Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-07

voice to the Second Judicial District
Judgeship. When the time came to pro-
| vide a successor to Judge Galbraith, this
| not being a State, the business men OF Butte
took the next course open to them and
by strong petitions and the personal ap-
peal of the best citizens in the district
urged the President to regard theirs az a
special case and appoint to the place Of
the retiring Judge such a man as they,
knowing the needs of the position and the
kind of lawyer who could acceptably fill
the soon-to-be-vacant iudgeship, would
themselves elect if it were in their power.
They did not go to all the trouble and
expense they did simply to put a Montana
man on the Supreme Court bench.
It was tn preside over the
Second Judicial District as Judge
Galbraith's successor that they took the
pains they did and they will be deprived OF
their success. as they count MIR. De Volts
appointment by the President, if he is not
assigned to the position 'of Judge of the
Second Judicial District. The people OF
this District know Mr.. De Wolf to be a
ldWycE WIZ ud6 DTdCUlSSu successfully lOI d
long series Of years in this District and
whose practice has largely lain among the
class OF cases in which mining titles were
involved, a knowledge of which branch OF
legal learning is most necessary in the liti-
CATION OF this district, not generally studied
outside of districts where mining enter
prises are SO extensively carried on as here.
As may naturally be inferred. a knowledge
of mining law is not to be acquired in a
few days or months. It is, like all special
studies, q matter that q lawyer must de-
vote the principal part Of his time to the
acquisition of knowledge upon for many
years to be proficient. 1t makes no differ
ence what has been the case here formerly.
Judges have been brought mere from
the States who have had to pick
up their mining law as they
sat in judgment on cases. But this is no
reason why it should be repeated. Be-
sides, it was to put an end to this very
infection, to place in the chair OF the
Second Judicial District a lawyer who had
this necessary Information at his fingers
ends, that the bar and business men Of the
Second Judicial District petitioned SO
strongly to have Judge De Wolf appointed.
The new assignments will be made without
delay. The Supreme Court must be aware
of the sentiment OF this District. 1t can
not afford to ignore such a unanimous
protest as has gone out from the bar and
business here since it was proposed to
assign Judge De Wolf to any other district
thar this. Here, where the bulk of the
business OF the Second District
is transacted, is where the Judge of the
Second District should reside, where law
yers NAV find him at all times when not on
circuit. The bar OF the district are practi-
cally a unit on this point. They have had
a sufficient experience to last them for a
long while OF the inconvenience of not
having the Judge of the district residing
where the bulk of the business is done.
Judge De Wolf is a permanent resident OF
Butte and his interests are here, SO that
nothing remains to be desired on this
score. These are the chief considerations
or the Supreme Court to consider in decid-
ing upon the assignment to be filled in this
] Judicial District, and they will terribly dis
appoint the bar and business men OF the
if they ignore their claims SO re-
spectfnlly urged.