The Mccook Tribune

WHY NOT JUDGE COCHRAN.
From The Maywood Standard.

The Standard refrained from expressing its beliefs on the Judgeship question, and has only submitted to its readers a few articles penned by our worthy correspondent on the "East Side" and one or two clippings from our exchanges.

While we have said nothing on this important subject we have thought much, and now we desire to have a word to say and have the same right to say what we think is the wisest course for the people to pursue as any paper occupying the same position that we do.

And what we do say most certainly will be said for Judge J. E. Cochran.

Mr. Cochran is a man not blessed with a large store of this world's goods and his life has not been strewn with flowers.

He was born on a farm in Iowa and left an orphan at the age of seven years with no resources but his young muscle to pull through on.

He studied law nights and was admitted to the bar while serving in capacity of a farm hand and school teaching.

The Judge is a member of church and is known and held in high esteem by all in his residence city McCook.

He has faithfully served the people of the 14th judicial district as their judge for over four years, and has made multitudes of devout friends in rural districts.

His enemies are confined to cities and towns and are found in the banks, loan shops and railroad offices, and it can be truthfully said, too, that he has many enemies of that class in the eight counties comprising this judicial district.

We have looked the field over very carefully to see which man should receive our small merit and have come to the conclusion that Mr. Cochran is the one for the people to put to the front this fall. You ask why?

Because he has proven his determination to stand between the oppressed farmer and the mortgage holder as far as the law will permit, he has satisfactorily convinced us that he cannot be made a tool for the railroads, and his competency as a Judge stands unchallenged.

These three reasons alone are enough to convince the people that he is worthy a renomination for the office of Judge at their hands this fall.

We have the authority from Mr. Cochran himself to announce his position on the Cincinnati platform, and it is all that could be desired.

He will cheerfully take the stump in their interest and those nominated upon them if he is permitted to do so.

This is enough to convince the fair minded that he is all right and we believe he will receive his reward for standing by the pledges made two years ago.

As before said we have carefully viewed the position, and we find the resolutions passed by the Red Willow Co. Alliance very questionable as to their purposes.

It has the appearance of being a scheme to put Mr. Cochran out of the way in order to admit some weak man who can be bent to the will of the railroads and bankers.

One thing is certain and that is that some one has an ax to grind, and we frankly assert that it is a very poor way to do and very suggestive of being the work of some person or persons not deserving.

When we see the old party papers, such as the Culbertson Sun (Rep.) denounce Mr. Cochran we are more than ever convinced that he is the man for the People this fall.

He is truthfully not a member of the Independent party but in the words of our congressman, W. A. McKeighan, "I earnestly hope to see the Independents call their own conventions and nominate competent men for Judges regardless of their parties." and in regard to Judge Cochran working against McKeighan last fall we know it is untrue even though it was so stated in an article run in State Alliance.

With these facts we ask the people if they cannot conscientiously stand by a man who has nobly stood by them, and is being persecuted by their enemies for what he has done for them.

The time is near at hand when we shall say who shall occupy the office of district judge and we must decide whether it shall be a tried and trustworthy man, an incompetent man or a designing man disguised in a mask of some unprotected order.

Which shall it be?

In all honestness, fairness and justice to ourselves and the worthy man, should we not be found working for the man that is ready to pledge himself to do all he can to elevate the oppressed.