The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-06
JUDGE KELLAM OUT.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE ST.
PRENH COURT RESIGNS.
Sow. sheSdoa Accepts tho ResiEna-s
tion aad Has Teadere0 the APP
poinfm@at tn Judge Haney KEEL
la@'s Resi%natioa Said to he Due
to Charges ~ Immortality Brought
Against Him

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As associate Justice Of the supreme
court 20 Gov. Sheldon. The resigna-
ton was at once accepted. There Is
much speculation as to the causes which
led to this step. but Judge kellam and
al other parties who may know are
silent upOn the subject, and upon the
future plans Of Judge Kellam. Gov.
Sheldon will have the appointment Of Il
successor, who will hold for a term OF
four years from the first OF this month.
Judge Haney Selected.
Mitchell, s. d., Feb. 1.-The vacancy
on the state supreme bench made by
the resignation Of Judge kellam will
be filled by the appointment of j. A.
Haney Of this city. the present presid-
ing Judge Of the Fourth judicial dis
trict. Judge Haney left for Pierre
today. Judge Haney was born ut
lansing, Iowa. in 1852. His early boy
hood vas spent in that vicinity. His
collegiate course was taken at Mount
Pleasant. Iowa. and he attended the
law department uf the state univer-
sity Of Iowa, from which he graduated
in 1874. He practiced law ut Ian
sing. his home town. until 1888. when
be removed to PlankintOn. s. d., and
continued the practice OF his profess
sion until the ter. rory was admitted
as a state in 1889. since which time he
has been ON the bench Of the Fourth
judicial district. Judge Haney's it
ness for the position is not questioned.
as he has been %eminently successful
as a jurist on the circuit bench. He
was u candidate for this office in 1893.
but by n combination in the
ton he was defeated. His present
term will expire In January. 1900.
Charges Against Kcilam.
Pierre. S. d.. Feb. This has been
4 day Of days for the lovers of sensa-
tion and scandal in the capital city OF
:Outh Dakotn. The whole town las
been agog yer the resignation of A.
e. kellam as Justice Of the supreme
court and over the rumCr which have
been flying through the air. Certain
1t is that the resignation came not as
a matter OF choice, but under pressure
OF some mysterious but powerful ma
ture. The bas's OF the charges Is gross
immortality. He was given an oppOr-
tunity of denying these charges today,
but preserved silence. He seems ut
terly crushed and broken by the de-
veloplnents. There have been reports
that criminal charges would be filed
against him, but the parties directly
interested and who possess the EVIL
denCe necessary to convict are hesitat-
ing about swearing out complaints
owing to the stigma which it will
place upon their families. Judge
ke!!am's family consists of a wife and
II son, n student Of great promise at
fanktcn college. They have made the
Locke hotel their home since they
have been in the city. and have fig
urcd prominently in all social and
public functions. Judge Kellam has
fine literary tastes, and has been Il
prime mover in all literary and intel
lCctUal matters in the city.
Gov. sheldon has rendered the ap.
pointmcnt Of judge of the supreme
court to succeed Judge Kellam to
judge iiancy of Mitchell. This APP
pOiEtment will give general Satisfac-
ton 70 both the bar and the people OF
the state. He is n man of fine legal
ability. While he is Il Republican in
politics he has never been Il rank
partisan. SO far rs can be ascertained
he is not identified with any faction Of
the district which he will represent.