Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-22
APPOIN TED
Judge Hunter Secures
the Prize.
IS MADE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF
CIVIL APP EALs.
HOW HE TAKES IT.
NM SAYS THAT TIE ENTIRE CREDIT
Is DUE TO THE EFFORTS
OF HIS FRIENDS.
wuI Probably De sworn in next
Monday AFTER He wins Up
His Private business.
HOW HE TAKES 1T.


uel j. Hunter. Fort Worth; You Gre
hereby appointed associate Justice.
court OF civil appeals. Second dis
trlet. vice Head. reDigned.
&C. A. CULBERsoN. Governor"
Such is verbatim copy OF the iele-
gram received by Judge Hunter at his
Office Ia thia city at flye minutes ia9t
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon. A
Gazette representative. hearing that
the appointment had been made, was
in the Office at the time. and was the
first to congratulate Jude Hunter on
Ills good fortune.
SO ends an interesting. but friendly.
contest between several prominent Tex
ans for the vacant judgeship Fort
Worth IL proud that her dlshngSished
citizen won the eo;e;ed hou1r. and
feels pardonsble pride In tho knowl-
edge that he will discharge he duties
OF the office ably and iaitntliilS.
Judge Hunter was Tho recipient of
many congratulatory words AMI ines
sagcs yesterday. After the news be-
game known his friends thronced In TO
congratulate him.
To the Gazette man tho newly APP
pointed Judge said that ne would
probably not be sworn In before Mon
day. He has his private aud partner
ship affairs to wind zip before he t0kcs
the oath Of Office. When anked how 1t
felt to be appointed TO u distinguished
place he said the hrst feeling was nat
orally pretty good one.
He further said that he gave tho IN
tire credit for his appointment ir his
friends In Fort WORTH and tho district,
who worked so zeal0usy for him.
He knows OF no man who worked
against him. He said the entire con
test had been very pleasant. without
unklnd feeling or words,
When asked II he had known Gov
ernor Culberson personally. Judge
Hunter said
why, yes, I have known Charley
for years. | knew his father back at
sulphur Springs, Texas, where he
was first nominated for congress.
worked ana voted for Judge Culberson
Tor congress MS long as | llvot In his
district. After Judge Reagan withdrew
from the race at the las, stn,s con.
vention. worked zealoUIly for tho
present governor.
While many blamed the governor
Tor ms advocacy OF the free and uu.
limited coinage &C silver At ,An ratio
OF is to /, whether by International
agreement or not, fully 4usiairrl AMI
Endorsed hia course In constituting the
Dallas platform a. he did, ha gin,y zen
present at the convention and having
personal Ino wledge OF the fact that the
single gold standard Democrats In
that convention secured the adoption
or the money plank In the platform
by an appeal to the free silver Demo-
Gratis to allow II to be adopted In the
hhGungc OF the national platform and
agreeing that the FREQ silver mon
might construe It as they pleased, 40
they were allowed to put their con.
htuction on II also"
sam j. Hunter was born in Cumbcr-
land county. KY, on the Cumberland
river. nenr RnrEaNitlR
il, 1870, and he grew up In that To-
CAVITY. lie was taught the rudlments
OF an education In the common schools
OF the county. but never had college
uourSc Inc greater part OF his edu-
cation was derived from nard work Mt
home when he had leisure from work
On TIVE farm
Soon after no was grown he went to
Tomkinsville. KY. to read law under
j. II. Leslie, brother TO exsGovcrt,or
Preston II. Leslie, and obu,ined a n.
cense on April 8, 1868. During the npxt
-FOUR ycara he prnctlced his profession
OF Tompkinsvlllo. Durksvllie, Glasgow
and Edmundton.
Previous to obtaining his license.
however, Judge Hunter he'd married
Misa Mollle Il, Ray. OF TomklnsyIlle !,
lhushtor OF John Ray. proprietor OF Tho
LOUISVILLE Tobacco warehu..a. Thev
nave two sons. Horace, 2s years Of
nge. who 10 salesman with Alexander
lnomae' and Ray, ~ years old. who
Is reading law with his father
In October. 1879. Judge Hunter FOL-
lowed his fathcr-in-law to Louisville.
ana here he entered the senior law
aaas OF the University. - March, is1s,
ne graduated with the degree OF Bach
eior or Laws. and at once moved Ia
Sulphur Springs, Hopkins county. Tex
where he arrived In May. 1874. There
was no liiioal then closer than Dsni.
hon, ana he mad TO 10 eighty miles 10
eiva.e eonVeyancc At Sulphur
springs he formed a partnership with
Judge j. A. Il. Putnam and senator
John w. Crawford under tho firm name
OF hunter, Putnam s. Crawford,
Al the end OF eleven years he formed
partnership with Mr., Seth w. Stew
hrt, MS present partner. and they at
S nse came to Fort Worth. where they
NAYS practiced together ever since.
the friendship OF Judge Hunter ma
ar. stewart 10 well known, They are
pamon and Pythias to each other.
suuge Hunter said yesterday that there
never was better man than Stewart,
To use his own words. Stewart il Tho
sweestest aud MODEST man that ever
nvsu. honorable and upright In ali his
meanings. lie said the only objection
ne mad to Stewart ..as his crankiness
on the money question.
me hrm OF Hunter & Stewart attend
str ny TO civil business commercili
corporation and land office practice.
successful. '''
IN 1878 Governor Roberts appointed
!ndse Hunter district attorney for the
qistriet composed OF Hopkins. Hunt.
Delta, Rains. Rockwail ana Kaufuan
soun,les- He held the office fifteen
uonths and resigned. with this OK
~: son ae mas never held Office OF any
kna. once In 1850. while at Sulphur
springs, he made the race for county
lnage, but was beaten by Judge Green
]. Clark OF Knufman.
Some months ago numerous friend.
Of Judge Hunters from Mi over the
district urged him to enter the race
next year for Judge Heads place; but
u IBIS be positively declined to a<,ree IA
- SAYING that Judge Head would