The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-23

with him
Governor Hoch's letter rendering the
appointment was sent to Wichita Sat-
urday evening. In that letter Cover
nor Hoch stated that he nad taken
speedy action in selecting Judge Hum
phrey's successor because of the i'm
menSe Importance of the Work now
pending before the state tax commits
sion, and the necessity that 1t be at
tended to expeditiously.
He urged Mr.. Dale not to reject the
appointment, but to at least come to
Topeka and talk the matter over with
him before making a Negative decision.
The fact that Judge Dale is coming to
Topeka indicates that while not fully
determined to accept the place, he is
open to conviction.
Governor Hoch is at Lansing today
hearing the cases of a number oe
''friendless'' applicants for executive
clemency. He was called up by long
distance telephone and said:
Il have no objection to having it
announced that this appointment has
ben rendered to Judge Dale. He has
not yet accepted the place, and 1 re-
ceived this morning from him a tele-
gram stating that he will meet me
Tuesday in Topeka to talk the matter
over
-Four years ago. Judge Dale was the
Dem ocratic nominee for governor of
Kansas. He was defeated by Gov
ernor Hoch- He is recognized as one
of the leading lawyers of the state.
and has a large practice in southern
Kansas.
David Mark Dale was born on a
farm at Freeland's Corner. De Kalb
county, Ill, June 3. 1852, and is there
fore SIS years of age He was edu-
Gated in the public schools. and
studied law at Ottawa, Ill In 1876 he
was admitted to the bar at Springfield
and began the practice at the villages
\ of Earlville and Leland. In 1880 he
came to Kansas. and the same year
,gv,1 h. ~.f
JSedgwick county for county attorney.
He made a hot campaign, and was
elected In 1882 he was reelected,
Nand in 1855 returned to private prac-
tice. About this time the boom of
1887 fiattened out. and Dale invested
his savings in real estate The in
crease in value of this property has
made him worth about $4,000.
In 1892 Dale's health began to fail
and he retired to one of his farms sew
enteen miles southwest of Wichita,
where he remained three years. 1t
was his intention to make agriculture
the remainder of his life's work, but
in 1895 he was summoned from the
pIow to accept the nomination for dis
trict Judge. The county was burden
ed with bad judge, and the people
turned to David NJ. Dale for relief
When Mr.. Dale consented to run the
old Judge withdrew and by an odd
coincidence the man Mr. Dale had
beaten for county attorney fourteen
years before was his Republican op-
ponent for judge. Mr.. Dale was Sc
1ected. and four years later reelected.
He might have been reelected again.
and this time without opposition, but
he wanted a rest and announced that
he would retire
Judge Dale is the youngest of eight
children-four sons and four daugh-
ters-and all are living. Their par
ents are dead Their father was a
Methodist and occasionally preached.
Judge Dale is not member of any
church. He was made Master
Mason in Illinois and since he came to
Kansas ne has taken the Chapter. the
Knights Templar and the Consistory
orders. He also is an Odd Fellow.
After Judge Dale had become estab-
iished in his profession at Wichita he
returned to Illinois and married
Louise l. Berry. the daughter of a
farmer who lived at Pawpaw. in De-
Kalb county. They live in a comfort
able home on Waco street. which they
recently bought The property is