Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-07


no blot" Why was II necessary TO say
anything on that subject II seems
TO me that n the hour OF eulogy had
arrived II would have been more APP
propriate for Bradley to have euo-
gized O'Rear, as he had Just, Eeen
nominated as the Republi can caif14ite
for Governor.
JUDGE o'Rear's Resignation as a judge
Of the Court Of Appeals.
Judge O'Rear in his Elizabethtown
speech. to excuse himself for not r..
signing the Office of Judge of the
Court OF Appeals while a candidate
for Governor, referred to me AZ fol
lows: my distinguished opponent
also holds an Office of power and dig
nifty a. Peace Commissioner. perhaps
with some profit. also. He has not ~
signed from that position. and l hd&e
he will not resign"
II Judge O'Rear had asked me
about this, would have prevented
him from incorporating me. was
President Of the American Peace and
Arbitration League, which has large
membership In various States. and
whose main object Is the settlement OF
international disagreements without
war by an international arbitration
tribunal.
When I decided to be a candidate
for Governor l was unwilling to hold
that once and not attend to Its duties
while a candidate for Governor, and
I resigned. to take effect January 1.
1911. My associates tried for a while
70 keep me In office. but my resigna-
ton was finally accepted, and | re-
ceived no pay from the first day OF
January. 1911. The letter OF the Cen
eral Secretary of the American Peace
and Arbitration League accepting my
resignation is as follows:
April 20. 1911.
Hon. James B. McCreary, Richmond.
KY:
Dear Sir--In compliance with your
proposal at the directors meeting OF
June, 1910, to retire January 1, 1911,
in favor of Mr. Clark or Mr.. Clews, IL
personal affairs require your atten-
ton in Kentucky, and in accord with
your recent letter to Vice President
Clark, reaffirming the same. your res
ignation as President OF the American
Peace and Arbitration League was ac-
cepted at an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Directors, held at Mr.. Clews'
office. April 10, 1911.
"Vice President Clark declined the
honor on account of business engage
ments requiring his absence many
months in the year, and Mr.. Clews
was elected as President of the
League
by unanimous vote of the board
you were elected as Honorary Vice
President. Kindly acknowledge re-
ceipt of this and oblige, Yours truly,
ANDREW B. HUMPHREY,
General Secretary"
was under no obligation to resign,
because l did not hold either State
office or a United States office, but
resigned because l was unwilling to
neglect the duties of an important Of
fee while | was a candidate for Gov
ernor, and which believed would coz
sumo nearly one year.
| should not have referred to Judge
| O'Rear holding an office while can
didate for Governor but for his refer
ence to me.
Judge O'Rear has been. according to
his own statement, a Judge of the
Court of Appeals for eleven years. He
has five years to serve as Judge be-
fore his present term expires. For
two years 1t has been currently ~
ported Judge O'Rear would be a cs5f
didate for Governor. and for a num-
Der of months before the Court of APP
peals adjourned for the present sum-
mer recess he did not perform the
duties of Judge, but was actively en-
gagged making speeches and conduct
ing his campaign and consulting with
his political supporters. and he will be
absent from his duties as Judge dur
ing the months of September and Oc-
tober. The average man will see
Judge O'Rear's situation and the diff
Guilty of discharging his duties as
Judge during the years he was prepar-
ing to be a candidate for Governor.
when voters, whose support he de-
sired. had cases before him in the
Court of Appeals which involved their
property, liberty or lie. They will
also notice that during the months
Judge ORear engaged in an active
canvass for the nomination and in the
campaign after his nomination, al
though not performing any of the
duties of his office as Judge. he drew
the salary of that office, which amount
ed to $4,000 per annum, or $416 per
month, and announces that he will not
resign unless elected Governor. and
that he will appoint his own success
sor, and not have his successor ap-
pointed by Governor Wilson. II is
no excuse for him, as stated by some
of his friends, that in all the history
Of Kentucky no other Judge of the
highest court Of the State has ever
done before as the jurist candidate OF
the Republican party is now doing
and that this is the first act of that
kind, and therefore should be over
! looked.
; The Cases Cited BY Judge o'Rear Are
Not Analogous to His Case.
The cases cited by Judge ORear to
excuse him for holding the Office and
drawing the salary of a Judge of the
: Court OF Appeals while a candidate
, for Governor are not In point, and are
not analogous 20 his case.
: Mayor Head discharged all the