The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-19
JlDcE BULGE AND THE ST.
PREME BENCH.

some time before the primary cleo
ton 1t was publicly charged that an
agreement had been entered into be-
tween Governor Haines and the lead
mo Mormons of the southeast by
shiloh the latter agreed to deliver the
Mormon vote. to Haines upon the
nromise OF the governor to appoint
Judge Alfred Bulge Of Pocatello' 10
the supreme bench to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Judge Stewart
The charge was Indignantly denied by
the governor, Judge Bulge and lead
ing Mormons. The people were gener-
ally disposed to accept these denials,
the primary was held and Governor
Haines was renominated by an almost
two to one vote over his highest COM
petitor receiving very substantial ma
i3rities in the Mormon counties gen
orally. There was nothing remarkable
about this vote, however, and little at
tention would have been paid to 1t had
not the same primary nominated a
southern man for the supreme bench,
Judge Walters. obviously, II there
had been an agreement between the
governor and the Mormon leaders to
appoint Judge Bulge 1t would be diff
cult for the governor to fulhll that
promise with southern man just
elected and the holdover Judge also
from the south. In this connection II
is recalled that during the campaign
between the primary and the general
election 1t was common talk that the
southeast was lining up for Morgan
the north Idaho candidate for supreme
Judge, in order to insure the defeat OF
Judge Walters and thus open the way
for the appointment of Judge BudgC
to the supreme bench to fill the Stew
art vacancy. For the southeast to sup
port a northern man for an important
position for which there was a south.
ern aspirant would be complete re-
versal of the unwritten law that gov
ems the political action Of the south
and could not be believed except upor
the theory that grave issue was al
stake which involved matters vital t
the maintenance of the power and
prestige of the southeast That this
campaign talk that Judge Walters was
to be sacrificed in order to insure the
appointment OF Judge Bulge had @
substantial basis is now clearly evil
dent from the election returns. II
anything we're lacking to complete the
case against the southeast 1t is fur
nished by an editorial in the PocatellC
Tribune Of November IL, published In
the home of Judge Bulge Discussing
the probable appointment to the su,
preme bench, the Tribune says:
1.-TWO names are prominently men
toned as eligible timber for the APP
polntment. one OF them is Judge Wal
tiers and the other is Judge Bulge,
THE situation was fully anticipated
prior 10 election. and therein may have
existed some part OF the heavy vote
that was accorded the northern mar
by the people of the southern part OF
the state. They are very loyal to
Judge Bulge down here. And when
the proposition developed that q
southern man had an opportunity l.
advance to the supreme bench they
naturally figured that the distinction
should go to Judge Bulge, but as he
was not a candidate the process OF
election became a sort of safety first
program, and large element cast
their ballots for Judge Morgan as
against Judge walters-not for the
reason that any objection was felt to
the candidacy OF Judge Walters, but
1t was quickly seen that should SOU
thern man be elected to the supreme
iudgeship It would eliminate Judge
Bulge as a possibility for six years, II
not longer.
This is not desired, as those who
know Judge Bulge best feel that he Is
entitled to any honor that is In accord
with ability and sterling character
"Then again comes the proposition
that the governor might appoint Judge
Walters, who, like Judge Truitt, was