The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-02-12
JUDGE AILSHIE
ANNOUNCES
In Letter to Home Friends;
Says He will Resign Be-
fore the Primary.

Chief Justice Ailshie'S home friends
never had the least doubt but that
he would do the right thing at the
right time in regard to his position
on the state supreme bench as well
as in the matter of his candidacy for
the U. s. senate, therefore his an
nouncement which has been made
public through the daily press of the
state and which was also received
here as private communication by
a number of his friends at this place,
does not come In the form of the
least bit of surprise. When q man
Is known to be straight and honor
able and has tested out that way after
many years of trial, you are not look
ing for him to do something crooked
or questionable. and when he does
the proper thing you accept it as q
matter of course, for you never ex-
pected him to do anything else, and
you would have been greatly disap-
pointed and humiliated If he had.
Judge Ailshie has made his an
nouncement in a clean, manly way,
the way he has always done and the
way he has lived In the past, and he
Will make clean, vigorous, gentleman
ly campaign for the office which he
Is seeking, the same as he made last
winter before the legislature at Boise,
and, win or lose, when the campaign
is ended he will retain his self re-
spect and the respect and high esteem
Of his friends. Judge Ailshie Is not
man who will ever be found be-
traying friend or ambushing an
enemy. He Is a square-toe, open
flghter, and has the courage ability
and disposition, when necessity ariess,
to make good scrap and hold his
own with the best of them. God and
all humanity hates cowardice and
treachery, and the Globe rejoices in
the fact that 1t Is not called upon to
support that kind of man for the
nigh office of U. S. senator, and IL
1t was it would refuse to do so If 1t
ment of Jundge Aishie:
Il feel that it is due my friends
and the people generally that | make
1t known whether / expect to be a
candidate to succeed myself on the
supreme bench or enter the race for
the United States senate. That there
may be no misapprehension about the
matter, | desire to make 1t plain at
this time that | will be a candidate
for the senate and that when the time
arrives l will pursue such course and
make such a campaign as l feel the
conditions demand. In the mean
while, 1t is fair to the people and to
aspirants for the supreme judgeship
that they know certainly what my
real intentions are dn the matter.
Il have had the honor to serve
the people of Idaho almost twelve
years on the Supreme bench, and in
reaching the determination to retire
from that office and run for the Sem
ate, ! may add that believe the man.
hood and womanhood of Idaho are
going to take deliberate account of
the merit and qualifications of the
respective candidates, candidly select
ing that one who most nearly ap-
proaches their ideal of worth and fit
! ness for that high office. For this
purpose they should have time to con-
slider the standing OF all candidates.
1T is also my intention to tender
my resignation as chief justice prior
to the primary election to be held
next September"