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Show Strong Young Jurist of Idaho "Was Hope of Democrats for Governor. PREFERS TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER OX BKNTH Has Many Supporters Aiiiimi Republicans, and Could Probably Win Out. ARNEY. Hj Special to The Tribune. H ' CALDWELL. Ida., April 1!' - When Hf .ludgo Ed L. Bryan eliminated himself H from the race ns n candidate for nomi- Hjl ( nation for governor on tho Democratic Ht ticket this fall, by his statement thai he should lot no such ambition. fostered to- H l;,l'-v h-v others, interfere with the ful- Ht fillme.nl of his pei-Monal ambitions as a M lawyer, he voluntarily disappointed many H i people who hod their attention riveted on a h "'" ;,K the logical man to command the Hl entire strength of his party. H The Democrats were not alone in their " IED L. BRYAN, ( Judge ot the Seventh Judicial District , of Idaho. I disappointment. There were, ami there is. a great army of Kcpublieans who K, t ' looked to Judgo Bryan as tho most likclv i ' one whom they might help tho Demo crats elect to office. In satisfaction of J ' their belief that the Republican narty of Idaho has had charge of state affairs long enough to warrant a change. This thought docs not spring from Republicans Re-publicans disappointed through failure to attain power for themselves or for their , friends. It Ib a conviction which lies 1 about the hearts of scores and hundreds who devoutly believe that it would be wholesome for a Democratic administration administra-tion now to assume chargo of the various departments of state for a season, and make more easy a review of what has been done and what Is being done in the various departments of state here at Boise. Time for a Change. Only by a change of parties will some ' Republicans lc satisfied that reports from successors to some of the offices of the v state arc correctly reported. WIilmi Governor irady i-iuls I his his llrst elective term it will conclude eight years of successive service by Republican governors and Republican state officials. The .Morrison r.'glmc held forth for one term only: then Gooding came in for two and lirady for one term, makiinr four terms, or eight years in all. This is tho longest season any one party ha. ever held the reigns of sitato government In Idaho during the years of the state's Interesting existence. Idaho, at hor admission, had six vears of Republican rule two by Slump." who was sueeeeded by Willcy. and four by Mcf'otmcll. Then came two years of fusion fu-sion under the two administrations of Sii-unnenberg. and he was succeded hv Hunt, who held forth for two years, or until tho stnl was passed over to the Republicans in 1P0.1. Judge Bryan hail no entangling alliances, alli-ances, no old scores to settle; he. was oung. aggressive, clean and able. He wns favorably known among ihoso who had the benefit of an acquaintance with him. but he was little known In any portion por-tion of Idaho except In the Seventh Indicia! Indi-cia! district, where hi llvr-s mul nmuiri.w oxer the duties of his trust. In the fall of 1006. the Democrats nominated Judgi Kd I,. Bryan as their candidate in tho ('oour d'Aleno citv convention against the then incumbent, .ludge Smith. The district embraced the counties of I'anyon. Washington and Owvhee. All these counties hud returned Republican majorities the previous election, and. e.--Mi Owhee. all wero regarded as sirong Itepnbllcan counties. Canyon having hav-ing iast almost 1000 morn votes for the Republican than for the Democratic ticket the previous year. Had a Close Fight. This young Payette attorney passed quietly out over the district, marie a few speeches here ami there, and when the votes were counted he had won (he election elec-tion by tho slight margin of twenty-one votes. He assumed the duties of his trust with modest dignity and carried into his presiding pre-siding and his rulings a keen evldenc of strength, impartiality and fairness which at once suggested to those who knew him best his peculiar fitness for an executive. ex-ecutive. Accordingly his name was suggested, it was carried about over the state onltc generally, almost every paper in Tdaho. dally or weekly, having some suggestion t6 make about him. hut. singularly, all to his credit. There was nothing bad to say of him or his record. Kpr any one in Idaho to refuse to use judicial honor as a stepping stone in greater political preferment was unusual. Tho announcement by Judge Bryan showed a reverence for his chosen pro-rcERlon pro-rcERlon new to the men of tho slato who have been observing Idaho lawyers In politics for a long period of time. One thing was certain the young man was not a Kenlucklan! Biographical Sketch. On November A, 18(10. Judge Brvan was born in Benton (now Lincoln) " county. Or., near whore, la tor. he graduated In hlgn school, collego and the law. His college and law courses were taken at the Oregon Agricultural college at Cor-vallls. Cor-vallls. At 20 years of age Judge Brvan was named as a member of tho Benton county coun-ty board or education, and four vcars later he was elected superintendent of schools of the same county. In 1S96 he closed ills school work, was admitted to practice law and settled to hla chosen profession In Corvallls. In 1002 he wn married, and in February. 1004. removed to Payette. Ida. Judge Bryan is and always al-ways haa been a Democrat. 1 have heard a great deal of complaint over the southern part of Idaho, based on a scarcity of labor. This Is especially true at Caldwell. This city is doing a vast amount of paving, and. In addition. Is installing a rather complete sewerage system. The men engaged on these pubic pub-ic works alone tell me they could use here today a hundred more men than they have. The wage scalo on these public works Is $3 per day. In addition to Uie public works mentioned, real es-tn1t?..7flrm.s es-tn1t?..7flrm.s !Jt Caswell are laying out additional plats to the city, planting ornamental and fruit trees on them and the government's reclamation project near by demands more men and more learns than are now available. Farmers surroimdlng Caldwell, and from Caldwell to Boise, are likewise clamoring for workmen. An Immense, amount of public and private pri-vate building In and around Caldwell is well under way. Including a college and s.cn001 building, business and residential resi-dential property; hence there Is a great demand here for carpenters, stonemasons stone-masons and brlclclayers. at wages ranging rang-ing from S-l.oO to JC.50 per day. Painters Paint-ers and kindred mechanics arc also in demand here, and unless there should . a,?,,."art Inflx hero soon of the classes or skilled and unskilled labor mentioned wl'nVrc-stdtay " PUbMe and "r,vat0 w"ks v.5?cKiar' ?' Knceaier of the Caldwell Cald-well Commercial club is endeavoring to reach laborers of the skilled and unskilled un-skilled classes desired, that the embarrassment embar-rassment thus affecting the people of tlU community may be removed |