Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1892 — SUPREME JUDGES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SUPREME JUDGES.

Second District.

Jeptha D. New, candidate for judge of the supreme court. Second district, is a native Hoosier, bom in Jennings county, educated at Bethany college, was judge *fg the common pleas court and circuit ccrarfc for many years in his county, served on the supreme court eommission, has been in congress, and is now one of the appellate court judges. He was appointed by the late Governor Hovey, and was esteemed by the governot, though they differed politically. Third District.

James McCabe, condidate for judge of the supreme court, Third district, was raised on a farm in Indiana, engaged several years thereafter as a common laborer, until his earnings in that way enabled him to go to school, and acquire a common school education. He afterward taught school a year or two, married young, and afterward studied law without any preceptor and was admitted to the bar.- He has been successful in his practice and has aceummulated thereby enough of this world’s goods so that it may be said he is in easy circumstances. His raising and tastes naturally incline him to the farm. So, after over twenty years’ active practice and residence in Williamsport, the county seat, in 1884 ' i purchased and moved to a farm, where He now lives, within two and a half miles of the court house, and carries on his farm. He is now fifty-five years old.

He.walks every morniug two and onehalf miles to his office in preference to riding.

Mr. McCabe was twice the nominee of his party for congress, and both times made speeches in every township in the district.

Timothy E. Howard, candidate for judge of the supreme court, Fifth district, was born or a farm near Ann Arbor, Jan. 27, 1837. He was educated in the common schools and University of Michigan. He lived on a farm and taught common schools until twenty-one years of age. In 1859 he removed to South Bend, studied law and was engaged as professor of rhetoric and English literature in the University of Notre Dame. He enlisted in the Twelfth Michigan infantry soon after the outbreak of the war. He was severely wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and lay for two months in the Marine hospital at Evansville, where he was discharged as unfit for further service. In 1878 he whs elected a member of the common council at South Bend; was re-elected and served three terms. In 1878 he was elected clerk of the St. Joseph circuit court. In ISB6 he was elected to the state senate from St. Joseph and Stark counties, and was re-elected in 1890. s He is the author of the Momence bill for the drainage of the Kankakee valley and was chairman of the senate committee in charge of the school text-book law. He secured the extension of the new election law to township and city elections and drafted the new revenue law. He also introduced the bill for the establishment of the appellate court. He had charge in the senate of Indianapolis’s city charter, also of the suburban street raiiway bill. He is at present city attorney of South Bend and county attorney of St. Joseph county.

JEPTHA D. NEW.

JAMES M’CABE.

TIMOTHY E. HOWARD.