Election is MONDAY, not Tuesday JUDICIARY CANDIDATES SKETCHES Election, June I, 1903 THE HEHRT O. SHEPARD CO., PRINTERS, CHICAGO. Sketches JUDICIARY CANDIDATES Republican Nominees For Superior Court THEODORE BRENTANO For Circuit Court LORIN C. COLLINS, Jr. WILLIAM S. ELLIOTT EDMUND W. BURKE ABRAM M. PENCE ELBRIDGE HANECY ANDREW J. HIRSCHL FREDERICK A. SMITH DANIEL J. SCHUYLER, Sr. OLIVER H. HORTON ABRAHAM J. PFLAUM RICHARD S. TUTHILL JESSE A. BALDWIN JOHN GIBBONS CHARLES G. NEELY Provisional Candidates under Law of igox HOWARD O. SPROGLE LEANDER D. CONDEE E. B. ESHER Judiciary Candidates STRONG in the consciousness of right and with an abiding faith in the intelligence of the people, the Republican party presents its judiciary candidates to the electors of Cook County. And this faith in the people, this confidence in its can- didates, are not without warrant. In selecting men for the bench in Cook County the Republican party has kept in view that the voters' idea of the duties of a judge is lofty and exacting, and, in making its nominations, the Republican party accepted, from first to last, that this wholesome public senti- ment must be conformed to. It recognized that to succeed without complying with it would be a success not worth having. The Republican ticket the selection of which outgrew from this endeavor to comply with a healthy public sentiment was not the work of any midnight caucus or backroom schem- ing. Unlike the Democratic ticket, it is not made up to catch the odds and ends of feverish factions and degenerate isms. It does not seek to satisfy the fantastical economic delusions of wild-eyed dreamers ; it is not constructed for the purpose 3 of currying favor with many or any shades of "yellow thought." Nor it is an effort to toady to the lawless outreaching of unthrift and idleness. The Republican ticket stands for all that is healthful, hopeful and patriotic the best of American steadfastness and patriotism. The Republican judiciary candidates were nominated by representatives of Republican voters. The most that our party committee was permitted to do was to arrange the minor details of the primaries and convention according to the primary elec- tion law. Owing to the fact that the law commands that but one primary election shall be held in the first half of the year, the delegates to the judicial convention had to be chosen at the same primaries at which the city convention delegates were selected. This was in harmony with good public policy, because as a result of it more than 80,000 Republicans voted at the joint primaries. The vote was the largest primary election vote ever cast by any political party in Cook County. It represented the conclusions of the most thoughtful, the most patriotic, the most aggressive of the Republican voters. It embraced all factions and all interests. Delegates to the number of 1,039 were chosen from 368 primary election districts. In the convention there were no contesting delegations. The entire Republican party was represented. It was universally agreed that the primary election at which the delegates were chosen was impartial and fair in its proceedings. The Republican judicial convention was exceptional extraordinary. These are the facts in relation to the Republican judiciary nominations. 1. More than 80,000 Republicans voted at the primaries; 1,039 delegates from 368 precincts sat in the convention. 2. There were no "slate" nor nominations by resolution. Delegates nominated the candidates of their choice without interference or restraint. 3. Every one of the 29 names placed in nomination for the judgeships was voted on by roll call and the result an- nounced. No roll call was disputed. 4. No gag rule under the gavel was applied. There was no strife nor appeals from the decision of the chair. 5. Candidates were nominated and voted for wholly with- out regard for the lines drawn in the Mayoralty primary contest. 6. The average vote of the men nominated for judge was about 850, showing that the selections were not far from being unanimous. 7. More than a month elapsed from the time the judiciary delegates were chosen at the primaries until they met in con- vention. This gave them abundant time to investigate the fitness of candidates. At the same time it made the convention free from stampeding possibilities because of unpreparedness. Compare the Democratic convention with the foregoing. The Democratic judicial ticket was named by Mayor Harrison, practically alone. In the Democratic convention there were no nominations by delegates. The entire judicial slate, made up by the Mayor, was put through by resolution, under the gavel. In a published interview Mayor Harrison explains in effect that this course was adopted by him because the delegates sent to represent Democratic voters could not be trusted to select suitable candidates for judges. Critics of Mayor Harrison assert that he used this excuse in order to be able to make up a ticket that would embrace his favorites, and at the same time appease the clamorous and dangerous elements of the Harrison dynasty that seeks to obtain a foothold on the bench. The Republican party has always endeavored to maintain the high standard of integrity and excellence which the judiciary of Cook County has enjoyed. Almost without exception, since the troublous days when the Republican party came into 5 existence with the flag in one hand and the sword in the other to uphold the Union and eradicate human chattel slavery, the majority of the bench in Cook County has been Republican. The Republican judiciary has in the evolution of law left its mark, especially by decisions in the interests of the people. The Republican bench of Cook County, with its magnificent record of nearly half a hundred years, is a monument to the wisdom and patriotism of the Republican party. With its record in the past, with the high character of all its judiciary candidates, the Republican Campaign Committee feels justified in appealing to all electors to vote for the clean-handed, courageous, able and industrious men whom it has nominated. More in the present than in the past there are dangerous here- sies in the air. Self-seeking agitators are arousing discontent. The blind seek to lead the blind. A crucial test is at hand. There is an impending crisis. The safety of the Republic and the welfare of all the people can best be safeguarded by an intelligent, patrotic and coura- geous judiciary. The Republican committee solicits the closest possible scru- tiny of the Republican judiciary candidates, sketches of whom appear in connection with this. HEODORE BRENTANO During more than twelve years Judge Theodore Brentano has served on the Superior bench of Cook County. He was born in Michigan and came to Chi- cago in 1859. His early education, was acquired in the public schools. Subsequently he studied in the Polytechnic High Schools at Zurich, Switzerland, and Carlsruhe and Dresden, Germany. After extensive study and travel abroad he returned to Chicago. Later he entered the National University Law School at Washington, D. C. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Returning to this city he continued to practice law until 1887, when he received an appointment in the city law department under Corporation Counsel Horton (Judge Horton). A year later he became Assistant City Attorney under City Attorney Hemp- stead Washburne. Later he formed the law partnership with Mr. Washburne which continued until Judge Brentano was nominated for the bench to fill an unexpired term in 1890. He was elected by a majority of ten thousand, and was reelected a year later, and again in 1897. Election Day, Monday, June 1. DMUND W. BURKE, Judge Edmund W. Burke is a native of Illinois, having been born fifty years ago on a farm in Ogle county, Illinois. He was prepared for college in the Rockford and Mount Morris schools, graduated in the liberal and scientific courses of the Northwestern University in 1868, and for some time was instructor in Latin. He pur- sued his legal studies in the law school at Ann Arbor, Michi- gan, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in September, 1871. Subsequently Judge Burke entered the law office of Will- iam H. Brackett, and in ^876 formed the partnership of Brown & Burke. Prior to^kis time he assisted Mr. J. H. Bissell in editing tne u. S.~ C. C. Law Reports. He was married in 1878, and has resided continuously in his present home in West Chicago. In 1893 he was elected judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County and was reflected in 1897. In December, 1902, he was selected by the Illinois Supreme Court to fill the \ acancy in the Appellate Court of the First District caused by the ill- health of Judge Henry M. Shepard. Election Day, Monday, June 1. OHN GIBBONS Judge Gibbons has lived in Chicago twenty-four years and in that time has won and received the sincere respect and confidence of all who came into contact with him. His record on the bench speaks for itself. He was born March 28, 1848, was educated in the public schools and was graduated from Notre Dame University in 1868. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1870 in Philadelphia and to the United States Supreme Court two years later. He was appointed City Attorney of Kcokuk, Iowa, in T 873, which position he resigned in 1876, having been elected to the Legislature of that State. While in the Legislature he introduced the first bill ever presented in a legislative assem- bly for the protection of wages of workingmen. Judge Gibbons came to Chicago in 1879, and in 1893 was elected judge of the Circuit Court. Four years later he was reflected. For several years he has lectured on law and juris- prudence, and is the author of works on law and literature. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 9 LBRIDGE HANE.CY At the time of his first election to the Circuit bench, Judge Elbridge Hanecy was regarded as one of the ablest lawyers at the Chicago bar. His record as a judge, covering a period of ten years, has fulfilled the promise of his earlier professional life. Judge Hanecy was born on a farm in Wisconsin in 1852. He came to Chicago in 1869 and was educated in the public schools and in the Academy in Wisconsin. Early in his life in this city he was employed successively by Field, Leiter & Co. and John V. Farwell & Co. Subsequently he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He was first elected to the Circuit bench in 1893. Four years later he was reflected for a full term, having been endorsed by both the Republican and Democratic parties. He was three times elected as umpire for the bricklayers, and served from the spring of 1894 to 1897 without compensation. During all that time there was never a strike or a lockout or loss of time on either side. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 10 LIVER H. HORTON From "lumber shover " to Circuit Judge this epitomizes the career of Judge Horton. Forty years ago he worked on the timber docks along the Chicago river, and his rise in life has been due to hard work and conscientious endeavor, which have been duly rewarded. Judge Horton was born in western New York, in 1835, and came to Chicago in 1855. After three seasons on the lumber docks, in 1860 he entered the law office of Hoyne, Miller & Lewis, to read law. He was admitted to the bar and in 1864 Judge Horton became a member of the firm of Horton, Ayer & Horton. Judge Horton was elected to the bench in 1887. Except to serve Mayor Roach, as Corporation Counsel, the Judge has never held any other political position. While read- ing law in the office of Hoyne, Miller & Lewis, he also attended the Union College of Law, now Northwestern University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1863. For sixteen years Judge Horton has served on the bench, and his hosts of friends believe he will be reflected to continue an honorable career as a member of the Cook County judiciary. Election Day, Monday, June 1. HARLES G. NEELY No member of the Cook County Circuit bench has made a better record than Judge Charles G. Neely. Both his training and temperament fitted him to make " an upright judge," and he has administered the affairs of his court with satisfaction to all. Judge Neely is a native of Illinois. He was born in Benton, Franklin County, in 1855. His early education was received in the public schools of Ben- ton. Subsequently he attended the Illinois University at Cham- paign, from which he was graduated in 1880. He came to Chicago four years later and at once began the practice of his profession. A few years later Judge Neely was elected to rep- resent the Sixth Senatorial District in the General Assembly. For five years he was Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, a position in which he made an enviable record. In 1895 ne was chosen judge to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of S. P. McConnell, and in 1897 he was elected for the full term. Election Day, Monday, June 1. R ichard Stanley Tuthill For thirty years Judge Tuthill has been a prominent figure in the public life of Chicago. His record as a veteran of the Civil War, private citizen and judge on the bench entitles him to the respect and confidence which have so cheerfully been accorded him. Judge Tuthill was born at Vergennes, Illinois, in 1841, and was educated in the public schools of St. Louis, Missouri College and Illinois College. During the Civil War he served under Gen. John A. Logan ; later as second and first lieutenant, Battery H, First Michigan Light Artillery. Judge Tuthill was admitted to the bar in 1866. He came to Chicago in 1873, and was elected City Attorney two years later. He was first elected to the bench in 1887, and was reelccted in 1891 and 1897. In 1899 he was chosen by the judges of the Circuit Court to organize and hold Juvenile Court in addition to his other duties. He is a trustee of St. Charles Home for Boys, a member of the Loyal Legion, the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Citv and State Bar Associations, Lincoln and Church Clubs, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 13 ESSE A. BALDWIN Like many Americans who have won success, Jesse A. Baldwin spent his early life on a farm. He was born in McHenry County, Illinois, August 9, 1854, and obtained his education in the common schools and the University of Illinois. After teaching school five years Mr. Baldwin read law in the office of Judge T. D. Murphy, of Woodstock, and was then appointed Assistant United States District Attorney at Chicago. He filled this position with credit from 1877 to 1884. Mr. Baldwin has lived in Oak Park sixteen years, and has been active in local affairs, having served as Town Attorney, president of the Board of Education and trustee of the Library Institute. In addition to attending to his extensive law prac- tice, he has also served as one of the trustees of the University of Chicago, and of Rush Medical College. He is a member of the Union League Club, being one of its Political Action Com- mittee. He is also a member of the Hamilton Club, Quadrangle Club, Chicago Bar Association, Patent Law Association of Chicago, Illinois State Bar Association and American Bar Association. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 14 ORIN C. COLLINS, Jr. No man has taken a more prominent or useful part in the public affairs of his State than has Lorin C. Collins, Jr. As speaker of the Legislature and judge on the bench, he made an enviable record, which bespeaks him hearty support in the present campaign. Lorin C. Collins, Jr., was born in Connecticut, August I, 1848. He was graduated from Northwestern University in 1872, and has lived in Cook County since 1868. Was admitted to practice law in 1874* He was elected to the Legislature in 1878, and reelected in 1880 and 1882. He was unanimously chosen by the Republicans as their candidate for speaker of the House in 1883. He was appointed judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in December, 1884, and was elected to succeed himself in 1885, and again in 1891. After nine years' service on the bench, he resigned and became a member of the firm of Collins, Goodrich, Darrow & Vincent. This connection lasted two years, when a partnership was formed with William Mende Fletcher. The first two years of service on the bench were devoted to common law. The last seven years were spent as a chancellor. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 15 w ILLIAM SIDNEY ELLIOTT No attorney at the Chicago bar has been connected with more important cases than has William S. Elliott. In the course of his long practice he has figured in more than seven thousand suits and conducted the defense in sixty murder trials, demonstrating his ability in all branches of his chosen profession. Mr. Elliott was born in Niles, Michigan, May i, 1849, and traces his lineage direct from John Eliot, of Puritan fame. After passing through the public schools of Quincy, Illi- nois, William S. Elliott came to Chicago, and after eleven years in the insurance business, studied law under the tutelage of Luther Laflin Mills and Emory Storrs. For five years Mr. Elliott was Assistant State's Attorney under Judge Longenecker, during which time he tried nearly six thousand cases, with rare success. Mr. Elliott was one of the promoters of the Apollo Musical Club, and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery of the Ma- sonic fraternity ; the Royal League, Royal Arcanum, National Union, Ancient Order of Foresters and the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Illinois, Hamilton, Marquette, Lincoln and Mencken Clubs, the Art Institute and Columbia Post, G. A. R. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 16 ndrew Jackson Hirschl Both as a practicing lawyer and as a writer on law topics, Andrew Jackson Hirschl has won an envi- able reputation among leaders at the Chicago bar. He was born April 30, 1852, at Davenport, Iowa, and after attending Griswold College was graduated from Amherst Col- lege (1873) and the Law Department, State University of Iowa, 1875. He came to Chicago in 1891, and is a member of the firm of Rosenthal, Kurz & Hirschl. For a time Mr. Hirschl was lecturer on the Law of Torts at the State Univer- sity Law Department, Iowa City, and for the last seven years has been Professor of the Law of Corporations in the Chicago Law School. He is a Mason, a member of the " Turn-Verein " since 1857, and belongs to the Chicago and State Bar Associations, Chicago Law Institute, Medico-Legal Club, Hamilton Club, Marquette Club, Woodlawn Park Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. At the outbreak of the Spanish War Mr. Hirschl enlisted as a private in the 1st Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, commanded by Col. E. C. Young, and served therein till peace was de- clared, being in the meantime promoted to Corporal. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 17 A BRAM M. PENCE A canvass of Chicago lawyers has proved that A. M. Pence is universally considered eminently qualified for the bench. During his forty years' resi- dence in this city he has earned the respect of all as a man of unquestioned probity and signal ability. He was born in Ohio and graduated at Miami University when twenty-two years old. In 1862 he was graduated at the Cincinnati Law School and came at once to Chicago, where he began the practice of his profession. He formed a partnership with Julius Rosenthal in 1866, which continued twenty-one years. In the course of his long career Mr. Pence has argued two hundred and fifty cases before the United States and the Illi- nois Supreme Courts. Among his public services Mr. Pence wrote the city election law, which is a monument to his wis- dom as an able lawyer. He belongs to the Union League and Marquette Clubs and various law associations. He has never held public office, although frequently besought to enter the political field. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 18 J. PFLAUM Although one of the youngest men on the judicial ticket, A. J. Pflaum's standing at the Chicago bar is proof of the ability he has shown, and augurs well for his future on the bench. He was born and educated in Chicago and is now in his thirtieth year. He graduated from the law department of the Lake Forest University, was admitted to practice in 1894 and became associated with the law firm of Hoffheimer, Zeisler & Mack. Since 1900 Mr. Pflaum has practiced alone. As attorney for the town of South Chicago, in 1900, Mr. Pflaum was prominently identified with the movement for township abolition. He brought suit against the former town collector for $160,000, and has been associated in that litigation with the attorneys for the Citizens' Association. He was for many years secretary of the Young Men's Charity Association and is now secretary of the Michael Reese Hospital and a director of the United Charities of Chicago. He is a member of the Standard and the Hamilton Clubs and the State and Chicago Bar Associations. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 19 D ANIEL J. SCHUYLER, Sr. Daniel J. Schuyler, Sr., is one of the most experi- enced and respected lawyers identified with the Chicago legal fraternity. He was born on his father's farm at Amsterdam, New York, and lived there until he left home to attend the Academy at Amsterdam and the Franklin Academy of Delaware County, New York. He entered Union College at Schenectady, and, on leaving college, studied law in the office of ex-United States Senator Francis Kernan, at Utica, New York, where he remained until he was admitted to the bar in 1864. He then came to Chicago and engaged in the general practice of law. In 1872 he formed a partnership with the late George Gardiner, which continued for ten years, until Mr. Gardiner's election to the bench. He subsequently was connected in partnership with George A. Follansbee and Charles E. Kremer, and has had a large experience in the trial of all classes of cases. He has been president of the Holland Society and is a member of a number of other societies and legal organizations. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 20 REDERICK A. SMITH No better judicial timber than Frederick A. Smith is possessed by the bar of any State. He was born and bred in the county which he aspires to serve on the Circuit bench. Mr. Smith is 58 years of age. He was edu- cated in the public schools of this city, and, when the Civil War broke out, he was attending the old Chicago University. In 1863 he enlisted in the T34th Illinois Volunteers and served until the regiment was mustered out. He studied law at the Union College of Law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and began practice as a member of the firm of Smith & Kohlsaat. In 1887 he was chosen president of the Law Club of Chicago, and in 1890 president of the Chicago Bar Association. In 1891 he served the Hamilton Club as its president. The Republican convention nominated him for Judge of the Superior Court in 1898. Mr. Smith has been a trustee of the new Chicago Uni- versity since its organization. He is also a trustee of Rush Medical College. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 21 EANDER. D. CONDEE As a legislator and a member of the Chicago legal fraternity, Leander D. Condee has demonstrated that he is a man the people can trust with implicity. Mr. Condee was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at St. Paul's Academy, in Kankakee. He entered the University of Michigan, gradu- ated in the class of 1868, and began the practice of law in Butler, Missouri, in 1869. In 1873 he came to Chicago, where he has since prac- ticed his profession. During four years he served as attorney for the Village of Hyde Park. In 1880 he was elected to the State Senate from the then Second Senatorial District, where his record was that of a conservative legislator. He has lived in what is now the Sixth Ward for twenty-nine years. He is a member of a number of clubs and fraternal societies, and during 1902 he was president of the Michigan Alumni Association. In 1892 Mr. Condee was nominated for judge of the Superior Court, and was defcntcd with the entire Republican ticket by the Cleveland landslide of that year. Election Day, Monday, June 1. DWARD B. ESHER No lawyer ranks higher at the bar, or, for his years, has attained a more extensive practice than has Edward B. Esher. He was born in the County of Cook forty-five years ago, and has resided in Chicago con- tinuously since 1870. He early showed an aptitude for the legal profession, and at the age of 29 was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, being one of the youngest lawyers ever so honored. He is the son of the late bishop J. J. Esher of the Evangelical Church. In 1875 Mr. Esher was graduated from the Central High School and four years later from the old Chicago University. He studied law at the Union College of Law and was admitted to practice in 1882. From 1895 to 1900 he was a member of the firm of Ritchie, Esher & Knobel. He has been admitted to practice in the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa and Nebraska. He is a member of a number of fraternal organizations in the city and State, of the University Club and the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Election Day, Monday, June 1. 23 OWARD O. SPROGLE During Chas. S. Deneen's successful administration of the State's Attorney's office, Mr. Sprogle has been one of his most valued assistants. To him has been assigned the important task of presenting cases to the grand jury, and he has shown an ability in this direction which marks him for excellent service on the bench. Mr. Sprogle was born in Pennsylvania in 1855 and was educated at St. Ignatius College and the old Chicago Uni- versity. He began the study of law shortly thereafter, graduat- ing from the Pennsylvania University Law School, and was admitted to practice in 1878. For three years he was Assistant United States District Attorney for Colorado and practiced in the courts of Pennsylvania, Colorado and Virginia. He was engaged in journalistic work several years, being connected with the Philadelphia Press and the Chicago Evening Post. He was appointed Assistant State's Attorney in 1806 Election Day, Monday, June 1. KFI Rfi