New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-10-18

ton Of . Judge is allowed to 60 by de-.
fault. E 4 B. asas Il
Let who will go to congress, only, a
very few persons can in any contin-
gency derive a direct personal advan.
tage from the election: Of any particu.
lar man, while, on the other hand, ev.
cry man, woman and child in the COM
1munity are under the shield OF tl,t
law. and at any moment are liable to
come into direct personal relations
with the courts. The interests of soci.
ETY. and individuals are surrounded and
upheld by the law. The courts charge
themselves with the duty Of protect.
ing life. liberty and property, and
from the courts alone have we right
to demand the redress of private.
grievances, the enforcement of legal
obligations, and the punishment Of
public offenders.
These grave considerations are usu.
ally ignored by the practical politi-
clans for reason above Indicated
while the average voter, accustomed
as he is to free access to the tribunal
Of law and the nnchallenged enjoy
ment Of civil and political rights, pays
them little attention. 4.1
While these vital questions are too
frequently ignored by the managing
politicians, as well as by the untitink.
ing multitude, all the more do they de
serve the earnest attention of the en-
lightened and conscientious citizen.
The question who will be our Judge
for the next seven years, to the PEG.
pie generally, transcends In impor-
lance all other local political questions
of the year, and this question should
be brought to. the front in the pending
canvass and kept there at any neces-.
sary cost of time and trouble. Surely
the people Of the Ninth Judicial Dis
trict have suffered enough already in
dollars and cents, and been sufficiently
Inundated and scandalized in this past
history Of the district, to justify extra
precautions in choosing Judge for the
future,
AS a lawyer as we'll as a citizen, I
feel that l have duty to do in them
ises; one which it would be cowardly
mot to perform.
It is now. reasonably certain that
either B. F. Webber of New Ulm, or
Judge Hanscome Of st. Peter, will be
our next judge. Between these two
gentlemen I have decided preference
a preference based npon long and ia.
millar acquaintance with both, and
one not resulting from either 1ll.will
or prejudice. Without wishing to un.
justly disparages Judge Hanscome,
with whom l have never had a differ
ence in sixteen years of intimate &C
quaintance, still think Mr.. Weber
is by far the better man for the place.
Some of my reasons for thinking IS
I do, I will proceed to give: 80 s
First, locality is in favor of Mr..
Webber. A judge residing in New
Ulm will be moro accessible to
the people Of Renville, Redwood, Ly-
on and Lincoln counties, than one re.
siding at St. Peter.
Second, Judge Hanscome is neither;
a Democrat nor Greenbacker III his
political views, but on the contrary
has all his life been a professeds Repub-
can, and at the hands of that great
party has received all the political
honors and emoluments which he has
ever had. I submit that it lily be-
comes such man to seek to compass
the defeat of a Republican candidate
so long as he still processes to cherish
the principles of the party. Iwell re.
member when the Judge was the Re.
publican candidate for the Office of
district judge, and distinctly recall
the fact that he was as such very
strenuous concerning the duty of vot-
ing the straight party ticket. He was
quite right in this respect, but what
has occurred to change this elemen.
tary rule of party discipline! It's Oh
vious that Judge Hanscome's atti-
tude..in the present canvass is emphat-
ically wrong from party standpoint
and hence should be distinctly repudi-
ated by party men. -
Third, while the officer of district
judge is wholly non-partisan, l regard
Mr.. Weber the more fayorably as he
possesses the advantage Of being the
duly nominated Republican candidate
of the Ninth Judicial District. DUAL.
ified for the position as he is, Mr.. Web,
Der is clearly entitled to the hearty
support Of every Republican in this
district. I am fully aware Of the fact
that the convention which nominated
Mr.. Weber made an exasperating
blunder by excluding the Republican
delegates from Redwood county, and
by admitting other persons who had
not been commissioned to represent
the party. This is all::true, but it is
not more a fact than Mr.. Webber was