Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-05
AMONG IHE POLITICIANS.
Congressional district Candidates
in Iowa Are Attracting Con-
siderable Attention.
SEVERAL NOMINATIONS ALREADY MADE.
Board of Control Ready for Work
The Volunteer Troops-News from
the Front-Dedicationo of the State
building Mt Omaha-Other News of
General Interest.
Especial conrcspondcnce.l

Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, june 27.-Congres-
sional politics begin to attract attention
Us the time for the party conventions ap-
proaches. A few of the conventions
have been held and others soon will be.
The Ninth and Eleventh districts are the
only ones that have contests for the re-
publican nominations. The Eleventh
district convention was held last week
and Congressman Perkins was defeated
for denomination for fifth term by
Judge Thomas, of Storm Lake. The
convention lasted two days and 217 bal
lots were taken. Judge Thomas has
been on the bench since 1882 and is re-
garded as an able man. The Ninth dis
trict convention will be held about Au-
gust Is. Congressman Hageris opposed
for reorganization by eX-Speaker Byers,
of Harlan; Fl. q. Curtis, of Atlantic, and
E. w. Weeks. of Guthrie Center. The
contest will be close one, both in the
convention and at the polls, for the flu
sionists will probably name Senator j.
NJ. Emmert, of Atlantic. Thomas
Hedge, of Burlington, will be nominated
by the republicans in the First district
to succeed S. NJ. Clark. Congressman
G. M. Curtis, of Clinton, will probably
be forced to accept denomination in
4ha Second district, though he has de.
a,,uaa did not desire third term.
clared he -. of Duhunne viii,
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trict. Thomas Updegraf, of McGregor,
will no doubt be renominated in the.
Fourth district, though there is a pos
sibility that James L. Blythe, of Mason
City, may be candidate. Robert G.
Cousins, Of Upton, has already been re-
nominated in the Fifth district, and so
has w. p. Hepburn, of Clarinda, in the
Sighth district. The latter will be op-i
posed by G. L. Finn, of Bedford, Taylor
county, formerly well known as re-
publican and prohfbitionist and a
state senator from 1883 to 1894. He has
been nominated by. the fusionists. j..
A. T. Hull, of Des Moines, in the Seventh
and j. P. Deliver, of Fort Dodge, in the
Tenth, will have no opposition for re-
nomination. The Seventh district con-
vention will be held in Knoxville In
July and the Tenth district convention
in Fort Dodge June 80. John F. Lacey,
Of Oskaloosa, will be renominated in the
Sixth district and will be opposed by
Gen. j. B. Weaver, who has represented
the district in congress before, and was
defeated by Mr.. Lacey in 1883. =
The Board of Control.
The board of control will be prepared
to take charge of the state institutions
at the time prescribed by law, July /.
Some of the books will not be ready but
1T will not seriously hamper the institu-
tions but will only require them to copy
some records few weeks later. The
about week from now. The decrease
in the price of wheat has relieved the
board of some of its difficulties and it is
probable now that the salary reductions
will affect those who have been receiv-
ing large salaries and occupying posi-
tons to some extent ornamental. The
nurses and attendants and teachers and
Others who have been doing large
amount of work for small pay will not
be cut.
In the manner of purchasing supplies
the most careful supervision will be ex-
ercised. The board intends to inform
itselfas thoroughly as possible upon the
prices of all the supplies needed for
state institutions, and the best places to
buy them. Before any supplies can be
bought acquisitions for such supplies
must be approved by the board of con-
troll and the prices to be paid must be.
stated. The item of transportation of
supplies and material purchased for
state institutions must be considered
by the contractor and not by the
state. The board will provide
that all purchases must be delivered
either to the institution or to the station
or on the side track provided for the
institution. In this way the contractors
will do the figuring with the railway
companies because it is believed that
they can do much better than the state
could do in securing advantageous
rates.
Iowa Volunteer Troops.
When all the Iowa troops now pro-
vided for are in the field Iowa will have
nearly $500 men in the service of Uncle
Sam in his volunteer army. The four
regiments of infantry when recruited to
their maximum limit will have 1904
men. The two batteries of light artil-
lery will have LOG enlisted men and
three commissioned officers each. The
colored company will have the same
when it succeeds in perfecting its or
ganization and getting into the service,
which will be in a day or two. The Sig
nal service company organized by Capt,
Frank q. Lyman will have so enlisted
men and probably three commissioned
officers. Besides these number of Iowa
men have received commissions of spe-
cial character in the volunteer service.
The two light batteries are being rapid
~ recruited. The Burlington & Cedar
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