The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-03-25

H. c. KOCH, Chairman.
CIRCUMSTANCES have prevented our
bestowing any personal attention on our
editorial columns this week. The follow
ing article is from the Fond du Lac
Morning Journal, a paper of well rec
oguized ability and fairness:
By the action of the democratic judi
cial convention at Sheboygan Thursday
the party it represented has a candidate
for the position of judge OF the judicial
circuit who is in every respect worthy of
the honor conferred upon him. Though
comparatively young man, Col. \. 5.
ellison takes rank as one Of the soundest
LAWYERS in Ills section Of the state. He
will bring to the bench thorough
knowledge of the principles upon which
law is founded aud the rules governing
its practice in court, as well as an integ
rity that is absolutely above suspicion.
His home popularity-which secured
him the solid delegation from this county
on the decisive ballots due to the uni
versal confidence OF our people in his
ability and worth, and not at all to his
employment Of those tactics by which
the professional politician recommends
himself to the voters whose sutfrages he
desires to secure. His friends are numer-
Gus and devoted, because those who know
him have assurance that his Judgment
can be relied upon above that of ordinary
men, and that his conduct is ever deter
mined by well grounded convictions OF
duty and right.
Our readers will desire to know some
thug of the earlier history of the man
whose accession of the judges chair in
this circuit is now merely matter Of
time. It affords US pleasure to present
brief sketch of his life. Col n. S. ellison
is native of Ohio. He was born in
Geauga county, in that state, March %,
1889. When he arrived at the age of
twent ;-one-in 1S60-he located at West
Bend, the county seat of Washington
county, in this state-where he read law
il the Office of Fr;sby & We'll. the senior
member of which firm is his uncle. This
being the period IL our country's history
when treason plotted its dismemberment,
the studious retirement of law Office
was exchanged by him some eighteen
months later for the more exciting scenes
ss~4,.4vA 49,, $3.50. ~ 1900 - s-4S
volunteer service as q private III Co. cd,
18th Wisconsin regiment, raised at West
Bend. -Four years of active service IN
the field followed, during which time he
the war had closed VIGOROUSLY for the
cause he had espoused, the young stu
dent-soldier was mustered out with the
brevet rank Of Lieut.. colonel by appoint
ment Of the president. For a year sab
sequently he discharged the duties of
Judge advocate of the department of the
Mississippi. In the following year he
returned TO Wisconsin. He again took
up his legal studies, going through full
course in the Albany, \. Y, law school,
from which institution he was graduated
with distinction, and Was admitted to
practice in the supreme court of the state
of New York. In 1867 he returned to this
state, located at Fond du Lac for the
practice of his profession, since which
time our people are familiar with his
career. During the intervening period
Col ellison has been city attorney and
district attorney, in both of which posi-
tions he justified the confidence of his
friends in the ripeness 81 his attainments
as lawyer and the incorruptibleness of
his personal integrity. Both of these
offices he refused to accept the second
time, resigning from the ticket as q can
didate for district attorney III 1873 after
he had been unanimously renominated
by the democratic county convention.
Since he has been a resident here Col.
ellison has been associated in the pIac
tice of law, first with Hon. Geo. Perkins,
our present county judge, then with Hon.
c. T. Thorn, afterward with Hon. j. I.
Ware, the latter partnership having ex
listed from 1873 to the present time.
Politically the subject of our notice
was in sympathy with tie republican
party during the war and Until its sub.
sequent corruptions Disguised him with
its leadership and tendencies. II 1eT-
he openly broke with that party and
identified himself with the minority
which. under the democratic banner
sought to stem the tide Of administrative
debauchery that seemed to menace the
integrity OF free institutions less violent
", perhaps, but not less seriously, thar
did armed rebellion when he shoulderet
priyate's musket III defense of the Ia
tions flag From that time to the presen
he has been an active worker in the rank.
of the democracy, whose efforts in thi,
city, county and congressional district
have contributed much to its successe,
a. the polls, and to the strength and eff
fciency Of its organization. While not a
all a partisan in the machine" sense O
the word, Col. ellison Is man of strong
and sincere convictions, whose politica
action is dictated by his sense of patriot,
duty 1t is of. and by, such men tina
healthy political bodies are built up
Recognizing Tins fact. and knowing tn
sincerity Of his motives, the democrac,
OF the city and county of Fond du La
have delighted to do him honor in Id
past Aud every true democrat IL Fou,
du Lac county viii rejoice to learn tha
the democracy If tins judicial circul
have given his talents and worth tn
recognition they were accorded IN las
Thursdays convention.
OF Col. Gilson's election there is, O
course, no shadow of doubt. No possibl
cSnLsugtiop can defeat him.