, 1884-03-07
The chief Justicesh,p.

Inc Sn1cI SuhttCcshhps
To the Public.
1t is with regret that 1 find it neces'
sary to ''rush iuto print" to explain
any action of mine. But the issue has
been forced upon me by Judge Sener,
who endeavors, apparently, to place me
in a false position. In justice to my
self I will state the facts.
Judge Sener expresses ''surprise"
because of some Of the names
mentioned in the Sun of Wed.
nesday morning as having opposed
him. The Sun stated that a tele-
gram had been sent TO Washington
signed by Messrs. Campbell, Peck,
Dater and myself, against the judge.
Let me say here that Mr.. Dater not
only did not sign that telegram, but
the subject was never mentioned to
him. The telegram was sent on jan
uary IL. The contents Of it were OBJ
tanned about two weeks ago by Judge
Sener, so 1 have been informed by those
who said they knew. Why, then, he
should be surprised" on Wednesday
because OF my having opposed his re-
nomination, 1 don't know. His first
information evidently did not com
from the Sun of Wednesday.
Referring to this matter he fur
Their says that 1.-THE only explain
alton to be made is that the
names Of these two gentlemen (Mr.
Dater and myself appeared on the
petition and telegram respectively,
and were probably used without
their authority"
L never signed the petition" re-
ferred to, but l did sign a telegram to
Washington, a copy Of which is as fol-
lows:
CHEYENNE, January IL, 1884.
A delegation from ATTORNEYS here de-
sire to go to Washington, February LIST,
to protest against Sener's appointment
as chief justice. Please ask the presi-
dent to postpone until then, if Sener
has been decided upon. Our letters will
be withdrawn. Wire answer.
]. c. BAIRD,
A. G. CAMPBELL,
WIN. WARE PECK.
A delegation of attorneys were pre-
pairing to go to Washington, but they
did not do 80, because of the receipt OF
the following telegram:
WASHINGTON, January 10, 1884.
To Baird, Campbell and William
Ware Peck:
Unnecessary for delegation to come.
Interview with president indicates a
1 did write a letter In favor of Judge
Sener and he kept a copy Of it, too,
because he furnished another copy to
the Sun for publication. When /
wrote that letter l believed it. /
that Judge Sener did not CON
tinue 80 to act, in my judgment, as to
deserve the judicial character L had Sc.
for him. 1 had before that regarded
much Of the opposition to him as being
persecution. But there are various
times for conversion; some turn early
in their existence; others in the noon
day Of life, and many more in the
shades of evening. 1 confess to having
been an eleventh hour convert.
After the time that L wrote the let
ter of November 9th, 1888, l found
my views changing, by Judge Sener's
actions as a judge, until on January
18th, 1884, 1 was forced to withdraw
my letter because l did not wish to be
held to a belief which Judge Sener him
self effectually dispelled from my mind;
and l can say the same for my partner,
MI. Campbell. 1t is not necessary for
me to state the many causes that led to
the result. Suffice it to say that on
January 18th I believed that Judge
Sener had forfeited the right to use my
November letter in his interest, and l
it to be wrong to myself and the
people here to allow the letter to stand
un~contradicted when 1 had been i'm
PEELED TO differ from it.
J.. C. BAIRD.