Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-18
DECISION BY
THE SUPREME COURT
Claim Is Made That Action
of Court Paved the Way
for Election Of Haines and
Stewart and Later the
Naming of Ailshie as Unit
ed States Senator.

II there Is any credence to be given
to the Ailshie- Bulge combine. about
which considerable has been said Of
late. 1t Is claimed that equal credence
should be given to the balance Of the
reported combine, SO the politicians are
saying. According to these politicians
and according to the same rumor which
told Of the Ailshie- Bulge agreement,
that agreement was more far-reaching
than the preliminary announcements
would indicate.
1t Is even charged that the prelimi-
nary announcement was made after the
rumor gained circulation for the very
purpose Of heading off publication Of
the full agreement According to the
announcement made, the agreement
was merely one whereby Judge Ailshie
was to receive support for United
States senator to succeed the late Well
don B. Hepburn and after his election
Judge Bulge Of the Fifth judicial dis
trict was to be appointed justice Of the
supreme court
The same rumors which gave that all
legged combine credence, went much
further than this. According to the
story. the arrangement was made prior
to the filing of the suit instituted by
the Republican state central commits
tee to prevent the printing Of the
Roosevelt electors upon the official
ballot.
1t was the idea at that time that
none of the Republican ticket had any
chance for success. 1t was also the
idea of the Republican state central
committee that the Progressive move
ment was merely one man" move
ment. This is a belief frequently ex-
pressed by old line Republicans and 1t
was one held by them all at that time.
For that reason. while they had no
hope that the supreme court would dare
deliberately to reverse itself, which it
would have had to do in order to. rule
the state ticket off the ballot, that
ticket having been nominated in exact
accordance with proceedings laid down
by the court, they did have the hope
that by having the electors ruled off,
the whole movement would fail because
Of being deprived of the prestige and
popularity of Roosevelt.
In their hypothesis. they were mis-
taken because. as they found out later.
the movement was not "one man"
movement at all. but a deep seated.
popular movement which could and did
move on in spite OF the absence of
the names Of the Roosevelt electors
from the ballot.
1t was the expectation. so 1t Is point
ed out that the Progressive movement
would fail without the names Of the
electors, and that former Republicans
would return to the support Of the Re-
publican ticket and thus victory would
ensue. whereas. apparent certain de-
feat stared the party and the commit
tee In the face.
Accordingly, so the same report goes.
that was the foundation for the orig
inal story, 1t was agreed to bring the
suit. secure the refusal to permit the
names Of the presidential electors to
be printed, make certain the election
Of Haines and, therefore, the ability
to fulfill the other part of the ar
rangement. namely: the election Of
Aflshie, IL possible, and the appoint
ment Of Bulge to fill the vacancy upon
the bench, and the naming of Attorney
General McDougall to succeed Bulge
on the district bench.
This same report has 1t that Chief
Justice Stewart was vitality interested
because of reports that the southeast
ern voters were supporting Bowen for
Justice of the supreme court because
Of dissatisfaction with the success OF
Stewart in the primaries when he de-
feated Judge Bulge. who carried the
southeast by a good majority in the
July primary election. The alleged
involved the support Of the
entire Renublican tick ct accordin. ~