Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-02

To THE VOTERS AND PEOPLE OF The
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WIS
CONSIN:
I hereby announce my candidacy for
election to the Office of Judge of the
Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Wisconsin.
The late Chief Justice Ryan of Wis
consin in his address to the graduating
class of 1873 Law thus expresses his
conception of the ideal Judge: "In
other places in life, the light of intelli-
gence, purity of truth, love of right,
firmness of integrity, singleness of
purpose, candor of judgment, are rela-
lively essential to the high beauty of
character; on the bench they are the
absolute condition of duty. The Judge
who palters with justice, who is swayed
by fear, favor, affection or the hope of
reward, by personal influence or public
opinion, prostitutes the attributes of
God, and sells the favor of his Maker.
But the light of Gods eternal truth
and justice shines on the head of the
just judge, and makes it visibly glori-
ous."
| believe that the faithful perfor-
nance of the duties of this office are as
important to the public welfare as any
service which is in the power of the
electors to confer; it is to administer
justice with steady hand and an up
right purpose, which are indeed among
the highest of civil functions. There
is no more difficult and useful field of
labor than the safe, prompt, judicious
and wise controlling power of a judge
of the circuit. have no doubt that
every quality and attainment of which
a judge is capable may there find their
fullest exercise and there most difficult
work There is no field for a lawyer
which for breadth and compass and the
requisition made on all the faculties,
can compare with trial by jury, and |
believe it is as true of a Judge as of a
lawyer that in their actual application
of the law to the business of men min
gled as it is with all passions and mo-
tives and diversities of mind, temper
and condition in the course of a trial by
jury, what is most excellent IN him
comes out and finds it's fitting work,
and whatever faults and weaknesses he
has are sinsibly felt.
1t may be we'll admitted that the best
judge for the people is he who imper-
ceptibly maintains them in their rights.
His course does not exhibit the mag
nifct Mt variety of the ocean, sometimes
uplifted to the skies, at others retiring
into it's darkest caverns; at one moment
gay with the ensigns of power and
wealth, and at another strewing its
shores with the melancholy fragments
of shipwreck, but it is the equal cur
rent of q majestic river which safely
bears upon its bosom the riches of the
land, and reads it's history in the smil-
ing cities and villages that are reflected
from its unvarying surface.
| believe that seventeen years of ac-
tive practice at the bar, my experience
as district attorney and county judge
have given me the mature experience
and learning necessary to successfully
and fairly fulfill the duties of this office.
In requesting the support of the vo-
ters do so fully realizing the solemn
and important requirements of this Of
flee, and in the event of my election,
so long as God spares my health and
understanding to perform these faith
fully, shall do SO with the same fear
less and impartial deliberation that has
characterized my work as an attorney
at the bar and as County Judge of
Marinette County.
Dated at Marinette, Wisconsin, Feb
ruary 1st, 1912.
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