The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-15
PRAISE Mr.. BROWN.
MANKAT0 LAWYERS ARE PLEASED
WITH NOMINATION..
Regard His as Capable Jurist Will
Add Strength to the Supreme
Bench; He Is Conscientious in His
Decisions and Convictions; Pos
sesses a Fine Legal Mind; Is In
dorsed By Judge A. r. Pfau.

Mankato attorneys are loud in their
. praises OF Judge z. +. Brown of Lu
verne, nominee Tor the state supreme
bench. Expressions of opinion are as
follows:
G. }. Laurisch: Il think Judge
Brown ranks with the best of the dis
trict judges in the state. My expert
ence before MIN as an attorney has
been that he is exceedingly courteous
and very firm and conscientious in his
decisions and convictions
c. l.. Benedict: He is a good man.
He has been an able Judge on the dis
trict bench and will make an able and
impartial Judge on the supreme bench.
III. l.. Schmitt: Il don't think they
could have made better choice
right, and this cry of his being the
representative of the steel trust is pure
fake and poppycoek. The idea OF try
ing to discredit him on this ground is
built on baseless assumptions"
David Severance: Il am in favor
OF Judge Brown and | hope to see him
elected. He is good man for the
position. don't think that they could
have made better choice"
Is Capable Jurist.
Thomas Hughes: "He is capable
jurist, man of irreproachable char
acter. and will make an efficient judge.
1t is unfortunate that Judge Lewis did
not receive the nomination under the
circumstances, but Judge Brown had
nothing to do with that"
County Attorney w. A. Plymat: Il
am very well satisfied with Judge
Brown. | have tried several cases be-
fore him, and always found him to
possess fine legal mind. | am more
than pleased with him."
w. II. Goddess II like Judge Brown.
/ have practiced in his court consider
ably and consider him one of the best
Judges in the state, and think that the
convention made !; fine selection"
Judge A. X. Pfau: HE is all right
and a good man for the place. He Is
fully competent to fill the office of
member Of tile supreme bench, and is
an admirable selection"
Benjamin Taylor: HE will make
one of the ablest Judges on the SUI
plemc bench if elected"
Judge w. F. Hughes: Judge Brown
has the reputation of being an able
lawyer and a good. upright Judge"
J. A. Flittie: He is an excellent
choice"
Chris Carlson: Il think that he is
one of the best judges in the state,
and that he will make one of the best
Judges on the supreme bench"
Guided BY the Law.
| have known Judge Brown for many
years and he is an exceptionally able
jurist. He will make IA model Judge.
He is "a student and carefully examines
the law and decides his cases accord
ing to the law and nothing else
Former Judge Lorin Cray: Il have
known Judge Brown for about thirty
years. | practiced law before him
many years. He is one of the most
rntiring students of the law | have
ever known. No case leaves his hands
insufficently considered. His well-known
ability is the result. His courage ana
integrity is unquestioned by anyone
who knows him. and an article in one
of the city papers regarding his noml-
nation for the supreme court suggest
ing that it was unfortunate that ne
should be compelled to feel under obi
cations to Duluth interests, was. as
said at the time written by some one
who don't know Judge Brown"