Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-10-25
Lock Haven Express,

JUDGE Is. w. GREEN.
A special correspondent of the Pitts
burg Gazette Times spent several days
in the twenty fifth judicial district in
vestigating the iudgeship situation,
and under date of October Is, he sends
the following letter from Emporium to
his newspaper:
In the judicial district composed of
the counties of Cameron, Elk and Clin-
ton, the contest for governor is over
shadowed by the election of a president
judge. For years this judicial district
has been in the hands OF the Demo
Gratis, and now the Republicans are
making a determined effort to reclaim
it, Harry Alvan Hall, of Ridgway,
former assistant United States district
attorney, and brother of State Senator
James *. P. Hall, is the Democratic
candidate and he is opposed by Judge
B. w. Green of this place.
Judge Green has been on the bench
but few months, having been ap-
pointed to the place by Gov. Penny
packer on June 4, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge @. A.
Mayer. In that short period of time
he has made record that has won him
the support of many lawyers and lay
men of opposite politics. Having been
nominated by the Republicans he has
gone into the fight fully aware of the
strong influences that will oppose him,
but his friends feel certain that he will
win. Men of all political factions are
convinced there are many things that
need to be changed with respect to the
conduct of the courts of this dis
trict and they believe Judge Green is
the man to work out these reforms.
When Judge Green's name was pre-
sented to Gov. Pennypacker as a
candidate for the appointment TO ill
the vacancy caused by Judge Meyers
death, it was accompanied by the
recommendation or members of the
bar and the president judges of more
than halfa dozen judicial districts in the
state This in itselfshowed the esteem
in which he was held by the legal frat
ernity, as it evidenced their confidence
in his judicial ability.
He was born in Sullivan township,
Tioga county, was educated at the
Mansfield State Normal school and
graduated in the class of 1868. He he
gan life as a teacher, pursuing that
vocation for three years, two years OF
which was spent as principal Of the En-
porium High school. He studied law
with the Hon. j. G. Johnson, of En-
porium, and was admitted to the bar
in 1872 Since that time he has devot-
ed himselfto the practice of his pro
fession, never deserting it for public
Office but once, that was in 1856 when
he was elected treasurer of Cameron
county. In 1900 he was a delegateat-
large to the Republican national con
vention at Philadelphia and on numer-
GUS occasions he has attended state
conventions as a delegate. Thus,
while Judge Green has always been a
staunch Republican and has taken a
deep interest in the welfare of his
party, he has not been an office seeker,
but has diligently pursued the practice
of his profession, until he ia now ac-
knowledged one of the leading lawyers
of the state.
The voters of this, Judge GREEN'S
home county, proposes to roll up q
large majority for him this fall. His
will be personal vote, irrespective ol
party. Down in Cinton,county Judge
Green's friends are just as confident
and enthusiastic. a number Of influen-
tial Democrats are outspoken in Their
support OF Judge Green and make nc
secret of their hostility TO Mr. Hall.
Elk county will, of course, go fol
Hall. He will have the support of the
Democratic ring that for so many
years has dominated the politics of ELI
under the management of his brother
Senator J. K P. Hall. In short. the