The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-10-26
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SUPREME COURT
ONLY REAL FIGHT
0veIshadoWs Al Other Contests
b tie Campaign.
keep JUueEs non-PARTsNI
Fisk, spaldins and Burke Compared
With opponsnts-ousstlons 'at To-
cue Briefly Outlined.

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cue Briefly Outlined.
The only fight In this campaign that
touches every citizens life and prop
erty. 10 the contest for supreme court.
People begin to realize the dangers
that can easily arise from . mis-step
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 ases
as We want them decided, or accord.
ing to law and justice? VIII not q
League-elected judge render q League.
desired decision?
1s it safe to allow any political or
g%anization to sslect our supreme court?
Mistakss Will Happen.
Soon this League will control the
legislation and every state ONCE:
These are new mon, untr1ed and mex
pertenced. In their enthusiasm they
are likely to make grave mistakes.
Don't We need now, more than ever,
An emergency brake that We can
trrst? We can trust the present su.
preme court-the judges We have.
The only real non.partisan candi-
dates for supreme court are Charles
]. Fisk, Burleigh F. spalding and E. 7.
Burke. They are controlled neither
by Big Politics nor 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, 1t 10 asserted, wer wrong. Out
Of hundreds of decisions, to have but
four criticised is a marvellous record.
Thsir Rseord-Thsir Decisions.
Here are some decisions of the pres.
emit court:
1t held the low Ignite coal rate
valid; three big railroads were fight.
ing it;
1t held the anti-snuf law good; the
tobacco trust opposed the law;
Whensap elevator man became bank.
'rupt, the court made his surety, .
bonding company, pay in full every
farmer who had sold his grain to that
man. ' when the bonding compa-
ny had compromised with the farmers,
nor was The, bonding company allowed
to do buslneeSstA the state till 1t paid
dollar for dollar;
Stock shipped by . farmer was in
jured; the railroad claimed he had no
right to damages because he waited
sixty days before making 4 claim. The
court set aside the sixty-day clause
and made the railroad pay;
A farmer shipped grain; the car
proved leaky and q lot of grain vas
lost. He sued for the price and the
court held the railroad must prevent
such loss OF pay the damage:
A farmers wife worked too hard
fighting q prairie fire started by . rail-
road engine. She sued for damages.
The railroad argued that she was not
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 on
land used IN railroad right of way;
The court made . hail insurance
company pay for . farmers crop. even
when the hnd was wrongly described;
The court held the state bonding law
good: this law weuld allow the state
to write bonds for county and city Of
ficers, saving the cost, usually paid to
bonding companies, who fought it hard.
What Have the Others Done?
The three opposing candidates have
been in the state q number Of years.
Have they siven their time and talents
! to fighting the battles of the farmer
or have they suddenly grown inter.
ested?
Robinson is nearly seventy-ive years
old and has lived In the state thirty.
three years. His record does not show
him a farmers champion. He has
figured in one east where he tried to
! drive q farmer OF the farm he had
lived on, cultivated and paid taxes on
for ten years and wanted the supreme
court to declare a law unconstitution'
i al, to do it.
Birdzell is a man Of no practical ex
perience in the courts. He has been
a teacher in the state university. but
has never had occasion to do the work
of an attorney.
Grace is a small-town lawyer Of lesl
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 unsuccessfully fol
states atforuav A candidate fl,