Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-07
IOWA CONVENTION ON SEPT. 9
Republican State Committee Reaches
Final Decision.
MEETING HELD AT DIES MONIES
Choice of Candidate for supreme
Bench WIN Then he Made
Governor Cummins EN-
Dected Soon.
CFrom a staff CORRESPONDENT

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. ~6.-(Speclal Tele-
gram)-The republican state convention TO
select a nominee for supreme judge to FIN
the vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Bishop will be held at Des Moines Sep
ember 9, according to a decision reached
by the state central committee yesterday
afternoon after a long conference with At
torney General Byers. The county con-
vention to select the delegates to the state
convention will be held at the various
county seats August %. The delegates Sc
lected at the June primary will meet and
select delegates to the state convention.
Colonel Charles A. Clark of Cedar Rapids,
a venerable and distinguished Iowa attor-
ney, was chosen as temporary chairman Of
the convention and Charles Bradley of Le-
mars was chosen temporary secretary.
1t was thought possible that the state
committee would make tho appointment and
thus render unnecessary the expense of
county conventions and the state conven-
ton. But the attorney general held that
this method would be illegal and it was de-
cided to %reconvene the delegates chosen
at the primaries.
The following resolution was passed by
the committee:
Resolved, That the chairman and secre-
tary prepare and issue a call for the dele
gates IN the several COunIle6 OF the state,
selected at the last primary election to
meet at the respective county seats on the
18th of August to select delegates to a
state convention to be held at Des Moines
on the 9th day of September for the pur-
pose of placing in nomination a candidate
for supreme Judge to IN the vacancy
apportionment to be the same as at the
state convention recently held.
Chairman FRANKIE was selected to repre-
sent the committee at the funeral OF the
late Senator William b. Allison and a COM
mittee was appointed to arrange for a fit
ting floral tribute.
Chairman FRANKIE also announced the ap-
pointment of c. w. Lyon of Des Moines,
member of the committee from the Seventh
district, to be in charge Of the speakers
bureau during the coming campaign.
Attorney General H. w. Byers did not
reach the city this morning as was expected
and the conference with the lawyer mem
bers of the committee set for this morning
was not held. He met the entire commit
tee this afternoon in the headquarters in
the Fleming block, and 1t is understood, in
formed the committee thai there was no
legal method of nominating a candidate for
the vacancy on the supreme bench except
by q state convention. II the committee
decides now not to call a convention It will
bN oboAhSN NAN Vi ChO oNNOAhSg bSh-
ernl.
1t is claimed about the lobby of the Saw
cry today that Robert Healy OF Fort Dodge
is the only candidate who favored the
nomination by the state committee. The
other candidates who are in the city be-
lieve that the nomination should be made
by a state convention. This situation is
leading to the claim that the majority OF
the committee is known to favor Healy.
Any confirmation of this suspicion could
not be had today and all efforts to learn
the choice OF the committee met with re-
buff.
Judge Hugh Brennan of the district court
here today, withdrew from the race as a
candidate for the republican nomination,
and in a formal statement, asked that his
friends support Judge w. II. McHenry of
the Polk county district court. Judge
Brennan had never formally announced his
candidacy, though he was we'll understood
to be a candidate.
The withdrawal OF Judge Brennan from
the race makes it possible that neither OF
the other two member of the district bench
will press their candidacy and may support
McHenry. This would leave w. H. Baily
and McHenry in the field from this county,
and 1t is possible that arrangements might
be made for the county supporting but one
man. McHenry's friends hope for this.