Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14
SEvEN-MlKUTE CONVENTION
JUDGE }. w. STEVENS NOMINATED
ON THE FIRST BALLOT.


About forty delegates We're present
from all parts OF the great territory
covered By the Jurisdiction OF we court
IN Northwest and western Texas
Prominent among them were Judge
Brown, OF the Vernon district Judge
Wallace Of the Amarillo district Juugv
lsakor, OF the Hemphill district Judge
Cdrsweli, Of Decatur, and Judge WeDo
OK CallHnan.
The convention was called to order
promptly al 10 o'clock. and Hon. j. w.
Swtyne elected chairman and Wallace
Hendricks secretary
Judge Calswell, OF Decatur. then
placed In nomination Judge !. W.
Stephens, the present incumbent, VINO
has so efficiently discharged the duties
OF aAsociate Justice since the organl2a-
ton Of the court two years ago The
nomination was received with SOME
thing Ike suppressed applause, ana
number OF gentlemen made remarks
III support OF the notion preparatory
to the nomination Of Judge stephens ny
0cslamHtion, which was done shortly
afterwards. and the convention ad-
journed after being in session just
seven minutes.
II was the shortest convention Of the
season, Notwithstanding tnat IL was one
of the most important that has been
held but the result was unanimously
decided upon before the delegates came
together.
Among those who spoke were Judges
Wallace. Baker and Webb,
Judge u. Il. Webb, in seconding the
nomination Of Hon. j. w. stephens,
presented gratifying statement of
the work OF that court IN substance
as follows
AZ there Is no opposition TO judge
stephens. and his nomination therefore
assured, 1 need not. IN secondinE that
nomination. detaln you by recital OF
"the story Of his life, his battles, seges-
fortunes that he has passed, ana puri-
| ance Of his trlyel's history This ia,
I however, an opportune occasion. and j
I avail myself OF II with pleasure. to
! suenk OF the judicial qualities aud at
! tributes which Judge stephens has
! displayed in "a remarkable degree. and
| to nay lust and deserved tribute to
/ MS admirable Judgment and TO the
] DISTINGUISHED ability with which he has
1 ornamented the bench OF our court OF
( ciyil appeals AS you well know, KEN
tlemen. our court Of civil appeals. two
years ago. was but an untried eNperl-
mcnt and the selection OF Judge
Stephens as one OF Its members was al
so meaaurably an experiment. ia thiB.
that DC had not. before that time. oG-
cuplcd any judicial position. by which
his Illness for this Office sould be de-
tprmined in advance Let US see what
has been thc result or these our expert
mcnts.
our courts of civil appeals have now
been in operation for period OF about
two wears, ana we have reached an
appropriate point OF time at which 10
review the work that has been done
hv them and TO arrive at q formed
conclusion as to tile advantages we
may have derived from their operation
Al the time OF their establishment our
supreme court was at least iva years
. ma INN Inn.
mai business OF the cour. OF uppegls
was fully sufficient to properly reOuit'
rs entire time and attention. Il 10 Il
the interest OF the people that tnnr'
should be an end Of litlgation-an enc
that mnY be reached by the ntgauu
IN any given case within some reason
able period of time. Has The estnp
llahmcnt Of the courta OF civil appear
tneusurably aided In the attaiumeu
OF this result on end Of litigation
sud IN bringing our appellate COURT
no with the business on their doclsets
Both these qucatons, gentlemen. mus
he answered in the Affirmative.
Thuae courts have anal jurisdiction
over q large part OF the buMncss rs
signed thGtn-the cases coming iron
the county courts and certain Cin&sc
OF c1Bes originating In the diBtrlc
=. courts. such ua cases of boundary uu
q divorce. The proportion OF count
court c0ses 10 district court cases ma,
be relatively arrived at by comparin
tho number OF cages from each Of thes
courts disposed OF during the pas
S-ar; the number disposed OF from til
! district courts being S2J. as against II
&Som the eoulty courts, For all TIL
iias important class OF business thes
courts AFFORD an adequate appcllat
= tribunal, selected. organized and equiv
ucd IN the usual manner of uppellut
cpurte. and there Is certainly no Jus