The Pulaskian., 1918-05-17
little Rock Daily News, May Is,
191S)t

Ihe three Circuit Judges of this
Judicial District must also be elected
at the approaching primary. Judges
Fulk and Hendricks have no opposi-
ton, but Judge Wade, in the Criminal
Court, is being opposed 1t will be
| rendered that Judge Robert J. Lea,
after twenty-seven years of continuous
service as Judge of this Court, died
last October, and Governor Brough
appointed to fill this unexpired term,
! Judge Wade, his lifelong friend and
schoolmate. AT the time it was ac-
cepted by the people as one of the
most satisfactory appointments made
by the governor.
Judge Wade is past forty years of
age, is married and has three chill
dren. He was born and reared in the
country, and he now lives on a small
farm eight miles south of Little Rock
where he says he is helping win the
war by feeding his family from his
own labors. Last year he gave mucn
of his time to the farmers of the
county in organizing and conducting
| for them two Federal farm loan asso-
Citations, as result of which many
farmers of Pulaski county have been
able to borrow money from the Unit
| ed States Government at as low as
! per cent interest for as long term
as forty years. He has also been in
terested in improved farm demonstra-
ton work and farm markets.
Sixteen Years Active Practice.
Before entering upon his official du-
ties last October, Judge Wade had for
sixteen years been engaged in the act
i've practice of law, prior to which
| time he was a school teacher and en-
gagged in newspaper work. His prac-
tice as a lawyer has included all
classes of cases, both civil and erimi-
nal. He is member of the Little
Rock and Arkansas Bar Associations,
and enjoys the confidence of the
bench and bar for mis- industry, ability
and integrity. He actively favored
the Initiative and Referendum Amend
ment to the Constitution, and was en-
ployed as attorney in the test suit on
this amendment.
Interested in Public Affairs.
AS private citizen he has been act
i've in religious, fraternal and charita-
BILE organizations, and has allied him
self with all movements for the ma
terial and moral betterment of the
people. He was a member from the
beginning of the old Chamber of Com
meree and was employed by this body
as special counsel in the organization
and incorporation of it's industrial de
partment He helped organize and is
a member of the present Board of
Commerce, and is on some of its com
mittees which work for greater Lit
tie Rock. He enjoys the confidence OF
business organizations not only of his
own city, but was congratulated by
resolution of the Chamber of Com
merce of Pine Bluff when appointed
to the Bench. He is also known to be
a faithful friend of the laboring
classes and says he enjoys their APP
proyaI and commentator of his life
work.
Helped Nominate Woodrow Wilson.
In politics, he was elected in 1908
the first president of the local JEFF
ferson Democratic Club, and later to
charter membership of the Woodrow
i Wilson Club. He went with his wife
to the Baltimore convention to help
nominate Mr.. Wilson to the presiden-
cy Judge Wade has made speeches
in various counties of the State for
his party in every State campaign for
decade. He has also been cam
paign speaker in National campaigns.
Two years ago he was president of
the Pulaski County Brough Club.
Faithful to Suffragists.
Judge Wade says that he expects
the women to vote for him because
he and his wife have for years favor
ed their voting, as suffrage leaders
well recognize, and that Mrs. Wade
was among the first to pay her poll
tax and cast her first vote; because
he has always tried to live worthy of
the support of the good women and
since his youth has worked for the re-
forms that they champion, and be-
cause his record as Circuit Judge has
their unqualified Endorsement and ap-
proVal.
In 1915, Judge Wade incorporated
for the prison reformers of this State,
the Arkansas Prison Association, and
was elected its president. AS such he
has since been interested in prison re-
form, particularly in assisting back
into civil life discharged convicts. He
says he has had the satisfaction OF
seeing quite few of these unfortu-
mates who, after satisfying the de-
mands of the law by serving out their
prison sentences, reform and make
good citizens.
Work as Reformer.
When our last General Assembly
oroatad two schools for the DreyeD-