Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01

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The Judge, David f. Pugh, who was
now to try me for my life, tramped
into columbus from West Virginia a
few years previous and entered his
uncles law Office on trial as Office part
ner. In a little while he branched out
as a politician Of the Republican per-
suasion and his uncle, a Democrat,
Shook him. He secured the empty
honor Of nomination for mayor Of the
city, as no Republican would accept
it, realizing that the Democratic nom
inee had a sure thing, which he did,
and Dave" was showed under. He
tried for various Offices with the same
result. 1t became my fortune to be.
friend him, mainly on account Of his
uncle, "old Judge Pugh," as we called
him. Dave" the nephew, was cecom.
ing a nuisance on our hands. He could
mot make a living by the practice Of
this profession, as he had none, and
repeatedly trying. He courted the Cap.
ital and its editor assiduOusly, and ex-
cited my sympathies. He was married
and had a family. Something must
be done for him. AS fortune would
have it, Judge Bingham (now chief
justice Of the District Of Columbia)
resigned as common pleas judge of Co
lumbus, and Senator Foraker, then
governor of Ohio, was instantly be-
sieged to name Dave" to the vacancy
caused by the resignation. Foraker re-
garded the suggestion doubtfully, and
wh..e not absolutely refusing, held off
filling the vacancy. In this crisis Of
Dawes fortunes he appealed to me
as a Democratic friend of Governor
Foraker and one Of his Trustees Of the
Mansfield penitentiary, Dave" repre-
sented that IL / asked for his appoint
ment it would be forthcoming. Actu-
ated by sympathy, l visited the COVER
nor and made a plea for Dave. The
governor responded:
81 want to appoint a Republican, of
course, to the vacancy, but I want to
find lawyer who will have some prob
able show OF being elected before the
people when this term expires Pugh
has been beaten so often that do not
think he is the man. You see Elliott,
/ want my appointee endorsed by the
people at the rolls, and you do not be.
lieve Pugh an be elected when this
avacancy term expires"
I recognized the force of the COVER
nOr's Objections, and was about to with
draw when Dave and a few of his
friends entered the executive office. We
then talked the whole subject over, and
I, warming with the controversy was
finally challenged by the governor with
the remark:
why, you will fight his reelection
In the Capital and support the Demo
cratic nominee"
Tl.-s was a poser, and Dave and hi
friends looked helplessly at me. nov
felt that l had his fate in my hands
and / answered Suppose | remain
neutral?"
The governor studied a few mo
ments, and finally turning on thu
party in that decisive, ultimatum styl,
which characterized him in those days
exclaimed:
81 tell you what I will do. I will ap
point Mr.. Pugh to the vacancy II yot
promise to support him for reelection
provided he is nominated by the Repub
lican judicial convention"
Here was a poser. It was my turn
to pause. I calculated quickly the
chances. Perhaps the Republican con
vention would refuse to nominate him
and I would be safe In promising
L Dave looked at me appealingly, and
recalling his forlorn condition and the
fact that his uncle had fired" him out
of his office, / took the chances and
promised
He was Immediately appointed, and
his commission made out there and
then. I thus became, in a measure, his
Nuardian, mentor and coacher as on
Is career on the bench for the ensuing
u nonths depended his nomination by
the Republican convention. ] pulled
him through all right, and kept my
promise. much to my own loss OF pres
tige i'm supporting with the Capital a
Republican nominee, but / had taken
the precaution to have nominated by
the Democratic convention an unpop-
ular candidate, and this helped matters
out The judge, reelected, had now a
full term of five years, and he express
ed unbounded gratitude to the man
who made him"-myself
In about the middle Of this term OF
FIVE years a celebrated divorce case
was assigned him for trial. IL may be
stated parentheucally. tnat the judge
loved notoriety, and he was a natural
born scandalmonger He was now In
the height of his glory as the presiding
Judge in nls cdSus ceiebrt. The par
ties to the divorce proceedings were
Col. Samuel r. Church, superintendent
of traffic Of the division Of the Penn
sylvania r. r. west of Pittsburg and
his wife, a daughter Of John Joyce
ESQ. the largest wholesale dry goods
merchant west Of New York, and q
Nrated millionaire. Gen. r. E. Powell
who file1 the petition on behalf o
Mrs. Church, and Booth, who subse
uuently helped to prosecute me, asso
clate counsel with Powell, were yer!
anxious 20 secure the assistance Of thu
Capital IN the impending divorce suit
Mr.. Joyce and myself were friends, ant
our families we're on terms of init
macy. Colonel Church and myself hau
a speaking acquaintance, and / thin
mutually admired each other He wa
q talented, ambitious young man o
its He was a Protestan
RoRnWlnI athollc. Thi
where tn
osation ca
5fned on the usual cor
he children OF the mai
baptized In the Catholi
raised Catholics. Whe
Twas lled Columbus wa
Nivlded into two camps
for Church, the Cath'
Under the conditions