The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-06-05
THE JUDICIAL CONVENTION.

Inc RepuoIfcan OeieSate convention or
of the 3Ist Judicial District. to nominate
a candidate for District Judge. met at
Bucklin, on Tuesday All the counties
were well represented.
f. Nj. Davis of Meade, was made
chairman, and o. B. White, of Gray
county. was selected secretary.
All committees were dispensed with,
except the committee resolutions.
The following committee resolutions
was appointed: N B. klaine- of Ford,
Robert G. Reed, of kiowa, and E. D.
Smith, of Meade The committee re-
ported the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That we endorse the ad-
| ministration of President Roosevelt and
commend our President for his firm and
patriotic stand on pnbiic questions.
Resolved, That the administration of
Governor w. E Stanley meets with our
appreciation During the four years of
his incumbency there has been no stain
on his public charge and our State in
stitutions have been conducted economi-
cally and their management is an honor
| to our Governor and to those who have
/ the management of them.
| Resolved, That Chester /. Long,
| member of Congress, is deserving of
special recognition by his constituents
and the county for his earnest and honest
| work in the firm advocacy of government
| interests.
Resolved, That we endorse the course
| of Senator j. r. Burton in Congress,
particularly for his eloquent and able de-
| fense of the honor of the American sol
der.
| Resolved. That we repose con
tinued confidence in candidate for
| District Judge, Hon. E III. Madison. and
refer to the unpre JUDGED manner in which
| he has discharged the duties of the office
during three years past. We refer to his
impartial and non-partisan character as
Judge, favoring all people alike with
judicial fairness and discreetness- Es-
pecially do refer to Judge Madison's
expeditions method in the conduct of his
office, he having kept court expenses at
| the lowest possible minimum, in serving
the ends of justice and equity.
In placing Judge Madison In nomina-
ton for District Judge, Hon. M. w. SUIT
ton said: He had for fifteen years past
spent good deal of his time in nomi nat
ing Judge Madison for office, but TO this
/ in private Judge Madison had said when
| Sutton was not nominating him Madison
/ was nominating Sutton. But laying
/ aside all humor and sport, Mr.. Sutton
said Judge Madison was learned in law
4 ne was SOBER, ne was honest, he was
| merciful, and he ad justs the scales OF
?ustice with fairness and impartiality
| He has the courage that will not let the
/ strong over the weak. Mr.. Snttof
paid a fine compliment to Judge Madi
sons ability and hon esty, and predicted
he would be elected by a large majority
On motion of n. B. Klaine, who Sec
onded the nomination, Judge Madison
8 was nominated by acclamation, witt
cheers and applause.
Judge Madison, in accepting the nomi-
nation said with much emotion, that b,
came back to the source of all power (refer
ring to the convention which nominated
him for District Judge in Bucklin TIVE
years ago) that he might be returned tt
the bench which it appears by the peo
e pies appreciation lie had acceptably file,
:, for three years past. During all his tims
d on the bench he had tried to do right
!; He had followed in the office the bes
: Judge who had ever held the office. Hi
aim and desire had always been to ap
proach the high standard of his prede
cessor. 1t was pleasing to him that hi
y course in Office commended withou
: partisan politics. The people of the dis
s trict had treated him we'll. not SO muci
It on personal consideration, to the offic
: which he holds. Judge Madison spok
d of his residence in southeast Ford county
b where with wife and two babies, he hat
: cast his lot with the people, and sustainet
" with them the affections and hardship
s of the early settlement 1t to thes
and the old friends sitting in the conven
ton that he held in grateful remem
brance, and to them he owed much .
a his success IN civil and political life.
Hon. Henry F. Mason of Garden City
candidate for Supreme Court Justice, wa
Iintroduced, and delivered "a fine speech
That portion referring TO the Jndicia
candidate and election we reproduce il
part. Mr.. Mason said he had accepte'
the invitation 20 appear in the convention
on the promise that Mike Sutton woul
lspeak and Beeson s orchestra would ren
| der the music. He would travel acros
| the state to hear both Sutton and the or
l chesfra.