The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-01-10

fore the present judge of this court.
That this affiant is informed and be-
lieves, and upon such information
and belief and on his oath afore-
said, says, that the present judge of
this court has already, and before
the said cause has been submitted to
him in any manner known to our
law, stated that he has an opinion
as to which party to said action
ought to and would prevail"
Mr.. Younie in speaking of the af-
fair, stated that in his opinion, when
attorney Beebe represented a client
in the district court, his influence
with the judge, was such as to bias
and prejudice the ~contending party.
Mr.. Younie insists that a grand jury
should be impanneled to inquire in
to the indiscretions and irregular
tiles of the district court. This
Stevens has refused to do, and the
following petition to Governor Haw-
ley is being circulated: I'VE the
undersigned citizens of the State of
Idaho, hereby petition the honorable
Jas. H. Hawley, Governor of the
State of Idaho, to order an investi-
cation of the charges against Judge
Stevens of Blackfoot, Idaho. The
charges, in part, consisting of at
fdavits, based on district court re-
cords and proceedings, involving the
said district judge in irregular prac-
tees, such as filing Findings of
facts and conclusions of law" that
were not based upon the evidence
and the pleadings Of the cases in
question. Demanding the withdrawal
of tender paid into court, and then
passing upon the validity of the ten
der, placing a premium upon perjury
and Furnishing for contempt of court
for criticising district court proceed
ings; in nuot determining a case upon
its merits and preventing a case to be
heard in permitting a person con-
victed of the crime of abortion to
escape punishment after the judges
attention was called to it; in hearing
and granting a divorce two days
after the complaint was filed; and
then Withholding the signing said
decree until the attorneys fees were
paid, thus using his judicial office as
a collection agency, and in not try
ing cases in an impartial manner,
and many other indiscretions andir-
regularities, and ~disgracing the
courts of Idaho"
Mr.. Younie praised the editorial
management of the Pocatello Tri-
bune in commenting on the recent
criminal libel between Blackfoot at
torneys, and for the editorial on re-
tanning Justice George H. Stewart on
the supreme bench, because he need
ed the position to ease his position.
Mr.. Younie, however approves of
the last legislature in helping the
aged jurist.
When Mr.. Younie was interview
ed about the subject he denied near
ly everything in it referring to him,
said he had not been reading the
Pocatello Tribune, knew nothing
about the paper and knew nothing Of
its editorial policy. Two weeks lat
er, the Tribune published an article
retracting what had been said re-
1ecting upon Judge Stevens, and
stated that the article had been writ
ten by a man living in Pocatello who
had a grudge against the judge, and
who had been cited for contempt of
court, but had been let off with q
reprimand instead of a Jail sentence.
At another time he was given ten
days in Jail for contempt of court,
and served it out. BY reason of
good behavior he was entitled to re-
lease after serving nine days. and
was released in the morning giving
him the shortest time that could be
given for ten days. He interpreted
this to mean that Judge Stevens had
become afraid of being called down
by the supreme court for high hand
ed proceeding, and that Stevens had
ordered his release to save himself.
Machold made such statements to
the writer, and on investigation we
found 1t was purely an imaginary
affair on his part.
This seemed to have only made
the man more bold and the more
determined to injure the judge, and
as shown by the evidence in the IL
bel 8 tried recently, he was him
self the author of all the petitions
and letters and rumors against the
judge, but very few signers could be
found. !
The suit against Machold was
brought by an association of at