The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-09-05

arrived IL would nave been more ap
propriate for Bradley TO have euio
glzed O'Rear, a. he had Just been
nominated as the Republican Candidate
for Governor.
Judge o'aesr's Resignation as a Judge
Of the Court OF Appeals.
Judge O'Rear. In his Ellzaue'htown
speech, TO excuse himself for not e..
signing the Office q Judge Of the
Court Of AILCals While candida,e
| for Governor. referred to me As fnl
lows. My distinguished opponent
also holds an Office OF power and DIX
nifty as Peace Commissioner. perhaps
with some profit. also. lie has MOI re-
signed from that position, and ] hope
he will not resign"
II Judge O'Rear had asked me
| about this, | would have prevon'e
| 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 decided TO be a candidate
for Governor I was unwilling TO hold
that ONCE and not attend to its duties
while a candidate for Governor, and
| resigned, to take effect January J..
1911 My associates tried for a while
10 keep me In Office. but my reslgna.
tion was finally accepted, and | re-
celved no pay from the first day OF
January, 1911. The letter OF the Cen
eral Secretary Of the American Peace
aud Arbitration League accepting my
resignation IS as follows
April 90, 1911.
"Hon. James b. McCrsary. Richmond.
Ky:
Dear Sir--In compliance with your
proposal at the directors meeting of
June, 1910, TO retire January /. 1911,
IN lavor of Mr.. Clark or SIR. Clews, il
personal affairs require your atten'
ton in Kentucky, and in accord with
your recent letter to Vice President
CLARK reafLrming the same, your res
ignalon as President Of the American
Peace and Arbitration League was &C
cepted al an adjourned meeting Of the
board of Directors. held al Mr.. Clews'
Office, April 10. 1911
vice President Clark declined the
! honor on account Of business engage
lmcnts requiring his absence many
months ia the year and Mr Clews
was elected as President Of the
, League.
BY unanimous vote OF the board
Iyou were elected as Honorary vice
President. Kindly acknowledge re
, CENT OF this and Oblige. Yours truly,
ANDREW b. HUMPHREY.
General Secretary"
1 was under no Obligation to resign
b. because ] did not hold either a State
; Office or a United States office. but
resigned because ] was unwilling 10
P neglect the duties of FL imqnrtant OF
. zee while I was a candidate for Cos
b. crHor. and which believed would con
. sumo nearly one yoaI
should NOT have referred TO Judge
ORear holding an Office while a can
didate for Governor but for his refer
! once TO me.
Judge ORear has been. according "a
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. Fol-
! two years IL has been currently re
! ported Judge O'Rear would be a can
Z didate for Governor, and for mum
, Der Of months before the Court of Ap
. 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 Will
= his political supporters, and he will be
, absent from his duties as Judge dur
ing the months of September and DC
. tober The average man will see
Judge O'Rear's situation and the diff
, Guilty of discharging his duties as
, Judge during the years ne 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 theil
, property. liberty or life. They will
also notice that during the month:
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 ONCE as Judge. he drew
, the salary of that Office. which amount
, ed to $1,000 per annum. or SAFE pei
, month. and announces that he will moi
resign unless elected Governor. anC
that he will appoint his own success
sor, and not have his successor ap
pointed by Governor Wilson. II |.
/, no excuse for him. as stated by som,
, OF his friends, that in all the history
, of Kentucky no other Judge of tn,
highest court of the S.ate has eve
, done before as the iurist candidate o
, the Republican party Is now doing
and that this is the first act OF tina
kind. and therefore should be over
looked
. The Cases Cited BY Judge o'Rear Ar,
! Not Analogous to His Case.
> The cases cited by Judge O'Rear I,
. excuse him for holding the Office anC
drawing the salary of a Judge OF tn,
r Court OF Appeals while a candidat,
; for Governor are not In point, and ar,
not analogous TO his case.
: Mayor Head discharged all tn,
!. duties Of Mayor while a candidate fo
. Governor. Hon. Ben Johnson attend
!. ed to all OF his duties as Congress
man while a candidate for Governor
and Hon. Ollie James. while a candi
, date for United States Senator, attend
| ed to all OF his duties as q member o
/. Congress. aud neither OF these tire,
1 men had cases before them In which