The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-07-13
What Sort of a Man
do YOU want
For District Judge?

cal influence.
This method is favored by many for Montana
and, although the system is subject to the same pit
falls as partyism, the men elected judges owe nc
debts to party.
In the Twentieth Judicial District, comprising
Daniels, Sheridan and Roosevelt counties, there are
two prominent candidates for District Judge. Both
are on the Republican ticket and one OF them Will be
nominated on July II. This nomination is equiva-
lent to election. Republican voters will decide it.
Geo. Cudhie of Scobey is really the only Repub-
lican candidate. The Republicans of Sheridan and
Daniels counties have endorsed Mr.. Cudhie and will
work for his nomination and election.
MI. Cudhie's endorsement and candidacy is not
a political move; it is the decision of those citizens
who would take the District Court out OF politics,
make Justice and law synonymous and give the three
counties the benefit to be derived by having a Judge
on the bench who decides cases impartially and on
merit alone.
Geo. Cudhie, who has never been interested in
political S%Quabbles or bitterness, is respected by his
friends and acQuaintances as a gentleman as we'll as
a diligent student of law. With more than thirty
years of active practice in all courts, Mr.. Cudhle has
the ability, age and temperament, the three quallfl-
cations which every Judge should have. He has the
honesty and integrity which every Judge should
have, and he has the respect of every attorney in the
district.
The J~udgeship is not a young mans job. 10
decide questions of law and justice a Judge must be
ripe in experience and knowledge of the courts. In
all these qualifications Geo. Cudhle is the outstand-
ing candidate.
The incumbent, S. E. Paul, was elected four
years ago on the Farmer Labor ticket. Two years
ago he was again their candidate for state office
but only got a few votes in the state. This year
he again has the endorsement OF the Sheridan
County Council of Action, a pseudo-polltlca organ
ization which, on at least one occasion, resorted to
mob violence, earning for itself the sobrlquet, cas-
tor oil squad"
S. E. Paul, appointed the leader of that castor
oil squad the the highest office within his juris-
diction-county commissioner of Sheridan county.
Without question he did so under the influence of
pressure brought to bear on him by those who en-
dorsed him for the office. Previous to this he ap-
pointed another leader Of the Farmer-Labor organ
ization to the office of commissioner: That CONF
missioner resigned, it is said, to avoid suit to re-
cover money from him alleged to have been col
lected by him from the county illegally.
Judge Paul made those appointments from
among his party men-those who endorsed and who
helped elect him an election made possible by a
breach in the ranks of the Republicans. Judge
Paul was merely paying some Of his political debts
and, this year, he is under the same obligation with
their endorsement.
Yet, Judge Paul seeks the Republican nomina-
ton. A the Republican convention in Bainville he
said he was on the Republican ticket because his
party was putting no ticket in the field this year.
However, the Producers News (~Plentywood)
says there will be Farmer-Labor tickets in both Sher-
idan and Daniels counties, a privilege which no one
would deny to them. If defeated at the primary S.
E. Paul will no doubt be a candidate on'the Farmer
Labor ticket this fall, which would be only fitting
and proper.
Surely, Judge Paul cannot expect the Republi-
can voters of Roosevelt, Sheridan and Daniels coun-
ties to rallv to his support and give him the nominal
ton, especially against such a man as Geo. Cudhie,
who has had much greater experience and is, I'M
deniably, more capable of properly administering
the duties of the office.
Mr.. Cudhie has not, and will not have, any po-
litical debts to pay. He has never been, and is not T
now, aligned with any faction or organization to
bring pressure to bear on him as judge or as a man. F
Geo. Cudhie should receive the Republican ?
nomination for District Judge by an overwhelming
majority. Not alone because he is a Republican
but because he is free, independent, ~unhampered, g
and not obligated to any party, faction or gang. r