Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-11-18
HAWKEYE NEWSLETTER
Crowded Condition of the State
House Causes a Dispute.
bids for the Historical Building He
jected-The Governor-Electv Visits
Des Moines--University and
Mine Reports-Other Notes.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 15.-Although
the storehouse has been built but few
years it is already overcrowded and a
dispute over the disposition Of offices
has arisen which will be carried into the
legislature. Attorney General Remley
has been kicking for two months be-
cause his quarters are not larger and he
demanded the rooms occupied by the
State Agricultural society. The So
ciety refused to move out and Mr.. Rem
ley moved his effects upstairs into the
rooms set aside for the lieutenant gov
ernor, leaving quarters that have been
occupied by all previous attorney-gen-
erals. The executive council took up
the matter, but it resulted in q tie vote.
A plan was brought out in the discus
sion, which will most likely be con-
sidered by the Twenty-seventh general
assembly. 1t is to combine the state ag-
ricultural society and horticultural So
cieties in the same apartments and pro-
vide accommodations for the state vet
Urinary with them.
Reject All Bids.
The state executive council has de-
cided to reject all bids for the erection
Of the historical building and refer the
matter to the next legislature. This
conclusion was reached after thorough
discussion of the whole situation. The
bids for the erection of the building in
conformity with the plans accepted by
the council were somewhat of sur
prise to the members of the council. In
view of the fact that more money would
be required than is in sight, and not car
ing to take the responsibility of actual
ly starting a building the cost of which
might appear colossal to many persons,
the council relieved itself of further
trouble by unloading the whole matter
on the general assembly.
Shaw I'm Des MOines.
Leslie M. Shaw, who has been elected
governor, arrived in Des Moines, ac-
companied by Mrs. Shaw. Apartments
were taken at the Savery and Mr.. Shaw
was besieged by persons seeking minor
appointments under his administration.
Among the candidates and those spoken
of for minor places under the governor
are the following: For private secre-
tary, w. A. Fleming, Gov. brakes
private secretary, and f. w. Bicknell;
for oil inspector, Hugh Pickel; for Gus
todian, George Metzgar, j. II. McGar-
raugh and James Parmlee, of Des
Moines; for land commissioner, Fred L.
Barnett and w. f. Obleness; for adj
jutant general, II. H. Wright and John
r. Prim, who held the place under Gov.
Jackson. Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw were en-
tertained at the Savery by Gov Drake
and Private Secretary Fleming.
No Armed Invasion.
Adjt. Gen. Henry H. Wright has re-
turned to Des Moines from investigat-
ing the alleged armed participation by
Clinton members of the Iowa national
guard in the riot in Fulton, ILL.,, during
the trouble over the removal of the
Modern Woodmen Offices from that
town to Rock Island. Gen. Wright says
there is nothing in the charge, that the
militiamen assembled on the Iowa side
with arms, thinking they could or would
be called on to assist in putting down the
riot, but when their captain heard of II
he went and ordered them to dispense
and return the arms to the armory,
which was done, and not one of the Iowa
men went to Fulton armed. Gen.
Wright thinks there is no occasion for
proceeding further in the affair.
Given n Masters Degree.
The board of trustees of the State Ag-
ricultural college at Ames has conferred
upon James Wilson, secretary of ag-
riculture, the degree of master of ag-
riculture. 1t is the fourth masters de-
gree ever conferred by the college. Mr.
Wilson was for many years professor
in charge of the department of agricul-
ture in the college. The degree was I'M
solicited and will be surprise to Mr..
Wilson. His son, James Wilson, Jr.,
leaves in few days for Washington to
become his fathers private secretary.
He graduated one year ago from the col
lege and since then has been teaching
there.
stopped n Leakage.
In days gone by it used to be the
rule that any state officer could make a
requisition on the supply department
at the capitol for anything and every
thing he wanted and in almost any
quantity, and of course there was a
great leakage, but it has been stopped.
Each department is now charged with
the supplies drawn, careful account of
everything received and disbursed by
the supply department is taken, and an
invoice is made by the executive coun-
ell at stipulated times, and business
methods have been injected into the de-
partment which will save thousands of
dollars each year. State Treasurer Her
riott, appointed by the executive coun-
Gil to make the first invoice, has COM
pleted his work and submitted his re-
port to the council. He finds that the
state has $24,967.7o worth of supplies on
hand.
University Report.
The board of regents of the State uni
eersity have filed their biennial report
with Gov. Drake. They ask for an ap-
nropriot iop of S102 ion from, Tho pa,,t