The record-union., 1898-08-25

part of the State, representing the
county Of Plumas, 1 desire to place be-
fore you the name of a gentleman fer
the office of Justice of the Supreme
Court Of this State. His name is
Stanley A. Smith of Sierra County.
(Applause)
He has had an experience of many
years upon the Superior Bench of that
county. He served his time as Dis
trict Attorney He is a lawyer and A
Judge of mature years; a man of
strict integrity; a man of uniform
i courtesy and capacity. His ear can
no more quickly catch the confident
| demands Of imperious wealth than it
| can the meekly whispered prayer of
| wronged poverty. Gentlemen, it is
! time that we should remember local
/ ity.
North of Sacramento, I call your
! attention to the fact that, unless a
! candidate for the Supreme Court be
drawn from the North, there will be
! none then representing the northern
| end of the tSate upon the ticket. 1
bespeak at your hands a fair consid-
Grafton of the claims of the North. 1
suggest to you, gentlemen of the South,
and to you, gentlemen OF the interior,
/ now flushed with victories here al
! ready achieved confident of victories
yet to- follow in your behalf that You
can do we'll to consider the Northern
portion of the State, to whom you will
/ look in November for your majorities
! in favor of the nominees here. Gem
/ tlemen, representing the Northern por-
ton of the State, and speaking for the
mining section, l ask you to consider
the name of Hon. Stanley A. Smith of
/ Sierra County," (Cheers.)
SOWARD SPEAKS FOR SIERRA.
Judge Seward of Sierra seconded
Judge Smiths nomination in the fol-
| lowing words:
I'm behalf Of Sierra County and the
mining interest, / take great pleasure
| in seconding the nomination of Hon.
Stanley A. Smith for Associate Justice
| of the Supreme Court. / heartily in
| dorse all that has been said in his be-
half, and we, as miners, believe that
mining lawyer ought to have place
upon the Supreme Bench of the State
/ of California.
! JONES NAMES MCFARLAND.
Charles T. Jones of Sacramento made
a splendid effort in nominating Justice
| T. B. Mcfarland. Mr. Jones spoke as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention A clean, upright, con-
| scientious judiciary is the safeguard Of
| the republic and of the State. What
| more exalted position-what more i'm
portant in the gift of the people of this
! State-than Associate Justice of the SD
preme Court? They have in their keep
ing the life, liberty, pursuit Of happines,
all the inalenable rights of the citi-
zen. The executive and legislative
! branches Of the Government may be-
come incompetent, may become corrupt
and venal; but if you have the proper
/ kind of a judiciary; if you have man
| of ability there; if you have man OF
standing and of purity, the rights of
| the people are at least preserved.
| In selecting a candidate for Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, il
seems to me that personal friendship
even, should be cast aside; locality
| should not be thought of Delegates
should look for character in the nomi-
nee-should look for purity of charac-
ter, should look for legal learning, and
| should look for fearlessness to do right.
I'm looking over these characteristics
for a nominee, / take pleasure and pride
| in naming in behalf of Sacramento
County-aye, of the people of this State
Judge T. B. Mcfarland of the present
| Supreme Court. Judge Mcfarland
needs no eulogy at my hands. His life
is an open book. His record as a Su-
preme Court Justice is before you. All
of you that know him as a man know
his character is pure, know that the
very name is honesty itself. and know
of his ability as Justice in the court.
LAS a Republican, my fellow citi-
zens, no man within the sound OF my
voice can say that any man is deserving
of more at the hands of the party. /
call your attention to this fact: Twelve
years ago you placed him upon your
ticket as Justice, the office to which
he now aspires. At that ensuing eec-
ton the head of the ticket was beaten.
many of the candidates were beaten,
hut Judge Mcfarland led your ticket TO
victory. (Applause) l ask you TO place
him upon the ticket. He is deserving
of the nomination. If nominated he
will be elected; and if elected, he Will
serve you faithfully"
PATERSON'S SECONDING SPEECH.
Ex-Supreme Justice Paterson of San
Francisco seconded the nomination Of
Judge Mcfarland. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen of the convention, yon
are now about to proceed to pronounce
your verdict upon the most important
duty that you have been called upon
to perform here-the selection of
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
State Of California. San Francisco has
no aspirant for that position, but l am
proud of the honor which / have here
tonight of seconding the nomination
of that tried, unimpeachable, true
jurist; that honest, rugged, honorable
man, the Hon Thomas b. Mcfarland.
| (Applause)
There is no place in the world
where men come to learn one another
| so quickly and so well as in the con-
sultation-room of he Supreme Court.
Month after month, year after yea,
| in the interchange of views in the
search of those principles which are