Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-10-12
Il. r. CURLER.
fe"pl"'s Party Candidate for Sur
Est - sr relne Jud Re. ~

:
go T.. RENE Judge. so -.
B. F. Curler, Peoples party capdi-
date for the oiHco OF Supreme Judge
ct the stats OF Nevadi, was torn i'll
La Plata, now an almost forgotten
village in Churchill county, Nevada.
on February 18th. 1866. A year after
his birth his parents moved TO Bel
mont. Nye county, his father the
Hon. BENZ. Curler, then being Dis
trict Judge of the Fifth Judicial DIS
trict of this State. AS soon ms he be-
came Of school age, Mr.. Curler at
tended the :sublic school at Belmont
re manning there until he reached his
fifteenth year, when he was taken to
SIN Jose and placed in school. 4
year later, with his mother and sisters.
ne removed to Los Angeles, Cilifor-
MIA, and attended the university there
Tor three years. In the mean time
lie young gentleman had selected the
practice Of Law rs his chosen profess
sion and after the three years s:en, IN
the university at Los Angeles, he ell
tered hastings Law College of San
F'ancisco. After two years spent
here, he returned to his parents, vino
had taken up their residence in Haw-
.norne, Nevada. The people OF
Hawthorne u:cily Recognized III him
/ nan OF unusual ability and -ilortly
fer his ARRIVAL the 70 offered him he
position OF principal OF the public
school. which he accepted, and he
proved himself 10 be well qu;tiifi ID for
the p0BiGion. In 1888 he was elected
District Attorney OF Esmeralda
county, and during the two years of
his lncumbency male most enviable
tecori.. III 1891 he removed his
family to Reno and went into CO.
pastnership with his father in the
practice OF law, He was elected Dis
trict Attorney of Washoe county in
the fall OF i92. since which time he
has been practicing law with his
father.
Those who are acquainted with the 1
yonDg man, and who have seen him
in the different courts of this State
look upon him as, one Of the ablest
lawyers and second 10 mona in this
State. His character is above re-
proach and his habits euch that he is
pointed out as a model OF all that is
good. Honest in his every dealing,
painstakingIn every undertaking. a
friend that can be depended upon
and possessing every qualification
that goes to make q man among men.
hs has friends by the score. In
lie, he is an honor TO the
community in which. be re-
sides, and il selected to a. seat
on the Supreme Bonoh he will grace
IL with bscotninR dignity and his de-
cisions win always DO for the right
and nota6e influenced by anything
except his honest understanding OF
thelaw a';ah e1''st ~
Believing that non-residents
should not b elected toi any Office
Yithiti tle gilt OF. the people Of the
State, he went upon the stump in the /
last oad:paign to further the interests
a 1apesGC. Doughty. candidate for
Congress against Hon. Francis g.
NSwlAhds; and IL WIS greatly through
His Efforts that Mr.. Doughty succeed |
Cd in reducing Mr.. Newlands' pre-
vions heavy majority, although the |
most weighty influences were to be 4
bought Of every turn. %
4 At the meeting of the "opulist |
State Convention in Reno in Septem-
Der, this yeir. Mr.. Cdrler endeavored |
TO bring that party to "a fusion with
the Democrats on Presidential Elec-
tors, .and,introduced a resolution to l
that effect. The resolution was de-
feated by two votes, but not without