Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-09-23
All Nominations for State Officers
in Iowa Have Been Made
by Both Parties.
CAMPAIGN DIRECTORS ALSO CHOSEN.
Six Per Cent. Warrants All Redeemed
Soldiers to BE Given Furloughs-
State University Gets Funds-Crop
Reports Are Observation-Disclosures
News of Interest.
Ispecial correspondence

| the campaign managers are not count
ing upon being able to arouse the usual
interest in politics, and especially in
public meetings. All the nominations
for state offices and representatives in
| congress have been made by both par
| ties, and the state committees of both
| parties have opened their headquar-
| tiers In Des Moines and are getting
| ready for the active work of the cam
| paign, which will commence about the
second week in October. Both parties
seem to be preparing to make their
campaign this fall on the, money ques-
ton, the issue being defined about as
it was two years ago, with the re-
pubicans a little more pronounced in
favor of the gold standard. The NOM
inees for congress in the several dis
tricts are as follows:
First District-Thomas Hedge, Burling-
ton, republican,; u. ]. O'Connell, Burling-
ton, fusion.
Second District-Joe R. Lane, Davenport,
republican; j. j. Ney, Iowa City, fusion.
Third Dstrict-David B. Henderson, Du-
buque. republican; ]. H. Howell. Eagle
Grove. fusion.
Fourth District-G. N Haugen, North
wood. republican; T. T. Blaise, Mason City,
fusion.
Fifth District-Robert G. Cousins, Tip
ton, republican; L. j. Rowell, Upton,
fusion.
Sixth District-John F. Lacey, Oskaloosa,
republican; j. B. Weaver, Colfax, fusion.
Seventh District-J. A T. Hull, Des
Moines, republican; c. o. Holly, Des
Moines, fusion.
Eighth District-w. P. Hepburn, clar-
linda, republican; g. L. Finn, Bedford.
fusion.
Ninth District-smith Mcpherson, Red
Oak, republican; j. A. Lyons, Guthrie Cen
ter, fusion
Fort Dodge, rep ublican; Edwin Anderson,
Ruthven, fusion.
Eleventh District-Lot Thomas, Storm
Lake, republican,; A. s. Garretson, Sioux
City. fusion.
The republican campaign will be d.
rected by Chairman c. T.,Hancock, of
Dubuque, and Secretary C. w. Phillips,
of Maquoketa, who will spend nearly
their whole time in Des Moines. The
democratic headquarters will be in
charge of Secretary Huffman, of Des
Moines, while the chairman, Fred
Townsend, will spend good share of
his time in his home in Abba. The re-
pubhcans will formally open their
speaking campaign in all the districts
about the same time, October 8.
Warrants Redeemed.
The list of the six per cent. war
rants outstanding and not paid for
want of funds were redeemed by State
Treasurer Herriott last week to the
amount of 100000, and also S35, 900 Of
the five per cent. warrants. The state
debt is being rapidly reduced, and now
amounts to only about 100000 which
will be reduced still farther before the
year is ended. Many of the remaining
outstanding warrants are drawing
less than five per cent, some as low as
$50, the credit of the state is so good
and money SO plenty. Farm loans are
made now at five per cent. to six per
cent. on security that has heretofore
paid seven to eight per cent.
Will BE Given Burroughs.
The Fiftieth Iowa volunteers are
now in Camp Mckinley waiting to be
mustered out of the service, but they
will probably be made well before this
is done, and, like the Fifty-second, will
be given 3o-day furlough if they de-
sire it, in which time to get rested and
fit for examination for muster out.
They are given the choice of taking
this furlought or waiting to be mus
tered out before they go home, which
would keep them here probably two
weeks longer. Gov. Shaw on his visit
to Washington on behalf of the Iowa
soldiers was told by President McKin-
ley that the Forty-ninth and Fifty
first Iowa regiments were needed in
the service and that this was Iowa's
share, and so no more troops could be
mustered out of the service now
Many of the privates, who are receiv-
ing small pay, want to get out Of the
service and return to their business,
now that all opportunity for glory has
vanished. The president, however, re-
minded the soldiers that the war is not
yet over and that there is need for all
the soldiers, and as they enlisted, not
for any special duty, but for the gen.
eral duties of soldiers, they cannot es-
cape the less desirable assignments,
which must be filled. A great major
| ity of the soldiers are satisfied to per-
form the duties required of them by
| the government under their enlist
| ment.
In Good Condition.
| The Fiftieth regiment, which arrived
last Saturday morning, is in much bet
ter condition than the Fifty-second
was when it arrived here. The Fifty
second came from Chickamauga and
the Fiftieth from Jacksonville, the lat
ter being much more healthful camp.
The Fiftieth, now under the command
of Col. Lambert, reported only 3s sick
when it left camp at Jacksonville, and
some of these were left at home on the
way to Des Moines. The sick who
We're brought here were cared for in
the local Red Cross hospital, where
they have the attention of the most
skilled physicians and the constant
care of trained nurses.
Hospitals Need Aid.
In both the local soldier hospitals,
one supported by the Red Cross and
the other by the Iowa sanitary COM
mission, plenty of nurses are employed
to give each soldier all the attention
he would have were he paying ever SO
much for being cared for. These hos
pitfalls, that have done so much for the
soldiers and saved lives that might
otherwise have been lost, are support
ed by private contributions secured
through the efforts of Des Moines
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