Sewickley Herald

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Vol. V
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1908
No. 26
Able Jurist's
Honorable Record
Gertain it is that there is no
more important public office at the
hands of the people to dispose of
than that of judge. Beyond all
others this office demands not only
mental talent far beyond the ordinary in depth, comprehensiveness
and impartiality, but it also demands
a man of unimpeachable integrity
and whose record as a professional
man and a citizen is beyond reproach. The stability of society
and the country depends on the
just administration of the law, and
where this fundamental principle is
not adhered to institutions are continually menaced or injured by
anarchy.
So that it is incumbent on the
citizens to exercise most careful
thought in. the selection of their
judges.
Judge J. A. Evans, of Gommon
Pleas Gourt No. 3, Allegheny
Gounty, has for over 10 years most
honorably and adequately fulfilled
the requirements of his office, and
he now seeks re-election and is a
candidate for the Republican nomination which will be decided at the
primaries on April 11.
Judge Evans has proven himself
a most capable jurist during his
term and has fully demonstrated
that no judge in the country is
more capable than he in administering the law justly and soundly.
His knowledge of the law is profound; his conyictions formed by
absolute honesty and his rulings
rendered with the fearlessn'ess of a
true American. The light of evidence ever guides Judge Evans and
he always separates the exercise of
his understanding from the tendencies of his heart no matter how
painful the conclusions may be to
which the evidence may lead him.
And so it is that-the people as a
whole need such judges as Judge
Evans. The lines of classes are
not drawn by him for as a judge he
knows no classes; he knows only
the people and that means the man
HON. J. ALBERT EVANS.
of wealth is on perfect equality
with the man of poverty when
arraigned before Judge Evans.
His record proves this -beyond all
doubt and it is because of this most
important and impressive fact that
his friends feel confident that
Judge Evans is worthy of re-election.
The attitude of Judge Evans
toward labor has most certainly
been fair and just. This is all that'
wage workers require and any
judge who has proved himself an
honest and fair-dealing, judge in
every respect should be retained
on the bench. This is the purely
practical'way of having the law
justly administered and of "retaining a good thing when you get it."
Judge J. A. Evans was born on a
farm in Branch Gounty, Michigan,
on December 3, 1853. He, like
most of the Americans who have
risen to high offices, began to toil
on the farm when quite young.
He also attended a country school
and in 1871 he graduated from the
Tecumseh High School. In that
year he landed in Pittsburg and began in earnest a life of self-effort
which has brought him sound
success. He was tireless in his
efforts to cut out a successful pathway for himself, and his perseverance was proverbial.        .   .
Judge Evans came 'to.. Pittsburg,
February 1, 1871, and he began to
teach school in South Payette
township; then at what   became
Wilkinsburg borough; and then at
Millvale borough; then at Oakdale
Academy; and then at North
Versailles township. He also
taught for some time at Douthett
academy, Sewickley. During this
time he was studing law most
assiduously and in 1878, while
still teaching school, he was admitted to the Allegheny Gounty bar, on
November 9. His most heroic
efforts at self-education had won
for him his cherished aim.
He was appointed judge by Governor Hastings in 1898 and was
subsequently elected for the ten
year term.
Such is the brief record of an
able, a good and absolutely upright
judge and citizen. He wants the
support of the people on April  11,
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