Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-23


has been nominated for the State
Supreme Court under conditions
that practically assure his election next
November.
Without going deeply into the ele-
ments of the situation it may be said
there are indications that Judge
Kunkel will receive a heavy vote not
only within the Republican ranks but
that thousands of Democrats, Progress
sives and independents will cast their
ballots for him. It is believed that
Judge Frazer polled nearly his maxi
mum strength at the primary polls,
while thousands of voters who would
otherwise have favored Judge Kunkel
were restrained by party considerations
or the desire to give some "favorite
son" a complimentary vote.
All of the complex elements that
entered into the campaign previous to
the primaries have been eliminated.
Party considerations cannot possibly
affect the situation, and as between
the two candidates in the field there
can be no question of the superiority
OF Judge huHheL' dllliouSh Ouu5C
Frazer is a man Of ability and high
character.
Judge Kunkel is in the very prime
Of virile manhood, with every prospect
of living through the entire twenty-one
years of the term to which he will
be elected in November. a very inn
portant factor, indeed. Judge Frazer,
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although younger in experience.
Where in the world could be found
man better fitted for the Supreme
Court of PENNSYLVANIA by natural
ability, high character, legal training,
experience as a lawmaker, district at
torney and judge than Judge Kunkel?
If he had deliberately planned his
career it is doubtful if he could have
selected a better means of qualifying
himself for a place on the Supreme
bench. Springing from sturdy, honest
stock, he entered the legal profession
in early life and soon became one of
the most able lawyers at the Dauphin
county bar lie spent six years in the
Legislature, the great lawmaking body
of the State and the fact that every
one of his colleagues in those legis-
lative days still active in politics gave
him hearty support in the recent cam
paign is testimonial sufficient of the
high esteem in which he was held by
them and of the lasting impression his
career as a legislator left on their
minds. Six more years he spent as
district attorney of Dauphin county
and a glance over the trial lists will
show what that means. There is no
court in the commonwealth, Allegheny
and Philadelphia included, that tries
more important cases than the Dau-
phin county court.
AS judge he presided in the Capitol
conspiracy cases so ably that the Su-
prene Court sustained him on every
one of the complicated and unusual
points of law raised by the famous
lawyers who constituted the des-
perately contending counsel for the
defendants. In addition he procured
the return of nearly two millions of
dollars of stolen money to the State
He is the Judge who sustained the
full crew" law and he has presided
over more election contests and State
tax appeals than any other two judges
in Pennsylvania, and in all of them he
has so conducted himself as to win the
admiration of even those against whose
contentious he decided.
He made a splendid showing at the
primaries but his total vote is a mere
handful as compared to the avalanch.
that will be launched in his favor in
November.