Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-07

his retirement, at the same time TX.
pressing the hope and belief that the
new Judge would be able, after twenty.
five years of service, to look the world
IN the face with as clear an eye, and
with as many friends, as can Judge
Winchester.
General Williams spoke briefly OF
the early history Of the bar of the
state, and %recounted many interesting
facts IN connection Herewith, and
spoke of the important part played by
Judge Winchester In the development
of the frontier life.
Mr.. Rhups Of Steele responded on
behalf of the Kidder County Bar, and
of the pleasant relations always
sustained by that bar with Judge Win.
chester, and the anticipation of sim.
ilarly pleasant eand profitable rela.
lions with the new Judge.
Attorney T. r. Mockler spoke on the
duty of the Bench to the Bar" EN-.
iphasizflg especially the great infu'
ence upon the success or failure Of an
attorney exercised by the presiding
fudge, and Of his duty to allow no
personal favor or i'll will to attorney
5~prejudice in any ma3ner the cause OF
the innocent client. He thanked
Winchester personally for his
'unfaililg kindness and generosity, and
referred to him as an example of the
perfect Judge and gentleman.
/ Congressman-elect p. D. Norton
spoke at length upon the influence of
the lawyer in the making Of the laws,
and of the desirability Of having more
lawyers among our Legislators. He
of reforms needed in our laws.
NOTABLY wi corporation laws. He
spoke of his long acquaintance with
Judge Winchester, which extended
back to boy-hood, of the Unborn integ-
'rity of the judge.elect, and his bright
He ended with a warm trib-
ute to Judge winchester as a judge
and as a q
Judge ". II. Winchester. one Of the
Of honor of the evening, closed
the program with a delightful quarter
of an hour In "Reminiscences of a
Quarter Of a Century on the Bench
He spoke of the hardships Of the early
days on the bench, when the greatest
number of county seats could 0lly be
reached by drives of from forty to a
hundred miles through the Fad Lands
and fording streams. He spoke of how
the cowboys once invited him to a
wolf-hunt 0 horseback, their fur
lishing him with a bucking broncho
to ride upon and their establishment
at his ability to handle the horse-an
ability resulting from the Judges SER
vice as a c%avalryman il the Civil War.
He recalled the famous trial of the
five Indians at old Williamsport as one
of the events of his career, and many
incidents connected Herewith, includ-
ing the lynching of three of the In
dams by citizens who were angered
because Of the granting of a new trial
by the supreme court after the Indians
had been convicted. After %recounting
many other humorous incidents in his
experience, the Judge dwelt upon the
difference in the position OF the judge
now and when he first sat on the
bench, with no .precedents to guide
him, no North Dakota reports to re.
sort to in case q aoubt, and the dis.
enlargement he often had to contend
with in adjusting intricate questions
brought to him for Acknowledgement,
and the difficulties Of finding his way
on an unblazed trail. He particularly
stated that the readiness displayed by
u able supreme court In correcting
his mistakes had been the II source
of consolation and encouragement in
his labors. He spoke of the enjoy
ment he had derived from his work in
the splendidly broad fed of the law,
where the harder m works The great
er his enjoyment.
Judge Winchester referred to the
present occasion as a red-letter day
in his life, and expressed his gratitude
to the members Of the bar for their
never'failing courtesy and respectful
conduct towards him in the past, and
their compliments on the present &C.
casion. He expressed the hope and
wish that his successor, Judge Nussle,
would be accorded the came courtesy
and consideration that had been the
speakers lot.