The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-03-30
JUSTICE GRACE
T0RE'TIRE FROM
SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice Announces He
Will Not Accept Endorse.
ment of Convention
REASONS ARE SET OUT

REASONS ARE SET OUT
Chief Justice n. H. Grace, of thu
supreme court, today announced thai
he would not permit his name to e
before the people as candidate fo1
denomination for the supreme court
Judge Grace announced at the time ol
the Nonpartisan League convention ir
Fargo that he would not be a can.
didate. He was endorsed for nomina
tion by the convention, which nomina
tion he declines. 1t is presumed the
executive committee of the league will
name successor on the ticket.
Judge Grace will return to private
practice and business, he said, per
haps to his former home at 'Mohall
where he has business interests
In formal statement Judge Grace
said:
Makes Formal Statement.
about the 21st Of March, author
lied to be inserted in the newspapers
Of the state, information to the effect
that would not be candidate for re-
election, as member of the supreme
court. This information was given t.
the Courier-News and the Bismarck
Tribune. Since that time, however
representatives of@a large part Of the
citizenship of this state of their own
vOlitiOn have, voiced desire that
become candidate for reelection.
know there are several thousands Of
other good citizens of this state than
those above mentioned who desire
that should be. a candidate for re.
election. am most certainly pleased
to know that enjoy the respect OF
the citizens In general of this state
However, my announcement hereto
fore made that would not be can.
didate for reelection is final.
'?When the citizens Of this state,
more than five years ago, selected me
for the, honorable position which
now hold, then resolved to serve but
one term Of six years. then thought.
and think now, that in rendering to
the state efficient service for a term
Of six years, that l shall hc:o .ully
discharged my obligations as good
citizen. During that time have not
only given practically all Of my time
to the discharge of my duties during
the working hours of each day, but
have also given a large share of my
time outside of the regular working
day, including much study and read.
ing at night Of the matters which
were pending before the court. have
at least given on the average twelve
to eighteen hours of each day to the
investigation, reading and decision OF
matters presented to the court. 1t is
q satisfaction for me to know, how
ever, that the long and laborious hours
l have thus given, were worthily spent
as a concise review of my judicial rec.
ord will show.
Decisions Upheld.
my decisions in all of the cases de-
cided by this court since have been
b member of it, which have been ap-
pealed to the supreme court of the Unit
ed States, whether I wrote the opinion
in the case appealed, or whether writ
ten by some other member of the
court and concurred in it, or whether
written by some other member of the
court and l dissented, have been up
held by the supreme court OF the Unit
ed States. In short, my opinions have
not been reversed in any federal court
nor my decisions not found to be the
law in the case. In our own court az
lin the supreme courts of other states
after decision has been rendered DS
the court in cases which are presented
to it. there is period of fifteen days
in which the party to whom the de
cision is adverse may apply to tae
court for a rehearing, pointing out II
the petition for rehearing where tht
court has erred, or made mistake
in its decision and il the majority o.
the court are convinced that mis-
take has been made, or that the de
cision should have been other than i
was, they grant rehearing or re
argument of the case, and afterwards
they either adhere to the former de
cision in par or in whole, or give
different decision entirely, or MAKE
such other notifications as may t
them seem proper. l have writer
approximately as many decisions a
any Of the other members Of the cour
during five years and three month
that have served as member of tn
court, and no rehearing has ever bee
granted in any case in which wrot
the decision.
Other Services.
81 have rendered other services t
the state which, believe, vii. be las,
ing in respect to the manner in whlc
the court is governed and regulated
with reference to keeping its Wor
up, so that every case may be decide
within very short time after it IS ap
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