Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-01-21

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former president judge of the twenty
fifth judicial district, composed of
Clinton, Cameron and Elk counties, has
decided to be candidate for the su-
preme court iudgeshp of Pennsylvania
and his candidacy has been warmly en-
dorsed by the bar associations Of Cam
eron and Elk counties His home
county of Cameron has appointed
committee of prominent citizens to
promote his candidacy, to succeed
Hon. James It. Mitchell, the chief JUS
tice of the supreme court, whose term
expires the first Monday of January,
1910.
It is understood that the nomination
on the Republican ticket is to go to the
''countrynthis time and if this be true,
Judge Green should have good
chance of securing the ''plum." His
fitness for the place is recognized and
the fiattering endorsement by the bar
association of his home county is ex
cellent testimony to this fact, as the
following will show.
At meeting of the Cameron County
Bar association, held January 6, 1909
the following resoluti ons were unani
mously adopted:
| WHEREAS, The official term of Hon.
| james T.. Mitchell, chief justice of the
| supreme court of Pennsylvania will eX
pire on the frat Monday of January,
1910, making it necessaLy to nominate
and elect in 1909, one person to be a
| justice of the supreme court.
AND WHEREAS, The members of the
Cameron County Bar association be-
! lieve that Northern Pennsylvania.
should be represented upon the bench
| of the supreme court by an eminent
member of the bar familiar with the
great industries of this section of the
state and able to cope with the i'm
portant legal questions growing out of
the business peculiar to this section of
the commonwealth.
| AND WHEREAS, Hon. B. W. Green,
late president judge of the twenty
fifth judicial district of Pennsylvania,
embracing the counties of Cameron,
Elk and Clinton, is acknowledged to
be leading and most learned lawyer,
eminent as citizen, sound and up.
right as Judge, of thirty-six years ac-
tive practice at the bar and is qualified
by his training and experience, both
upon the bench and at the bar to
faithfully, ABLY and fearlessly discharge
the duties of the high and responsible
Office of justice of the supreme court.
Now be it resolved by the Cameron
county Bar association, that we urgent
ly request Hon. B w. Green to become
a candidate for justice of the supreme
Bar association, that we urgently re-
candidate for justice of the supreme
court of Pennsylvania, and we pledge
our hearty cooperation and support
for his nomination.
And be it further resolved, that Hon.
j. Q. Johnson, Frank d. Leet, James
K. McNarney, Fred A. Johnson and
Jay P. Felt, members of the Cameron
County Bar association, be appointed
a committee to promote the candidacy
of Hon. B. w. Green for the Republi
can nomination as justice OF the su
preme court of Pennsylvania,
The bar association of Elk county, O.
which Judge Harry Alvan Hall is the
president, has also pledged to support
Judge Green's nomination for this
high office. At meeting of this asso
citation, held January 18th, 1909, the
following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, the official term of Hon
James T Mitchell, chief justice of the
supreme court of Pennsylvania will eX
, pire on the first Monday of January
1910, making it necessary to nominate
and elect in 1909 one person to be 6
justice of the supreme court.
AND WHEREAS, The members of the
ElG county Bar association believe
that Northern Pennsylvania should be
represented upon the bench Of the su.
preme court by an eminent member OF
the bar familiar with the great indus
tries of this section of the state anC
, able to cope with the important lega
questions growing out OF the business