Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-10-03
JUSTICE STEWART
dies In PORTLAND
Well Known Jurist Succumbs to
Attack Of Cerebral
Hemorrhage

of the Idaho supreme court died at
Mountainview sanitarium in this city
at midnight Thursday, following a
cerebral hemorrhage Justice Stew
ant had been a patient at the sani-
tarilIm since May and had suffered
two strokes of paralysis. The body
lies at the f. S. Dunning undertake
Ding parlors. Justice Stewards son
will arrive Saturday and the body
will be sent to Boise Saturday night.
Judge Stewart was taken to PORT
hand for treatment early in May. He
had previously undergone an opera
tion in the east which seemed to give
him relief from a persistent nervous
trouble which centered near the base
of the brain. On his return to Boise
he nesumed his labors and was not
subjected to amy serious reocurrences
of the trouble, although always men,
aced, until the spring term of the
supreme court ait Occur d'Alene, when
he suffered stroke He was brought
to Boise and placed in a hospital,
where he recovered use of his limbs,
and his speech. His condition became
SO alarming later, however, that 1t
was decided to place him i'm the
Portland sanitarillm.
Judge Stewart was i'm his 18TH
year. He is survived by two chill
dren, Charles l.. Stewart and Mrs.
Mccarthy, wife of Judge Mccarthy,
both residing here. Charles Stew
art left ON the moon train Friday in
response to- the message received by
the family early Friday mourning an
nouncmg the death of the Judge. AL
though he had known that his father
was not quite SO well, Mr.. Stew
had no idea THAT his condition was
so serious, and he was Inclined to
doubt the message which was tele-
phoned to him from the local tele-
graph office i'm person. to verify 1T.
The news of the death of Justice
Stewart was conveyed to the other
members of the bench before court
convened and upon opening court,
Chief Justice Sullivan announced that
out of respect to Judge Stewart, court
would adjourn for the day.
Judge Sullivan announced further
that at later session a committee
would be appointed to draw up reso-
buttons i'm the matter and that an op-
portunity would be given to the at
torneys of the district to pay their re-
spects to the deceased member of
the court with what services they
should deem appropriate.
Flags on city and state buildings
flew at half mast during the day,
Friday. A dance that was to have
been given Friday night by the EIks'
lodge was postponed out of respect
to the absent brother
On receipt of the news the district
court adjourned until Tuesday morn
ing, and the motion calendar, which
was to have been called today, was
laid over.
His cancer ON the bench began i'm
1898, when Governor w. j. McCon-
nell appointed him Judge In the Third
judicial district. So satisfactory were
his two years of service under that
appointment that he was elected for
the full term of four years, and after
ward to succeed himself for four
years, making i'm all service of 10
years ON the district bench. The
record which he made as district
Judge gave him his party's nomiI
ton in 100 6for the office of Justice
of the supreme court. His election
was a fitting tribute to his previous
record. In due course he became
chief Justice during the last two years
of his term.
In 1912 Judge Stewart achieved
one of the most remarkable political
victories i'm the history of the west.
At that time, somewhat broken i'm
health and bowed under the weight
of bereavement caused by the death
of his wife after a protracted illness
he faced a peculiar situation, and an
impression had, somehow gained cred
ence that, owing to his supposed
physical condition, the duties OF his
office would be too much for his
strength, and this impression per
meated the state. He seemed to be
up against a forloru hope; but as
matter of fact, although the outward
man had failed i'm a measure, his eye
was not dimmed, nor the natural
strength and vigor OF his dntellect
abated. No public man i'm Idaho ever