| Show HAWLEY SPURNS TOGA AND APPOINTS PERKY governor of idaho refuses to elevate himself and ana appoints poise lawyer to fill Hey burns P place bace dolse boise idaho governor govenor james H H hawley awley decided on saturday not to re sign his hi s office to accept appointment as united states senator at the hands of lieutenant governor sweetser Swee laer and appointed judge K 1 I perky of colso fill the uil expired term of odthe the late senator heyburn governor hawleys harleys Haw leys decision came as a surprise in view of the fact that friday night he announced ills his intention of taking the appointment his explanation ts Is that thai as the time drew near the bringing about of hla his own elevation to the place became repulsive it Js also known that pressure was vas rought brought to bear upon him especially from north idaho to remain governor to the eldoi end ot ills his term judge perky Is a native of wayno wayne county coun olia and came to idaho in 1894 and was appointed judge of the fourth judicial district in 1901 ile he was state democratic chairman in 1900 and took part in ili the senatorial contest which resulted in the defeat of former senator Iu bubos bos in a public statement given out saturday night governor hawley ald 1 I slept upon the matter last night and the old feeling of repulsion towards the idea revived it seemed to me that although I 1 could undoubtedly A 3 V p S GOVERNOR JAMES S H HAWLEY who refused to ta resign hs ahls office and a accept a sena senatorial toral togo at the hands bands of the lieutenant governor be of great service to the state my motives would be absolutely misconstrued and that there would be a just complaint it I 1 gave gave up the office to which I 1 was elected and accepted the especially would this appear to tie be the case as it has been known that I 1 had bad aspirations in that direction I 1 consulted with a number of personal friends put my ideas before them and although at first they had thought the opposite w was as the case reflection caused them to take the same view that I 1 did 1 I received also from a number of valued party friends in different parts of the state who took the same view my immediate relatives entertained the same idea |
