Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
TIE FAIR ASSOCIATION
Iowa Will Be Well Represented at
the Annual Meeting in
Chicago.
success Of State Fair Creates De.
mand For Position on the
Board
Majority Of officers Affected by the
Amendment Will Resign
Office.

4 Special to Times Republican.
i De:s Moines, Dec. 4--Iowa will be we'll
represented at the annual meeting of the
4 American Association of Fairs and Ex
positions which will be held in Chicago
4 Thursday and Friday of this week.
4 Those who will be in attendance rep
lresenting the Iowa State Agricultural
| Society are President ii. j. Johnson,
4 Humboldt; Secretary George H. Van
4 Houten, Lenox; Vice President j. C.
Frasier, Bioomfeid; Treasurer c. d.
4 Ellyson. Des Moines; Directors w. c.
u Brown, Clarion; L. H. Pickard, Harlan;
e. T. Cameron, Alta The association
will fix the dates for the various big
fairs in the middle states and determine
upon many matters of mutual interest.
The association in no sense partakes of
the nature of a trust or combination,
| but thru its instrumentality conflict of
! dates is obviated and it is made easier
for exhibitors who go to many fairs.
Secretary Van Houten has been invited
1 10 read d paper before the association
! on What Constitutes d Successful
Fair Inasmuch as the right answer
Ito this question is the essence of good
! fair management it is considered high
compliment to iowa TO have an Iowa
man prepare the answer. In fact. no
| fair Of the middle states has been more
uniformly successful than that held an
nually in Iowa. AS The result of the last
two successful fairs there has been put
into the treasury of the Iowa associa-
| tion a surplus of over $4,000 and but
for many permanent Improvements
made during the time the surplus would
be at least $1,000 more.
The success of the fairs in, recent
years has created demand for posi-
lions on the board or as officers. Secre-
lstary Van Houten has been remarkably
Issucsessful in managing the affairs of
the association, but d number of mei,
Want his place, and there are several
candidates for positions on the direc-g
tory board
The governor has been asked to ap-
point three delegates Il the National
Live Stock Association meeting in Sait
Lake City Jan. i5 Governor Shaw is
tout Of the city and the appointments
VIII not be made for some time.
Two delegates win go from Des
I Nfoines. representing the city. to the
Catholic provincial consistory. at Du-
buaue, this week They are or. F. j.
AIcGorrlsk and r. II blanchard. APP
pointed by the mayor for the purpose of
presenting 10 the eonsistory the Claims
Of Des Moines as the home Of bishop.
in case the Davenport diocese is divided.
The announcement that Judge j. p
Conner. of Denisans was not seated en-
!stise first day Of the congressional ses-
sion TO fill out Dolliver's 5 sunexpired term
was a surprise to the Des Mofnes spol:-
ticians 1t was not expected he would
be seated until Dolliver had actually
gone tos1the senate, but the theory that
objection could b. made to the legality
of his election becauses Delivers resie-
nation was TO take effect the first Mon
day in December instead of before the
ELECTION seems absurd. Il has not been
customary for congressman to make
their designations go into effect at once.
The Dolliver resignation was in the
hands of Governor Shaw before he or
dered the election To fill the vacancy.
The proceedings We're regular in every
way. In the case of the Ninth district
OF course Smith McPherson's restgna-
tion Was to so into effect at once. as
he entered upon his duties as United
States district judge. There was an
actual vacancy at the time of the cleo
ton and the case is different Dolliver
did not think it necessary that the
Tenth district should have no congress-
man at all for month or two. One rea-
son, perhaps, why he made his resigna
tion takeSeffect the first Monday in De-
cember when he expected to go into the
senate. was that he would thereby get
the salary OF congressman until that
time It was formerly the law that
congressman OF a senator named TO fill
a vacancy got the salary back from the
beginning of the vacancy. That is NOT
the custom now and If Dolliver had re-
signed and left the district without a
congressman Judge Conner would not
nave been any richer. Some years ago
Governor kirkwood received quite a 4
sum as back pay when he was appointed
% MI the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Harlan. 1t is not apprehended
mat Judge Conner will have any trou-
BILE over the objection said to have been
made against him.
sss
<AetotiiSs SItiietti Ilel1lley> mas re- /
turned from Iowa City. His Thanksgiy-
ing holiday was a sad one for him on |
account of the death of his wife's moth
er, and he has given no time to business
for several days. He is now busy clear
ing his table of accumulated business |
He has taken no definite step as yet toI
bring before the supreme court the hi |
ennial election tangle for settlement. |
but that will come about in due timo. |
and no trouble need be looked for un- |
less some obstreperous officehoIder goes
out of his way to make it. In fact one
might infer from the designations being |
offered in Iowa at this time that Office
holding had suddenly become burden |
some. but the resignation epidemic only
indicates that great majority of the
men in official positions are honest with
their constituents and desire that the |
will of the people shall be Observed
faithfully. AS no solution of the biennial
election muddle has yet been suggested /
and no move has been taken or is likely |.
to be taken to test the effect of the |
amendment before the time for the an
nual official house cleaning, those state
and county officials who do not want tol
be under suspicion Of official greed are
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