Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1902 — Republican Candidate For Judge of the Circuit Court. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Republican Candidate For Judge of the Circuit Court.

Charlee W. Hanley the Repub lioan noiuioee f<>r Judge of this oircuit us of Irish d-sr-ent and was born in Hanging Grove Township .in this County 37 years ago. His father was a Unioi. soldier and when the subject of this sketch was quite small bis parents moved to Gillam Township where Mr. Hanley lived until he was 23 years of age. His life there was | that of the average farmer boy, doing such work as was generally done by boys on the farm. He worked on the farm at home during most of the time and for neighbors when no work at home was to be done. He attended school at ■ Terre Haute daring 86 and 87 and afterwards taught several terms of school. He was elected Sheriff of this County in 1892 and re-eleoted in 1894. Previous to this he had read law and during his entire -term of office he spent-every spare moment of his time in fitting himself for the profession be had chosen for his life work. In 1896 he formed a partnership with Mr. J. J. Hunt of our city and has since that time been in the active practice. It is as a lawyer that I have known him and learned to appreciate him. The foregoing events alone would give but an inadequate idea of the life and character of Mr. Hanley. He is always affable, polite and genial. His manner is of the quiet dignified type, not wanting in cordialty, > but never drifting to the extremes; with a keen sense of propriety and great regard for the feelings of others; his manners are always gentle, and his demeanor toward all is kindness itself. His uni- « form courtesy and consideration for the rights and feelings of others are distinctive features of his oharaoter, and have won for him the warmest friendship of all who know him. From boyhood be has been a lover of good books. His mind was fashioned to study, industry and research. I have been against him in numerous law suits and know that he is an indefatigable worker in the preparation of his cases. Without an inheritance of wealth; without * aaaisttanoe of influential friends; without any of the adventitious aids that smooth the pathway to eminence, but by hie own energy and persistent toil he has climbed the ladder of success. Every step he reached was the result of I Ms own ability and honest effort; his strong sense of right, his absolute integrity as a counselor, and his high regard for the truth as well as the law. No breath of calumny has ever assailed his professional life. No suspicion s even of wrong doing has ever compromised his personal honor. The lawyers of this and adjoining circuits who have met him in court, have every confidence in him. He usually addresses the ’ court or jury in a quiet, common

sense manner, but when aroused by opposition his calm demeanor vanishes, and his whole nature seems changed With earnest mien and forceful argument Always courteous to an opponent he never wastes words in effusive or insincere compliments. •< By hard labor, night and day, close attention to business, an indomitable will, unimpeachable integrity, and unswerving fidelity to his clients, he stands the peer of any member of this circuit. He possesses the highest qualifications for a judge—independence, clear perception, patience in argument, thoroughness in investigation, Sound judgment, absolute integrity and above all good common sense. His briefs filed in the higher courts are characterized by sound logic. He has now pending in our Supreme and Appellate Courts at this time 9 or 10 cases and up to date there has been decided by these higher courts and reported some 4 or 5 of his cases and he has never lost out on a single case. The records for the past four years disclose the fact that he wins more than eighty per pent of the litigated cases in the circuit courts in which he is interested. (Without saying anything in disparagement of Mr. Darrocb I might remark that the Trial Calendar of our Supreme and Appellate Courts for the May term 1902 does not show but one case pending in those courts in which he is interested. There is a marked difference in having a long experience in sitting around a law office and being in the active practice for a shorter term.)

W. H. PARKISON,

of the Jasper County Bar.

CHARLES W. HANLEY.