The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-24

circuit, Keen 1eellnR ealSLS IN MlS-
souri, Democracy that he is entitled
to another nomination. a.r,a.H ~.
Stands High in His Party ..
Judge White has also made good as
a Missouri Supreme, Court Commits
sioner, having been elected a Demo-
cratic member, term 1917-1919, to fill
the unexpired years of Judge Fred L.
Williams, now practicing law in st.
Louis, who had been elected Supreme
Court Judge. In April, 1919, Judge
White was reelected Commissioner
for four years, his present term end
ing April 10,1923. His home is in
Springfield, the Queen City of the
Ozarks". He was born in Greene
county, and was admitted to the bar
in 1882. In 1892 the Democrats of
Southcentral Missouri showered party
honors his way by naming him as the
nominee for Circuit Judge. The
strong race he then made cut form
err heavy Republican majority down
to a few hundred. In 1904 Judge
White was named official reporter of
the st. Louis Court of Appeals, serv-
ing five years in that capacity. Then
came the further party appreciation
of brilliant qualifications through his
elevation to the high honor of being
a Supreme Court Commissioner.
Legal Career of Judge Shain.
The democracy, legal fitness and
high-caliber qualifications of judge
Shain of Sedalia, for the party nomi-
nation in August and election in No
vember, as Supreme Court Judge, are
beyond question. He is Pettis countys
choice for that dignified judicial berth
with the assurance that this county,
which at past elections has generally
been close, will go heavily Democratic
in appreciation of it being honored
through placing its favorite son at
the top Of the Democratic ticket.
Judge Shain's life and legal record is
one all Missourians can well appreci-
ate. He comes from a long line of
Missouri ancestry. Born in Macon
county, September q, 1860. he was
educated in the state. His father,
Capt. Ed. C. Shain, Sheriff and Col
lector of Macon county, Mo-, 1874 to
1878, and his mother, Emily Bristow
Shain, were both born in Macon coun-
ty, Mo. VIM. T. Shain, grandfather,
the first deputy sheriff of Macon coun-
ty, Mo-, when that county extended
to the Iowa line, collected the first
taxes in that county, riding horseback
over vast domain to gather in 1915
in silver and a goodly supply of pelts;
in those days coon skins being legal
tender for taxes.
Judge Shain received his education
in the common schools of Missouri,
Christian University, Canton, Mo-,
and the Kirksville Normal School. He
followed pedagogy for number of
years and finally read law at Kinks
vile, Mo-, with Judge James Ellison,
formerly of the Kansas City Court of
Appeals. He was admitted to'3the
bar in 1885. He practiced his profes-
sion in Kansas City and Shelbyh&oun-
ty. IN 1898 he removed from Shelby
vile to Sedalia where he practiced law
until 1920 when he was elected Judge
of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit. He
was reelected in 1916. - Dir
In the year 1887 Judge Shain mar
ried Kate L. Hockesmith in Macon
county. Judge and Mrs. Shain,,have
six living children, three boys and
three girls. His two older sons, Ed
! ward c. and Matson H., and his
daughters husband, Captain w. H.
Beckemeyer, volunteered for service
shortly after the declaration of war
with Germany and gallantly served
through the war.
Widespread Popularity of Judge Bean
Judge Bean, when appointed a
member of Missouri's first Public Ser
vice Commission in the Spring Of 1918,
was practicing law in DeSoto, Jeffer-
son county. His commission was for
term of six years, ending April 10.
1919. He made record for. himself
and added laurels to his general pop
ularity during the war by opposing
several unreasonable demands for
higher rates and certain concessions
which were asked for by powerful
Missouri public service corporations.
One of his findings was against the
United Railways Company of st.
Louis which greatly increased his
high standing as fair aid impartial
| commissioner anu duuSu W MS al
ready strong personal popularity
among the masses of that city.
In the spring Of 1919 when it was
up to Gov. Gardner to either reap
point Judge Bean, or name success
or, certain big corporations exerted
powerful influence to bring about his
retirement. This Interest" opposi-
ton became public property and the
widespread publicity it gained caused
thousands of Democrats to interest
themselves in behalf of the Judge.
The result was his reappointment for
another six years, the State Senate,
then in session, readily confirming the
same.
Glowing Career of Judge Walker.
When Judge Walker assembled to
the Supreme Court bench in January,
1913, he gave up an extensive, lucra-
tive practice in St. Louis to serve the
State of Missouri. He is a native of
Morgan county, south-central Mis-
souri,, and a graduate of the Missouri
State University, degrees A. B. and
l.. l.. B. Other facts dealing with the
Judges legal and political career fol-
low:
Admitted OF the bar at Versailles,
Mo-, practiced law in Morgan county
where he was prosecuting ATTORNEY