The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
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Des Moines. August 90. 1900.

Des Moines, August 80, 1900.
Hon. j. T. Dolliyer upon being i'm
formed of his appointment to the
senate to succeed the late Senator
Gear, visited Governor Shaw and then
gave out the following statement:
Il feel very grateful to Governor
Shaw for the confidence which he
has reposed in me. have known
from the beginning I ut he had my
name under considers, on. / do not
think that any one Gan doubt that
he has given conscient GUS attention
to the difficult problem which has
been in his hands, although it re-
quires no special knowledge of our
state politics to see that in the ac-
ton which he has taken his own in
terests have been entirely subordi-
mated. regard it as great honor
that Governor Shaw has chosen me,
among the many older and more ex-
perlenced men in the state, as the
successor of Senator Gear. 1t is my
intention to accept the appointment,
resign my seat in the house, decline
the nomination unanimously rendered
me on May to the Fifty seventh
congress, and ask the republicans OF
Iowa to ratify Governor Shaw's
action when the legislature s meets.
The kindness and good which will have
been extended to me by the people
of Iowa will not, feel sure, be with
drawn from me under these circum-
stances. In entering upon the Office
OF United States senator, I will have
only one ambition, and that is to re-
present the whole state, and in SO far
as It's duties relate to party matters
the whole republican party
The executive council by resolution
referred the claims of the state
against G. I. Jones, clerk of the SUI
preme court, for fees received, to the
attorney general, giving him full
power to act as he sees fit Some
time ago the council ordered Attor-
ney General Remley to bring suit
against Mr.. Jones for certain speci-
he'd fees Mr.. Remley in commune
cation pointed out the difficulties in
the road of complying with the order.
At a recent meeting, on motion of
Auditor Merriam, the former order
was rescinded and Mr.. Jones' official
BOND, together with certain commun-
1catlon from Treasurer Herriott re-
garding fees alleged to be due, were
referred to Mr.. Remley, together with
instructions to bring suit for such
amount as would protect the states
interests.
Bernard Murphy, state printer, has
contracted to have the state work
done in the Office of George Ragsdale's
Iowa Printing company. AS soon as
Mr.. Murphy's term of office begins,
January l, he will be found at the
Iowa Printing company. The Office
o. the company is well equipped for
the work on account of the fact that
George H.. Ragsdale, it's president, was
fromerly state printer, and all of the
material used by him is still in use in
the Office and will necessitate but
small expenditure in preparing to
handle the work
Judge Robinson of the board of con-
troll, who has just returned from
Vislt TO the southeastern part of the
state, says preparations are being
made at Fort Madison to enforce the
grade system there on and after Oc-
( tober 1. This system is now in force
at Anamosa. It is one of the reyo-
buttons worked by the board of con-
troll $. nee it has been established. and
its workings thus far have been salts,
factory. BY it the prisoners are DIN
vlded into three grades, according
their conduct. The suits for the di
ferent grades are now being preparS
I at Fort Madison. The prisoners Of
the hrst grade will wear the prison
striped uniferm. The suitsare almost
IN readiness now, but the classification
OF the prisoners has not been COM
pleted. Judge Robinson inspected the
prison while on his rounds. He was
well satisfied with it's condition. New
shops will soon be occupied by one Of
the contracting firms there, and this
will afford much relief to the prison-
ers, who have been to some extent
crowded.
The work of gathering material for
the new directory has progressed to
such an extent as to Indicate what
the population of the city is to be.
From returns made to date Des
MONIES is shown to have more than
10000, number considerably larger
than was shown by the returns made
by the federal census enumeration.
The board of control has received
from Superintendent Max E. Write
the annual report for the hospital for
the insane at Clarinda, for the wear
from July 1, 1899, to une so, 1900,
and inclusive of the LATIN date. The
report is a mass of WE'LL stematized
facts concerning the ina ltion. a
large increase in populaNh in the
course of the year is evid9 sSl. One
peculiar feature of the repcrtcis that
it. shows more female patients at the
hospital now, relative to he total
number, than there were a. year ago.
The percentage of women recovered
III the year, is less than that of men.
and the percentage of women inn &
proved in the same period is mr. less
than that of men
The state board of health has Issued
10000 copies of circular for general
distribution throughout Iowa, on the
subject of tuberculosis. The bo;rd
goes in detail into the. causes aid
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