Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
BAR ASSOCIATION
BEING AROUSED
LAWYERS or STATE URGED TO
TAKE ACTION REGARDING
JupoEsHlp ELECTIONS.
NoNPARTlsAN TICKET
MAY REDUCE VOTE
Three Of Present Members Of CourS
Arc Candidates Fer Re- election--All
Are, RcpubIieans-Nativc Of Tama
County Among Aspirants-rarty
Leaders Alarmed Because Of Apathy

Dcs Moines. Oct. Si.--Fearng lest
public apathy in political matters may
result in the selection of supreme court
judges taking place by default Henry
l.. Adams, president of the state bar
association, has addressed "A letter to
members of the Iowa bar urging them
to give special attention to this between
now and election day, Tuesday, Nov.
5.
Three of the present members of the
supreme court are out for re- election,
Justice Frank K. Gaynor, of LeMars;
Justice Byron w. Preston. of Oskaloosa,
and Justice Truman :. Stevens, OF
Hamburg The fourth candidate is V.
r. McGinnis. of Leon. He has been a
practicing attorney in Decatur county
for a number of years and.is demo-
crat in politics.
The fact that the supreme court
judges are on "a nonpartisan ticket Is
recognized as an especial reason for
fearing their election may take place by
default. Voters are apt to. neglect a
nonpartisan ticket at the polls. being
interested as rule in their party
ticket. This is pointed out by Mr..
Adams in his letter to the attorneys Of
the state in the following statement:
various candidates for other state
offices are expressing anxiety that there
will be very light vote. If this Is
true of candidates on partisan tickets
it is much more true of the judges VINO
are on nonpa rtisan tickets.
All three of the present members of
the high court out for reelection are
republicans. Justice Gaynor of Le-
Mars, was first elected to the supreme
court Nov. 5, 1912. He served as
district court judge from 1890 con-
tinuously up to the time he was elected
to the supreme bench. He has been a
resident of Iowa since 1856 when he
moved to the vicinity of Clermont, Iowa,
with his parents who came from Ham
ilton. Canada.
Justice Preston. of Oskaloosa, who
has been chief justice of the high court
this year, also was elected in 1917.
Judge Preston is native of Iowa, shav-
ing been born at Newton, Jasper coun-
ty, in 1858. living on farm until he
was 10 years of age. when he moved
with his parents to Grinnell where he
was educated. He studied law with
Judge L. C. Blanchard, of Oskaloosa,
and began the practice Of law there,
sewing as county attorney four years
a,d as district Judge from 1902 to 1913.
Justice Truman S. Stevens. of HAM
burg, was appointed by Governor
Harding to fill the unexpired term of
the late Justice Deemer. He was born
in Tama county, where he attended the
public schools. later attending the
Guthrie county high school, After his
graduation from the law department OF
the State University of Iowa in 1892
he began the practice of law in Ham
burg, Fremont county, which is still
his home.
Political leaders are daily to be found
in conference here now. both at the
republican and democratic state head
quarters. In addition to the sending
out of literature and some paid adver-
Using matter for the newspapers dis
trict leaders are being called in and
are going over the situation with ref
erence to getting out the workers in
their districts. Personal work Is neces-
sary to get out the vote this year and
this is being resorted to as thoroughly
as in any previous campaign.
B. B. Burnquist Of Fort Dodge: A.
H. Whitney. of Storm Lake: f. G.
Huebner, of Alta, and Lars Bladine, of
Cedar Falls, are among the republican
district committeeman who have visited
rkpublicaD headquarters in the past
two days.