Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-09

gentlemen VINO attended these con-
ventions and pick out the men he
would dare name as being guilty
OF such work. VIII the Journal
name the men engaged III it?
Of course not. Not one fact can
be given pointing to tie slightest
untairness. Not one name can be
given upon whom the slightest
suspicion can be fastened. Why,
the Marshfeld convention was of
the entire bar Of the state from the
La Crosse circuit to Green Bay.
Then nearly an hundred members
OF that convention signed a call for
state bar convention. Packed
in favor Of Webb" Were w. Pitt
Bartlett, H. H. Hayden, of Eau
Claire, Jenkins, Of Chippewa Falls,
w. {. Silverthorn, L. Marchetti,
Henry Miller and Neal Brown of
Wausau, 7. R. Hudd and c. Vro-
man, Of Green Bay, and w. H.
Sheaman Of Sheboygan, the pack
ers, or the packed, but why en-
large upon such foolish unfounded
accusations. Greene brought in
to the convention, not as a candi-
date, but to give it character, to
lift it out of the odium of being
wholly packed in Webb's favor"
That is, Greene was simply stool
pigeon for Webb, and got IIo
votes. Well did Greene act for
himself in occupying such posi-
ton or did his partner, Charley
Vroman, and democrat Thos. r.
Hudd act for him in this bit Of job
bing. I have said this much be-
cause | thought the absurdity Of
the Journals charges ought to be
watched by somebody, but it is
gratifying to know that its efforts
in that direction are not seconded
by any paper in the state, and it
seems to me must rebound greatly
to its injury, because every man
who has attended these conventions
absolutely knows, each for himself,
that its charges are in the whole
and every part thereof, false. The
Journals accusations are Of the
stop thief" order, as a sort of ex-
cuse for supporting Judge New
man, because Of his decision. No
body has or will attack him be-
cause he decided in favor of the
state. He is a good Judge, an
honest man, and if he had decided
against the state, his motive in so
doing would not have been i'm
pugned. l know Judge Webb we'll
these many years, affording me
abundant opportunity to Judge
correctly of his legal attainments
and fitness for Justice of the Su-
preme Court, and I earnestly rec
ommend him to all who desire to
assist in elevating to the bench Of
the highest court in the land, a
man Of unblemished character,
answering rectitude and legal at
tainments of the highest order. In
Judge Webb such a man will be
found. A call has been signed by
the requisite, number Of people to
entitle him to be a candidate be-
fore the people. Judge Newman
has persued the same course l
suppose. The friends Of Judge
Webb were instrumental in having
a convention of the bar Of the state
for the very purpose Of getting an
expression of the entire bar instead
Of the bar of small portion Of the
state, the object to unity the bar in
the selection of a candidate. It
certainly has the element of fair
ness, if any expression from the
entire bar is by the bar itself con-
sidered of any value. Judge New
man on the day the Marshfeld
convention met, declined to submit
his claims to it, and later declined
to allow his name to go before the
Milwaukee convention. Of course
it was his right to appear, go in or
stay out, but it seems to me, law
yers at least, if nobody else, will
ask why Judge Newman should
distrust the action of the bar of
his own state, a body having the
highest interest in the court Of last
report, and best qualified to make
proper selections Of the persons to
compose such court, and why he
should still remain a candidate in
the face Of the selection made by
so respectable body Of his breth-
rem as composed the Milwaukee
convention.
G. w. CATE.
FOR THE SUPREME BENCH.
The convention, lately held in