The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1890-05-07
THE SUPREME JUDGESHIP.
Qualities that are Required tor that
Place-Judge Gantt's name
Suggested.

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The chief interest of the people of
Missouri Ia this years election will
centre i'll the Supreme Judgeship.
The crowded condition of the dock
ct Is serious thing. It, therefore,
behooves tie part { see to it that
it sc cts :. judge this time fully
equipp-. ior the work-oue who by
education and practice, is prepared
for arduous labor, and who will
have all tae Vi sor OF strong man
hood both intellectually and physical
ly. OnIy such men should be Sc
lected for the important position.
Without disparaging any of the
eminent gentlemen named for the
place, Henry county will present to
the convention, which will meet in
st. Joseph on the 11th day of June
the name of Judge James B. CAN'T
of Clinton.
Judge CAN'T is in the prime of
his life being As years of age. He
was born in Putnam county, Geor-
gia, and received liberal education
in the private schools and academies
of that state, until the war closed
ed the schools. He went into the
confederate army and served there
in until disabled by a shot in the
knee, in the fall of 1864. As soon
as the war was over he began the
study of his profession under Col.
L n. Whittle of Macon, Ga. He
went to the University of Virginia
and graduated in the law depart
ment of that institution, i'll 1868,
and came to Missouri in the fall of
the same year. From that time to
the present he has devoted himself
to his profession. He soon took
high rank in this section.
In 1875 he became member Of
the law firm Of Philips & Vest at
Sedalia and we'll sustained the high
prestage of that noted firm. In 1877
he returned to Clinton and in 1880
was elected judge of this circuit
court which position he held for siz
I years, and would have been re elect
ed without opposition, but for the
fact that he declined to be candi
date. No judge in the state bor'
himself better during all this time
His gentlemanly bearing, his higl
sense of justice, his incorruptabl'
integrity so commended him to thi
people that his name is household
word throughout this circuit. A
Z the close of his term he returned tx
large and lucrative practice. Hi
legal service is sought in all tn
surrounding counties.
In all that constitutes gentle
man, lawyer and judge, he is tn
peer of any named for the Suprem
judgeship. He is clean man,
lawyer of quick perception and poi
sessed of well-trained legal mine
nj He will go to the convention wit
: the great counties of the southwes
at his back; section rich in me
of brain and inexhaustable resource
II. full of life, and democrats to th
. core.
Judge CAN'T was the last pres
dent of the Bar Association of Il
i state,and numbers among his frient
. and supporters many of the olde
lawyers of the state.
He has the commeadable anil
ton to serve his state on the benc
If the democracy desires to keep Il
n ermine unstained; if they mean th
justice shall not be delayed or
MED; if they want democrat, who
. services have always been at t
w command OF his party, then no N
II take will be made in nominate
Judge CAN'T at st. Joseph.
JEFFERsoN1AN DEMOCRAT.
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