Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-10-07
Candidates for the Bench and the Drain.
age Board Who Deserve Popular
Support.
Men Whose Records Prove Them En-
titled to Public COnfidence---lm-
portant Issues at Stake.

The voters of Chicago should have |
no trouble in selecting iirst.class
Board of Drainage Trustees and tie
very best men for Judges from the
many excellent candidates who have
been nominated and whose records
speak for themselves.
Major Edgar Bronson Tolman. who
has been nominated on the Democratic
ticket for judge of the superior Court.
is a man who deserves the support of
all the people of Cook County IRE.
spcctive of party ties or affiliations.
Major Tolman has a fine record as cor.
poration counsel. as well as one Of
the most brilliant members of the Chi
cago bar as n practicing attorney, be-
sides having an excellent record as
soldier and as major of the First Hi
nois Infantry. Major Tolman was
born of American parents in British
India forty-fivc years ago. He Is
graduate of the University of Chicago
and received diploma from the
Union College of Law in 1882. lie
was candidate for the Superior Court
bench in 1900 and ran we'll ahead of
his ticket. although defeated In the
Republican landslide of that year.
He has always been a loyal Demo-
crat. publc.splrited citizen, and a
man whose name will add strength to
the ticket on which it appears. His
election seems to he assured. and in
his election the superior Court of
Cook County would have valuable
and useful accession.
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Merritt w. Pinckney, who has been
nominated for Judge of the Circuit
Court by the Republican party of
Cook County, is one of the ablest ana
best known members of the Cook
County bar. Mr. Pinckney is eminent
~ qualified for the high Office to which
he has been nominated. being Il pro-
found lawyer. public spirited citizen
and n man gifted with the qualities
which go to make up the true judicial
mind. Mr.. Plnckney is a man in the
prime of life, being just A. years old.
lie was born in Mount Morris, Ill.,,
and was educated Mt Rock River Semi
nary. of which his father. Daniel ].
Pinckney, was principal. He was grad
uated at Knox College Galesburg, ILL.,,
in 1881. In that same year Mr.. Plnck'
ney came to Chicago and commenced
the study of law Mt the Union College
of Law, from which institution he
graduated in 1883.
Mr.. Pinckney has been practlcng
law for twenty-five years, and is "A
leader in the realm of Jurisprudence
He has been for years the leading
member of the well-known and sue
ccssful law firm OF Pinckney, Tatge
Il Abbott. Is a lifelong Republican, and
man who. IL elected, will do honor
TO the judicial bench of Cook County.
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The record of Daniel G.. Ramsay
shows him to be man in every way
qualified for the judiciary and one who
would make useful ana val
liable addition To the Cook County
bench. He made n distinguished rec
ord as a former Assistant States At.
torney. AS practlcing attorney he
has been as successful rs he has
been as an official, and in every way
in the line of his profession has shown
himself to be possessed of every quail
ity necessary for first class jurlst
Mr. Ramsay Is self.made man
When a boy he went into the railroad
ing business, ana had n thorough eN
perlence in various branches Of the
service.
Mr.. Ramsay studied law during tho
years of his early youth and became
a graduate of the law school of Me
Kendree College.
He made a fine record as n membe.
Of the legislature, and was a membe
of the famous 1Ol who elected John NJ
Palmer to the United States Senate
in 1891,
Hon. Marcus Kavanagh Is eminent!
deserving OF reelection 10 the bench
lie has been just careful and abb
jurist, and his rulings and decision
have Invariably won the approval o
the bar and the public as well n o
the upper courts whenever they hay
been brought there on appeal. JudS
kavanagh has had long and honor
able career as lawyer, having ha
the honor of being elevated 10 tn
bench in two States. In the war wit
Spain Judge Kavanagh went to tn
front for his country with his gaIlan
command, THE Fighting Seventh
Regiment, and proved his loyalty
the land of Stars and Stripes.
As a citizen, soldier and lawyer y
well deserves the honor that has bee
conferred upon him by the people :
Cook County who will undoubtcdI