The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-07-07
JOHN c. RICE ASPIRES TO
JUSTICESHIP OF COURT
Kell-known Caldwell Lawyer Will
Be Candidate to Succeed
Sullivan

In the issue of The Caldwell Trib.
une of May 18th there appeared this
| statement:
"Rumor has it that Mr.. John c..
Rice Of this city will be candidate
| for Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Rice has long had an ambition
to sit upon the bench of the Supreme
Court, according to the statement OF
| friends. lie has concluded that this
is the time for realizing on that am
bition."
The rumor current in May was
well founded. Mr.. Rice will be a
candidate as the successor of Mr..
yustic Sullivan, whose term expires
January |. Mr.. Rice is a we1l-known
lawyer of Caldwell. He has been a
resident of this city for over a quar-
ter of century. During that time
he has been a leader in his profess
sion and closely identified with the
business, social and. church life of
the community. He is one of the
leading citizens of Caldwell. His many
friends will wish him well.
The Right Man
Under the caption, THE Right
Man, the Parma Herald in its last
issue pays the following tribute to
Mr.. Rice:
1t is with a great deal Of pleasure
that The Herald learns that the i'm
portunities of his many friends, both
of the bar and among the laity, may
perhaps prevail, and John c. Rice,
of Caldwell. become candidate for
justice of the supreme court of
Idaho. Nothing that might occur dur
ing the campaign would give us great
er pleasure than TO have the oppor-
tunity of supporting Mr.. Rice for
this position His selection by the
people of Idaho would bring to our
highest judicial tribune a man in the
prime of life and the full vigor of
of mentality, with a mind wonderful
ly trained in law and jurisprudence,
and possessing in the highest degree
the quality we are pleased to term
judicial temperament" Morally
mentally, politically, socially, and in
the business world his name stands as
a synonym for all that is clean and
right. At the bar of justice and the
bar of public opinion, no man in
Idaho stands higher. With all due
respects to the judge, to the people
whom voting for him every six wears
has become a habit, the Idaho SUI
preme court needs new blood, and
needs it badly. Sentiment, where the
matter affects only ourself, may be
pardonable if we allow it to control
our actions; but to allow that same
! sentiment to control us when the
destinies of state and the welfare of
its people are at stake is a moral
crime. We believe that the voter
should enter upon the selection of a
man for this office in exactly the
same state of mind that the Judge
| should bring to the determination of
cause-that state in which no hui
man emotion may swerve him one
hairs breadth from the path of duty.
| That is our single reason for joining
in the movement urging Mr.. Rice
to become candidate for this office,
and in this statement there is no men
tai reservation. We believe that John
Z. Rice will make a better judge than
| |. N. Sullivan ever was or ever could
be. And we say this with full appre-
citation Of the splendid ability of Sui
livan and his long service to the
state. The people of Idaho are en-,
titled to the best in our highest
court of justice, and John C. Rice
is that best. In thirty years of poll
teal utilization in this state we have
known no man. and know of none
now, more eminently fitted for the
lustlceship of the supreme court than
Mr.. Rice. Therefore, we will be glad
if Mr.. Rice will become a candidate
And the people of Idaho should be
glad and we believe they will.