The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-07

all probability Mr.. Cooper VIII be candi-
dase fer reelection next year, and viii
no doub. have Qui.A a number of formid-
able opponents. and why not. There is
Earl Adams OF Houston county. Gregg Of
Anderson cuuc;y, Policy u sholby SCOT Of
HATrison--ail honest and we'll qualified.
and each OF whom VIII perhaps have quite
respectable coterie OF frienAs and hack
crs. But the preference OF Naoogdochss
county is for neither OF thr above men
TONED gentlemen. We have seen them all,
We have heard them all, and after measur-
ing capacities and capabilities pro Ell Goa
We have decided that the 7eXi congress
man from tbs Shoe String nSstric. should
b William lnbodsn OF Cherokee.
in the autumn o. 1888 Hon. ". F. Da-
Wis. States attorney OF the Second judi
ci4l district, surprised his frien5s by sud
denly rcsigni1g. The Second judicial dis
iriet is composed Of Sabine. san Angus
tine. shelby. Escosdoches, Angelina and
Cherokee coun.ies, in each of which reside
able and well qualified lawyers. When Mr..
Davis resigned several applications with
able AMI influential hackers were made for
the vacancy. The appointment was held
Up for awhile. and when the subject was
almost forgotten the people were sur
prised 10 learn one morning that Governor
Hog had given tho appointment 10 : man
named lmboden o, Cherokee. Who was
I;nboden? Did ANY one know him. Yes.
few in the county he'd seen him, III did
nct kpow that he WAS lawyer. Anyway,
the matter YVES settled. and ia due TING
district court sci at Center, ana the STATE.
through its new attorney. lab0den, made
Il ho; for the lawbreaker. Court sit at San
Augustine. ana news came on Saturiay be-
fore HIS sew personal acquaiaiances
were soon .rtlled and these qYacrupled,
50 that Ivy the time court Yves callel I'm
hoden had met and shaken the hand OF
every man IN attendance on the court. This
Is why he people like imooasn; he always
knows them. aid always has new anec-
aote TO tell. When court vas called I'm
boden was at his post, ard with the tact
aud skin Of IN old practitioner he met and
defeated IN legal battle sone Of the ablest
and oldest members OF the Nacog ioches
bar. Conviction sftsr conviction was Sc
cured. and the state, through Imboden. vas
ably and feArlessly represented. The writer
ys.s present a; ell Of the six terms of court
a. Nacogaocaas while Inlboden was States
attorney Mr. lmtoien was an energetic
orker. II one or two instances IN eases
Of murlcr the entile bar was agains- lin,
YET h fought 81 and on giving up oaly
when the jury brought in a verdict OF mot
quilts" !mhoien's entire judicial record
in the Second judicial district IS good and
all the people know i. and that is the 0a-
s-n they want him 10 represent them In
Washington.
As a prosecutor IA the courts NJ I. Eec-
o7s n none. Inbolen served on his ap-
roinimeni and went into the primaries in
10 1884 without even an opponent. In
nc fall he was Overwhelmingly elected
he served tia, term w;tA fidelity aud
honor and declined to run again. He could
however. have been easily reelected. I'm
boden il all right in Naccgdoch-s county.
and We want eVeryb in the Second con-
sressioual district 20 N13w hat Nacogio-
chss county IS for him in the primaries N
1855 II. c. Fuller,