Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-15
COUNTY CONVENTION CALLED
Delegates Are to Be Selected to the
State Judicial Convention.
DEMOCRATS MEET AT OAKLAND
Fred White to Deliver Address Al
Chautauqua Instead OF CIaud r..
Porter, as Had Been Planned
by the Committee.

In accordance with the instructions re-
ceived yesterday from C. F. FRANKIE, chair
man of the republican state committee,
Elmer e. Smith, chairman of the republi'
can courty committee, has issued a call
for a county convention to be held in this
city Saturday, August 20, for the purpose OF
selecting delegates to attend the extra state
convention to DC held in Des Moines on
Wednesday, September 3. The holding of
an extra state convention is for the pur-
pose of nominating a candidate for Judge Of
the supreme court to FIJI the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Charles A.
Bishop.
The county convention will be composed
of the delegates that were elected from the
various precincts at the primary election
held on June 2. Pottawattamie county is
entitled to twenty-eight delegates to the
state convention and this number fill be
selected at the county convention.
I The Fifteenth judicial district, which in
cludes Pottawattamie county. has a candi-
date for the republican nomination for su-
preme judge in the person OF Judge w, r.
Green of Audubon county. Judge Green
has receivedstheAunanimous endorsement OF
the bar of Council Bluffs irrespective Of
party, and word was received here yester-
day that he had also received the unani-
nous endorsement Of the bar OF his home
county.
1t is likely that the county convention on
August 20 will instruct the delegates Sc
lected to attend the state convention for
Judge Green.
white to Speak At Oakland.
Democrats who viii attend the district
conference to be held today at Oakland,
and who had expected to hear an address
from Claude r. Porter, the party's eandi-
date for United States senator, win be dis
appointed. The will. however. have an OPP
p~ortunity to hear Hon Fred White, demo
cratic candidate for governor.
When Al Lenocker. chairman OF the
Pottawattamie county democratic. commit
tee, issued the call for the conferences OF
party candidates and workers at Oakland
|, for today he did so with the urderstanding
that the management Of the Oakland chau.
: tauqua had delegated the day as demo.
cratic day and that Mr.. Porter would be
! the principal speaker. II developed yester-
, day, however, that no arrangement had
been made with Mr.. Porter to speak al
Oakland and that he was scheduled for an
3 address at the Glenwood chautauqua TO.
A day. When J. J. Hughes OF this city. q
q member OF the state central eommltte,
n from the Ninth district. who was In Des
z Moines yesterday, learned that Mr.. Porter
q could not speak at Oakland he got bus,
n and succeeded in securing Mr.. White II
: Mr. Porter's place. Word was sent I,
Council Bluffs and 10 Oakland by MIR
Hughes that Hon. Fred White. the demo
cratic candidate for governor, would be To,
) principal speaker today at the .oaklan,
y ~chautauqua. Later in the day word cam,
Cor County Chairman Lenocker that III.
management OF the Oakland chautauqui
could not arrange to have Mr.. White o.
. any other democratic speaker there. as n,
|. plans had been made to have a republican
speaker during the chautauaua ana IA.
management dla not want 10 appca. a