Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-02-02

dreds of these n year. so moorings are
not wanting. Judge Marshall is an
ambitious man, but he earns his way
step by step. 1t is thought he may
| succeed Judge Bum of the United
States district court when he gets
ready to retire. When federal judge
has reached the age of 10 or after. II
he has served twenty years, he may
retire on full pay. AS the United States
supreme court judges have $4,000
year (chief justice $500 more), and the
district and circuit judges $1,000, this is
an enviable privilege.
Lose Their Grip Socially.
One of the inducements, however, to
keep Washington judges at their work
is the curious fact that when they re-
tire they fall out of the social whirl
not being called on to appear at official
functions, etc. While this may not
mean much to the wise. old judges
themselves, it is of great consequence
to their wives and daughters.
1t was for a kindred reason that the
poet Tennyson consented to be made a
Lord a step which disappointed his
American admirers especially. Glad
stone and John Bright never once yield
ed to the temptation to be titled.
AS to Judge Cassoday, when he enters
upon his next term, at the beginning of
1900, he will lack six months of being 20
years old. The term is ten years and
the salary is $1,000. The late United
States Senator Morrill, of Vermont was
elected to a fresh term Of six years in
that body after he was so. Judge Cas-
soday will certainly be in good form for
half and more of his next term.
Some Judges larry ON the Bench.
1t must be said that occasionally
judges linger on the bench when they
should be in retirement; hence the wis
dom of the federal plan which pays
judges whether they work or retire.
Most men must take life easier after
70. Judge orion was unable to do much,
IL any work for nearly year before
his death; yet his pride would not adj
NIT that he could never do more work,
and no one dared breach the subject to
him. His salary went on and the extra
work proved serious load for his as
sociates, though, of course no word Of
complaint came from them.
In the law school the students use a
compendium of cases on wills compiled
by Chief Justice Cassoday, who is also
their teacher Somewhere in the course
for many years he has made the dec
laration to successive classes, "Ad-
vancing years may impair the memory,
but they enrich the logical faculty"
Certainly we have in Madison no
clearer Drained, more active man,
though diminutive in stature. At the
recent annual meeting of Rev. DR.. Up
dke's Congregational church, (the larg-
est in the state, with $50 members),
Chief Justice Cassoday was the toast
master, and he kept the company in
gale of laughter with his wittcisms
and delighted them with his quaint
philosophy.
President Adams Funny story.
| 1t was at this dinner that President
Adams answered the critics who as
sert that he has too much enthusiasm
| for athletics. He was in good form that
| night and one of his funny stories was
| the reply Of a scholar to a question in
an examination in physiology.
Describe the human frame" was the
| question.
| And the answer was: The human
frame is made up of three parts: The
head, which contains the brains; the
chest, which contains the heart and
| lungs, anu lIt lIuHht Which CURTAINS
the vowels-a, e, |, o, u, and sometimes
w and ""
| No sooner is the Clements VS. Wins
| low judicial controversy overland a
narrow rub It was--than Joshua T..
| Dodge of Racine and Milwaukee, whom
| Governor Scofeld recently put on the
supreme bench to finish Judge Pinney's
term. is to be pitted against Judge Gill
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the Fond du Lac judge been promoted,
he would no doubt have been able to
enter the election this spring without
opposition. Judge ellison has been on
the circuit bench for seventeen years.
The friends of the latter felt sore over
| the outcome. Those who know Judge
| Dodge say he is the strongest kind of
man, but his repute was not state
wide and the ellison contingent will
seek to unhorse him at the April cleo
ton. They are both Democrats. but
the Republicans will take a lively inter
est. especially as the issue will be the
Endorsement of their governors APP
| pointment. The judge who once has
| his seat has tremendous advantage
in a contest of this sort for the slo
gan of politics in the judiciary" is al
| ways CNCCtlNe WnCn an attempt is
| made to turn him out.
Hard Worked Stenographcrs.
The life of a court reporter must be
| a very trying and eXhausting one. as
| so many break down under the strain.
| They are all skilled stcnographers and
| this work calls for the closest attention,
| especially where in the giving of test
mony. answer and question, such great
! accuracy is demanded. and especially
! in view Of the long duration of the
! sessions The recent shocking death by
i suicide of A. kaveage of the GAINESVILLE
| circuit (Judgc Ecnnetts) While tempo
rarily insane, and for no apparent rea-
son. shows how undermining the work
! is on the mentality, Since kavelage
shot himself and fell into the river. it
| is remembered that only ten days ago
/ w. &. kimhall Of the Oshkosh circuit
was committed to the insane asylum,
/ a nervous wreck He had put in twenty
I years under the desks of circuit judges,
/ following with tirelcss eye and brain
the talk VI judges, jurors, counsel and,
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