San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-08-10
The Democratic Nominees.
Galveston News.
HoN. JOHN IRELAND.

kentucky, Jauuhfy 4, i"-''
was farmer OF very modest means ana
highly esteemed in his neighborhooc'
wb;le his mother was noted for her
good seuse, her piety, aud the care with
which she reared her children. Being
moor. John Ireland labored for living
during his boyhood with great industry
aud without academic advantages, ap-
piled himself to the acquisition OF
GOOD common school education; and in
his efforts met with degree OF success
which has eminently characterized his
manhood. Before attaining his major
ity, his popularity secured for him the
Office of sheriff of his native county,
and being unqualified by reason OF his
minority to hold the office his friends
procured special act Of the legislature
TO render him eligible. Having saved
some money by his personal labor, and
being ambitious to become lawyer. he
entered the Office of Robert Bernay and
Judge Henry G. Wood, at Munfords-
vile, KY, in 1851, and by his untiring
energy, aided by o quick, accurate
mind and temperate habits, made such
good progress that, in 1852, he came to
Texas III April, reaching San Antonio
in January, 1858, and moving shortly
thereafter to Seguin. where he entered
upon the practice of the law as pro-
fession, and where he has resided ever
since. By close application to his prac'
tice he soon gained competency, and
has since made reputation as lawyer
and iurist second to no man in Texas
He was member of the secession con-
vention in 1861, and in 1852 entered
the service of tae confederacy and re-
NAMED until the close of the war, serv-
ing most OF the time or the Texas coast |
as licutenaMt.colonel of an Independent
regiment Returning home in 1865, he
again entered upon the practice of the
law, and ever since, both in private and
public life, his voice and his good right
arm has been raised in the cause of the
people. He was elected member Of
the constitutional convention under the
Johnson reconstruction laws OF 1866,
and at the reorganization of tho john
son government was elected district
Judge of the Travis and Seguin dis
trict, but was subsequently removed
from office by General Griffin, with the
rest of the Throckmorton government.
He returned once more to his profess
sion, but was made a member of the
house of representatives Of the Thrift.
eth legislature, and subsequently elect
ed to the senate of the fourteenth leg
serving two sessions. In both ,
bodies he was distinguished by his {,
great ability and his devotion to the I
interests of the people. In 1876 he |
was appointed to the supreme bench I
and won the admiration and esteem of
the bar of the state for the legal accur- I
acy of his opinions and the conscien-
tiousness with which he discharged the I
duties of his position. After the reor- +
ganization of the government in 1876 '
be left the supreme bench and again
retired to private professional life.
Later in 1876 he received very fatter-
ing vote for the United States senate.
It is well known that it was only after
the public declension of Governor Rob- '
erts that Judge Ireland consented to II
become candidate for governor; and he I
would not have opposed Governor
Roberts as an avowed candidate in the
beginning. 1t may with reason be hoped e
hat he will make as good Il governor as |
Texas could find among her citizens. J
In all the high official positions with l
which Judge Ireland has been honored S
lis conduct has been such as to merit t
or him the reputation of being sound l
the friend of the people and t
he conservatUr of their interests. u
While he is an anti-monopolist, he is n
in his opinions, and not d
likely to injure public enterprises to t.
yratify an unjust public sentiment. +
LIECTENANT-GoyERNo p
Hon. Marion Martin was born in Ken t
ucky, in 1890, aud moved to Texas in r
s53, settling in Jefferson, Marion C
county, whence he move to Navarro 6
county. where be has resided since. "
lie was a member OF the State Senate b
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