The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-12-05
STORY UNTRUE
SAYS AILSHIE
Idaho County's Candidate Is
in No Combine, but Will
Win on Merit.

Spokesman Review of last Fri
day contains the following re-
garding Judge Ailshie and his
candidacy:
Judge j. +. Ailshie, chief JUS
tice of the supreme court of Ida
ho, who was in the city yester-
day, makes a vigorous denial of
any combination involving his
candidacy for the United States
senatorship. He said:
Yes, [ have noticed the story
evidently inspired by some one
opposed TO my election-that /
am III some kind of a combination
whereby it has been agreed that
Governor-elect Haines shall ap-
point Judge Bulge of Pocatello
to succeed me on the supreme
bench in the event of my election
to the senate. There IS not par
ticle Of truth in that story. | am
in no combination of any kind ano
never heard of any such thing un-
til this story was set afloat.
That story, however, loses it's
interest at this time in view of
the announcement in today's dis
patches that Judge Bulge would,
under no. circumstances, accept an
appointment to the supreme bench
thus squarely discrediting such a
report.
my candidacy will be submit
ted to the legislature on whatever
merits, fitness and ability l may
possess for the office of United
States senator. If l can not win
in that way | don't want to win
at all and will not be a party to
any combination
The Reported Combination.
The reported combination, which
has been denied by both Judge
Ailshie and Judge Bulge, was
that Justice Ailshie was to re-
ceive the support of the south
eastern counties in his candidacy
for senator and that in return for
this Governor-elect Haines would
appoint Judge Alfred Bulge to
the supreme bench in case Justice
Ailshie was elected senator. At-
torney General McDougall has
been brought into the reported
combine as the man to succeed
Judge Bulge on the district court
in southern Idaho.
Justice Ailshie is one of the
north Idaho candidates for the
senatorship. While he has serv-
ed on the supreme bench for 10
years, he has always retained his
residence at Grangeville, where
he practiced law prior to his cleo
ton to the bench. Discussing the
senatorial campaign, Judge ALL
shie said:
Receives Encouragement.
81 am fairly well acquainted
with the people Of the state and
am receiving much encourage
ment in my candidacy. l expect
to be elected when the time comes
for the legislature to act. The
Legislators are going to do the
selecting, and / believe they are
going to do SO deliberately and
for what they shall consider the
best interest of the people of Ida
no.
Whether | shall be elected,
or someone else, is of minor inn
portance, but the interests of the
state and it's people are Of para
mount Importance. The geograph
ic conditions of Idaho are such
as to render the northern end of
the state most deeply concerned
in national legislation and de-
partmental matters, which only
incidentally affect the southern
end of the state, merely by reason
of being part of the same state;
and the reverse is true with ref
erence to that great, arid south
ern end of the state.
North Should Have Senator.
''For these, and many other
sound reasons, one of our sena-
tors should be elected from the
north, and / know that many
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