Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-18
STATE OF IOWA.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A PR0GL AAAI|ON
FOR THE
GENERAL ELECTION,
NOVEMBER 6, 1900.

Pursuant to law, I, Leslie NJ Shaw, gov.
ernor of the state of Iowa, do hereby pro.
claim and give notice that at the gen.
eral election to be held on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November,
A. D. 1900, the offices hereinafter named
are to be filed by the vote Of all the elect
ors of the state, and of those Of the sey-
eral districts designated, to-wit:
by vote OF all the electors in the statel
vice president of the United States, to be
nlled by the choice of thirteen persons,
one from each congressional district and
two from the state at large:
| The offices of secretary of state, auditor
general; -
The office of Judge of the supreme court
to succeed Charles 7. Granger;
| The office of railroad commissioners to
succeed David ]. Palmer.
And at said general election the elect.
ors of the state will be called upon to
vote on the following questions:
1. Shall there be a convention to revise
the constitution and amend the same?
. Shall the following amendment to
the constitution be adopted?
Add as section 16, to article IL of the
|constitution, the following:
Section 49, The first general election
after the adoption of this amendment shall
be held on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November in the year one
thousand nine hundred and two, and gem
eritl elections shall be held biennially
|
hundred and two there shall be elected a
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary Of
state auditor of state, treasurer of state.
attorney general, two judges of the SUI
lpreme court, the successors of the judges
of the district court whose terms of Office
leXpire December thirty-first, one thousand
nine hundred and two, state senators who
would otherwise be chosen in the year one
thousand nine hundred and one, and menu
bers OF the house of representatives. The
terms OF office of the judges of the SUI
NrIN tnl1 I,
In odd-numbered years, and all other elect
i've state, county, and township officers
whose terms of office would otherwise ex-
pire in the year one thousand nine hum
dred and one, and members of the general
assembly whose successors would other
wise be chosen at the general election in
the year one thousand nine hundred and
one, are hereby extended one year and I'M
I'll their successors are elected and quali-
tied. The terms of office of senators
whose successors would otherwise be
chosen in the year one thousand nine hun
dred and three are hereby extended one
Iyear and until their successors are elected
and qualified. The general assembly shall
the time Of election and terms Of office OF
all other elective officers as shall be neces-
sary to make the time Of their election and
terms of office conform to this amendment,
and shall provide which of the judges of
the supreme court shall serve as chief
justice. The general assembly shall meet
in regular session on the second Monday
| in January, one thousand nine hundred
and three and biennially thereafter.
By vote of the electors of the several
districts hereinafter designated
: The office of representative in congress
r from each of the several congressional dis
), tricts;
: The office of representative in congress
q from the ninth congressional district to fill
: Ia vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of
; Smith McPherson
, The office of representative IN congress
, from the tenth congressional district TO
, fill q vacancy occaSoned by the resigna-
ton of Jonathan ~ pollivgr;
5 The office OF iudse Of the district court
in and for the twelfth judicial district to
!, succeed jefferson +. Clyde:
The office of judge of The district court
2 lin and for the fourteenth judicial district
to succeed the person who shall be elected
at this election to ill the vacancy occa-
, stoned by the resignation OF Frank IL. Hell
! sell;
S The office of judge Of inc district court
V in and for the fifteenth judicial district to
y succeed Nathan ". Macy
The office of judge Of the district court in
: and for the twentieth judicial district to
4 succeed Winfield S. Withrow:
i The Office of Judge of the district court
n in and for the eleventh judicial district,
L to fill vacancy oceasioned by the reslg-
lnaton of Benjamin p BIrdsall, which office
S lis now temporarily filled under appoint
}, ment byWilliam $. KENYON;
= The office of Judge of the district court
: in and for the twelfth judicial district to
e fill vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
ton of John c. Sherwin, which office is
J., now temporarily filed under appointment
!. by Clifford P. Smith;
The office of judge of the district court
in and for the fourteenth judicial district
J. to fill vacancy occasioned by the resig.
i nation of Frank II. Helsell which office
lis now temporarily filled under appoint
ment by Arthur Battle;
The office of judge of the district court
in and for the fifteenth judicial district to
y fill a vacancy occasioned by the resigna
q ton of Walter l. Smith, which office is
', now temporarily filled under appointment
II by Orville D.Wheeler;
= The office of senator in the general as
S sembly from the ninth senatorial district
s comprising the county of Des Moines, to
;, fill vacancy occasioned by the reslgna
:. ton of William c. Macarthur;
I The office of senator in the general as
|. sembly from the thirty-eighth senatorial
It district comprising the counties of Black
G Hawk and Grundy, to fill a vacancy occas
. toned by the resignation of Charles w
II Mulian;
S The office of representative in the gen
h eral assembly from the county of Scott
!, being the forty-third representative dis
: trict, to succeed Henry Thuenen, Jr., re
L signed.
It state and the districts specially designated
IS will take due notice, and the sheriffs OF
- the several counties will take official no
y tice. and be governed accordingly. Poll'
open at seven o'clock u. M, in cities where
registration is required, and at eigh'
o'clock a. m, elsewhere, and all to close a.
. seven in the evening.
d In witness whereof, I have
Is ISEALl hereunto set my hand ant
N caused to be affixed the grea
seal Of the state. Done at De-
Moncs this fourth day of Oct
ober A. D. 1900.
49, LESLIE NJ. SHAW
Ry the Governor: