Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-02-03
IS NOT A CANDIDATE
Judge Marshall Uut Of the Race
For the Supreme .
Bench.
Should Be no Personal Scramble
tor Such a High
Office.

Eau Claire, Wis, Jan. 24.-Mr. Thorn,
as +. FraWley, chairman of the Marsh
field convention has received IL letter
from Judge Marshall, announcing his
withdrawal from the contest for aSso-
ciate justice of the supreme court. Ii
reads as follows:
Chippewa Falls, Wis, Jan. %, 1893.
Hon. L. +. Frawley, Chairman of the
Malshtield convention, Eau Claire, Wis.
Sir: Before any further action Is
taken by the bar i'll respect to selecting
Il candidate for associate justice of the
supreme bench, inaSmuch as l have
been prominently mentioned for the
place and have received the endorse
ment OF 4 convention attended by Il
large number of lawyers, l deem IL
proper to make known to my support
ers, to professional brethren and to the
people of the state generally my atti-
tude i'll the matter. This should and
would have been done earlier if it had
not been for the fact that l have been
absent from the state most of the time
since Jan. 1, during which time it has
been left with my friends to do what
ever to them might appear to be proper
to secure harmonious action by the bar
of northern Wisconsin.
l am Informed that over 400 members
of the bar of northern Wisconsin. in
person or by proxy, were present at
Marshtield on the day of the convention;
that they were SO present pursuant to
a call issued by the joint action of sup
porterS Of at least two of the three can
didates who have been prominently
mentioned; that 24O actually partici-
pated in the action of the convention;
and that by them | was unanimously
requested to stand for the place
fully appreciate and am deeply grateful
for the honor thereby conferred and for
the many expressions of confidence and
pledges of support received, but, mas
much as the supporters of other candi-
dates who attended at Mansfield, re-
fused to participate in the proceedings
of the convention or to be bound by
its action, and supporters of one candi-
date, for reasons satisfactory to them
selves, called another convention, while
still another candidate is already in
the field, called out by members of the
bar, do not regret the request for me
to stand for the place, sufficiently en-
dorscd by the bar of the state generally
to warrant my accepting it.
There should be no personal scramble
for a high judicial position; and it shall
not be justly said of me that / have
left anything undone, that l may prop
erly do, to avoid such a result rs the
outcome of the present situation. Those
near to me well know that have not
at any time purposed being Il candidate,
unless in response to Il call by the bar
of northern Wisconsin with such unani-
NIFTY, and sufficiently endorsed by the
bar OF the state generally, as TO prevent
a contest among persons from the same
section, or unless named for the place
by q state bar convention. Holding
these views, clearly, the conditions do
not at present exist, Warranting me in
saying that l will be candidate. Again
thank, most gratefully, those who have
favored my advancement to the SUI
preme bench, for their efforts in that
regard.
r. ID. Marshall.
Milwaukee, Jan. 24-Several prOmi
nent members of the Milwaukee bar
blankly refuse to serve rs delegates TO
the approaching convention to nOmi-
nate a candidate for supreme Justice
although they have been named as
delegates.
The bar committee has secured Judge
Austins superior court room at the
court house as the place Of meeting for
the state bar convention to be held i'll
this city on Thursday the Goth inst.