Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
IOWA NEWSLETTER.
The Law in Regard to the Regis
tration Of Voters.
Offices to he Filled at the Coming
Election-A New Legal Holiday
Grain Gambling Defined
Other Notes.
Especial Correspondence

|
| election occurs on Tuesday, November
| 2, and inasmuch as considerable conten-
| ton has arisen over the variety of
| opinions among voters as to who shall
register this year. Attorney-General
Remley calls attention to Section 1854
of the code, which reads as follows:
| A new registry of voters shall be taken
| In each year of a presidential election. For
all other state or municipal elections, gen.
| eral or special, the registers shall prepare
| a new registry book in each year by copy
| ing from the poll book OF the preceding gen.
| eral election all the names found therein,
| adding thereto those of all persons regis
| tered and voting at any subsequent cleo
| ton, which new registry book shall show
| all the facts of qualification of each voter
| as they appear on the last preceding reg
! istry book, which, when thus made up,
/ shall be used at each election until a new
| registry book is prepared, as required by
| law. Every person thus registered shall
| be considered as entitled to vote at any
| election at which said registry book may
be used, unless his name shall be dropped
| by the correction of registration, as au-
| thorized by law
| Thus it will be seen that only those
who were not registered and did not
vote at their present voting place last
| fall or at the spring election are re-
Iquired to register this year.
Offices to he Filled.
The following state offices are to be
| filled by the vote of the electors: Gov
ernor, lieutenant governor, judge of the
supreme court, superintendent of pub
| lie instruction and railroad commission
| err. In the legislative districts 81 sem
ators are to be chosen and SO repre-
| sentatives.
New Legal Holiday.
The new code makes provision that
February %, Washington's birthday,
be considered legal holiday hereafter
| in the state. With this addition to the
| list there are now in Iowa seven legal
| holidays in the year, besides every Sun
| day. The seven holidays are: New
Years day, Washington's birthday, Me-
mortal day, Fourth of July, Labor day,
| Thanksgiving day and Christmas day.
Many persons may be surprised to know
| that Washington's birthday has not
heretofore been legal holiday in the
state, but such is the case. Iowa has
| been one of the three states which for
years has not so observed the birthday
of the father of his country. The two
| other states which show an indifference
in this regard are Mississippi and Ar
| kansas. Every other state in the union
| observes February % as legal holt
day.
Grain Gambling Defined.
| The supreme court in the case of
| Counselman & Co. VS.. Manuel Reichart,
brought up from the Cass district court,
| declares that contracts for grain where
the intention is merely speculative on
| the chances of the rise or fall of the
market and no delivery is intended, are
| gambling contracts and void. 1t is not
enough to render the contract void that
| the buyer intended it as gambling con-
tract unless the seller participates in
that intention. That is, if in the case
at bar the defendant, in ordering pur-
chase of oats, intended only speculation
upon margins without delivery of the
grain and the plaintiff purchased the
| grain for actual delivery, it would be
| gambling contract. To make the con-
tract void as between these parties in
tention to make gambling contract
must be mutual.
| NOn-Partisan Women.
The Nonpartisan Woman's Christian
| Temperance union of Iowa held it's
| twenty-fourth annual convention in
| Grinnell. About 100 delegates were in
attendance and great enthusiasm was
manifested. The address of welcome
was given by Mrs. j. A. Brown, the re-
spouse being by Mrs. Ella Hurford, of
Indianola. The address by President
Human, of Belmond, reviewed the work
of a quarter of century and outlined
work yet to be accomplished.
Officers for the ensuing year are:
| President, Mrs. Ella Hurford, of In
| dianola; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Cassie Hoyl, of Green Mountain; re-
cording secretary Mrs. j. McAchran, of
Bloomfield; treasurer, Mrs. Mamie
Howe, of Des Moines; trustee, Mrs.
Sleighton, of Des Moines.
The Epworth League.
Organized but eight years ago with
but a little handful of young people,
the Epworth league of the Methodist
Episcopal church now numbers 100000
members. One hundred thousand of
| these are connected with nearly 1900
local chapters or societies in Iowa.
These young people are looking forward
| with great anticipation to their eighth
annual convention, which is to be held
in Ottumwa from the 4th to the sth OF
| November. Last year the meeting was
held in Cedar Rapids and there were
nearly 1000 delegates present The
state officers have been working and
planning for months for the coming
meeting and expect the attendance to
be even larger than last year.
Gov. brakes Condition.
Adjt. Gen. II. Fl. Wright arrived in
Centerville the other day from Excelsior
Springs, Mo. He reports that the gov
ernor is improving very slowly. He is
unable to move about for any distance
| without the use of both his cane and
| crutch, and there is no telling when he
will be able to leave the springs.
Missing I'm Alaska.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Lamprecht, of FL
| dora. are no little alarmed over the loss