The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-09-13

anything on that subject? It seem
to me that II the hour of eulogy ha, |
arrived 1t would have been more az |
propriate for Bradley to have euloI
gized O'Rear, as he had lust beenl
nominated as the Republican caididatel
for Governor
Judge O'Rear's Resignation as a Judae|
Of the Court Of Appeals.
Judge O'Rear, In his Elizabethtownl
speech, to excuse himself for not r..
signing the office of Judge of thel
Court of Appeals while a candidatel
for Governor, referred to me as fol |
lows: MY distinguished opponent
also holds an office of power and dig
nifty as Peace Commissioner, perhapsl
with some profit, also. He has not re-
signed from that position, and hope
he will not resign"
If Judge O'Rear had asked me
about this, would have prevented
him from disappearing me. was
President of the American Peace and
Arbitration League, which has a large
membership In various States, and
whose main object is the settlement OF
international disagreements without
war by an international arbitration
tribunal.
When l decided to be candidate
for Governor / was unwilling to hold
that Office and not attend to its duties
while a candidate for Governor, and
I resigned, to take effect January /,
1911. My associates tried for a while
to keep me In office, but my reslgna-
ton was finally accepted, and l re-
ceived no pay from the first day or
January, 1911. The letter OF the Gen.
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 /, 1911,
in favor of Mr.. Clark or Mr.. Clews, If
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 &C
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 / did not hold either State
Office or a United States office, but |
resigned because ! was unwilling to
neglect the duties of an important Of
flee while | was candidate for Gov
ernor, and which believed would con-
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 it has been currently re-
ported Judge O'Rear would be a can
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 dischargng his duties as
Judge during the years he was prepar-
ing to be 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 life. They will
also notice that during the months
Judge O'Rear 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
that he will appoint his own succes-
sor, and not have his successor APP
pointed by Governor Wilson. It 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 O'Rear 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 to his case.
Mayor Head discharged all the
duties Of Mayor while a candidate for
Governor. Hon. Ben Johnson attend
ed to all of his duties as a Congress
man while candidate for Governor,
and Hon. Ollie James, while a candi-
date for TInitod States Copotor otta,d