Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-10-28
OUR NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATES.

WIN NVN-A nm LOAN SANDADA I'd
The candidates of the Non-Partisan
Judiciary purity for the Supreme
Nourt are: Charles f. Shepard, of
seattle; Warren W. Tolman, of Spo-
sane; Hans Buggy. of Bellingham;
William Hickman Moore, of Seattle.
and Preston NJ. Troy, of Olympia.
Each is admirably fitted to fill the
nigh place for which he has been
named. When in doubt see Shep-
ard. is the motto of every young at
torney in Seattle. for Charles f..
is a consulting lawyer of
more than Seattle reputation. A
man of small frame, sixty-twO years
old, but appearing twenty years
younger, he is the judicial temper
ment as against the advocate; he is
a student of law, more than a practi-
toner and firm believer in the COM
mon sense and common honesty of
the people. MIR. Shepard studied
law at Yale many years ago and he
studied it hard. AS youth he de-
voted his every energy to fitting him.
self for the law, for law has always
been sacred, serious purpose with
him. When he was graduated from
Yale he knew more law than most
lawyers OF many years practice. He
practiced law for several years in.
Wisconsin. In 1881 he was an assem-
blyman and took prominent part
in drafting progressive laws which
have since been developed. He came
to Seattle in 1891 and Immediately
took high rank at the bar of Wash
ingtOn. He wrote Shephard's Wis
consin Digests" in 1894, a work
which alone was sufficient to assure
him a lasting reputation. He has
served on the library board in Seattle
and is one of the men directly re-
sponsible for the present library. A
quiet scholarly man. Mr.. Shepard i,as
never came into the white light Of
publicity, but among lawyers there
is no better known man in the State.
He has never appeared in the start
ling cases that fill the newspapers
but on many a momentous occasion
his opinions have been voiced in
court by other attorneys who brought
their troubles to him for solution, and
bolstered their own regulations with
his knowledge,
Warren w. Tolman has practiced
law in Spokane for the past eighteen
years and during that time he has al
ways been an advocate of better gov
ernment in the city and State. In
1901, Mr.. Tolman's s name was before
the people continuously owing to the
opposition the railroads manifested
to the Tolman railroad commission
bill. 1t was one of the hottest legis-
iative fights in the history of the
State and Mr.. Tolman emerged tri-
umphantly with q reputation as
fighter and o law maker. From
1903 to 1896 he was member of the
Washington commission to the St.
Louis. fair and a member of the orig
inal commission for the Lewis and
Clark fair at Portland. He has been
member OF nearly every civic organ
ization in Spokane and was one of the
men selected to draft q charter for
commission form of government. MIR.
Tolman comes from the farm. He
worked on farm in Kendall county,
Illinois, until he was sixteen years
old. His father died and the boy had
to start out in life for himself with
only the education that he secured
when the farm did not claim his ser.
vices. His first venture was as clerk
in country store. Next he was a
clerk in a country pOstoffice and
finally drifted into railroading. where
he remained until he was twenty
three years Of age. Then he decide d
to study law. He had saved bis
money and was able to 60 through
the Western University law school al
Chicago where he was graduated in
1881. He joined the law firm of Tol-
man & Tolman. which later was
merged with the older firm of boo.
little h Mckee. Mr.. Tolman came to
Spokane in 1882, and was married in
1853. He is forty-nine years old and a
Democrat in national politics.
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Hans Bugge of Bellingham was
born in Norway forty-two years ago.
He came to Minnesota when he was
two years old. When he grew to
manhood he entered the law Office oil
Senator Knute Nelson where he re-
mained for two years before going to
the University of Minnesota to study
law. He was graduated from the
law school with first honorab BILE men.
ton and went home to be elected
Prosecuting Attorney of his county,
which Office he held for five years.
In 1896 he was q delegate to the con.
vention of the National League ol
Republican Clubs held in Milwaukee.
Shortly afterward he came west to
Bellingham where he began to prac.
tice law. Always intensely interest
ed in public matters Mr.. Bugge was