Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-02-07
JOHN BARNES FOR SUPREME JUSTICE
Villas County Bar Passes RssoIu-
tions Urging His Candidacy.


The Hon John Barnes OF Mad
ison, who for macy years resided
IN RhineIander, is being urged by
the W4usau, Oneida and Villas
County Bar Associations besides
many other forces TO become a
candidate f)r the Supreme B nch.
Below is copy of petition sign
ed by the Villas County Bar Assoc
iation.
The Villas County Bar Associa
sion at a regular m letting held on
the 28,h day of January, 1908,
does r solve as follows:
BE IT RESOLVED, that we be-
lieve the Supreme Court of the State
of Wisconsin should be SO constituted
that every section Of the state, every
industry and all the people within it's
borders be represented by Justices
who ale fan iliar with the social, pol
itical and industrial conditions of the
entire state; that as now composed
six out Of the total seven sitting
members of the Court have been sell
ected from the southeastern part Of
the state and the seventh sitting
member has been selelte from the
west central portion of the state, we
believe that the great central and
northern half of the state should have
a repreSe ntative in said Court and we
| believe that the coming judicial cleo
| tion this spring is the time TO elect q
member Of said Court whose resider ce,
| associations and life work have made
| him familiar with the social, pOliti-
cal and industrial conditions OF the
central and northern part Of this state
and thus restore in some extent the
territorial equilibrium of the Su-
preme Court of the State Of WiscOn-
sin which the death Of the late JUS
tice Charles V. Bardeen still further
disturbed.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLN D,
! that we believe it is the Opino ON
| the people of Central and Northern
| Wisconsin that they are entitled to
have on the Supreme Court a lawyer
representative of such part OF the
state and desire TO nominate and see
elected such man and lawyer tor
the office of Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State Of Wisconsin at
the judicial election this spring.
| In view of the fact that the men
best qualified for the discharge Of the
| high and arduOuS duties appertalnlng
to the office of a Supreme Court JUS
tice will not force themselves upon
the public as candidates, we hereby
present to the people OF the State OF
| Wisconsin the name of q representa-
| tive citizen of Northern Wisconsin,
| that honest man and able lawyer,
| IoI Do Of ShiDn1a pCnp
g. candidate who is we'll Qualified for
such position, and hereby request
! him to become such candidate and
should he do so we pledge him our
most earnest efforts and loyal sup
port to the end that he may be cleo
ted.
His sterling qualities as man and
citizen, his wide experience as prac-
ticing attorney, his intimate know
| ledge of the social, political and in
dustrial conditions Of the state and
particularly of the great and growing
central and northern portion OF 1t,
combined with his judicial tempera-
ment, vigorous health and the AGILITY,
willingness and courage to do that
which comes to his hand honestly and
fearlessly, peculiarly fit him TO rem
der the people of the state efficient
service in the event Of his election to
the high office Of Supreme Court
Justice.
Adopted at Eagle River, Villas
County, Wisconsin, this 28th day Of
January, 1908, and respectfully sub
mitted,
GEO. f. O'CoNNOR,
AMOS RADCLIFFE, The Villas
ALEX. HIGGINS, County Bar.
n A. COLMAN.