Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-18

On the lSOth ballot, by the narrow mar
gin Of one-twenty- third OF a vote, Judge
w r. Green Of Audubon county was
nominated as the republican candidate for
congress in the Ninth Iowa district in the
confessional convention at Council Bluffs
last night.
After continuous balloting sfrom 2:30 in
the afternoon the decision was not reached
until 10 o'clock in the evening. The final
vote ended the most stubborn fight ever
known In a political convention in the
county and set record for the number Of
ballots required to decide a convention
fight.
The convention met at II o'clock in the
forenoon and extended throughout the
long. hot and weary day, and through
nearly half of the night, after repeated
efforts to secure an adjournment until to-
day, and after half dozen successful at
tempts had been made to secure brief in
tervals to give opposing factions an oppor-
tunity to get together Despite the ap-
parently strained relations, the best Of
good fellowship prevailed among the dele
gates.
When the announcement of the hard
fought battle was made the motion
to make the nomination unanimous was
carried with great enthusiasm, which was
further increased when a committee con-
sisting of the three defeated candidates
was delegated to go out and bring Judge
Green before the convention. 1t was given
still another touch Of tension when Judge
Green, perspiring and showing the effects
of the heavy strain, made a ten-minute
talk that brought all the delegates under
his standard.
Senator A. c. Savage of Adair county
was temporary chairman and w. r. Or
chard Of Council Bluffs temporary secre-
| tary. In a seven-nninute speech Senator
Savage sounded the keynote Of the cam
paign and the governing motive of the
onvention-antagonism to President Taft
Canadian reciprocity.
The report of the credentials committee
showed all of the delegates present, 100 in
number.
When the convention reconvened in the
afternoon the committee on permanent
organization named former Attorney Gen.
eral John Y. Stone of Mills county az
permanent chairman, Thomas Q. Harrison
of Council Bluffs as permanent necretarS
and d. r. Eldridge Of Mills county as as.
sistant secretary.
White withdraw.
! At the end of the first roll call tbs
names OF Judge Green of Audubon, Will.
Stern OF Harrison and White Of Shelby
counties were before the convention, al
70 remain until the one hundred and TWEEN
| ty-ninth ballot, when White withdrew
The first ballot showed 4S for Green, 4
for Stern and Is for White. and there wal
scarcely more than visible variation
from this until after the one hundred ant
fifteenth ballot, taken at the night ses
sion. when new name appeared, John M
Junkin of Montgomery. He drew from
Judge Green principally until his vott
reached "a, leaving Green the same mum
ber but after the one hundred and twenty
fourth ballot he ceased to be voted for.
Judge Green has not been aligned Will
the progressives or standpatters in low,
politics and when asked for his position
always says he is Just a republican.
The Platform.
The platform adopted was as follows:
BE it. Resolved. BY the republicans O
the Ninth congressional district in con
vention assembled, that we indorse In,
principles Of republicanism contained a
the last national republican platform.
That we are opposed to the propose,
Canadian reciprocity treaty as bein1 det
rimental TO the farming interests OF thi
country. and we pledge the nominee o
this convention to oppose the adoption O
the said measure, and We urge our Unite,
states senators to use all honorable mea n
to prevent the passage of said measure
we denounce the proposed free list O
the democratic house of representatives a
measure injurious to the interests o
American industry. and dangerous alike L
farm and shop"