Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-11

" III SOou beHc rum ING DcnCn hItSr d HOst re-
markable record.
coin, and the oldest federal judge on
the bench. Mr.. DAYTON is the man
who defeated the late william l..
Wilson in the famous land slide year
that preceded the Fifty fourth con.
gress, and also ushered in republi.
can regime in this portion of West
Virginia.
All over West Virginia Judge jack
son Is recognized as famous charac-
FER. He was of great service to the
Union cause. for which he stood no
bravely in the trying DAYS of the Civil
war. In organizing the new STATE of
West Virginia and in upholding the
hands of Mr.. Lincoln he performed
hardly less valuable service than SUBJ
seouently in his career on the federal
bench, where he became known as
1.-The iron judge"
NOW AN OCTOGENARIAN.
He is now over eighty years old.
although possessing his mental pow
ters. During the last year or two
earnest efforts have been made to In.
duce him to resign. At one time in
the last campaign an arrangement was
almost completed by which he was to
leave the bench and Mr.. Dayton be
appointed to succeed him. But just
when everything seemed assured. as
the political leaders of the state
wanted. the Judge himself interposed
a veto, and gave ont a vigorous inter-
view at Wheeling. declaring that ne
would not resign till he was ready to
do so. and then he would let the pub
! lie know it.
| Since then the efforts to induce him
to retire have been renewed. and,
although he stubbornly resisted, the
judge at last Welded. His hone j. ST
Parkersburg. where he has fine old
mansion. That town was his birth
plare. He graduated from Princeton
; in lS45, and was admitted to the bar
iu 1915. He became prosecuting attor-
new of Witt comfy in lS4S. when it
was organized, and afterward was
elected and reelected as prosecuting
ATTORNEY of Ritchie county He served
as member If the Virginia leRisla-
ture and was candidate for presiden.
tial electoi on tire Wing ticket of 1852
and 1855 aud in 1860, on the Bell and
Everett ticket. President LINCOLN
nominated him for district judge in
1861, and he has had over forty.four
years active service on the bench.
TERROR TO AGITATORS.
Judge jackson has been terror to
labor aRilators in West Virginia. He
has sent walking delegates and other
labor ot1cials to Jail by The score for
attempting to orgauize miners. Time
aud time again he has been the target
of severe criticism. but his honesty
aud his stern Integrity have never
been questioned. OF late wears there
has teen a feeling that he had become
too old 10 perform his duties, and this
promoted the effort to bring abou hi
resignation.
j Representative Dayton, his prospec
tive successor, is n little past forty
seven aud graduate of the Univer
sity of West Virginia. He WAS ad
mitted to the bar In 1878, and has de-
voted himself since thenLto the.prac
tire of his profession. His chief pub
lie service. prior to his election Il
congress. had been as prosecuting at.
torney first Ut upshur county, then o.
Barbour county Probably no othel
congressional district 10 the United
States has been tile scene of harder
| fought political attles THAI tn,
Second district. which Mr.. Dayton
represents. He has been able to main