Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-05
NINTH DISTRICT ELECTION
Republican Leaders in Des Moines
Confident Of Victory for Green.
DEMOCRATS FAIL TO RAISE ISSUE
Talk of Fight Against Reciprocity
with Canada as Disastrous to
Farmers f. Received with
Indifference.
Trom a staff Correspondentl

DIES MONIES, June A-tSpecial)-That
Judge w r Green Of Audubon county
will be elected to congress in the Ninth
district on Monday is the confident belief
OF representative republicans who have
fsmiliarized themselves with the situation.
While the district Is somewhat removed
from this political center a great many
republicans here, especially among state
offices, have gone into the district, OF have
by correspondence secured inside lnforma-
ton as TO conditions in the various coun-
ties, and the general impression is that
the district will remain as for many years.
n the republican column.
The controlling element" said one state
official who has been in the east end OF
the district. will be the fact that Judge
Green IL personally and in his political life
an ideal man 20 send to congress. He has
the confidence Of the people 10 an unusual
extent. HIS service on the bench in all
but two OF the counties Of the district has
given him a very wide acquaintance and
II all helps, for he has made no enemies
He has always been a staunch republican,
q man believing firmly in republican prin-
ciples and in congress he could be de-
pended upon to do the right thing. This
IL the factor that is going 20 make for
his election. The only question there is
now before the voters Of the district is 10
get out a reasonably full vote"
The democratic committee is not as con-
fident as IL was at the start. 1t had great
hopes of the success of raising an issue
on reciprocity, but II seems that that is
sue has dwindled before the larger one
of having the district 10 long represented
by Judge Walter I. Smith represented by
q democratic member. All reports agree
that there 10 no talk at all about reel
proc1ty, that the people are not excited
about IL, that the farmers are Indifferent
and that they are neither very anxious to
defeat 10 nor fearful OF results. 1t is found
that among both democrats and repub-
leans. especially among the farmers there
IL wide differences Of opinion and that
most of the farmers are now admitting
; that with their present knowledge they
are hardly prepared to decide the question
! a. to the pending bill in congress.
Democrats Change Plans.
There In some evidence of a change of
! tactics ON the part OF the democrats from
/ the fact that in the rural districts they
are resortiDg TO personal attacks upon
Judge Green. Tue campaign is so short
that q II figured the facts cannot very
wen be made to OvertalSe the falsChoods.
Senator W. +. Cleveland, the democratic
/ candidGtA - q man of great ability and
he has The confidence OF the democratic
voters - sh0wn by the fact that he held
up the vote high last year when there was
general slump all over the state. But
Cleveland lacked nearly 1000 Of polling the
highest democratic vote of the district
which had been cast q dozen years ago
He did not receive as many votes as did
the democratic candidate for congress In
the Same district three years ago. The
low vote for the republican ticket last year
was due 20 q large stay at home repub-
hcan vote largely due to the unpopularity
OF the republican state ticket.
There IL, of course, on the part of both
parties q fear. that there will be light vote
because of It's being a special election. There
are nearly 10000 votes in the district when
all are cast, but II there are 5000 cast It will
be q Burp1se For one thing, the weather
In the western part OF the state has not
been a. favorable for corn cultivation as
IN the central part of the state. 1t has
been TOO wet and the weeds have got
good start and this will induce the
farmers to remain at home that they may
be working In the fields, as every hour is
precious at this season OF the year
Tho fact that Judge Green has been for
fifteen years on the bench has made It
impossible that he should take any part
IN the faotional troubles which have
disturbed that district as much as any
ether He has simply gone on with
judicial work and left political matters
alone. but Il is known that he has been
keenly alive TO political issues and is I'M
usually we'll equipped for political career.
But his enforced inactivity in the past will
DO an asset In the present campaign
State Bankers Meeting.
Senator Kenyon il expected to address
the State. BankerS association at Mason
City. which convention commences June Is.
G. H McNider viii deliver the address
Of welcome, which will be replied to by
George 8, Parker OF Sioux City. Presi-
dent McHugh win then deliver his ad-
dress Prot ]. Laurence Mclaughlin,
of the University of Chicago; Emerson
Dupuy of Des Moines. Charles d. Ellis
OF Charles City. @. L. TremaIns of Hum
boldt. J. Z. Henriques OF Sioux City. James
@. Berryhin OF Des Moines Charles r.
Frost. secretary OF the Minnesota Bankers
association, and George NJ. Reynolds of
Chicago. are ell down for addresses.
Many Young Speed Horses.
The fact that a great many horses are
being reared for the race tracks In Iowa
and adjoining states is shown by the fact
that "a colts were entered in the stake
races for the state fair next fall The
purses run from $500 TO $1,000 A dozen
states are represented in the list Of en-
tries, which has been closed. Probably
half OF them win actually start in the va
rious stake races.
BOOst for Rura schools.
State Superintendent Deyoe will 20 to
Ames this week to hold a conference OF
the county superintendents Of the state
and the officials OF the state college and
20 discuss how best TO put into effect the
new Iowa laws. which compel the teach
ing OF agriculture in the rural schools
The work OF starting normal instruction
in various schools OF the state Is also to be
undertaken very soon. The educators OF
the state are preparing for a great boost
for the rural schools.
Great Hospital Work.
The greatest clinical hospital in the
United States is designed for the State
University OF Iowa by the board OF edu-
cation With a new 10000 wing nearing
completion. plans already are under way
for another extension OF the hospital "a