The record-union., 1898-08-25

necessary to the proper determination
OF those great questions of life, liberty
| and property which arise in multi
| tudinouS form, every question of
mental and moral strength and weak
ness of every member of the court is
necessarily a question for every other
| member of the court; and, gentlemen
of the convention, it is from this stand
point, it is in this manner it is from
| such associations and from such OBJ
servation that l have learned to know,
and know him, have come to love, re-
| spect and admire Judge Mcfarland.
| (Applause)
He is absolutely true, conscientious
| thoroughly SO. Magnifcently equip
ped by nature as well as by profession.
he is in the vigor of manhood, mental
and physical He is as true to the
Constitution in the impartiality of his
decisions, in his discretion as Judge.
as the North Pole to the Polar Star.
Now, gentlemen of the convention,
/ want to say this to you: That when
the founders of this Government Gi-
| vided it into three departments, they
placed the judiciary above all Of them
to have discretionary and super
visory control over them, and with this
| idea-that if there came any question
of policy, any question of law, the
| Judges should be put there with no
| pledge save their own honor, and no
| bond save their own integrity And
when they did that, they impliedly said
| to the people of this Government:
When you put man in that position,
you put him there for life and for good
behavior. NOW, gentlemen, if you want
to get good Judges, you must say to
them: We assure you that if, in your
/ judicial career, you perform your func-
tiops as judicial officers fairly ard
well, you will be preferred; and II is
only upon that theory, gentlemen of
this convention, that you can get
Judges who will aspire to those posi-
tions.
Judge Mcfarland is invincible; he
is absolutely fearless; there is no po-
litical tempest, there is no strong pas
sion that can shake him. You owe
it to yourselves, you owe it to your
party, you owe it to the people, to re-
nominate this man who has been SO
loyal to the Republican party, who has
been so firm in his convictions and III
his decisions. Nobody can force him
by fear or by fiattery or by cajolery.
or by wheedling, from the path of his
conviction as he sees it before him. His
life is an open book. All through his
life he has followed this motto: Bound
to swear the iDsi dixit of no man;
whittier my convictions carry me,
thither am I borne. and willing, not.
unwelcome guest.
Judge A L. Hart of San Francisco
also seconded Judge McFarland.s nom-
nation though he made no speech.
KNIGHT NAMES VAN FLEET.
George A. Knight of San Francisco
renominated Justice w. c. Van Fleet.
He spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention: / arise at this time with
not quite so much enthusiasm of speech
as / do with the fervor that this occa-
sion should inspire. / arise to ask this
convention to nominate Judge Van
Fleet for Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court (Applause.)
Il will tell you why | do so. AS
Jud gel Paterson has just said, there has
been a we'll defined, tacit understanding
that all decent liberty-loving American
citizens entertain. That when you find
a Judge that is pure; when you find a
Judge that is able; when you find a
man that is fearless; who exercises his
judicial functions without fear or fa-
the benefit of the people, and not for
the benefit of himself.
l. "Our United States District Judges.