New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-08-29
STANDING BY THE JUDGE.
The People of the District Do Not Approve
of the Effort to Defeat Him.
The St. Peter Herald and Attorney Sew
ard State the Case Plainly.

Inc people OF all pafCleS throughout
the Ninth Judicial District do not ap
prove of the action of NJ. j. Dowllng and
H. G.. Hays in delegating to themselves
the authority to call a non-partisan
judicial convention. They have no OBJ
lection to partisanship in the judici-
ary. for in that they all agree. But they
are not blind enough to overlook that
this is merely scheme to get rid of
WebDer for purpose. The convention
is not called for the sake Of giving Web
Der fair chance with others, but
for the sake of getting the
people to go to sleep and then allowing
u few disgruntled politicians to impose
upon them. The people do not propose
to stand it.
The St. Peter Herald, commenting on
the matter says:
1--WE are in receipt of call for non
partisan convention to nominate d Judge
for this district. If this mcve is prompt
ed by sincere motives we could noe OBJ
jcct to it in any manner, but we are of
the opinion that it is from men of
devious methods and not prompted by
any desire to gain true expression of
the people Of this judicial district. If
it is, why does not the call issue from
the various judicial committees. It has
been limited that his IS the outgrowth Of
the New Ulm school fight and if it is So.
we want to say to our friends that we
are not willing to assist in washing New
Ulm linen. This county is for Judge B.
F. Webber first, last and all the time
and when we say this county we mean
democrats, republicans, populists and
prohibitionists alike. In square con-
ventlon composed of representatives Of
the people we would have no fear of his
denomination but we are not willing to
affiliate with any body of men who are
guided by sinister motives or who under
the guise of a non-partisan convention,
would wreak vengeance on anybody for
exercising his personal rights. We have
no doubt Of the reelection of Judge
Webber and when any paper states thu
the various resolutions passed in his be-
half were prompted by HIM we say that
so far as those Of Nicollet are concerned,
tits malicious falsehood.Let conven-
tlon be called by those who have right
to call it and we will gladly welcome the
result"
Attorney V.B. Seward of Marshall also
talks to the point. He received one Of
the h>sndreds e.f copies of the SleepyEye
Dispatch watch contained the shameful
attack on Webber and which have been
mailed all over the district, and here is
the text of letter he wrote to Hays in
reply:
"Dear Sir: Have just received a copy
of your last weeks paper. containing an
editorial article on the Judgeship IN this
district, and will beg space in your paper
to explain the position of the friends
of our present Judge. Judge Webber
has not done or said thing to secure
his reelection or denomination, and it is
absured to claim that he, either directly
or indirectly, was knowing to the resolu-
tions of the grand juries of the different
counties, before such resolutions were
presented to him in open Court. In Ly-
on County the matter was brought up
by the jurors themselves and after dis
cussion the resolutions were drafted and
signed by the jurors and then presented
in Court, neither Judge Webber or the
Court Reporter having the slightest init
nation of the;action taken until the reso-
lutions were presented. The truth is
that Judge Webber's friends are not con-
fined to any party but are equally num-
erous in all four parties, and they desire
to vote for him as their nominee, and
not as the nominee of the Republican
party; and without assistance or even a
suggestion from Judge Webber, they
propose to nominate him as non-partis-
an candidate, in the same, manner as
Judge Severance was nominated in the
Mankato district two years ago. Your
suggestion of calllng.a non-partisan con-
vention might be good one were the
law different than it is, but under the
present law there are two ways in which
a name can be placed upon tile official
ticket-either by certificate of nomina-
ton from a convention of political
party that cast at least one per cent of
the total vote of the last preceding
election; or else by a certificate of nomi-
nation signed by electors resident within
the districttO a number eo,1al to one nor