The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-28
JUDGE CoNNER'S NOMINATION.


JUDGE CONNER'S NOMINATION.
In the selection of Judge James
P. Conner, Of Denison, as their
candidate to succeed Senator DOLL
liver in the lower house of congress
the republicans of the Tenth dis
trict have made most admirable
choice. Judge Conner is not new
to the public knowledge or to the
public service. He is an Indianian
by birth, but an lowan by growth,
all of his active years having been
spent in this state. His first pub
lie service was rendered in the
office of district attorney for the
Thirteenth judicial district of Iowa
to which he was called in 1880.
His record there was so satisfac-
tory that he was advanced to the
position of circuit judge in 1884.
When the legislature rearranged
the judicial districts in 1886 Judge
Conner was reelected unanimous
ly in the new Sixth district, made
| up of the counties of Greene,
Crawford, Carroll, Sac, Ida and
Calhoun. At the expiration Of
his term he declined reelection,
preferring the professional and
business opportunities of private
life. Since that time Judge Con-
ner has been eminently successful
in the practice of his profession
and in business ventures. He is
now a director and one of the
largest stockholders in the Craw-
ford County State bank, of Deni-
son, and is also president of the
Denison Business Mems Associa-
ton. The estimation in which
Judge Conner was held in his dis
1trict was shown at the convention
which first nominated Dolliver. At
that convention Judge Conner was
one Of the leading candidates and
missed nomination by only few
votes. Ultimately his strength was
used to aid in the nomination of
Dolliver, a debt which Mr.. Dolli-
ver's friends did not fail to remem-
Der in the present contest.
Judge Conner is a man of affairs.
He has fine presence, giving the
impression of dignity and strength
of character. He will not drop out
of sight down in Washington. AS
a nomination at the hands of the
republican party in the Tenth dis
trict is equivalent to an election,
there is no question that Judge
Conner will succeed Senator Dol
liver in the house. Neither is there
any question that he will prove a
most creditable and effective repre-
sentative of his constituents in that
body.
From the lower viewpoint of
practical politics the republicans
of the Tenth district have also done
we'll in the nomination of Judge
Conner. Geographically the nom
inee is representative of the far
south section of the district, which
has been demanding recognition.
He is also a personal friend of Gov
Shaw, a fact which has been made
the basis of the argument in some
quarters that he should be defeated
as matter of humiliation to the
governor and of satisfaction to the
governors political enemies. The
bringing of another's personality
into the consideration of a candi-
dates fitness for office is always a
poor argument, and the Tenth dis
trict republicans have, done wisely
in rebuking it. Owing to the per-
sistency with which the anti Shaw
arguments were used in opposition
to Conner there is no question that
his nomination may be considered
a personal triumph for Gov. Shaw.
From any point of view, however,
that fact may be considered a mere
detail. The important point is
that the republicans of the Tenth
4 district have nominated man Of
whom only good words will be
said all over the district, a man
who is certain of election by alarge
majority and man in every way
worthy to take place among the