The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-11-04
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1892.
KEEP 1T NON-PARTISAN.

In casting your vote next Tuesday
every voter should remember the can.
didates for judges of the supreme
court. Their names are the last upon
the state ticket and might be easily
overlooked. The election of, Judge is
just as important as that of any other
position upon the ticket, and should
receive the attention of every vote.
The supreme court of Minnesota
stands, in reputation and ability
among the best in the republic, and
1T should be the endeavor of our peo-
pie to maintain its high reputation.
1t has been the settled policy of the
Republican party, so far as it has been
It's power, to keep the court strictly
non-partisan, and it has always chosen
men with regard to their ability, in
tegrity and high judicial Qualifica-
tions, rather than their political be-
lief to sit upon the bench. This poll
cy until this year has been maintained
and it has remained for the Demo
Gratis to depart therefrom and make
the bench reward for partisan SER
vice by making strictly party nomi-
nation.
The Republican party, recognizing
the high worth of the three judges
whose terms are about to expire, re-
nominated them, thereby preserving
its -partisanShip as one of their
number, Judge Mitchell, is a Demo-
craU. They have proved themselves
men worthy of the position they &C.
cupy, and they ought to be, as the
FREE PRESS believes they will, re-
elected by good large majorities, and
the stamp of public disapproval placed
upon the partisan action of Democra-
cy
Judge Vanderburgh has been upon
the bench in Minnesota for 33 years,
and since 1881 a member of the su-
preme court. His long continued SER
vice is the highest possible tribute to
his official worth. During his long
judicial career he has passed upon
thousands of CAGES in which both rich
and poor have been interested, and
his decisions have always been char
acterized by their fairness and strict
interpretations of the law without
any regard to the social or business
position of those interested.
In Judge Dickinson the people of
Mankato and southern Minnesota
have peculiar interest as an old
friend and neighbor. He has been a
member Of the bench since 1873, and
was appointed to the supreme bench
in 1881 to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Judge t. r. e. Cornell. He
is possessed of those judicial qualities
which peculiarly fit him for the high
position he occupies and which have
been aided by life Of hard work and
study. His work upon the bench has
been Of high order and characterized
by honesty OF purpose which none will
criticise. His defeat would be pub
lie misfortune for it would rob the
supreme bench of Minnesota of one of
its most efficient members whose place
could not be filled by any of the oppos-
Ing candidates, and his old neigh bors
and friends in southern Minnesota
should see to it that such vote is
rolled up for him as will place his
election beyond all question.
1t would be the height of folly to
retire Judge Dickinson and place in
his stead Daniel Buck who has had no
experience upon the bench, and who,
while no one will say aught against
his personal character and legal at
talnmentS, does not possess that judi
cha turn OF mind which is one of Judge
DickinSOn's highest qualifications.
There is an immense amount of work
connected with the disposal of the six
hundred or more cases that the court
annually acts upon, and to discard a
man with years Of training in this
work for one well advanced in years
and no training in this line whatever,
is not in accordance with good bust
ness principles.
If the high reputation of the court is
to be maintained, the voters of Min
nesota should also see that Thomas
CAVITY, of Minneapolis, is defeated by
a good round majority. He is totally
unfit for the position he aspires and
his election would lower the standard
and reputation which the court en-
joys. More than this, if Judge CAVITY
goes upon the supreme bench, he will
go there backed by the liquor inter-
ests of the state, a fact that ought to
defeat any man for such a position.
Minnesota has never sullied its high
est court by men who have been con-
trolled by any particular class or in
terest, and it should keep it as unspot
ted in the future, and one way to do
this is to vote for the nom partisan
judicial ticket which was pla ced be-
fore the people by the Republican
State convention.
A SAD DEATH