The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-16
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day of the primary election I believe
| ehall win. OF course I would not en-
ter on the undertaking were not per-
suaded of that"
statement.
Came to Kansas in 1871.
Judge Doster located in Marion coun-
| ty in 1871. There he began the active
practice Of law. Educated In the In
diana State university. Illinois college
and the Benton Law Institute OF Illi-
nois. Judge Doster was recoenized as
one of the able men Of the state. Short
ly after coming to Kansas. Judge Dos
ter was elected to the legislature from
Marion county.
Becoming dissatisfied with the finan-
cial and reconstruction policies Of the
the Greenback party. In 1873 he was
that party's candidate for congress in
the then Third district. He was
beaten by Thomas Ryan. although he
ran far ahead of his party in the dis
trict In 1887 Judge Doster was the
independent candidate for Judge Of the
Twenty-fifth district and was elected
In the convention of 1886, he was the
nominee of the Democrats and Popu-
lists for chief justice OF the supreme
court. He was elected and served six
years. His record on the supreme
bench marked the man as one of II
not the most learned of Kansas jurfsts.
Even now lawyers quote Doster opin-
ions and stop. 1t is usually the last
word in Kansas legal authority.
Following his term on the supreme
bench, Judge Doster enter the practice
of law In Topeka. He has been asso-
ciated in the trial Of many Of the most
famous civil and criminal cases tried
has appeared in the trial Of cases in
every section of the state.
Judge Doster is q native Virginian.
He enlisted as a solder in the Civil
war when he was Is years DID and
during the last IS months u NE war
was engaged in the border waffare in
Kansas. AS a. public man In Kansas,
Judge Doster has affiliated with the
Greenback. Union Labor and Hopulist
parties and on their disintegration
allied himself with the Democratic
party. A
Brewster Attacks Recall.
In his harmony speech before Nor
ton Republicans Saturday night, 8. N.
Brewster, candidate for Republican
nomination as attorney general, 1olted
ment of the recall of judicial deci-
siOns.
Brewster said in part:
The recall OF judicial decisions
Of the federal courts in questions in
vo1ving state statutes, is the most dan
gerous and vicious doctrine advocated
for many years. yet Senator Beveridge,
In his speech at the Bull Moose ban
quet in Topeka declared the recall of
judicial decisions to be one of the
fundamental principles of the new
party.
There is no way that we can have
! recall of federal decisions without
these decisions being submitted either
to a vote of the people OF the whole
United States or to the vote OF the
people Of the state where the law
originates. If submitted to a vote OF
such submission would amount to
nothing. as 1t would be impossible to
obtain an expression OF opinion from
the whole people.
I'VE have. today, a suit pending in
the federal court instituted by the
Pullman company in which it is claim
ed that our statute providing for the
assessment Of sleeping car companies
Is in violation of the federal constitu-
ton. If the court should declare this
law unconstitutional and an election
should be called for the purpose Of
recalling that decision what per cent
OF the voters Of New York, South
Carolina and Oregon would vote at
these states participate in this cleo
ton unless they were induced to do
so by the active, and perhaps, none
tary influence of the Pullman COM
pany?"
Mack for Legislature.
1t is probable that c. C. Mack of
Newton will be q candidate for the
Progressive nomination for repre-
sentative from Harvey county this
year. Mack il one of the leaders in
the Progressive cause In Harvey coun-
! ty and was recently mentioned a. q
possible candidate for congress. He
refused to make the race, but the pres
ent indications are that he will be a
candidate for the legislature. Harvey
county Progressives will probably put
q full ticket in the field.
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