The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-04-20
JUDGE Smith BY ACCLAMATl9a
THE REPUBLICANs WE'RE ONE n
THEIR CHOICE FOR JUDGE
Candidate 20 succeed Himself After
Serving Seventeen Years As
Judge Of This District.

After seventeen years OF cOntnu-
Gus service on the bench as judge or
the Thirty-fOurth judicial district
Judge Charles ". Smith was the IN
animOus choice as the candidate Of
the republicans OF his district IN the
convention held at HOXie. Thursday
April IL
The rule Of the convention to vote
BY call Of the counties was suspended
and Mr.. Smith declared the nominee
OF his party BY reclamation
The twenty-one delegates from the
counties OF Rocks, Graham, Sheridan,
Sherman and Thomas, which counties
compose the Thirty-fOurth judicial
district were present either BY their
own vote or by proxy The couven-
ton was called 10 order at 10 O'Clock
by $ n Hawkes. OF stockton, chair
man OF the district judicial commit
tee, with W. H Hill as secretary. He
called for the election OF q temper
airy chairman and secretary. AttOF-
ney Asa Smith Of Colby was chosen
as chairman and Herbert Stewart OF
GOOdland, as secretary, OF the tenn
pOraTy organization After the ap-
pOintment OF the various committees.
the convention took a recess Of fifteen
minutes, after which it re-assembled
TO transact the regular business. The
temporary organization was made
permanent. and the nomination OF
judge declared IN order.
Herbert Stewart, editor OF The
GoOdIand News. and a delegate from
Sherman county, havin been select
ed by some OF the delegates to place
the HJn:e Of Judge Smith before the
convention, made a short nominating
speech
1T is the business OF this cOuven-
ton said the speaker in the course
OF his remarks, to direct a most in
pOrtant function in our 81 stem %
government. that os nominating and
advocating the election Of a judge 70
a judicial position II Is q principle
OF the social compact that the whole
shall protect all its parts and THAI
every part shall be Oi-eC ient to he
will Of the whole. And so IL IS al
ways necessary that the individual on
the one hand and society on the 9TH
er, have some place Of redress for
injury and injustice, which Is bound
| to occur in our imperfect state Of hu-
man affairs A court Of justice is in
/ separable from the idea Of a wise,
well balanced and equitable judicial
| officer. The rights OF men must be
| safely lodged as well as enforced; and
as for myself-and I speak the testi-
mOny of the inhabitants Of the en-
/ tire ThiTty-fOurth judicial district
| have learned to know and to revere the
/ righteous attitude and judicial wis
/ dom Of the present judge, Charles ".
/ Smith"
! Judge Smith was called upon. af-
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/ Of the convention, to make a speech.
/ He said that while he had made mis-
! takes, from which no one is free, he
! had always tried to do his duty as
/ he saw it. Legislatures make the
| laws, the judiciary CONSTITUTES it and
| forces obedience" He said that very
| few cases in his court had been ap-
! pealed to the higher tribunals, and
that, as a general proposition, people
are more apt to receive a larger de-
gree of Justice in the lower trial courts
than IN the higher. Tor the reason that
/ the supreme court concerns itself with
points OF law, and not so much with
the facts and evidence Of the trial.
| They see only the record OF the
trial, and are not enabled to place 50
exact a value on the evidence OF the
witnesses, as is the trial Judge, who
has an opportunity to see and to hear
those who testify before his particular
court
J. L. Bristow Of saIina, candidate
for the United States senate, was pres
/, ent at the convention and spoke
briefly to the delegates he took Oc-
casiOn to speak warmly concerning
, Judge Smith, and then branched ont
into a discussion Of the railroad rate
question.
The judicial committee of the dis
1 trict was re-Organized, eleCting Asa
N. Smith Of Thomas county as chair
man, and W. H Hill OF Graham
! county as secretary. The following
are the committeeman OF the various
/ counties:
Rooks-J. E Robinson and John
Graham-w. H Hill and S. c. VII
sheridan-w. F. schultheis and n
sherman. s. Knight and Her
Thomas0Asa N. Smith and JaoOt
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