Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-10-26
DISTRICT JUDGE.
H.:
Jason w, Styevell Presented to
the Republicans 1T this
District.
From a Fnrmer's Boy He Rises
to q Lender in His Pru-
fcssion.
THE DISTRICT JI:TtGE~HIP.

THE DISTRICT JEUGE~HIP.
The Journal has heretofore advert
I'd Ia the cHndida<y of Judge 1.revelt
br't fly nnd With PROMISE to ronhider
the mat.er agatn ut greater length,
which promise We now redeem:
Iason W. Httevelt, The republican
nominee fur Judge OF the seventh judi
ciat district VI Montana, In ri German
extraction. lhtus', well rooted nn
Au.ertcan toil, hI- grandfather Wool
rick, Tor whum the jnHK- bears hi-
middle nutnr, having heeH "Wagon~
nsa*E'r' under Gen. Washington dur
lug ht Revolutionary war, Ii W sttiou
III W kuu~ II A- n.H-i r of lrnAe,u,r.A-
tl'u. Judge S rtveil was bnr,. in the
81 Albany, 4. Y. OF III Ancts rs ii
farlnefr. His ~nr y life wa~ tie c,tu~
tn,n lot nf a!i t,oy~ Of that day torn on
Il fttm--hard wink und peniy uf l..
All +ducatiou wn- only oI,iuiuth by
laying up lhe summers WAGES to pny
tuition ~ thu a.udeiny la the winter.
lu talk nta'ie by thr judge before ttit.
ttpub lean ltngue ctuh Ut tnj- oily tt
short tine ago. he sad That tla had
40. k+u many II day Ill The uHrft>t
tlen, fr.m gay dawn till dark t,r olat
dot~r n day. to get money IL ply
hi~ winter >ctnnIiug. Ia his ei9hteel1
til Year ht tLtertd the tttice ut he
then tuA1tent law firm Of Peek hutu &x
Trtnaille TT "A AItany a~ II law student.
Here he .tuut+tt n~Aidunu~ty tor five
ytAt4, and In 1856 WIS admitted IL the
tar. Equipped with il profession. and
The wurd b+fute him, he cut 10 IT
from home nnd kindred aud stuck
uut fir he wr>t, his ot j~cti>e otnA tc-
ing lIl1nnts. Whrre ht enIhurkta iu the
I1uc1ic* u1 law ut Pontiac, the cuuuty
-pat of Livingston county. H. ut
onre l'ecu1ne Identified with the repub-
IgcAn party, aud thtuu..h polite i aud
vrotrt si"'rA dissertations enjoyed the
warn1, ptrsn:,s! friendship Of t11ut
Krtat american, Abraham Lincoln.
whe nGs the. te om'nv prominent
Gu side of his own stale ~ the re-ult ot
ni4 inn4 u> debates with Stephen a.
Douglass. In 1854 Juuge StrevrlI WAS
elected to the legislature of IIlluois,
and served his cou1lty continuously In
the lower house untll 1572. In tue
year 1854 he was appointed to ii posi-
tto,4 Of t:ust and financial responsible
lty in the New Orleans custom house
by IRE .!tent LiccoIu, but Il short trial
convinced him that he preferred the
law, and he returned to the practice of
his profession. Iu 1670 be removed
with his family to Montana, settling ut
Miles, City, where be has continued to
reside up to the present time. Taking
ut the start the leading position at thu
bar OF eastern Montana, be has, d.
spite the incoming Of MANY talented
lawyers, fully maintained that position
during the thirteen years that have
elapsed, during the whole period
he las been actively engaged In nis
prote ession and phenomenAlly success
lul III protecting the interests Of bis
clierts. Of late years bis business has
extended Into both Dawson and Yel-
lowAtone counties. He has had au tx
tenslve practice tu the supreme court
of the state and enjoys The honor and
distinction uf havlug been admitted to
pracsice and OF having appeared in
argument before the supreme court OF
the United States. IL /. doubtful II
any lawyer ia the state has had charge
Of more Important litigation than he.
Agt, experience and ability consid-
cred, be would in any community be
deemed sp ideal candidate for the
bunch. His extended practice and
natural inclination to deal with all
matters with Il judicial mind euAures
u judge whose every Impulse will be
controlled by II proft ssIonat respect tol
the law IL which he has given II life
study, and an administration uf which
1t will be safe tu predict thHt few, IL
any appeals taken from him will eve,
be- reversed. In political aud otheI
conventions throughout the state, o.
which Judge Strevell has been .
member, he has by force OF intel!eUtua
superiority, and readiness in debate
invariably taken b commanding posi-,
tlon and ut Once bucome leader
Notably IL this true of the irrigation
congress That sat in Helena ia j .nu'
ary last. Before the individual mem
bers OF that body had formed 40 optn'
ION as to the merits of The policy o
asking congress to cede the uasur
yeyed lands TO the state, there WAS im