The Washington bee., 1897-10-02
JUSTICE JNO. H. O'DONNELL.

A BRILLIANT LAWYER AND POPULAR
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. SENATOR
HANNA'S CHOICE FOR JUDGE OF
| THE POLICE COURT, To SUCCEED
JUDGE KIMBALL. A BRAVE SOL
DER AND A GOOD CITIZEN.
Among the leading candidates for
! Judge of the Police Court, to succeed
Judge l. G.. Kimball, is Justice John H.
! O'Donnell, one of the best known law
| yers and justices in the city He has
brilliant army record, having served
from "a till the close of the war and is
the youngest member of the Union
Veterans Union which alone is indica-
tive of having smelt powder and saw
shots and shells flying from the guns
of the enemy. No man has a more
brilliant record than Justice O'Donnell
| who entered the army at the age of
! IS. He is now just as years old, COM
paratively young man. He is pleas
Ing in his manners; tall, erect and a
positive character.
He was appointed Justice of the
Peace, by ex-President Benjamin H.
Harrison, April 20, 1892, and when
MI NlCtCldIu do CiC(tCo lLlS
democrats made a strong fight for his
/ place, and would have succeeded,
! but Justice O'Donnell's French move
out-generaled the opposition, and Mr..
| Cleveland informed the District DEM
ocratic organization that he was a
competent man and entitled to reap
pointment, which position he now
holds and has acCceptably filled. He
is one of the most prominent men,
bers of the District bar and a lawyer
of distinguished parts. He is an active
, member of the Washington Comman-
dery No. I, Knight Templars and a
man who is popular with all classes OF
citizens. The entire Ohio delegation,
headed by Senator Hanna will make
a strong fight for Justice O'Donnell
He is also the choice of Secretary Of
State, Sherman and indeed the choice
of a large portion of the colored citi'
zens. There is no man more pop
ular among the best elements of the
colored population than he is.
He is one man if appointed will as
sist in raising the standard of the Pc
lice Court and judge cases himSe!
without the dictation of the court Off
Cials. 1t is believed that he would be
an impartial expounder of the law and
fair in his disposition of persons
brought before him.
A man who has served his country
SO we'll and at such a tender age, is
entitled to the respect and the highest
consideration of administrative pow
erS.
The Union Veterans Union doesn't
admit towards nor men who have
never smelt powder and seen the fly
ing of shot and shell.
The soldier in the late war of the
rebellion, can not receive too much
consideration at the hands of the gov
ernment. Those who were brave
enough to leave home, father and
mother, sister and brother and thous-
ands have left wife and children ought
not to be forgotten. The preservation
of this republic was dearer to those
brave comrades, than home, father
and mother, sister and brother, or
| wife.
If the Judicial toga of the Police
Court is to be placed upon others
shoulders, Justice John H. O'Donnell,
in the opinion of the many thousands
people in this city, is the man.
The appointment of Judge Kimball's
successor will be considered some
time in December. His term as judge
will expire January 'eS and from the
present out look, Justice O'Donnell
will succeed him.