The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-04-28

OF West Virginia, having been born in
Wheeling, and is son of the late Hon.
orable Chester d. Hubbard. His educa-
ton was obtained in the public schools
of Wheeling, at the Linsly Institute. that
city, and at the Wesleyan University,
Mlddletown, Conn, from which he gradu-
ated. He studied law and was admitted
to the Bar. 1t is not too much to saw
that Mr. Hubbard is the leader of the
Bar of this state. His profound knowl-
edge of the law and his great power and
skill as an advocate are we'll known. Ex-
Governor Atkinson, in his book, "'Promi
nent Men of West Virginia. published
in 800, says:
AS lawyer, VIM. P. Hubbard has
achieved enviable success He rose by
faithful study and constant application
to his single calling. Too many LAWYERS
depend for success upon the graces of
rhetoric and appeals to the passions Mr..
Hubbard is not of that class He studies
his cases with percision and care, and al
ways endcavors to investigate, in
the minutest manner, all of their parts
and bearings He knows the law, and
never fails to handle his cases in court
lngeniously, and to demean himself in
such manner rs to Indicate that he
understands precisely and completely
what he is presenting. He is a cool, easy,
deliberate speaker. lie presents facts
and presidents upon which he relics in
such manner as to impress his hearers
with the belief that he means what he
says, and has but little fear of their
successful controvcrsion. His intellect
is adroit and his logic infiexible lie is
therefore an acknowledged power at the
West Virginia Bar. Engrossed in his
profession, student by choice and habit,
and now only in middle life, he will yet
reach higher heights in the calling which
he adorns and loves
Mr.. Hubbard twice declined appoint
lnent as Judge Of the Supreme Court of
Appeals of this state.
Governor Atkinson further speaks of
Mr.. Hubbard in his book, above named.
rs follows: lie was Clerk of the West
Virginia House of Delegates from 1865
to 1870 inclusive. This position was a
trying one, but he filled it in a masterfuI
manner. The writer first met him in 1867
during the legislative session of that
year. and remembers the dignity and ease
he displayed in performing the clerical
duties of the House. In 1865, for
short time, he served as Lieutenant of
Company F. Third West Virginia Cavalry
in the Army of the Union His fellow
citizens elected him as a delegate from
Ohio County in 1881, to the West vir-
GINA Legislature, in which body he
served with distinction His thorough
knowledge of parliamentary law, which he
had mastered while clerk of the House of
Delegates, gave him decided advantage
In debate, and in securing the passage of
such measures as he deemed important.
and defeating those which he opposed
During that session he was made mem
Der of the Committee to revise and class
ify the Statutes of the State He was
Republican candidate for Attorney Cen
eral of West Virginia in 1855, and was
only defeated by little less than two
hundred of a majority, although the
average majority over his ticket was
nearly six hundred He was, the same
year, elected Delegate to the Republi-
can National Convention at Chicago. He
had been urged. by a strong following,
as a candidate for Congress from the
First West Virginia District
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