t. J,hn,imrv
@t, born in WATERFORD, April 80. l>25:
Ms elected jud@r i'll $50 over II. Henry
and has Caledonia and Essen
otnti'> in which to hold hi, courts.
II, Henry Powers. Tho present Speaker
IF the Iica>., i've, in h, native town OF
where lie wa, born Nav %.
50 Mr.. Powers i Il rull.ate of the
| University If Vermont in the class Of
$50 IL WIS Senator two years AGO. ami
tni~ fail nude his mark * til. lr>.
-p''krr Il Vermont legislature has NAL
."r many L year. Mr.. Powers VIII fill
he new position to which he i, Gale
Ni;h >ignal ability.