Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-13
NINTH DISTRICT TO PICK MAN
Western Iowa Congressional Cam
paign Opens Today.
REPUBLICANS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
Judge Green II Leading Candidate,
with stern of Logan Second
and white of Logan
Third.

The republican county congressional con-
vention for Pcttawattamie county will he
held in the south room Of the county court
house in Council Bluffs today. 1t will meet
at II o'clock for temporary organization
and will then adjourn until 1880 Its sole
purpose is to select delegates to the Ninth
district congressional convention. which
will meet at the same place on Tuesday to
name candidate to fill the place made
vacant by the resignation Of Congressman
Walter Smith
There will be at least three candidates
before the congressional convention in
Council Bluffs, kiIt of these Judge w ".
Green Of Audubon admittedly has the in
side track, with Willis Stern OF Logan sec
ond and White of Harlan third. Judge
Green's nomination depends upon his ability
to carry yPottawattamie county, which will
go into the congressional convention with
twenty-four delegates about twice as many
as any other OF the counties in the district
This has male a ratner sharp but tx-
tremely amicable contest TO secure the en-
dorsement of the Gounsv convention today
Each Of the candidates has heen working
among the deles2es. All have written Ter
sonal letters % theim ami Mr. Stern and
Mr.. White have gone TO she trouble of
going over the county and making personal
visits. Mr.. Stern spent some time In the
east end yesterday Judge Green has .eSed
more generally upon the assistance that
has been freely offered by his friends.
Green seems I'm Lead.
An impartial canvass of the delegates
completed last evening indicates that Judge
Green will secure a majority of the dele
gates favorable to voting for instructions
to the congressional delegates and will be
given solid delegation from the county.
His own county, Green, will do likewise
and he has more than even chance in all
of the others, with the possible execution
OF Cass where he will encounter consider
able opposition. Republican leaders OF
Council Bluffs and elsewhere, who take a
broad view of the situation in the Ninth
district, are convinced that Judge Green
is the strongest candidate brought forward
on account OF his lack of political activity.
freeing him from the responsibility OF any
favorable to progressives or
standpatters. He is equally acceptable to
either and is In addition, a strong and
clean man.
The attempt again to manage the affairs
Va lhS Nihth ulStrlct nom Des MOines has
resulted in giving vide CURRENCY to the
assertion that Judge Green is Ineligible on
account of the Iowa constitutional provis
ion declaring district judges to be ineliRibl.
Tor any kind of office during the term for
"hich they were elected. except for the
supreme bench. There is no question about
the meaning Of the constitutional prohibl
tion, but that IL should be brought for
ward now, and from Des Moines is plainly
meant for the embarrassment Of Judge
Green II has been the practice to choose
congressional candidates from the bench
Tor years Congressman Smith was himself
nominated and elected while occupying the
district court bench, and last fall the re-
publicans named Judge Towner In the
Eighth district. while he stiII had three
years 10 serve on the bench. Judge Green
can fully comply with the constitutional
requirements by resigning from the bench
when he gets tho nomination. which his
will doubtless inpel him
TO do.