The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-10

fact that no Democratic attorney has been adj,
to secure the appointment OF even master II
chancery for Will or La Sale counties for the
last twenty years, Republicans exclusively
have monopOlized those offices, and Democrat.
who were weak enough to ask for an appoint
ment have been given to understand that nc
Democrat need apply. The same is true in re
gard to the printing and publishing Of tho
docket reports. No Democratic publisher was
lever favored with IL call in that direction.
OF course. A man with the republican virus
IN his veins can no more cease to be partisan
than leopard can change his spots, and 1t is
unreasonable to expect 1t of him. The demo
Gratis were once fools enough to imagine that
the Judges on the L. S. supreme bench at least
might b. able under certain august circum.
stances to lose the partisan in the judge but
| old lack Chandler himself or Blaine or John
Logan was never a more bitter or INSCRIPTIONS
partisan bigot than were the judicial members
of the famous to d; commission that swindled
Tilden out Of the presidency. SO while it is
unreasonable to expect judges to cease to be
parisans it is equal folly to expect voters
wholly to ignore party predictions in voting
for Judges. Yet it is good and wise thing to
vote for the best men for judges without regard
to party and that naturally brings up the
question who are the best men Editors know
everything, and on this point SO far as the
present judicial scramble in particular is con
cerned, the FREE TRADER is competent and
ready to give the fullest information. Vtdelicet:
Judge Leland is n good man. Before he
was elected Judge he ranked as an able lawyer
with Purple, Dickey, Knowlton, Hclme, &c,
in days when lawyers were bigger than they
are now and during twenty years service on
the bench he has stood in the front rank of our
Iclrcuit Judges, and might have been elected to
the supreme bench 20 years ago If he had &C
|ccptcd nomination. No one has ever ques-
toned his ability or dared to impugn his
sturdy unrightncss or integrity. Hc may some
times make wrong decisions, as all judges are
liable to, and sometimes he gets grabbed and
oilcnds aspiring young lawyers who never for
give or forget. SO while the people know he
is true and reliable and have faith in his ability
and integrity he is not the iavoritc of "thc bar"
Judge Roberts Is IA good man His ability
and integrity have stood the test of some thir,
teen years OF faithful service on the bench, and
we doubt whether another Judge in the State,
during an equally protracted service, has scored
fewer faults He Is noted for his prompt de.
lcision and rapiiity in the despatch of business,
and for his genial manners and engaging social
qualities Yet he too, Is no favorite of 1.-THE
bar"
Judge Gooispeei Il good man-an excel.
len, man-though several members of the bar
have stated TO Us also that they are "disap.
pointed" in HIN. These lawyers are hard to
please, probably because there is none of them
that doesn't know more about law than any
Judge on the bench, Nevertheless all are
ready 10 admit that Frank Goodspeed is CAPT
tai lawyer and capable reliable, upright
Judge, and in his less than two years service
on the bench has made good record
Chas. Blanchard is II good man. Though
without experience on the bench, he is admit
ted to be good lawyer and to have an eminent.
y judicial mind" whatever that may mean
lie will get big vote in this county though
his asslduous coddlng by the Ottawa Repubi
can, to the dctrimcnt of Judge Leland is not
calculated TO help him.
Maj Geo. W. Stipp has all the material in
him 10 make capital judge. He is exceed
ingly well posted rs Il lawyer, is quick and
prompt IN decision, and during large prac.
tee OF nearly thirty years has learned all the
ms and outs OF the legal profession He has
wonderful personal popularity, and all his
opponents admit that he is II dangerous man "
Charles {. Warren-though our acouaint
ancc with him is very limi,ed-we tecl war
rantcd in saying is II good man All admit
him To be good lawyer, and that Is the essen
,ial thing. Then the fact that his election IS
urged with so much earncStness by Bureau
county, which is really entitled to one of the
judges and expects to get him, Is Il strong GER
titiCate rs to his capability and general descr,
Nobody can go much amiss in voting for
Charley Warren
And last but not least, ROYAL f.. Barber is 4
good man He ranks in Joliet as one of their
abiest lawycr-certainly the peerof McRobcrts,
Goodspced, Randall, Ohm, and that class, and
his character for purity Of life and personal
uprightncss and integrity is unimpeachable
OF all the untried candidates there is none in
whom all the elements Of the capable and hon.
est judge are more fully combined.
There YOU have thcm-the whole seven-and
besides them there are no other candidates ri
the honest reader, who has followed this de
lineatlon faithfully, is not Row able to pick out
the three best men of the seven, his lntelects
mus, be singularly obtuse-as much so. in
fact, as our own-ior 'blowed if we can do il