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e M SHALL TRANS HIS GUNS FOR BiG BIGHT IN SUIT WFoes Sought to Get/Judge to BRule Before ¥on but He Saw Thru /'Plot." «session, whicy canvasses the election seturas of te officers and controls #hetr certificates. The the big factor, in this new <enisis he troubled career of Gov-- «<ernmor Small admittedly is Oscar . attorney general--elect. seturas of 1 #*he'tr The th <enisis he «<ernor Sm m, att Jude C uf Judr'o Statement. *Wollowing is Judge Burton's state-- unent from the bench on the political of the interest case. "I have tried as far as possible to myself in a judicial frame of mind smund to sit in the position at least of zm dehorned politician. While I had my amssociate and personal friend (Judge _Fomes) as a candidate for governor I Thave taken absolutely no part l' the "The question of politics was in-- *Sected into this. I individually, myself, «<endeavored to keep aloof from that. I «am betraying no confidence when J *Will recite just an instance of that. I Theard that the master--in--chancery-- 'smnd I will say I mischt as well speak «wat in meeting--I heard it from the snaster in chancery. j *~"He stated to me he had not his re-- wort completed, but that he had At in #he pencil memoranda and in such a «condition that he thought he could «complete the report by the end of that week or the first of the next. "I was holding court' in Macoupin «county and he came to see me. He #%old me the embarassing situation in which he was placed, which I .thought was political embavassment and 4t was. He did not tell me what his report was going to be; I did not ask him and did not want to know. Told of "Influence." : "He spoke of the influences that were being brought to bear upon him, «on the one hand to compel him to make a report; upon the other hand, the influences thit were being brought t#o bear upori him to refrain from mak-- Sng a report before the election. "My recollection is that the first of 'the next week would bring it to the #first of the week preceding the elec-- «tion. He told meif I would make an «order it would relieve him from his ggreat embarassment, if 1 would make an orde: requiring him to make his re-- "I would 'make no order, for the weason that i/ I did make an order it would be an act on my part of a poli-- ftician, pure and-- simple, if I ordered master's report was adverse to Gover-- mor Small it would be the act of a pol-- ifld::. pure an 'dsimple, if I ordered This réport to be brought in prior to «@lection, when I knew as.a judge there --would be nothing done with that re-- port prior to the election. ; Brundage Men Active. , . "And I will go further and.state that %hese gentlemen indicating the as-- sistant attorney generals) came to me .__"I told him 1 would make no order, that I was going to treat it as divorced from.any political consideration so far s humanly was possible with me. at Carlinville, stating practically the same thing« and presenting to me a form of an order that they would like to have made; stating in substance that they had information that the amaster had his report made and was just holding it back. s * I had told bim 1 would not do that. If I did I wou!d not seek a reason or an excuse. That I certainly would mnot make it at Carlinville and that if I came up to Springfield to make such an order I would come up and open this court and say I had come up here for that purpose and say it-- above board and then some one would ask #f that wasn't the part of a politician, and I would say, 'Yes, it is"just purely the part of a politician and not a judge." . : "They did not information. 1 the master had I had told bim @4 "If J may use rather a homely ex-- (Continued« fro mPage state their source of stated to them that been to see me and 1) pression that, perhaps should not be used from the bench 1 should say some {ellow would say, 'Ain't you a hell of a judge? and 1 would have to admit it. 4 "And I did not do it. A Senator: John Dailey said in the course of his arguments: "Mr. Schroder tried this case be cause the governor should not be {forced ,to exhaust the earnings of a lifetime in defending himself in a suit of this character. "What difference ultiimately would it ; make in a month or three months of , delay? There is not any power any--| where that can stop the control of| the courts over this class until there is' a final dectision in the Supreme court of this state. \| "I say it with the deepest sense of confidence that, if this' was any other case than the case of the gov-- ernor of lllinois, it would be consid-- ered a monumental outrage upon the rights of a citizen to force him in two days to a trial upon exceptions to the report of a master in chancery, the un-- favorable result of which would more than wipe out his fortune and that of others, but, greater still, do an injus-- uce to nis uame." \ ART EXHIBITION ENJOYED | _ BY MANY AT LAKE BLUFF -- --Mrys. Emma Sturm of Aptakisic was a business caller here Saturday after-- noon. _ . Mr. and Mrs. Gus Stoerp spent last Sunday in Chicago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry. Davis. o -- Miss Ruth Wolf spent the week end with her grandmothér at Northfield. -- A. G. Maether, Percy and Mr. and Mrs. L. L: Maether--were Chicago shop pers one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cook entertained the latter's brother and wife, Dr. and Mrs. Campbell, of Oak Park, over last Sunday. A numbei~ fro mhere aitended the bazaar at Hall Day Friday evening, and report an enjoyable time, in sp.te of the rainy weather. : Mr. Co.lins and family entertained the former's brother over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Mason and chil-- dren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cook. * Mrs. August Ho'st spent Wednesday with friends in Libertyville. Mr. Collins, Mr. Cordes, Mr. Yeddo, Art Herschberger and Miss Florence Maether took the train here Sunday night, but while waiting they nearly froze, because there was no fire in the depot. * Mr. and Mrs. Math Wickersheim vis-- ited Sunday with their daughter, Elsie, and family in Chicago, returning home Sunday night. * k % % *k * % 1 % % % % % % 4 * % % * PRA IRLE VIEW * Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Klepper were pleasantly surprised by an old friend from Chicago Friday. This friend is from 'their home town in Germany, but the name is not known to the writer. * [ A number from here attended the funeral of Wm. Steel at Lake Zurich last week. 'Marion Knedler while in Liberty-- ville Saturday night had his Ford con-- siderably damaged by a Cadilia, that *% bumpe dintohim. Thecdore Mason spent Monday in Ch'cago on business. bumped into him. It was a festive scene when over one hundred club women turned out to the city hall in Lake Bluff to view "I'"'_] CHRISTMAS CLUB perhaps should not be the paintings of its local artists. Lake ; bench 1 should say n.uzummudn-:sun ould say, 'Ain't you a|is the awakening for the of fine + snX T manls hawvn--nlart in the community. ® Lake County National Bank and have a full purse for a good time next Christmas Deposit 10c, 25¢, 50¢, $1, $5, or more, weekly--get it all back 6 in a Jump sum just in time for your 1925 EVERY W E E KA S AV E. William Henderson was represented by one painting belonging to Alice Home Hospital Although his home is in New Mexico, where he paints the festival dances of the Indians, yet we feel we have a claim on him, _ Mrs. Clara Hatch Stevens was rep-- resented by nine oil paintings, thrce of which hung in the exhibition of the Chicago Society of Artists at Marshal Field's. Her--field is landscape paint-- llng, although she has contributed to 'art exhibitions of her work from stu-- dies done in Norway, Switzerland and 'Italy. None appeals to her friends in \Lake Bluff like the familiar Burches 'that border our beautiful ravines. Three <-- paintings _ by . Marguerite Kreutberg, one called "Nan," which was exhibited at the Art Institute last year, and two others in her quiet low key of painting, peculiarly her own style. She has gone abroad now to educate her daughter and undoubted-- ly she will study thae and come home with some charming things. . John Cotton was represented by two etchings, for which he is well known. He spent some tim:> in Chel-- sic, England, where he made many beautiful colored etchings of cathed rals. He lives in California, but every one was Eiad to see specimens of his work. W. Kicapner: excels in portraiture. He gives us the pleasure of/ viewing six. One a very fine portrait of Wm. Vanderkort, former mayor of Laks Bluff. "The Society Leader" is in-- imitable and irresistable. The portrait of his little daughter ts a delight, full of action and life. Who face is so full of cheer it brings Ano.hor pl asing subject from his brush is the painting of Dr. Prox-- mire's little daughter, sitting in the sunlight with a picture book across her lap with the beautiful sunlight pouring over her' lovely cur's and dress. His othr studies were equa':ly pleasing. R -- Miss Katherine Bristol's art 1ife is an interesting one. She finds great pleasure i n visiting artistic spo's, a smile of happiness to the $bectator, and the portrait is so charmingly ar-- resting in pose and character it wi'l continue to delight others for a long time to come. LIBERTYVMALE INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924 Everybody Welcome to Enroll Let the Family Join a Little in our Lake: such as Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard mu.mmmmmuwuu- fine ington, D. C. Aiso the interesting | piaces in Canada, and brings home to nnt.od;ul beautiful photographs o: the high Algziw:nddvum-.w:llzooaond me similar to Mr. Nutting's £ the | New mlmd studies, to the deligh: et we of all. Sho showed several specimens l of her work. 'The only flowers shown in the ex-- hibition was by Mrs. Harry Lyon, Jackmenot Roses." Although her tal-- ent lies in landscape painting, she ex-- cells in flower painting. Ut is the wish of the chairman of the lilinois Federation of Women's Clubs Mrs. Grotenhius, chairman of the 10th District of Fine Art, and also of Mrs. Wm. Grower, acting president of the Municipal Art IAague of Chicago, to :l'l"k" anm active interest in art in the North Shore towns. To instill an interest especially in elub women and the school children-- -- make art for everyone and everyone for art. 'There are 5000 paintings stored in the basement of the Smith-- sonian Instiute in Washington, and 600 in the basement of the Chicago Art Institute, -- Appropriations should be made to handle these -- valuable works of art. 'The scheme is now on foot to have small art museums in many smaller towns where the unused overflow of fine art and curios can be sent so the people in that immediate vicinity can have access to tm and thus feed--the heart and soul of those cut off from city life, where the large museums ar;, @hd thus cultivate and satisfy the taste of many a small community. .The wish of many ciuo women is to organize art leagues for their town. Put fine selections of art books in the library; «xhibitions ofa rt in schoo's; have buy a picture week; hang goo pictures in the school rooms; interest boards of directors and superintend-- ents in intercst of good drafismanship in the schogol: have fine speakers on art subjects,; give talks on artists, both masters and modern artists. 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