Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-18
ECHOES.

ECHOES.
ECHOES FROM THE JUDICIAL CON
# VENTION{ IN THE FIFTH DIS
TRlCT OBJ WALLACE WANTED
GIAsPELL TO MOVE TO VALLEY
CT WHAT AAIESTDWN A T
/ TORNEYS SAID.
! Valley City, May g. =. Near the elose
of the judicial convention r. q. Wal
lace made motion that, as Valley
City wanted Judge Glaspell nomin
ated and as Stutsman county did not,
the convention express themselves as
favorable to the Judge moving his.
chambers from jamestown to Valley
City, Chairman McKean Of Sanborn
declared the motion out of order and
Mr.. Wallace appealed from the decis
ion of the chair. A vote was taken
on the appeal. Barnes county voted
to sustain the chairman in refusing to
allow the motion to come to vote
and there were cries Of They dom e
want him. from the Stutsman dele
cation, which voted against sustain
ing the chair. The majority sustained
the chair.
Attorney John Knauf told some Of
| the reasons why, in his opinion, Stuts-
man county could not support Judge
GIaspeH He stated that for fifteen
years he had been a supporter Of Judge;
Glaspell and had even supported him
during the impeachment proceedings
against the judge in Bismarck. Mr..
Knauf said he had led the campaign
for the judge four years ago, but the
judges conduct towards him and his.
friends had been such that he could
not consistently do so longer Fear
1essness in a judge, Mr.. Knauf thought,
should not consist in the punishment,
through the powers of the Office, of;
enemies, political or: otherwise:
Attorney Ellsworth said that to
know a man it was necessary to- in-s
quire concerning him at or near his
home. He thought that inquiry con-
cerning Judge Glaspell in jamestown
and Stutsman county would result in
convincing anyone as to his undesira
bllity for the Office of judge.
Rev. Hardy thought that GlaspeH
was not the man for the office and re-
ferred pointedly to some of the judges
co-workers in the past.
Harry Cornwall thought that the re-
suits of thrusting Judge Glaspell on
the republicans of Stutsman county
would prove disastrous as it would en-
danger the success of the ticket in the
county. He was quite emphatic in
his remarks and objected to the at
tempt made to wrest from the dele
gates the right Of free speech.
r. e. Wallace also protested against
| the gag rule established and wanted
to know if it was republican con-
vention. He questioned Judge Glas-
pells republicanism and claimed that
the judge vigorously knitted the ticket
two years ago and also caused to be
circulated a petition to have; Judge
Corliss run for supreme court judge
independently against the regular re-
publican nominee.
Attorney Blackwell Of LaMoure
said he knew Judge Glaspell to be all
right in every respect, fearless in the
| discharge of his duties as judge. Four
years ago Mr.. Blackwell was opposed
to Judge Glaspell and for long time
| after the judges election the feeling
| between them was very bitter. But
during all this time GlaspeI had dealt
justice fairly and impartially as far
as Mr.. Blackwell was concerned. Mr..
Blackwell thought that judge was
not elected for the purpose OF being
courteous to lawyers. For his part
he did not want any judge to do him
any favor. Mr. Blackwell said he
thought the trouble with Stutsman
county was that it had too much brains
and not enough places to go around.
Judge Glaspel conducted the Office on
business principles and would not all
low lawyers to delay the court with
useless motions which took time and
ran up the court expenses. LaMoure
county, Mr.. Blackwell believed. mad
been saved at least 81 q 900 in the last
four years by reason Of the rapidly
with which cases were tried. He
thought the present incumbent was
the best judge IN the state in criminal
cases.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Jamestown, May IS. The judicial
central comm ittee for this district is.