The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1916-11-04

Carey club of Colville, consisting at
this time of almost one hundred mem
bers, has endorsed his candidacy.
had expected that Mr.. Burrows, in MS
blind and foolish rage, would Insult
the ladies' of this club. When any man
has allowed his hatred and bitterness
to~so warp his judgment that he loses
respect for the womanhood of the
country, his opinions and assertions
are surely of little worth.
He also charges that 1 am inconsist-
ent in that I supported Mr.. Grinsteao
in 1912, and am oposing him now. sur
flee 1t to say that 1 did not support
Mr.. Grinstead in 1912 as against Judge
Carey. My business association with
Mr.. Grinstead in 1912 was sufficient ex-
cuse for my supporting him, and FUR
thermore, 1 am satisfied that l was
supporting the candidate least quail
fed for the place.
Since the publication of my previous
letter, J. r. Patterson, state chairman
of the anti-saloon league of PEND
Oreille county, formerly chairman OF
the local option league and now head
of tie temperance organization, mas
endorsed Judge Carey's candidacy. l
presume that Mr.. Burrows will pro-
coed forthwith to hurl insult and
vituperation at Mr.. Patterson, as he has
at the ladies' Carey club of Colville.
At no time during this campaign has
the Springdale Reformer set forth
fact or set of facts justifying its sup
port of Mr.. Grinstead's candidacy, but
has at all times been satisfied with
personal and vicious attacks upon
Judge Carey. If any argument could
be made in favor of the Springdale Re-
formers pet candidate, 1t is no more
than fair to assume that such argu-
ment would be made. The reason for
the course pursued by the Reformer Is
very plain. No argument can be made
in favor of Mr.. Grinstead's candidacy
as against Judge Carey.
1 have practiced law in this county
since March, 1903, and am now and for
many years, have been personally &C
quainted with both candidates for the
judgeship. For eight years I appeared
before Judge Carey many times in the
trial of causes, and for six years, Mr..
Grinstead was associated with me In
business. I have no AK to grind, and
am not supporting Judge Carey be-
cause I have any feeling of bitterness
or hatred against Mr. Grinstead. The
contrary is the fact. My reason for
supporting Judge Carey, however, Is
due wholly to the fact that he Is much
better qualified by experience and ju-
dicial temperament than his opponent
For twenty-seven years Judge Carey
has been engaged in the practice of
the law, eight years of which time he
served as judge. During the last four
years of his term, he had a smaller
percentage of revcrsals by the supreme
court than any other superior court
judge in the state, a record which is
alono sufficient to justify his reelec-
ton. Nothing could bo of greater
credit to the people of this judicial
district.
During the elk years that Mr.. Grin
stead and myself were associated in
business, he did not take an active
part in the trial of any contested case
Since January l, 1913, no has appeared
in the superior court in the trial of
twelve contested cases only, and in
four of these, he had an associate who
assumed a large part of the RESPONSE
bility of the trial. He has never ap7;
pealed a case to the supreme court of
this state and has never appeared be-
fore that court in argument Of any
question.
know from personal experience that
there is but one way in which to be-
come thoroughly familiar with the
rules of evidence and law governing
the trial of causes, and that Is by
actual practice and experience. The
lawyer may know the abstract rule of
law, but to apply it accurately and
rapidly to given set of facts, requires
years of study and actual practice.
Seventy five per cent of the time of the
superior court is taken up in the trial
of causes, and hundreds of dollars are
necessarily expended for this purpose.
A mistrial means a retrial and there
fore a double expense. The qualihca-
lions of the judge in consequence of
this fact, are of the utmost importance
to the taxpayers and the litigants.
During the jury terms of the superior
court, it costs the people of this coun-
ty about two hundred dollars day to
run the court. Every hour that Is con-
sumed by the court on account OF
doubts and uncertainties as to the law,
and the proper method of procedure in
the trial of causes, meanS an increased
expenditure and increased taxation.
Under these circumstances, whom do
the people want for judge, one who mas
had the expert ence or one who has not?
In the counties of Lincoln, Okanog-
an and Ferry, tho people reelected the
old and tried judges. In Spokane and
Whitman counties they are doing the
same. Nowhere in the Inland Empire,
have the people chosen for their su-
perior Judge, the candidate possessing
the least qualifications for the office
In conclusion 1 wish to repeat that the
course being pursued by Mr.. Burrows
is prompted by unwarranted bitter
ness and hatred, and that he has no
fact or set of facts upon which to rest
his contention. L. C. JESSEPH