Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-04

IH2.
ANA native of the state Wash /
Iugfon county, was admitted 'o thr /
bar n 1859 and have ever since r". .
sided BOO the counties OF Comanche
Jones and Fisher. and have for 'h'
past twenty-five years been iden'I-
fled with West Texas AZ the time
az my appointment on this court ]
had been engaged BOO tho practice oi
law In tho counties OF the southern
part Of this district and adIoiuin-
counties Tor over Two years and had
"a satisfactory practice az is well
known to fbe people and lawyers OF
that section moved fo stamford
Jones county loo March 1908 and
Iu tho latter part of June. l'Io. form
cd partnership with Judge j. u.
NrCrea. OF Roby. Fisher county and
moved 10 Rotau iu that county the
first OF July, and not late Boo the sum
mcr or early fall, as Judge Hendricks
has seen fit TO state When ] made
this move Sc vas before the Demo
cratic primaries and without refer
onoo 10 who might Dee governor, but
because mt friends Boo that county
wanted me 40 move there and made
II 10 ms business interests 20 30 so,
and ihc fact is. that did not move
into MS Panhandle district as
IL was then adsartised When the
matter of creating q new court OF
civil Appeals for northwest and west
Texas came up. on the converting of
tho last legislature. In January. 1911
In our section We did not view the
matter as purely a Panhandle enter
brite but THOUGHT " was public
matter in which We had right 10
take q hand as 10 the limits of the
| district the location of the court and
selection ~ Judges, and proceeded
40 do SO The matters of difference
V,r. finally adjusted between the
representatives. of Amarillo and my
section. iu AN open mCotiur of the
house committee. hy which opposi-
zion tr Amarillo WAS withdrawn. and
ID WAS agreed. without objections
from anyone. 10 place Fisher county
In th. new district. as b. was then
framed together with the tier OF
coeuu,. north and vest OF her and
where .h, geographically belonged
and desired to boz placed. and our
friends and influences vcr, thrown
fo Amarillo and gave the district
INN. constituted. au active support
which Al tho time at least appeared
fo %, appreciated o., the gentlemen
ot, we're al Austin iu th, interest
n Amarillo rs. certainly had 10,
right .n , puhfi. matter that affect
"A our section Dos taking number
of adjoining counties and putting
fh,r. m th, district. 20 contend for
the distric, ve wanted. and for rep
reseutatiou ou This court % Z should
mot have accepted tba appointment.
because /, might Interfere with ludg,
|. Hendricks uuauuounrcd aspirations
In .r perhaps to be excused upon M,
ground that ms Identification with
west Texas and this section Ieyor
the Panhandle had been matter
racneuized for man, wears lu M,
state senat, for sis years together
with the three other senator, from
west Texas. had helped represent
and look after her interests NJ,
father an that tim, Was living 300 IaI,
county and had h,Iprf f, first s,ttI,
ffa count, and with numerous other
relative. I'm m, diurI.. and friend.
and .c1uaintanses au over Co.
think Was "a, the rim, of mt au.
r..rfm,uf as well Identified with
tr. district and known to ss many
p.orr. IN II as was I'M, opponeut
e.. .raors.l far IA, rI3,e b, a larr,
r.r, ,f tbs VOTERS ,f uIy COMMIT, AN