The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-02-19
Thursday. February 10. 1914.
WHICH FRIEND is RIoHrY


1t 10 pretty hard for a man, try as
be may, to always please even his
best friends, especially when those
friends disagree as to the proper course
he should pursue. The editor of the
Standpoint Review, who claims to be
. friend to Judge Ailshie, advises him
to resign from the supreme bench at
once. and says:
Judge Ailshie has as warm a per-
soual following and the admiration of
Is many citizens in Idaho as any man
In It, In placing his case before the
republicans of the state Judge Ailshie
expresses the determination to step
down from the bench in advance of
the primary election. The Judge will
do well to execute this determination
ut an early date. There are hun
dreds, II not thousands, Of republi-
cans In Idaho who await his decision
upon this important feature and
whose votes will be controlled for
or against him by his ability to meet
this responsibility. The public Senti-
ment In this regard Is perhaps strong
or throughout the state than some
Of the Judges friends and political
advisers have suggested to him. But
that responsibility Is his and his
alone, and should be part of the price
which he pays for the ambition to
serve his state In q high sphere Of
usefulness and honor. We say 1t In
oil sincerity to his cause that Judge
Ailshie's first duty to his loyal fol-
lowing and to his political aspiration
= to lay aside the ermine Of the
judiciary before attempting the toga
of the senate"
On the other hand comes the Weis-
or Signal, which Is one of the frank
and open admirers and enthusiastic
importers of the Judge and takes ex-
actly the opposite view of the matter
and counsels the Judge to do the
very thing the Review advises him
not to do. The Signal expresses the
fear that Judge Ailshie may through
the counsel of friepds and false
delicacy be induced to resign at an
early date and thus complcate mat
ters by giving the new appointee the
inside track over other worthy men
who may aspire to the office, through
the fact that he Is already holding
the office and has the backing and
endorsement of the state administra-
hon when the primary comes up. The
Signal further says: 1--WE will VEN
ture the suggestion that the fled be
kept clear until the day of the pri-
maries and that the people be given
an opportunity to pass upon the mer-
Its OF the candidates with equal show
to all. If the political dopsters
around Boise know what they are
talking about Judge Ailshie's resig-
nation should not be rendered until
the last minute before the primary
election. Judge can do the republi
cans of the state great service by
serving long enough to prevent any
fixing in advance of the time for
the voters to chose the man they
want"
Both arguments have some merit
In them, but both courses cannot be
pursued. Which is RIGHT? Which
will be serving the interests of the
people of the state the best? The
Globe believes that Judge Ailshie will
be governed in the matter of timing
his resignation. by what he believes
to be right, even though he believes
that his decision may lose him votes.
One thing certain, he cannot do both,
and which ever way he may go his
political enemies will undoubtedly at
tempt to make capital out of 1t.