Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-01-19

States Senator from Idaho. His
senatorial campaign is one OF the
memorable incidents of the state.
That was in 1918, and following the
death of Senator Hepburn several
candidates became active, among
them being Ailshie, Brady, Dewey,
Dunn, Babb, French, Morrison, Beach,
Nugent, Dubois, Beal and many
others, including several silent can
didates who did not develop on that
memorable 9Th day of January, in
a joint session in the state house,
when the first vote was taken. After
that thirty ballots were exhausted
before the forces aligned behind
Brady and he was elected to fill the
intermin term. 1t was a day and
night fight for the workers, and one
of the memories of those times is
that so firm was the loyalty expressed
for James H. Brady at that time that
many of the members voted for him
thirty-one times straight, and his
majority at the close was so strong
as to clearly define the fighting ability
of the man
A great many incidents center
about that stirring fight and for
fifteen days his cohorts knew no
rest, sleep or inactivity.
Later he was reelected for the
full term of six years, by the di-
rect primary, the first senator to be
popularity elected in Idaho, after a
stirring race with three other can
didates in his own party.
Mr.. Brady first invested in Noun
tain Home when he became owner
of the Cooperative irrigation com
pany several years ago. In addition
to this he owned number of ranches
here, all of which are handled by the
Community Farms Company, of
which NJ E. Hughes recently be-
came president. Mr.. Brady spent
several weeks here only a short time
before his death and at that time
reorganized all his property here so
that it could be handled by the local
men in charge, Will Fl. Gibson, and
NJ. E. Hughes. At the same time he
promoted 0. E. Cannon to a respon-
sible position in the accounting de-
partment of his many business ac-
tivities and Mr. Cannon went to
Washington to begin the new work
only about two weeks ago All the
business houses in this city were
closed Wednesday from noon until
2 o'clock, in honor of our late
senator.
Senator Brady was last married
on May 31st, 1913 to Miss Irene
Moore of Chicago, who was at his
bedside at the time of his death, as
were his two sons, S. E. Brady of
Chandler, Oklahoma, and ]. Robb
Brady of Caney, Kansas. Mr.. Brady
was one of a family of about twelve
children and has several brothers
and sisters residing in Kansas.
Senator Brady had just cause to
be proud of his ancestors, his great
grandfather, Hugh Brady, was a gem
eral in the war of 1912 and Captain
Brady's name was household word
in the state of Pennsylvania during
the Indians uprisings in that state
His father was man of exceptional
ability and his brothers and sisters
have been prominent in their respec-
tive localities
Senator Brady's end was as one in
peaceful sleep. He remained con-
scious throughout his entire illness
and transacted some business mat
ters as late as Saturday. Sunday he
spoke to those at his bedside, but
toward evening he apparently re-
allied the end was approaching, and
saying goodbye to Mrs. Brady, Con-
gresham Smith and other intimate
friends, he passed into slumber from
which he did not awaken.