The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-10-27

was noninaasA by his Darty Tor tsA0s
Of this district. Although ~ na1e Q
remarkable racs uDAsr tAs eiresn-
stances, carrying Weld. Larinss as1
Morgan counties. the PopuHst in1u-
ence .sod vote 1t that tine ovsreaDs
his stFssgth. but slsets1 his e1Do-
nent BY . majority a only eS.
He was later elected to his prsesat
position On the district bench. which
he has 20 honorably and ably nllel.
Judge GarriEues 10 descended fron
distinguished ancestry. His great
grandfather. James Garrigues. and the
latter's brother. John. Of French e.
traction. came to this country In COL
onial days and fought on the Amsri.
can side in the war of the Revolution.
He passed his boyhood on his fathers
farm and was educated At Moore Hill
College. For a time he followed teach
ing. He also read law at Trenton.
Ill.,, while teaching there. In 1887 he
was admitted to the bar in Glenwood.
Iowa, and practiced law in Malvern,
in that state, for eight years and then
removed to Colorado in 1883.
Judge GarriEues has attained high
rank as a jurist and has had wide ex-
perience and thorough training to
qualify him for 4 position on the su-
preme bench Of this state. Al = citi-
zen, advocate. prosecutor and Judge.
he stands among the foremost Of his
profession, and will bring to the gu
preme Court that ripe experience and
learning that so eminently 1T him for
the position.
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Candidate for Congressman-at-Large)
Isaac Newton Stevens. Republican,
born In Newark, Ohio, November l.,
1858, was the son Of Or. Louis A.
Stevens, Of pure English extraction.
His mother. Sarah sperry, was Of
Scotch-1rish lineage and niece Of
Commodore Perry. At the age Of II
he became self-supporting and was
teaching a district school in Ohio,
and the next year In Illinois. In 1877
he began the study Of law in Burliug-
ton, Iowa, and when 21 was admitted
to the bar. He located in Denver
June 1, 1880, where he rapidly rose
in his profession, and soon became
one Of the leaders of the Republican
party. As a lawyer. orator and de-
batter, he early attracted favorable no
tice and comment in this state. In
1884 President Arthur appointed him
Assistant United States District At
torney for Colorado, and in 1888 he
was elected District Attorney for the
Denver district, filling both positions
with marked ability. During his term
as District Attorney he prosecuted
and convicted many celebrated cases,
among them the case against DR.. T.
Thatcher Graves for the poisoning OF
Mrs. Josephine Barnaby Of Providence
R. l., which is now known as one Of
the greatest criminal cases in the
history of this country. In 1900 Mr..
Stevens purchased the Colorado
Springs Gazette, of which he became
editor and manager, and is now edi.
tor and proprietor of the Pueblo
Chieftain. Mr.. Stevens has at many
times been chairman Of Republican
committees, and his campaigns for the
rarty have always been successful.
In the broad field Of journalism he
has given abundant evidence of the
possession OF wide information, a dis.
eliminating judgment in the treat.
ment of news and high ability as an
editorial writer. Both as = writer and
as an orator he expresses his views
In a strong. concise style, and with
logical force. He is a Republican
along progressive lines. He il the
author Of "The Liberators." a political
novel, which, with other products OF
his pen, has brought him to the 'front.'
not only as an author, but as a stu.
dent Of events and public affairs. Mr..
Stevens has not been an ONCE seeker
His nomination for Congressman.at.
Large was unanimous and without q
rival candidate. He has without
doubt the largest acquaintance among
eastern men of influence of any man