Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, August 81, 1900.

| Gear, visited Governor SHAY and then
gave out the following statement:
Il feel very grateful 20 Governor
/ Shaw for the confderre which he
has reposed in me. ! have known
from the beginning that he had my
name under consderat n. ] do not
/ think that any one can doubt that
ne has given conscient us attention
| to the difficult problem which has
been in his hands, although it re-
/ CURES 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-
1 perienced 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 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
| o. United States senator, / 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 c. Il. 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-
ned fees. Mr.. Remley in communi-
| cation pointed out the difficulties in
the road of complying with the order.
At recent meeting, on motion of
| Auditor Merriam, the former order
was rescinded and Mr.. Jones' official
bond, together with certain commun-
| ication 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 viii necessitate but
small expenditure in preparing to
handle the work.
Judge Robinson of the beard of con-
troll, who has just returned from a
visit to the southeastern part of the
state, says preparations are being
made at Fort Madison to enforce the
grade system there on and after De-
tober 1. This system is now in force
at Anamosa. 1t is one of the revo-
lutions worked by the board of con-
troll s.nce it has been established, and
its workings thus far have been salts
factory. BY it the prisoners are di-
Nided into three grades. according to
their conduct. The suits for the diff
ferent grades are now being prepared
at Fort Madison. The prisoners of
the first grade will wear the prison
striped unif-rm. The suits are 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
Moines is shown to have more than
10000, a number considerably larger
than was shown by the returns made
by the federal census enumeration.
The board of control has received
from Superintendent Max f. White
the annual report for the hospital for .
the insane at Clarinda, for the year
from July /, 1899, to June 30, 1900,
and inclusive of the latter date. The
report is mass of well-systematized
facts concerning the institution. A
large increase in population in the
course of the year is evidenced. One
peculiar feature of the report is that
il shows more female patients at the
hospital now, relative to the total
number, than there were a year ago.
The percentage of women recovered
il the year, is less than that of men,
and the percentage of women inn
proved in the same period is far 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 board
goes in detail into the causes and
transmission of the disease, and tells
how by simple means it may be
prevented. 1t is felt by the board
that the subject is one of the ut
most Importance, it being estimated
that the ravages of tuberculosis
bring nine persons per day to the
grave in the state.
FITZ WINS IN THE SECOND.
Knocks the Sailor Out in a Fierce, Short