The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
Vote of Confidence
majority.

Before the election an inciden
happened in connection with decis
ion concurred in by him, the effec
of which was to throw out the ma
tional ticket of the Progressive part!
in this state. The friends of Judge
Stewart feared that it would react
upon him to great extent, imperil
ling his election; but so great was
the personal popularity of Judge
Stewart and the confidence of the
people in his ability, integrity, and
the soundness of his judicial judg.
ment and knowledge of the law, that
they gave hi ma vote of confidence
by again electing him to the position
of justice of the supreme court. His
present term bids we'll to copy fair
his past.
Judge Stewart was married twice.
His first wife, Miss Elizabeth Scholl,
whom he married at Connersville, In
diana, March 8, 1881, died March 26,
1884, leaving two children. The son
Charles S., is a well-known young
man of Boise, and his daughter,
Ethel, is the wife of Judge Charles
P. Mccarthy, one of the judges of the
Third judicial district.
Judge Stewards second marriage
was with Miss Agnes l.. Sheets of
Fowler, Indiana, which occurred in
1886. Her death occurred on the
18th of August, 1911.
Judge Stewart was a member of
two fraternal orders, the Masons and
the Elks. His was number one
among the membership of Boise lodge
No. 80, B. P. o. E., and he was it's
second exalted ruler. Originally he
held number two, which signified that
he was the second initiated, but for
some reason number one withdrew
from the order, leaving Judge Stewart
occupying the first place, which he
considered quite an honor among SO
distinguished body as the Elks.
Judge Stewart leaves as a legacy to
the state of Idaho a number of i'm
portant decisions. Those in general
cover constitutional and irrigation
laws, lien laws and the rights of
laborers and the materials used. His
decisions on the rights of citizenship
attracted wide attention throughout
the west. He also upheld and sus-
tanned laws for the general Develop
ment of the state. One popularity
of Judge Stewards decisions was
their clearness; there was not a mud
dy line in any of them. They were
so many crystal globes, flashing their
light every whittier.
To this might be added as a dis
tinctive quality his absolute incorrup-
tibility and fearlessness. No SUCCESS
ton of graft has ever touched his fair
name. 1t might be said of him, as it
was said of John Knox, that he did
not fear the face of man. He fol-
lowed his convictions of right in spite
of popular clamor, and would though
the heavens should fall.
To Judge Stewards life had been
no primrose path. He had felt the
stress of the storm, the glow of the
struggle. Achievement and earnest
battle for the highest things of life
early left their mark upon his vigor-
GUS frame and touched his head with
snow; but eternal spring was in his
heart, and numbering less than three
score years crowded with worthy
deeds, he met the demands of the
future NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
With the brief and simple cere-
mony, the body of the late Justice
Stewart of the Idaho supreme court
was laid to rest Monday afternoon.
The funeral was held from the old
family home, 400 South Fifth. In
torment was at Elks' Rest, Morris
Hill cemetery.
Rev. Charles L. Chalfant, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, deliv-
cred the funeral sermon. He spoke
but few words. Calling attention
Of his hearers to the sterling qualities
of the late purist, he referred to his
death as the completion of life well
lived, and an example that should
urge on the living to further attain
ments.
Music is Feature
The minister emphasized the per-
sonal character Of the late jurist
rather than his public life. He eulo-
gized the qualities Of character that
went to make up his steadfast, hon
est, simple, unpretentious life of SER
vice. ...
The Scriptures were real by Rev.
David H. Jones, rector of Christ
church and chaplain of the Elks'