Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1898 — FRANCIS E. BAKER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRANCIS E. BAKER.

Francis E. Baker, Republican nominee for judge of the supreme court, is a -native Hoosier and is proud of the fact. He is the only son of Hou. John H. Baker, judge of the United States district court for Indiana He had the advantage of a thorough education, and, after graduating, studied law in his father’s office at Goshen. Since the

elder Baker was promoted to the United States court bench, the son has contiu- . uod the pructice of law iu his native city, where he has always beeu regarded as one of the leading practitioners of northern Indiana. He lias given much attention to literary matters, and his reading covers an nnnsually wide range. His temperament is judicial by inheritance and by training. Mr. Baker is in the early prime of life and thoroughly equipped to discharge the duties that will devolve upon him as judge of the state’s highest legal tribunal.

FRANCIS E. BAKER.