The Pulaskian., 1918-05-17
PULASKI lock pstomcs
Judge Wade Seeks Office by Election
With Record Showing Sterling Worth


by his selection as chairman of the
Board of Managers of the Boys
School, an honorary position which re.
quires his services without compensa-
ton. He has also assisted the Board
of Managers of the Girls School, and
is at this time working with the gov
ernor and these two boards in the To-
cation in or near Little Rock of Il
school for delinquent girls. To this end
he is directing present effort to meet
the requirements for Little Rock 10
draw its part of the recent appropria-
tion of Congress for $4,000 for can
torment cities of the South.
First Time in Office.
Judge Wade has never held office
before, but made race four years ago
for the Circuit Judgeship against
popular man reared in Little Rock
when he was defeated by small ma
jority.
During the six months that he has
been judge of the Criminal Court he
has pursued an aggressive policy of
law enforcement and dispatch of bust
ness, for which he has received the
commentator of lawyers, jurors and
other persons interested in matters in
this court.
Already Has EnviabIe Record.
Out of 791 cases ON his docket, some
of them pending as long as five years,
he has already disposed of 45S Of
them, in spite of the difficulties of war
conditions, probably the best record of
this court in twenty-five years. 1t is
said that the biggest item of expense
in the annual budget of this county is
the cost of running the Circuit Court,
last year amounting to more than
$4,000 Judge Wade claims that he
can, in a few months, catch up With
the criminal docket and thereafter try
all cases in one-third of the time, and
thereby save the taxpayers about one
third Of the expense.
i As is usual in cases of opposition,
nig court has recessed for a few weeks
during his campaign to succeed him
self on the Brench; but he says that
this was not done until the Jail was
free of prisoners of the Circuit Court
whose cases could be tried, nor until
he understood that Judge Fulk or
Judge Hendricks would gladly, try any
indicted man in jail who may want
trial before the election 1t is said
that the Jail now has fewer prisoners
awaiting trial in the Circuit Courts
than it has had in many years.
Is Sympathetic Judge.
With his pronounced policy, Judge
Wade is merciful, especially to young
offenders. His previous experience in
reformatorg work, it is said, substan-
TALLY aids him in sympathetic and ac-
tive cooperation with the juvenile
courts and reformatories. His CO.
workers vouch that Judge Wade is
possessed with the modern conception
of removing temptation and opportuni-
ties for crime and for reformation of
detectives, as distinguished from the
old conception of wide open town to
make criminals for brutal and re-
vengeful punishment. He often states
in open court that in criminal disor-
ders as well as elsewhere, IAN ounce
of prevention is worth more than
pound of cure"
Under these circumstances his many
friends feel that he should be elected
at this time to at least one full term
on the Bench. They say he has given
up his practice to serve his people as
judge and has already shown his fit
ness and ability, and under these cir
cumstances it has been the universal
custom in this district to reward
sacrifice thus made and merits thus
deserved by election to full term.
Advt.