The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
MANY SEEK PLACES
ON THE BENCH.
Material for Supreme
and Appellate Court
Honors Is Abundant
Interior Far Outnumbers
This City in Jurists
Who Hold Ambitions

The delegates to be chosen to nomi-
nate a Republican State ticket at
Santa Cruz, September 4, and s, will
name the candidates for the Appellate
Court In the several judicial districts
Provision is made in the call for sepa-
rate, conventions to nominate candi-
dates for Congress, but the rule does
not extend to the judicial nominations.
This is the language of the call:
That the delegates elected to and
composing said State convention who
reside within the respective Railroad
Commissioner districts, State Equali-
zation districts and Appellate district
court districts shall be the delegates to
the respective district conventions
to nominate candidates from their re-
spective districts for Railroad Com
missioners, for members OF the State
Board of Equalization. one presiding
Justice and two Justices of the Dis
trict Court of Appeals for each Ap-
pellate District Court district"
1t is understood that all the in
cumbent Republican Justices are can
didates for reelection, and there are
large field of aspirants in the northern
region of the State. The northern or
Third District embraces the counties
of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Hum
boldt. Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama,
Plumas, Mendocino, Lake, Colusa,
vada. Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Placer,
Solano, Sacramento, Ell Dorado, San
! Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Stanis-
laus. Mariposa, MADEIRA, Merced, Tuol-
umne, Alpine and Mono. The In
cumDent Justices are N. P. Chapman,
T,at,o
L. Mclaughlin, Plumas.
| WILL NAME MCLAUGHLIN.
| The last named is Democrat, and
the Democratic party of the district
will give him the nomination. The
Republican convention, OF course will
nominate candidates In each district
and presumably three Republicans
Judge Elijah Hart of Sacramento, w.
T. Middleton of San Joaquin, Judge
Sayre of Lake, Judge Ellison of Te-
hama and many others figure as aspir-
ants.
! General Chipman was of the COM
mittee selected to advance the claims
of Sacramento as the meeting place
of the convention, but politicians hold
| that the selection of santa Cruz will
not throw a damper on his prospects.
1t looks as If both Chipman and
Buckles will be nominated. The fight
will turn on the third place. the posi-
tion now filled by Justice Mclaughlin.
| For the Supreme Court bench there
will be three nominations. The terms,
respectively, of Associate Justices F.
W. Henshaw, William G. Lorigan and
M. c.. Sloss will expire in January,
! 1907. Justice Lorigan was appointed
| by Governor Gage to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of jackson Tenn
pie, and subsequently elected to fill
out the unexpired term. M. C. Sioss
was appointed by Governor Pardee to
fh the vacancy on the bench caused
1 by the death of Walter Van Dyke.
The term for which Van Dyke was
elected will expire in January, 1911.
] Justice Henshaw is completing
] full term of twelve years and Is a can
didate for denomination. His ability
as lawyer and a Judge is widely
recognized.
/ The Chief Justice and other MEM
bers of the court entertain the highest
regard for Justice Henshaw's inter
| pretation of the law. He was former
! ly a resident of Alameda County, but
now lives in San Mateo. Political gos-
sip is to the effect that the Metcalf
influence in Alameda County will be
eXerted in behalf of Henshaw.
MELVIN is BUSY.
Superior Judge H. A. Melvin, who
was an active aspirant for executive
| favor when Governor Pardee appointed
the Appellate Justices, is a candidate
for promotion to the Supreme Court.
! The politicians figure tnat the Gov
ernor and the Judge are doing politics
/ in the same camp, but such surmising
! is questioned.
Judge A. G.. Burnett of Santa Rosa
will command the support of very
many delegates in the State conven-
ton in his efforts to land the nomina-
tion for Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court. He was chairman of the
Republican convention at Sacramento
two years ago. He is rated as an ex-
cellent lawyer and an upright Judge.
/ His candidacy may or may not con-
| f1ict with E. P. Colgans plans for
denomination to the Office of State
Controller. Colgan and Burnett both
| live in Sonoma County. That county
has not achieved distinction as a Re-
publican stronghold, and delegates
may decide against giving two i'm
portant places on the State ticket
to 1t.
Santa Clara County appears to be
asking for the denomination of e. A
Hayes for Congress in the Fifth dis
trict as we'll as speculating on the
probability of ]. o. Hayes nomination
| for Governor. Justice Lorigan is in
the field for denomination to the Su-
lpreme Court. The "pollies" assert that
Santa Clara cannot have everything in
sight.
/ 1t is almost certain that NJ c. Sloss
in his efforts to secure by election one
of the places on tie Supreme bench
will be sustained by a large delegation
from San Francisco. He is credited
with the possession of legal ability of
a high order and is known as one of
the most Industrious workers on the
bench. 1t transpires that Governor
Pardee was guided In a degree by the
desires of the court when he appointed
Sloss to fill the Van Dyke vacancy.