The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
THE new CHEF JUSTICE
His Fellow Citizens Extend Their
Congratulations.
ARE SORRY TO LOSE HIM
Judge Brantiy Has Been an Able. Oon-
scientious Judge and There Are None
Who Do Not Regret to See Him
Step From Deer Lodges Bench.

II seems TO be now just about as DEF
initely settled as it ever will be that
Judge Brantly is the choice of the peo-
pie Of the state of Montana for the
ONCE Of chief justice of the supreme
court. The result of the official IAN
vass Of the state board of canvassers,
as published in the Standard yesterday
morning. Is that, so far as the chief
5usticeship is concerned, Theodore
Brantly Is the man who will occupy
the seat of highest honor in this states
judicial branch for the next few years.
So far a Anaconda is concerned.
partisan lines were never drawn close
~ in this matter of the chief Justice
ship. II Judge Pemberton had been
declared elected. the people of this city
would have been pleased: now hat
Judge Brantly is declared elected. they
are none the less pleased. both men
are bright. honest. faithful upright cit
tzens;' law students of high attain
ments. and Jurists in whose integrity
the people of Montana have the great
est faith, Judge Pemberton is a citizen
OF silver Bow county N Judge Brant-
ly a citizen of Deer Lodge county. 1t
Is true that Judge Brantly's home
county did not give him a majority;
but the vote he did get here must GER
talnly be taken as a vote most COM
plimentary to himself, inasmuch as the
democratic matorities ranged all the
way from 1000 to 1000, the low major
ity for Judge Pemberton of 800 votes
may be considered by Judge Brantly
and his friends as a high compliment
indeed.
Theodore Brantly, the new chief JUS
tice. was born in Tennessee. He is a
graduate of the Southwestern Presby-
terrain university Of GAINESVILLE. in
which institution he finished his CLASH
cal HCnrSp in 1879 Ha affarxxard nj
tended the Cumberland university at
Lebanon, Tenn. from which college he
graduated as an attorney i'm 1880. lie
then practiced law at Lebanon until
March. 1888. i'm which year he went for
a tour of the West for four or six
months and finally decided on settling
In Illinois. In that state he occupied
the position of professor of Greek and
Latin in the famous Lincoln university
for four years. In the autumn of 1887
his ambitious spirit. prompted him to
again follow. the course of the setting
sun, and he then came to Montana.
He accepted the position of master of
classics in the College of Montana at
Deer Lodge, which position he held for
two years.
Deciding. in 1889. to resume his chosen
profession. hat of law, he opened an
office in Deer Lodge city, hen the
county seat of Deer Lodge county and
n place of some Importance. as is
known to every one and is
shown by the fact thai Deer
Lodge was one of the cities which as
pired to be the capital of the state in
1892. Judge Brantly practiced law i'm
Deer Lodge for three and one-half
years. until 1892. when he was elected
to the office of district Judge of the
Third judicial district, which position
he has filled ever since. having been re-
elected in 1896.
Indoa Drantlxsa fatt.o~ T. NJ.
terrain minister and has been in the
pulpit since 1s43. He is now i'm his 18th
year.
Since Judge Brantly has occupied the
bench in the Third judicial district. he
has made an efficient judge. He is the
ideal presiding judge of every member
OF the bar of Deer Lodge county, and
he has been called upon to preside i'm
many other district courts Of the state,
where his abilities. integrity and hon.
esty are recognized as of the highest.
In this county people know hin as an
everyday fellow citizen. There is moth
ing superior or stuck up" abou Judge
Brantly. They knew him as an able
Judge, whose knowledge of the law is
profound and whose decisions and rul-
ings are always based upon the princi-
pie of fairness. Very few cases have
been appealed from Judge Brantly's
court. In fact, these instances have
been so very few that IL forms a
marked contrast to many of the other
districts of the state. Judge Brantly
takes pride in his county. and in the
community where he finds himself a
citizen. He has his home in this coun-
~, and his fellow townsmen tax pride
In concentrating him upon his Access
sion to one of the highest positions
which Is within the gift of the people
of this state. They congratulate him
upon the honest. capable n impartial