The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-01

AT the coming primary election,
now only few short weeks away,
the people of Chelan county will
elect the superior court judge who is
to preside over the destinies for the
next four years, for the candidate for
at that time will have mis- name
placed on both the republican and
democratic tickets at the November
election and get the solid vote of
both parties. Under the new law the
September primary decides the ques-
ton as to the judgeship, leaving the
campaign over the other offices to run
until November as usual.
For months Frank Reeves has
been going up and down the county
explaining the direct primary law,
and incidentally telling the voters
how to mark their ballots to elect
Frank Reeves Judge. In the mean
time. William A. Grimshaw, nom
partisan candidate for the Office OF
superior judge. has, until barely a
fortnight ago, been occupied as city
attorney for Wenatchee in the prep
aration and trial of the Wenatchee
avenue regrade condemnation pro-
ceedings, lawsuit involving over
one hundred defendants, and alto
gether the biggest and most impor-
tant suit ever tried in Chelan county.
While Mr.. Grimshaw is now mod
estly visiting about the county in
answer to the demands of large
number of voters who have expressed
a desire to see him and get better ac-
quainted with him. 1t should, per-
haps, in justice be said to some of
his friends who have been solicitous
as to the result of the judgeship
campaign and anxious over his fail
ure to adopt earlier in the year the
aggressive tactics of his opponent
that duty and fidelity to the trust
committed to him received his first
consideration.
Grimshaw's Qualifications
In regard to the qualifications of
Mr.. Grimshaw for this high honor,
it can be stated in advance that in
downright ability, learning in law,
judicial poise, integrity and charac-
ter he has no superior in the entire
district. Mr.. Reeves and his friends
have made much of the alleged ad-
vantage that Mr.. Reeves has over
Mr.. Grimshaw in the matter of expe-
rience and practice A Careful con-
sideration will show that this is
slight. Mr.. Reeves is older in years,
but in the practice of law and the
peculiar fitness for the Office of Judge
by reason of experience, they are
equal. Mr.. Reeves was admitted to
practice in the year 1900, and began
active practice in the year 1901. Mr..
GFimshaw, after spending three years
at the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor, in the study of law, was adj
mitted and began the active practice
of law in 1902.
Comes OF Race Of Judges
Mr.. Grimshaw is a native of Pitts
field, Illinois. and is the son of the
late Hon. William A. Grimshaw for
many years circuit Judge in that
state. AS the World has already said
editorially:
1T has been well said that the
making of a mans character begins
with his grandfather, and if heredity
ana antecedents count for anything,
it should be mentioned that Mr..
Grimshaw's father and grandfather
before him were talented lawyers,
each of them being in turn judges
for considerable portions of their
lives. While William A. Grimshaw
is comparatively young man, he
is old far beyond his years in the
knowledge of the law. Mr.. Grim
shaw is too modest to speak very
much of his own qualifications, train
ing and history, but we have learned
that his study of law began when