Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-11-02
SUPREME COURT
ONLY REAL FIGHT
0vershadows All Other Contests
in the Campaign.
KEEP JUDGES NON-PART|SAN
Fisk. spaiding and Burke Compared
With opponents--Questions at Is.
sue Briefly Outlined.

The only fight in this campaign that
touches every citizens life and prop.
erty, Is the contest for supreme court
People begin to realize the dangers
that can easily arise from mis.steI
and are asking these questions:
DO we want. as judges. creatures OF
powerful political organization, or
judges controlled alone by their sense
OF Justice and honor?
Do we want judges to decide cases
as we want them decided or accord.
ing to law and justice? VIII not a
desired decision?
Is it safe to allow any political or.
ganization to select our supreme court?
Mistakes Will Happen.
Soon this League will control the
legislation and every state Office
These are new men. untried and mex
pcrienced. In their enthusiasm they
are likely to make grave mistakes
Don't we need now, more than ever.
an emergency brake that we can
trust? W. can trust the present su
preme court--the judges we have.
The only real non.partisan candi.
dates for supreme court are Charles
J. Fisk. Burleigh f.. Spalding and +. T.
Burke. They are controlled neither
by Big Politics noI Big Business. They
have experience, ability. integrity,
good name and are free from the in.
fuence of any political machine. Their
records prove them progressive. They
have catered to no class. Yet an in
spection OF their decisions shows they
have given the farmer and toiler full
! measure OF protection. They have
been criticised for four decisions
which, II is asserted, were wrong. Out
OF hundreds of decisions. to have but
four criticised is u marvellous record,
Their Record-Their Decisions.
Here are some decisions Of the pres.
ent court:
II held the low Ignite coal rate
valid: three big railroads were fight.
ing it,
| 1t held the anti-snufr law good; the
| tobacco trust opposed the law;
When an elevator man became bank.
bonding company. pay in full every
| farmer who had sold his grain to that
man. even when the bonding compa.
ny had compromised with the farmers
nor was the bonding company allowed
to do business in the state till it paid
dollar for dollar;
Stock shipped by farmer was in
jured: the railroad claimed he had nc
right to damages because he waited
sixty days before making claim. The
court set aside the sixty-day clause
and made the railroad pay;
A farmer shipped grain; the cur
| proved leaky and lot Of grain was
lost He sued for the price and the
court held the railroad must proven,
| such loss or pay the damage:
farmers wife worked too hard
fighting prairie fire started by rail
road engine. She sued for damages
The railroad argued that she was moi
injured by the fire, but the court held
that damages were due her:
The court made the elevator. lum
Der and oil companies pay taxes or
land used on railroad right OF way;
The court made hail insurance
company pay for a farmers crop. ever
when the land was wrongly described
The court held the state bonding Law
good; this law would allow the stat.
to write bonds for county and city Of
ficers, saving the cost, usually paid t.
bonding companies. who fought il hard
What Have the Others Done?
The three opposing candidates hav,
been in the state number OF years
Have they given their time and talent,
to fighting the battles of the farme
or have they suddenly grown inter
ested?
Robinson is nearly seventy-iive year
old and has lived In the state thirty
three years His record does not shoy
him a farmers champion. He ha
figured in one case where he tried {,
drive farmer off the farm he la,
lived on, cultivated and paid taxes G,
for ten years and wanted the suprem
court to declare law unconstitution
al. to do it.
Birdzell Is man of no practical eN
perience in the courts. He has beer
q teacher in the state university, bu
has never had occasion to do the worl
of an attorney.
Grace is small.town lawyer of les
than mediocre ability and education
His standing at home was shown
when he ran for county judge and wa
low man of three candidates. an
again when he ran nnsuccessfully 70
states attorney. AS candidate TO
postmaster he could not get sutiicien
support from his home people to lam
the job, paying $1,000.
Promises have been made for thes
candidates that cannot be fulfilled
The candidate who solicits votes b
promising to do what he knows is in
possible is morally as guilty as tn
person who obtains property unde
false pretenses.
Vote for Fisk, Spaiding and Bark
and repudiate such men and method.