Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1893-09-01
HON. G. b, KENNEDY.
Candidate for Supreme Court Judge on
E& the Independent Ticket.

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The subject of this sketch was born at
Liverpool, England, on the 2Sth day Of
February, 1849, and is now in the prime
Of life, being forty-fve years of age.
When he was four years OLD his parents
came to the United States and followed
the star of Empire westward across the
Mississippi river and finally located on 3
farm in Delaware county, Iowa, where he
resided with his parents until he was
twenty years of age, assisting his father
during the summer and attending little
log school house in the winter. Hcnever
missed winter term of school, and by
the time he was twenty years of age he
had mastered all the common branches
and also higher arithmetic and algebra.
with IL family of ten children to support,
they were unable to contribute any
special financial aid toward his securing
higher education. Mr.. Kennedy had
always manifested a strong desire to get
a liberal education, and to this end, in
his twentieth year, he commenced teach
ing country school, and taught two
winter terms. and continued to assist his
father OH the farm in the summer At
the age Of twenty-five he was able to take
a course at the Colesburg high school,
after which he again took up the pro-
fession of teaching, and at twenty-five he
had acquired means which afforded him
the privilege of attending Lennox college
at HopkintOn, Iowa, for number Of
terms. From Lennox college he entered
the state university at Iowa City, and
and f1nallyi in June, 1878, he graduated
from the law department with distinc-
ton. He at once entered upon the prac-
tice OF his profession at Celesburg and
rapidly forged to the front, as one of the
brightest young lawyers in the state.
He practiced IN his native county for
three years and had Il tlattering success.
In 1880 he came to Canton, his present
home, and has been in active practice
ever since. He was admitted to the bar
of the Supreme court Of the territory, in
1884, and has had large experience in the
practice Of that court. Mr.. Kennedy is a
man of lndomltable energy and knows no
such word as fail. By energy and hard
work he at once built up IL leading prac-
tlce at the bar in his own county, and
during his professional career in South
Dakota has ha6. the honor of extended
professional duties elsewhere.
The above brief review presents Mr..
Kennedy's record as Il citizen and a law
yer in Iowa and Da kotu. The Independ-
ent party in selecting Mr.. Kennedy as
one OF its candidates for the Supreme
bench, had IN view man who would
stand for even aud exact justice between
the people and the corporations. Those
who know him best know, that if elected
to the Supreme bench. all the corpora
tions in the country could not inf1uenc e
HIM one iota from plain discharge Of
duty as laid down in the statutes. HI
seeks not the office for pay or honor, nor
did he seek the office at all. His friends
demanded his nomination, knowing that
with him on the Supreme bench the peo-
pie could expect fair play at all times
and when most needed. This court
IS court Of last resort, and the people,
without regard to party, should sec that
the new court is not made up of political
timescrvcrs and corporation attorneys.
THE LEADER states frankly, that the
people do not want anything but justice
from the courts, and this much they
must have. Judges Potter and Fair
banks, who constitute the balance Of the
Independent ticket, we are informed, are
gentlemen of the highest merit, men OF
honor and true rs steel, as proven by
their past records. Here IS Il ticket that
the people Can trust where justice is
needed.