The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-06-08
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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1s.6.
TIE U. s. CIRCUIT coURT-PERsoaSTL.

81, lar and the public AS one OF the ablest
in the whole country, and It's decisions
r,,L sc legal precedents but little below
those Of the Supreme Court. The full
bench consists of Justice Miller, OF the su-
prsme seat; Judge Dillon, of the L. S.
Circuit Court, and Judge Foster, of the L.
;. District Court-presenting an average o!
legal talent and experience but rarely
co allied in any court of the present day.
Large Enmbers of prominent attorneys
iron various parts OF X ansas and Missouri,
are drawn hither by the session OF the
court, and it rarely falls TO the lot Of an
American citizen to witness finer array Of
legal talent than is TO be found at the pres
ent time in the court room at Leavenwortb.
Judge Miller is not in attendance at the
present session.
JUICE DILLON.
Hon. John +. Dillon, of Iowa, Judge OF
the Circuit Court ranks by common cop-
sent as one Of the ablest jurists of the age.
He is gestleman of fine physique, of mid
die age, and with body enough to support
his strong and active mind. During pub
lie lie OF twenty years or more, no faint OF
corruption or shadow Of sUspicI on has yer
fallen upon his name. lie has been called
upon TO decide many OF the most impor-
tant cases ever tried in the West cases in
which have been enlisted influence, money,
and all the modern appliance! that
are used to defeat the ends Of justice, and
yet the balances have always been evenly
held-the highest and strongest have Jared
alike with the lowest and weakest, and no
Circumstance of wealth, rank or station has
ever caused him 10 deviate from
the strict line Of justice. Judge
Dillon combines in 4 very extraordinary
degree the rare qualities of brilliant mental
power and strict moral integrity and it is
therefore not strange that in this age Of the
world, when mediocrity climbs TO so many
high places, and corruption seems to have
become epidemic, that the people who know
Judge Dillon should consider him the man
OF the hour for a Presidential candidate.
and the Republican party could not make
a better selection. He would be acceptable
to the East, and his name wonld be a tower
OF strength in the West. We do not know
that Judge Dillon considers himself a can
didate for the nomination, but we do know
that his name has been frequently mention
ed by some of the ablest men and journals
Of the party; and of all the long list OF
good names brought forward, there is not
one around which the Republicans of the
country, and especially of the West, would
rally with more enthusiasm, and there is no
man in all the country to whom we could
more safely commit the affairs Of the ma
ton and the interests Of humanity.
JUDGE c. C. FOSTER.
Hon. c. q. Foster, OF Atchison, Judge Of
the L. S. District Court, and er-oticio Asso-
ciate Justice of the Circuit Court, is COM
paratively young man; he has been on
the bench about three years, but during
that time has won fattering reputation
with the members Of the bar, for his judi
cial ability, and for the soundness and fair
ness Of his rulings and decisions. lie, like
his associate on the Circuit bench, is a man
% irreproachable character, is an indefati-
gable worker, and his official conduct thus
far has been characterized by the strictest
integrity and the most scrurulous regard
for justice. As Judge OF the District Court,
he has given eminent satisfaction to the bar
and the people of the Stale. He is about
iAirty-fve years old, of medium height and
weight, good naturcd and unmarried.
L. ATTORNEY rEcK.
Ion. George X. Peek, L. S. District At
torney, is one of the rising lights at the
bar. He is young man, but recognized
10y attorneys and the public IA one of the
most sagacious lawyers in the State. Dur
ing the three years that he has held his
present position he has conducted several
of the most important cases ever tried in
Kansas, in which he displayed a degree of
legal ability which marked him at once as
one Of the ablest attorneys in the west. His
connection with the Usage Land case,
marked his most important official action,
and in this case, wherein he defended the
rights al the people against the claims OF
certain corporations, and achieved signal
victory for the settlers, in the Supreme
Court Of the United States, he not only
took rank as one of the first lawyers at the
bar, but won the regard and esteem of his
fellow-citizens in all portions of the State
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY RYAN.
Hon. Thomas Ryan, OF Tokeka, Assist
ant L. S. Attorney, is one of the hardest
workers at the bar, is reckoned among the
ablest attorneys in the State, and has been
identified with Mr.. Peck in the trial OF
ell the important cases conducted by the
L. S. Attorney. Aside from his official
station, ne occupies ilattering position in
the Republican party of his district, and is
now being prominently put forward by the
press as the nominee of his party Tor Con-
gress, at the election this fall. lie posses
ses the Jefiersonian qualifications of honesty
and capabilitv, and his chances Of nomi-
nation and election are considered good.
Us. MARSHAL MILLER.
Hon. Charles III. Miller, or, as he is bet
ter known to the people of the State, ''Char-
lie Miller" the United States Marshal. is a
resident Of Leavenworth, and is one of the
most competen, officers that ever served in
the court. He has been United States Mar
shall of this District, de jure, for about seven
years, and during all that time has been
discharging the duties Of the position, but,
unfortunately for him, has been drawing
the salary of the office for only about three
months. He knows his business thorough
ly, and attends to it strictly, without going
out of his way to interfere with the affairs
OF other people. He discharges the duties
OF his Office faithfully and couscientiously,
but without any "airs" or snobbishness,
and with such an agreeable manner that it
Is always pleasant to do business with him;
when he has to take man to the Peniten-
tiary he does it in such good-natured
way a. to make the fellow half glad that
he was "sent up" Though United States
Marshal of the Distric. Of Kansas, he is
still Charlie Miller"
Us CIRCUIT CLERK THOMAS.