The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-04
ZONE HUNDRED
GOOD LAWYERS"
TACTICS or TWO YEARS AGO.
ARE REVIVED BY CORPORA
TON ATTORNEYS IN EFFORT
TO BEAT PEOPLES CANDIDATE,
JAMES E. ROBINSON.
political Advertising.)

$500 - f-eaAC .. ~
AT the judicial election two years
ago, the corporation attorneys pub
lished a list of The One Hundred
Good Lawyers OF the state who en-
dorsed their candidates. 1t subse-
quently transpircd that some of the
persons whose names were on the list
denied having signed it, The same at.
torneys are again active and are by
themselves and others ~cndeavortng to.
get signatures of the members Of the
bar In favor Of their candidate, An.
drew A. Bruce, for the judge of the
Supreme court, and condemntng the
peoples candidate, James E. Robin
son.
Threats to the Attorneys.
Under every petition of this kind,
recommending the reelection of a
Judge, lies a threat to the lawyer, II
he does not sign it his career may be
ruined. A judge can injure a lawyers
business in a thousand ways and the
lawyer has nc redress. The lawyer Is
compelled to sign it whether he will
or not. Do the electors know that all
of the persons whose names are now
being published signed the recon-
mediation of Judge Bruce? Do not
the people know that most of the sig
natures so obtained were practically
| coerced and that the lawyers did not
dare not to sign? Do h peops~
want the candidate of the corporation
attorneys and The One Hundred Good
Lawyers forced upon them? Can the
corporation attorneys thus defeat he
reform candidate of the people, James
=. Robinson?
Mr.. Robinson has persistently re-
fused to allow his name TO be used on
any such petition. He believes that
the judges are the servants of all the
people and should owe their election
to 40 particular class or profession.
Conspiracy of the Judges
James f. Robinson's actual opposi-
ton comes from corporation attorneys
and from judges who are behind in
their work, and want their terms of
Office extended.
Six Years Long Enough.
James E. Robinson-the peoples
candidate for judge of the supreme
COURTS opposed to the constitution
al amendment extending the term of
office of the supreme court judges
from six to ten years.
Don't Keep Up With Work.
He believes the supreme court
should keep up with it's work, and
make accurate statements of the facts
in it's opinions.
He will refuse to join in long vaca-
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before the court-some for years.
Judge Should Earn His Salary.
He believes that a judge, elected by
the people, who receives a salary OF
$4,000 a year, ought to attend to his
business and not dabble in constitu-
tional amendments to extend his owr
term of Office.
Too Much Printing.
He believes that the expensive, use.
less printing of abstracts and briefs
which are seldom read by all the
judges, should be abolished from the
rules of court. as the State Bar as.
ISOLATION recommended at its last
meeting.
Two Judges Sent Out Word.
Because of these proposed reforms
1t is reported that two of the supremr
court judges, who wan their terms 0
o ce extended, have passed out wore
that it would be agreeable to them i
attorneys would sign UP against tn
peoples candidate-Mr. Robinson.
Some attorneys. needing this cover
threat, have, against their convictions
for obvious reasons, signed up for MI
Bruce SO as not to incur the wrath O
the other two judges, who, it is said
object to having their easy snaps
and peace of mind disturbed by Mr.
Robinson and being gOaded into too
much work. SIS
Vote for James E. Robinson-th,
peoples c~andidate-and judicial re,
form.