Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-05
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"A uISDatrn from lIlH'blHs wv
| After the banquet of tine Abraham
| Lincoln club of this city, at which he
| smoke on the political situation of the
| country, Governor Shaw OF Iowa in an
! interview called attention to an effort
now being made to force II national
! issue out of the details of AN economic
! measure for supplying revenue for
! Porto Rico He did not commit him
/ self as to the wisdom uf the details OF
( the bill but he said it seems likely TO
! be settled speedily and for all time,
that the Omitted States can, IL IT
, chooses, acquire territory. and con-
/ gress can legislate for il aS it pleases.
! The question pending in congress,
| he said sis not whether the tobacco
/ and sugar merchants, who now hold
J the products of Porto Rico in ware
! houses. shalt pay IS per cent OF The
! Dingley tariff, the same TO be appro-
i priated for the relief of the farmers OF
/ Porto Rico, who have been compelled
! to sell at prices dictated by these spec
ulators, but whether. in fact, the
! United States possesses the inherent
/ power To do whatever it deems wise
! and expedient. and to manage its new
ly acquired possessions for the interest
of the people thereof in any manner
! not expressly prohibited by the con
| stitutiOn."
! J. 7. Vincent, proprietor of the Des
| M0incS Union Stock Yards. has filed a
! complaint with the Iowa railway com
mission against the Chicago. Rock
, Island & Pacific railway. charging
I that that railway refuses To receive
/ freight by the car load consigned to
. -, Stool. NapI4
Mr.. Vincent says that the Rock Island
| does not desire to have freight brought
[ in from non-compcting points to a com
I peting point. here to be redistributed,
with the possibility that the Rock
Island may lose the remainder of the
haul. Mr.. Vincent says that stock
yards companies have had these con-
tests with railroads in every city where
an effort has been made to- establish
union stock yards, the railroads want
ing as few of them as possible.
The settlement of the contest for the
federal judgeship to succeed the late
John =. NOolson having resulted in
the agreement by the Iowa delegation
in congress TO recommend the appoint
ment of Congressman Smith McPher-
son of the Ninth district, nearly a
dozen candidates for the republican
nomination for congress have been
proposed to succeed him. The list at
present consists of Colonel c. q. Sam
ders, Judge Walter !. Smith ana Ern-
est L. Hart. Council Bluffs; John w.
Foster, of Guthrie county; Senator }.
NJ. Junkin, Red Oak: Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Milliman. Harrison county; Rep
resentatives II. W. Byers, Shelby
county; +. b. Swan, Cass county, and
ex-CongresSman A. l.. IIager, Adair
county. Ex-Speaker Byers is the lead
ing candidate.
The house committee on the compen-
sation of public officers reported for
passage the bill intended to cut off the
salary of the Hon John Cownie, mem
Der of the board of control, as govern
ment crop reporter. The bill merely
strikes out three words in the present
statute. These words are lin the
state" and are found in the provision
which prohibits members of the board
from holding any other lucrative Office
in the state. The office of state crop
reporter is n federal office and so the
law would have to be amended to pro-
hibit the holding of it by member Of
the board.
The army post committee will COM
mence soliciting funds nj once for the
purpose of purchasing the ground
which it Is necessary to present in fee
simple to the government before the
proposed post will be established in
DeS MoineS. The cost of suitable
grounds will be considerable, but there
is little question but that the people OF
the city will respond literally to the
solicitations of the members of the
committee for subscriptions. 1t is the
desire of the people of the city that the
post shall be established this year, IL
possible. and to this end the commit
tee will hasten the work of soliciting.
After the ground is donated to the
government, nothing can he done
toward improving II for the purposes Of
n post until suitable appropriation is
made by congress. The present session
of congress is likely to continue until
well along in the summer, and the
members of the committee are antici-
! pating the possibility of having the
, title to the ground reposed in the gov
eminent in time to have an appropria-
( ton made by congress this year.
| MIS-. EiuOEd y, hlfScller mas brought
/ suit in the district court to break the
will of her father, Elijah Jones, late of
| Polk county. which has been probated.
| The estate of the deceased is valued at
! about S2a. 800 and Mrs Kirscher seeks
! to have it properly divided between
herself and her sister. Mrs. Cornelia
Todd. and the widow of the deceased.
, Mrs. Eliza Anna Jones. The sut is
entitled EldOra A. Kirscher VS.. Mrs.
( Eliza Anna Jones, administrators, Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Cornelia Todd. The
will which has been probated as the
last will and testament of the deceased
/ bequcaths all of the property of Elijah
! Jones to his widow. 1t is claimed by
! the plaintiff in the suit which has been
1 commenced that the will is not the
/ last will and testament, that 1t has not
been properly signed nor witnessed
/ and that it was secured through the
/ Vaccinations of the widow.
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