Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-09-26
JUDGE B|RDsALL
IS NOMINATED
Succeeds Henderson as Re-
publican Nominee in the
Third District.
ENDORSES STATE PLATFORM
The Convention Endorses Town Platform
and Denies That the Dinxley Tariff
Breeds and Shelters Republicans
Pleased with Nomination.

Hresds and shelters Tfuets--ke publicAns
Pleased with Nomination.
Hampton, Sept. 26.-The republ,.
cans Of the Third congressional dis.
trict nominated Judge b. P. BirdsalI
Of Clarion, Wright county, on the
third ballot yesterday to till the place
left vacant on that ticket by the re.
cent withdrawal of Speaker Hender.
son. Resolutions We're unanimously
adopted indorsing the Iowa platform.
In an address preceding the adoption
OF the resolutions, Judge Birdsall de.
clared he favored the Iowa platform
and would stand squarely upon it.
The nomination Of Judge Birdsall is
generally satisfactory to the republi-
cans who were assembled here. 1t is
considered devoid of factional signiti.
can be no doubt Of the election of the
nominee over Horace Boies by large
majority. Preparations will be made
at once for most energetic campaign.
The names Of four candidates were
presented to the convention. They
were C. f. Ransier of Independence,
M. F. Edwards Of Butler county, Bur
ton r. Sweet of Waverly and Judge
Birdsall. C. E. Albrook or Eldora, fol.
lowing caucus OF the Hardin county
delegates, withdrew at II o'clock IN
the morning and at the same time it
was decided Hardin's strength would
60 to Birdsall, in the same judicial dis.
trict. This turned the tide in BIRD.
Sails favor. Sweets strength, which
until then had been formidable, began
to decline, and Birdsall and Ranster
doomed up as the leading candidates.
It had been expected Black Hawks
vote would 60 to Ransier, but caucus
developed otherwise and before the
convention was held it was plain Bird.
sail was the winner. Buffers vote was
assured him alter one or two ballots
and 1t was known Sweets following
preferred Birdsall to Ransier.
Resolutions were adopted as fol.
lows: .....
1--WE, the representatives of the re.
publican party of the Third congress.
sional district of Iowa, heartily in.
dorse the platform of principles
adopted by the late republican state
convention at Des Moines. We deny
that the Dingley tariff breeds and shell
tiers trusts. We interpret the tariff
plank in the Des Moines platform Of
1902 to be nearly reiteration of and
to mean no more than the St. Louis
plank of 1896, which recited:
we are not pledged to any par
ticular schedules. The question Of
rates Is a practical question to be
governed by the conditions OF the
times and Of production. The ruling
and uncompromising principle is the
protection and development of Amer
lean labor and industry
I'VE cordially recognize and ear.
nestly commend the patriotic fervor
of President Roosevelt. and the WIS
dom of both the foreign and domestic
policies of his administration which
are adding constantly to the high
reputation of the nation abroad and
the prosperity of the people at home.
Eve most earnestly regret the de-
clination of the denomination which
the republicans of this district for the
eleventh time unanimously rendered
the Hon. D. B. Henderson. No official
has been more anxious to keep n
touch with and faithfully represent
the well considered judgment of his
constituents than has Colonel hender-
son during all the long years of his
congressional career. We have
faith in his patriotism and in his per.
sonal and political integrity. We are
conscious of his great mental power
and ability. We realize his superb
leadership and commanding influence
in governmental affairs and believe
that his withdrawal means a great
loss to the people,"
Judge Benjamin P. Birdsall, who has
been nominated by the republicans Of
the Third congressional district as
their candidate for congress, in the
place of Speaker D. b. Henderson,
who withdrew from the ticket, was
born in Weyauwega, Waupaca county,
Wisconsin. October &C. 1858, and is
therefore in his forty-fourth year: His
father was in the lumber business in
Wisconsin. The family moved 70
Iowa in 1870, to Alden, Hardin county.
There the father lived on a farm.
Young Benjamin had attended the pub
lie schools in Wisconsin, and on COM
ing to Iowa went to the district school
for a time. He went to the State Uni.
versity at Iowa City in 1874. and fin
ished a course in the academic de-
partment In 1877. He then read law
with c. III. Maggie Of Alden. He was
admitted to the bar in 1887 at Hamp-
ton. He practiced for time in part.
nership with M. j. Furry at Alden In
1884 he moved to Clarion, Wright
county, where he has since lived. he
and Mr.. Nagle were partners there
for about ten years. He was elected
to the bench of the Eleventh judicial
district in 1893. he remained on the
bench until 1900, when he resigned, ia
part on account of in health. He then
resumed the practice of law. in which
he is now engaged at Clarion with his