Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-25
attention VO1ER|s!
JUDGE MCCREDIE Ineligible FOR
ELECTION TO CONGRESS.
Took Solemn Cath to Refrain from
Seeking Political Office Until Jan.
uarv, 1913. Certified Copy Of
His Oath Is Presented Hcrewi to
the Voters.

Judge w. w. McCredie is a candi-
date for congress from the Second
congressional district of the State of
Washington. At the time Of his nom
ination, Judge McCredie was, and
still is, Judge of the superior court
in the State of Washington for
Clarke, Cowlitz, Klikitat and Skama
mia counties. When he entered upon
his duties of superior judge he took
a sOlmen oath that he would sup
port the constitution and laws of the
United States, and the constitution
and laws of he state of Washington.
The oath is as follows:
Oath OF Office.
STATE OF WASHINGTON }
)ss
County of Clarke ...)
y |, w, W. McCredie, do solemnly
swear that | will support the consti-
tuition and laws of the United States
and organic act. and the constitution
and laws of the State of Washington;
and that | will faithfully and impair
TALLY perform and discharge the du-
ties of the office of superior judge,
according to law, to the best of my
ability.
w. w McCREDIE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of February, 1909.
JOHN WILKINSON,
County Clerk
Endorsed
Filed in the office of the Secretary of
State, February 18th, 1909.
SAM H. NICHOLS,
(Seal.) Secretary OF State.
Certificate.
/, | M. Howell, Secretary of State
of the State of Washington, and
keeper of the Seal thereof, do here
| by certify the annexed copy of oath
of office of w. w. McCredie as Judge
of the Superior Cort of the State of
Washington, in and for Clarke
county, now on file in this depart
ment, and that the same is a true
copy thereof, and Of the whole there
of, together with all official endorse
ments thereon.
| In testimony whereof, ] have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the State at the Capitol in
the City of Olympia, this 18th day
of October, 1909.
I. M. HOWELL,
(SeaD Secretary of State.
Section Is of Article of the con-
stitution of the State of Washington
reads as follows:
"The judges of the Supreme Court
and the Judges of the Superior Court
shall be Ineligible to any other Of
flee OF public emplovment during the
time for f ], which they shall have been
Judge McCredie was elected as
Superior Judge for the counties above
named at the November election in
1908 His term of office as Judge
would, therefore, expire in January,
1913.
The constitution of the State of
Washington absolutely prohibits any
Judge of the supreme or superior
| courts from accepting any other Of
flee or public employment during the
| term for which they were elected.
However, Judge McCredie has seen
fit to accept the nomination for con-
gress on the Republican ticket, and
| is now an active candidate for that
office, while at the same time he
holds on to the office as a judge OF
! the superior court of the State or
| Washington and gives out that he
will not resign until after the result
of the election to be held next month
shpl he known Judge McCredie is
deliberately and wilfully violating
the constitution of the State OF
| Washington in accepting the nomln-
alton of the Republican party as its
candidate for congress. He took
solemn oath that he would support
and uphold the constitution of the
state of Washington, and at the first
opportunity offered him, he proceeds
to violate that oath.
WHAT DO THE VOTERS THINK
OF SUCH A CANDIDATE?