Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-10-07

The Hon. l.. Bradford Prince, ex
chief justice of the supreme court o.
New Mexico and ex-governor of the
territory, has been nominated by the
Republicans of the counties of RiC
Arriba and San Juan as their candi
date for member Of the legislative
council of the Thirty-eighIn Legisla
tive Assembly, by unanimous vote
The regular county conventions OF
both counties, which compose the
district, made his nomination unanim
Gus.
Ex-Governor Prince is a citizen
VINO is universally acquainted and
known all over the territory, but more
especially in Santa Fe county, Rio Ar
rlpa county, where his permanent
home is located at the Prince Sun
shine Orchard, north of Espanola, III
Taos and San, Juan counties
Ex-Governor Princes election to
the important position for which he
IS a candidate, is practically assured
md the New Mexican takes great
pleasure in presenting s.Aetch OF his
life and career that the people of New
Mexico in general, and those OF his
legislative district in particular, may
De all the better posted on his re-
markably successful career as pub
lie man and an official and may NOT
forget the splendid work done by him
Turing the past twenty-five years for
the advance and progress Of the Sun
shine Territory.
Ex-Governor Prince has been prom
nent in SO many different ways that
it is impossible to give here a COM
plete record of his career. At one time
he was simultaneously president of
the Historical Society, the iHorticul-
tural Society, the Bureau of Immigra-
ton, the Regents of the Agricultural
College and the Santa Fe Board OF
Trade. He has been the presiding Of
ficer of repeated sessions OF the
three great Western Congresses, the
TranslMississippi, the Irrigation Con-
gress and the Mining Congress; and
is considered to have no superior west
Of the Mississippi as parliamentary
ian. For twenty-eight years he has
been member of the Episcopal Trien-
nial General convention. He has made
speeches or addresses in every city of
any size in the United States, from
Boston to San Francisco, except
Pittsburgh and Seattle. He belongs to
the whole range of Patriotic Societies,
from the Mayfower to the war of 1872.
He held high Masonic positions un-
der five different Grand Masters in
New York. He has written books,
pamphlets, and articles in reviews
and magazines, on history, archaeol-
ogy and great variety Of topics.
But in this sketch the New Mexican
will only speak of his record in lines
connected with the performance of
his duties as chief justice Of the SUI
preme court of New Mexico, COVER
nor of the territory for four years,
Of the constitutional conven.
tion in 1889 and as citizen, who
from the day of his arrival in New
Mexico and making his home here
has occupied a foremost place in sue
cessful and telling work for the good
Of the people as a whole, to obtain
statehood and to bring capital and i'm
migration into the territory.
Splendid Record as Chief Justice
His record as chief justice for three
years and half proved him to be an
able, courageous and impartial judge.
During the term he held that high
judicial position the course Of Justice
was greatly improved, the dockets
cleaned and law and justice carefully
and impartially applied. His decisions
were uniformly correct in law and
based upon law, facts and upon the
evidence. He resigned as chief justice,
having become a candidate for Con-
rress. He felt that this was such a
delicate political question that
a judicial officer OF the high