The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE
THEIR CITY TICKET
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good If nominated and elected. Mr..
Duckwozth then renewed his motion
to take a recess and this was done.
After the intermission a vote was
taken and Rider received 10 votes
and Wright IL. The vote was then
made unanimous.
c. s. Beebe rose to nominate a
police magistrate, and named James
E. Good, saying he was we'll known
and was capable of filling the posi-
tion with credit; that he had had
the training in legal practice that
would make him competent to handle
all matters coming before the police
court. That attorneys have observed
that there is nobody holding the posi-
ton of justice of the peace or police
magistrate here who has had any
training in the law, and that it
makes 1t more difficult to conduct
suits in the inferior courts when the
judge has no knowledge Of the law
The natural result Is that suits that
might be handled in the inferior
courts go to the district court and
make that docket the more cumber-
some. That if Mr.. Good held the
position of police magistrate all this
class of cases referred to, cases in
which the amount involved would be
less than one hundred dollars, could
be tried in his court, and they would
be intelligently handled He said
these little cases are important and
that they are bristling with fine legal
points, and Mr.. Goods findings in
these matters would be able, and by
this means this position could be
made very remunerative, reaching
to 800 or $3.50 month and Mr..
Good could use the money. Mr.. Good
was good fellow" and well quail
fed to do the work. 1t would fill a
want that had been felt among the
attorneys, as any lawyer who happen
ed to be present would verify.
Mr.. R. ]. Dygert, the city attorney,
rose and said that the position of
police Judge was not on a par with
that of justice of the peace, and that
he had no jurisdiction over civil mat
tiers such as may be tried before
justice. That the police judge has
Jurisdiction over those offenses
against the city that are brought by
the police force and the city attor-
ney, and could admit of no others
such as had been referred to. Mr..
Beebe looked around for law book.
Mayor West offered to open the vault
and get the code for him, but he
said let it go. Mr.. Dygert nominated
Judge ]. w. Ezell, the present in
cumbent, and said he had had no
training in the law but that he had
good judgment about what to do
with fellows who had gotten into
trouble and were brought before the
court; that he had been eminently
fair and reasonable in disposing of
cases and was serving also as justice
of the peace.
The matter went to vote, Good
receiving 10 and Ezell eight. It was
then made unanimous.
James Duckworth then nominated
Mrs. Sill for city treasurer. He did
not know her initials, but somebody
said it was S. E.
George Ezell moved that Mrs. S.
E. Sill be made the unanimous choice
Of the convention and this was done.
Somebody then stated that Mrs. Sill
Is Democrat, and ran on the Demo-
Progressive ticket two years ago. and
why Republican conven-
lion placed a Democrat in nomina-
ton. 1t YVES then suggested that
they just let it go at that and pro-
,eed with the next order of business.
j. G. Bond rose to nominate city
engineer and said that he had come
10 the conclusion that the present
James Young was the To-
sical man for the position, and placed
him in nomination. Mr.. Beebe, who
was a member of the resolutions
committee, said that If the committee
lad known the convention was going
% nominate Democrats for positions
IN their ticket, they might have
lrafted the resolutions differently;
hat they had written set of resolu-
ions for the Republican party.
1t was suggested that the position
If city engineer be left blank and |
hat the other party would nominate
Young. Perhaps there will not be
my other party" was suggested, and
mother delegate replied, Don't you
worry about that"
The nominations for city council
men as made by the wards we're pre-
ented as follows:
First ward: c. c. Clark and R. E.
Hansen. y