Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-02
NC CLAIM F'OR SUPREME
JUDGE.

JUDGE.
is. Joe Brown Tells His Fellow Neg
roes Why They Should Support
Chancellor Emlin Mct.lain
for Supreme Judge.
Iowa City, Ia. EDITOR Of Bystander:
desire . short space ii the columns Of
your worthy paper in which to say q
word to my fellow Negroes Of The state Of
Iowa in regard to the candidacy OF, one
Of the candidates of the Republican party.
Emlin McClain, Chancellor OF the College
Of Law of the State University Of IVA
and Republican nominee for Supreme
Judge. "
It 10 indeed gratifying to tho student
Of current politics. and Of race evolution,
TO note that. with the progress Of time
and the increase Of intelligence among as,
we are beginning to exercise our intelli.
gence in politics, as we'll as in religion
and other matters of vital Importance.
This fact is highly significant Of the
phenomenal progress We have made with
in the last quarter Of century, and since
the days when We used to ask some one
Of our white brethren for Republican
ticket and vote it outright without even
being able to read the names OF the candi-
dates that appeared thereon.
To day the great msjority Of the Negro
voters OF the state of Iowa can. q nd do.
read not only the names Of the candidates
but also their past records. when obtain.
able. in order that they may be advised IS
to the character and the justification Of
the nominee for the particular Office to
which he desires to be elected.
Having been personally acquainted with
Chancellor Emlin MoClain for the past
six years. and having been for more than
q year under his direct supervision and
ms, ruction and thereby enabled to know
him as he really is, I teel it my duty. at
this time. to give to my Fellow Negroes
the benefit Of the facts that it has been my
privilege to learn concerning the obarao-
ter and the qualifications Of this candi-
date.
In my humble opinion, the facts which
makes Chancellor McClain, Of all men in
the State one Of the best qualified for the
office of Supreme Judge. are innumerable,
but few of those which seem to me OF
prime Importance may be briefly stated as
follows:
He is a genuine. typical, simon-pure
Iowan, having had more than forty years
residence in the State and bsing product
in toto, Of an Iowa Institution. ..s
He is recognized as one OF the foremost
legal authorities not only Of Iowa. but Of
America aud has been honored by the
following degrees Of scholarship to-wit:-
Phi. b. cry. A. b. cay, L. L. B. C70,
A. NJ. (,82), L. L. D. coy: add abby the
0bdtC OuAVOA0AoJ " AO"os
He is one OF the best legally informed
man in the tate of Iowa having been for
nearly fifteen years the head of the State
University College Of Law. during which
time he has published the following treat
Uses on the Law viz:- elementary Law"
criminal Law and Procedure" Grimm
al Law, Ceases on Carriers Cases on
Constitutional Law" Annotated Code Of
Iowa" and Iowa Digest" all Of which
are now being used in some OF the best
Law schools in the country; and a futher
and perhaps the best evidence that he is
considered the best legal authority in the
state is the tact that he was selected by
the State Legislature to compile, and did
compile, the notes that appear in the re-
cent Code OF Iowa" published by the
State of Iowa in '97 which is the Law Of
Iowa itself and which is OF neee sslty used
by all the lawyers and judges in all the
courts of Iowa from that of the Justice Of
the Peace even to the Supreme Bench and
is the authority from which there is no
appe !. ..... -.-.-. 4
He is not and never has been a politi-
clan. never having been candidate for
political Office heretofore.
He is staunch republican never hav-
ing voted any other ticket.
He is, and always has been, friends to
the Negro and not for political purposes
for as have just stated he has never been
in politics; yet. he has been personal
friend Of every Negro student that has
ever been to the University during his
fifteen years administration having been
the staunch friend and counselor Of the
venerable Alexander Clark whom Iowa
has learned to revere as the Douglass Of
the Stats" and having recommended him
for the position OF honor which he held at
the time of his death, that of U. s. Minis
ter to Liberia. He was also the means Of
the writes having come to the University
in '94 by securing him a position by mean