The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-26
HOW IT WAS DONE
SOME ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT
THE NEWTON CONVENTION.

1t was Ike Lambert OF Emporia That Pre-
cipItsted the First -Crisis-It was Reno
County That Caused the Stampede by
One of its Delegates Losing His Head
and His Nerve at Critical Moment
stanley of sedgwick Saw the Error and
Lost No Time in Taking Advantage of
It-This Nominated Pollock.
When the correspondent for the Eagle
left Newton yesterday all the delegates
to. the appellate court convention had
gone home If there was a sore s-'0I
left anywhere he could not observe H.
Evey delegate left with his coat OH Tor
Hon. John Pollock, the nominee, ana II
he does not lead the ticket IN the dis
trict next November it will be strange
and the old saying that there is strength
In harmony will be reversed.
That such great harmony prevailed
after such a hard and stubborn con-
test augurs we'll for the nominee and is
a credit to the Republican delegates Of
the district
The fact is that every candidate before
the convention was worthy Of being the
nominee by reason Of personal charac-
ter and legal ability and learning. 1t is
not often that convention has such
fine timber to pick from
Mr.. Greene Of Newton Is a splendid
man and came within an ace Of being
nominated. He is learned in the law,
dignified in character and has the ele-
ments that would insure him making a
great race.
Mr.. Dougherty has that sturdy hon
esty and studious habits that are so
much needed in the judiciary. Consid-
ering the fact that the court was lOcat-
I'd in his city and many delegates
thought that enough, he made a great
race and one that he can be proud OF.
Mr. Smith of FL Dorado is the salt Of
the earth as a man and a lawyer OF
true and tried ability. He is one OF
those men who can keep a delegation
with him for a week without food or
water. Although beaten Wednesday he
VIII be heard from yet and ii is possible
that fate ordained that he should lose
in order to give him a higher office.
Then there was that sterling Repub-
iican, admirable man and able jurist
George Croker of Harper county. He
VINO has stood by his party, his friends
and the honor of his profession through
thick and thin. He was beaten, too, but
not cast aside. He and mis- friends made
a splendid impression; he for the grace
and good sense in which he accepted
defeat, and they for their loyalty TO
him. Harper always cast four votes
for Croker and they were so much in
- Of 1.s -
burn startled the entire hotel in the
middle of the night by shouting at the
top of his voice in the middle of a
dream. -Four votes for Croker" a
Sedgwick county man who was sleep
ing IN the next room shouted in re-
Spouse, Fifteen votes for Dougherty, .
and the whole roll call of the conven-
ton went on again and resounded
through every hall from the tin roof 10
the ground floors.
Judge Houck was the favorite of
Reno county. Everybody knows Judge
HOuck, his great ability as a jurist. his
sterling qualities as a man and his ten
acous advocacy Of Republican prin-
ciples.
Then there was Mr.. Hutchinson of
Lyon county, who had the Endorsement
Of such an able man and staJunch Re
d
Mr.. Hutchinson is a fine lawyer and a
gentleman whose good traits would get
him 2 great many votes outside his
own party.
The best candidate of all. however
was John Calhoun Pollock Of Winfield
The wisdom Of the Republican party
said so. His selection was not "a hasty
one and hence not an uncertain one. II
took just 1874 ballots to select him and
that means something.
Mr.. Pollock has all the elements Of a
good judge. He has a standing at the
bar second to none in the state Of Kan
s2s He is no local lawyer. nor one Of
small ability. He has always enjoyed a
large practice before the supreme court
OF this and other states. He enjoys a
large practice in the federal courts and
in the local courts of all the counties in
southern Kansas. He is OF that age
when his mind is strong. vigorous and
marured. He Is an onneverous reader
Of law books and law journals and is
constantly in touch with the best legal
thought Of the nation. a mere lawyer
is not fit to be a judge. He may know
all the law and principles OF law IN the
books and yet not make a good judge
He must have other qualities. and Mr.
Pollock has them. He has the first es-
s5ntiaI quality of being an honest man.
He has lived a great many years IN
southern Kansas and no man las ever
beard word or intimation or an in
sfnu2tion against his character for
sterling honesty. He has still another
great quality for safe jurist He is in
sympathy and in touch with the COM
mon people. Some may say that a
Judge should not know peopg.a or be in
fuenced by their condition That may do
very well 500 years ago but conditions
have changed. \ judge should belong
10 that class that has the greatest num-
bers. He should be able TO understand
the customs, conditions and mode Of
living Of the people 10 whom he is 70
deal out justice He is one Of the pe0-
pie himself and knows the value OF
sven handed jutSice He Is poor man
who might be wealthy If he was less
honest He has a wife and children.
and he knows the hopes and aspirations
IF parents Another good thing about
him and that is he IS not a
POLITICIAN He has never sought
any political honors except
those in the line Of his profes-
sion II Is a worthy trait IN anv man
10 aspire to promote in his occupation
and that Is the aspiration of John Pol
Sock when he seeks such a high and
7ignified place in the legal fra ternitv.
He VIII make a great campaign and viii
BE elected beyond any doubt He IS a
hood mixer. a man of plain manners
and his disposition Is courteous and
genial towards everybody. whether they