Will Be No Trouble

WILL BE NO TROUBLE

Judge Kinne Goes on the Ticket,

WHAT CAVANAUGH SAYS

No Advantages Will be Taken of the Law.

This Action Presages Now a Friendly Judicial Campaign With No Personalities or Mud Slinging in it.

Judge Kinne's name will go upon the official ballot in spite of the mistake made by the republicans in calling the convention too late to comply with the law governing such matters. The law is very plain that the names of all candidates shall be certified "not less than 20 days prior" to election. Mr. Cavanaugh, the democratic candidate for judge, when seen in relation to the matter stated that neither he nor his friends desired Judge Kinne's name to be left off the ticket, as he was clearly the choice of the republican party and he did not wish to be chosen to fill any office unless the people saw fit to freely give him a majority of their votes. He did not think the people who desired to vote for his opponent should be put to any extra trouble in recording their vote, through a mistake of the judicial committee in not complying with the law.

The law in the case is very plain and if complied with the only name for circuit judge on the ballot would be that of Martin J. Cavauaugh.

The fact calls to mind how much more careful democratic poltiicans are to observe the election laws than are the republicans. There has never been any question here of their strict compliance with the law governing the certification and preparation of tickets. One of the editors of this paper took a four hours night ride one night in pitch darkness to get a signature to a new certification, because some very slight error had been made in the form and from this point to which he went, another man continued the rest of the ride to get the certification completed and filed within the time specified by law.

It has been said by those responsible in a measure for the infraction of the law that the provision is directory only and not mandatory. This has never, however, been so held by the courts. The law itself is as clear and emphatic as it could be made.

The decision of the democrats, however, not to take advantage of any technicalities is to be commended. And the more especally in this so as it augers the running of a clean cut campaign on both sides with no appeals to prejudice and none of the cheap political tricks which might well disgrace a judicial campaign.