Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-22
,x.s greeted with applause. II,
.d.,r,~ed she Convention briefly, n

,~ss Sreeted with applause. lie
..,.lr,red she Convention briefly, ss
follows:
cpvrLENEN orTHE CONVENTION:
A,lo,. me- 10 say 10 you that for
ri. nomination, 10 kindly rendered
49,, nv acclanintion, you have my
s......ys thanks. In accepting this
s.an,, ,nstl,a, / de 70 knowing some
.,.i,,y Of its responsibilities and dn.
ti,.s n, am now serving my eighth
year a Circuit Judge.
tsow that thu office ID respon-
.,h,s ons and that the iabors connec-
lsd with Ii are arduosis. The Cir
emit Cour: has becoine court OF
great Importance. lfany one doubts
fhis let him examine the tiockets In
,hs various counties In this circuit
for The last three or four years and
Ia will aud that the Circuit Court
-. h.d more cases aiid has transac-
,..d ,,,r.. business 0f a civil charac-
49, thsnnuy Other Court has ever
,~,nsacied In these counties during
the same length 0f time. A large
noytiun Of the time Of ths District
court is now occupied with criminal
hu.iness. 10 that Court can devote
bat portion Of It's time 10 The civil
docket. ),
,,tiia 7 an, aware that hxve made
many mistakes upon the bench, M
all ,.isi prins Judges can but do, in
the hurry Of business. and that |
have also In some instances given
dI,saiisfnction, yet on the whole |
have s,,eseedesl better than / could
reasonably have expected; and this
e-nominalion for third term is nm
honor which l highly appreciate. !
will say further, Without egotisin,
thst 1 believe ] have Profited,
MT least to some extent, by ex-
,s,rience. and Ii again reelected ]
can only promise that II shall he my
enslssvor to keep jae with the
adj dysneements of the day and To con-
tinue the discharge of my duties
without fear or favor, aud with the
further earnest endeavor to make
fewer mistakes the longer | remain
upon the bench.
Gentlemen of the convention per-
nit me again to say that you have
my thanks for the interest you have
manifested In my behalf, and | trust
that I shall continue to merit the
confidence OF yourselves and the peo-
ple Of this circuit, aud that / shall
continue To receive the same uni
form courtesy from the members of
the Bar that have received In the
pasi.
But while am profoundly CRATE.
full to my friends. they must remem-
Der that the bench can hnve no ia
vorites, and In the discharge OF the
duties uf the Office / shall hav. no
friends to reward and no enemies 10
puaish.
I must not forget that this Is
n Rcpubiican convention, anil that
all / am, politically, owe to the
great Republican party. Neyerthe.
less the Judicial Office ought not TO
he made n political office; and while
repeat that am = Republican,
must also say that have no reason
to complain VI my treatment by the
Democratic party. -Four years ago |
they made no nomination agalns. |
me aud many nisml9rs af that par
~ Sri"Nfnity hiuuHH fhc ftShbp'tr /
OF the Bar, have said 10 mo recently |
that they should vote Tor me In cas
WAS candidate. They will prot.
ably make . nomination this year.
hat whether they do or not, IL will
he my duty while on the bench 10
eschew politics.
A memi~.r or our committed said
to me, while coming up here, tn cut
my remarks short, ~ the members
desire to leave soon ON tho out. going
trains. So ! will detnin you no lou
Con vention will give satisfaction TO
the country In general and To the |
sixth judicial Circuit OF Iowa In
The address was heartily applaud
ed.
On motion the Convention ah.
IOurned.