Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1896 — A Card From Judge Wiley. [ARTICLE]

A Card From Judge Wiley.

To the Electore of the 30th Judicial Circuit: At the Republican State Convention, I was nominated for Appellate Judge for the sth jndicia 1 district. From the very day of my nomination up to the present, much speculation has been indulged by the public press, and much has been said by private and interested parties, as to whether or not I intended to resign my present position as judge of the 30th judicial circuit. Up to this time I have remained silent, because I did not deem it necessary or proper to make any public statement as to myTntentions iu regard to the matter; but now in view of the fact that one political party has nominated a candidate for circuit judge, and another party has issued an official call for a convention to nominate its candidate, I deem it proper to make the following statement - The term of office for which I was elected will not expire until November 14, 1898, and hence I am under no legal or moral obligations to vacate my office by resignation ; but in view of my candi- | dacy for appellate judge on the state ticket, and to the end that the electors may have the opportunity of choosing by their ballots my successor on the circuit bench, it is my present intention to resign as circuit judge, t , take effect at some date prior to the election. Certain conditions and circumstances wholly of a personal character, may however arise, between new and the election, which may render it necessary for me to change my present intention of resigning, and in which event I would expect to serve out my term on the circuit Jbepch, for which the people elected me. Respectfully, Ulric Z. W iley.