Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-06-13
THE LAND COURT.
Some Timely Reading Relative to the Per.
sonnet of the New Court-The
U. S. Attorney.
A Superior Set of Justices Elected by
the President to Pass Upon New
Mexico Land Titles.

Mexico Land Titles.
So much general interest is felt here
and throughout the southwest respecting
the personnel OF the new land court that
anything touching the subject is read
with great eagerness. The New MEXICAN
has been at some pains to gather all the
facts respecting the new appointees, and
herewith presents them to it's readers to-
gether with several newspaper comments
calculated to show the wisdom which
President Harrison has displayed in Sc
lecting for this court most excellent
material.
The court is composed OF Joseph R.
Reed, of Iowa, chief Justice Wilbur F.
Stone, of Colorado; Henry G. sluss, Of
Kansas, Thomas Fuller, of North Caro-
lima, and William M. Murray, of Tennes.
see, associate justices. Mathew G. Rey.
nolds, OF Missouri, has received the ap-
pointment of U. S. attorney for the land
court.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Judge Reed, the chief justice of the
court, had the united support of the Iowa
delegation in congress and was strongly
urged by prominent Republicans gener-
ally throughout the state. Senator Alli-
son took very active interest in Judge
Reeds candidacy. He resigned as men,
ber of the Iowa supreme court to go to
congress and was renominated to
congress against his own wish and pro.
test. When the bill creating the land
court became law Judge Reed said to
Senator Allison that he would like the
chiet justiceship of the court, but he posi-.
lively declined to be a candidate for an
associate justiceship. Among members
of congress generally and especially among
the Iowa delegation the judge is regarded
as one of the ablest lawyers in the state
and man of the highest character. Judge
Reeds home is at Council Bluffs. He
was born in Ohio in 1885 served through
out the war in the union army studied
law; was appointed judge Of the district
court of Iowa in 1872, and Judge OF the
supreme court in 1884, and was member
of the 51st congress. He is lawyer of
high standing. In politics he is Re-
publican.
JUDGE H. G. sLUss,
also Republican, is of Wichita, Kas.,
is about so years old; he served during
the war in an Illinois regiment and sub
sequently studied law in the Office of ex'
Representative Joe Cannon, OF that state
Later on he moved to Wichita, where
.bout 1880 he was elected district judge.
He served one term and was reelected,
but after serving about q year he reaiDr, Cd
to engage in the practice OF his proies-
sion. The judgeship paid at that time
only $4,000 a year, and being without
much mears he was compelled to resign
to earn competence for himself and his
family. No man in the state stands
higher in the estimation of the people
than does Judge Sluss.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
VIM. w. Murray is of Huntington,
Carroll county, Tenn. He is 55 years Of
age, q lawyer Of high standing at the bar |;
was general in the union army during
the war and was recommended for ap-
pointment by every member of the su-
preme court of Tennessee. Mr.. Murray
is Republican in politics. Congressman
Heuck was one of his chief hackers for
this position. He is spoken of as man
Of the highest integrity and of great legal
ability. He is said to be strong partisan
and has done very much for the Repub-
lican party cause in Tennessee.
Col. Thomas w. Fuller is resident OF
Raleigh, N. G. He is about 55 years Of
age and one of the leaders Of the North
Carolina bar. He has never held Office.
Col. Fuller was strongly urged for the
position by both Senator Ransom and
Senator Vance and other leading Dem
ocrats of North Carolina. Some of the
leading Republicans of the state, it ia
said, also urged his appointment. He is
a Democrat, but not at.all Extensively par
tisan. He is spoken of as good lawyer
and an honorable, upright man.
THE COLORADO APPoINTEE.
Wilbur F. Stone is judge, now sitting
on the supreme court of Colorado at Den
yer. He is about so years of age. Judge
Stone is we'll versed in the Spanish Ian
guage. He was class-mate at the col
lege of Congressman Hit and Springer
and was strongly recommended for ap
pointment. He is one of the two Demo
cratic members of the court, of his ap
pointment the Denver News says edi
torially:
"a cordial endorsement will be giver
to the appointment of Judge Wilbur F
Stone, as one of the land court judges. l
is a compliment to Colorado and to th'
Democracy which merits prompt &C
knowledgment. Judge Stone is one o
the oldest citizens Of Colorado, and hi
high personal character and worth ar
universally recognized. He has servet
very acceptably on the supreme bench
and as a Judge of the criminal court o
Arapahoe county. He is sound lawyer
and more than any other man named b.
the president familiar with SpanisI
grant law. For thirty years he has beel
familiar with all litigation arising owe