Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-12-06
JUDGE RANSIER
FOR SUPREME \ JUDGE
CANDIDACY ANNOUNCED AT IN.
DEPENDENCE BAR MEETING
LAST WEEK.

It LAST WEEK.
P THIS DISTRICT SOLID FOR Hill
, Promotion Of Judge Ransier Mean
$ Probab Elevation Of Some Man
: $ chester Lawyer to District Bench.
!, At meeting of the members o.
dependence last week the name o.
Judge Charles E. Ransier was an
. nounced as a candidate for member
Of the Supreme court of Iowa. This
announcement will meet with a
hearty endoEs ement in this vicinity
and in fact throughout this entire
section of the state. Judge Ransier
is recognized as one Of the ablest
/ judges on the District bench in Iowa.
During his tenure of office he has
made an excellent record as judge.
OF the cases that he has heard and
which were appealed to the Supreme
court but two have been reversed. In
no instance have the Supreme court
passed a word Of criticism ON the
Instructions given by him in any
case. The bar of this judicial dis
trict will sincerely regret to see
Judge Ransier leave the District
bench but will favor him in his can
aidacy for higher honors. His leg
| al ability is Of the highest order
and he would grace any judicial Of
flee he may in the future be called
upon to occupy.
Judge Ransier's friends feel conf
dent that he will be successful in the
coming campaign. Aside from his
eminent qualifications it is pointed
out that this judicial district has
never had a member of the Supreme
court
The elevation Of Judge Ransler to
the Supreme court will create va
cancy in the office OF Judge in this
district and it is probable that some
Manchester attorney will be candi-
date for the position made vacant.
There are two judges in this district
and It is conceded by the bar that
Black Hawk county should always
have one resident judge. Since the
formation OF this district it has al
ways been the custom for Buchanan
and Delaware counties to al
terate in furnishing the 9TH
er Judge. The members of Jrnigel
Raalsier's party in Buchanan county
will doubtless favor any candidate
to succeed him ON the District bench
chosen by the delegates from Della:
ware county in return for the en-
thusiastic and unanimous support |
which his party will accord him here. |
The following is the report of the
announcement of Judge Rans:er's
candidacy which appeared in last |
weeks issue of the Independence Bull
letin-Journal
At meeting OF the Buchanan
county bar. held Tuesday evening, it |
was voted to endorse Judge Charles
e. Ransier, of this city, for supreme
judge. A committee was appointed,
consisting of E. E. Hasner, ]. E.
Cook and NJ. w. Harmon, to set
forth the reasons for such endorse
ment. The committee reported the
following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that the bar of Buchan-
an county present to the people of
Iowa, through the republican state
convention, Hon. Charles E. Ransier
as candidate for supreme judge.
In making this presentment Of. a
candidate to fill one of the greatest
and most important offices in the
gift of free people, due regard
toA tAO OpiAlolS " OLueIS uupel US
to state our reasons.
Judge Ransier is now completing
five years of service as district Judge
of the Tenth judicial district. He
came to the bench after a long and |
successful career at the bar, which
is the one best training for judicial
service.
His service on the bench Of this
district has been remarkable, for it
has shown the power OF his mind in
judicial analysis. During his career
as judge, he has had but one rever
sal in the supreme court, and Of the
cases appealed from his court,
not a single instruction given has
been criticised by the supreme
court.
So we'll have the litigants and
counsel been satisfied with the rul
ings of the judge that very few APP
peals have been taken compared with
the number of cases tried, and dur
ing recent two months term of
jury trials in the district, not a single
motion for new trial was filed.
But it is not alone to his knowl
edge Of legal rules and precedents
that we wish to call attention. His
keen sense Of justice, the highest
faculty Of human endowment, which
seems sometimes in the perplexing
questions which confront a court, to
seize upon and incorporate principles
found in no code, and written in no
book, renders him not only service
able and efficient, but distinctly of
that type of men who have made
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