The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-29
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TIE bartlesville Examiner pays
high and SIN q most highly deserved
compliment 10 "Tom" Brown Of Glare
more. who. hy the way Is Judge
Of the district ceurt. and ono Of the
really able and good men ol the state.
Tho Examiner says.
Notwithstanding that Washington
county sadly needed the legislation
recently enacted which gave Judge
to this and Usage counties and relioy
ed G. yery congentcd situation, and
Notwithstanding than Hartlesvile. may
land the iudgeship for one Of her le.
ga lights. the result u an this Is
that we are losing one 81 The best
ipdgcs any county ever had wa are
not discussing his ability as Il iurlst
Or as q lawyer. but bis work as n
Judge and as man Judge Brown
u one Of the men God seems 10 have
made Just for this purpose Of iudg
Ing others. one OF the men whom
sometimes the turn { fates wheel
eonsigns 20 the bench. where the BIZ
pure heart OF the man overshadows
tho austerlty Of the Judge, whose kind
~ eye looks moi for an opportunity
tC send one 10 Jail but for chance
10 keep some one out of tail and make
that some one better BY SO doIna
That's the kind Of nian Judge
Brown Is We 10 mean By this that
crime goes ans more unpnnlshed un.
der bis rule than taat OF the most
nustere aud dlgniilea Judge Not at
all. The real criminal frds no lenl.
ency n that gOod-naiared c0unie.
narce The kindly ellmmer goes out
these hig eyes 81 his when he has
before Him Il man who deserves pun
lshmert and the convicted crimelof.
er and8 no mercy temnerlns Justice
10 bis case 8ul when Judge hrown
has before him one o7 Gods puppets.
enc OF those Nho has stumbled while
carrying a heavy load. one who has
not kept his eye ca the straight and
narroN. ANA who has been caught
maybe for the frs; time dolag some.
thing 10 that dreadful think called
The la4 ahat mysterious thing that
men called lawyers iuggle with and
llsc on why then there u a dliierent
Judge Brown from The one who Just
nenlcnced convicted criminal 70 Q
long term OF years This Judge Brown
has great big round face and two
Kindly eyes looking old Of "a, eyes
whIch when the poor degll az = prls.
9ner looHs Intc them appear 10 mir.
ron s0meihlnR that d the nervous
wretch seems u srell hope and i
chance ta be man once more And
these eyes don't often make a mis-.
talo when they take en- that look.
They are telling just what Is going
on down IN that great human heart
that acinates the whole character Of
the Judge Then the Judge reaches
Out judicial hand- not 70 grasp the
throat of the prisoner and force him
ifta. stripes anG the iall-~but 10 graap
i've hrnd of that brother man who
has made a mistake aud hecn caught
making Il. and 10 help him gel back
on The path be has missed and 20
be a man again and why not? The
stripes may have lost q wearcr the
sherif may have lost Il prisoner the
tho cell mas have loss tenant, but
the world IL a man ahead And Il isn't
often that the Judge makes \ mistake
about iais. These men scldgm come
back.
Il ls not with the men howeves.
that Judge Rfown Is seen at hts best.
II u when he has before him q boy f
No matter what thai hoy Is accused
BIZ Judge nroNn Is quite sure that #
krl allalk hoys fanlg aud he lmnle-
glalNly befonesA an lnslsient barrier
hntweenf fhat hHy and further evil.
al1al bus ha Just simply rot 10 be
Saved and Judge brown knows how
~ 40 about It This il no unexplor
"a territory Tor The Judge: be has
heenlalhare before and knows JUST
khni 10 do, Ana h. does Il. aud there
Is another boy saved 20 the world 4
boy that groWs ID he gooa man,
linnn who neNer comes back tu ilhi
Iludgn whllea he .ls nndlha banfhQlbul
who ALWAYS kanps YIlaaa BaoWRNmeur
ors green IN his heart.
That's Judge nfown.