Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-05
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A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says:
After the banquet of the Abr;.ha
Lincoln club of this city. at which he
spoke on the political situation OF the
country, Governor Shaw of Iowa in an
interview called attention to an effort
now being made 10 force a national
issue out of the details Of an economic
measure for supplying revenue for
Porto Rico lie did not commit him
self as to the wisdom of the details of
the bill, but he said it seems likely to.
be settled speedily ana for all time,
/ that the United States, can. if it
chooses, acquire territory, and con-.
gress can legislate for ii as it pleases.
The question pending in congress-"
he said, lis not whether the tobacco.
and sugar merchants. who now hold
I the products of Porto REQ in ware
houses, shall pay Is per cent of the
Dingley tariff, the same to be appro-
| 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 expedent, and to manage it's new
/ ly acquired possessions for the interest
! of the people thereof in any manner
not expressly prohibiteo by the con-
stitution."
J. I. Vincent. proprietor Of the Des
| Moines Union Stock Yards, has filed a
complaint with the Iowa railway com
mission against the Chicago, Rock
| Island & Pacific railway. charging
that that railway refuses to receive
! freight by the car load consigned to-
! the Des Moines Union Stock Yards.
! Mr.. Vincent says that the Rock Island
! does not desire to have freight brought
| in from non-competing points to a COM
! pcting 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 5. 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 &. G. Saun-
! ders, Judge Walter i. Smith and Ern-
est E. Hart. Council Bluffs; John W.
| Foster, of Guthrie county,; Senator J.
| Nj. Junkin. Red Oak: Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Millimap. Harrison county; Rep
resentatives II. w. Byers, Shelby
county; T. b. Swan, Cass county, and
ex-Congressman A. l.. Hager, Adair
county. Ex-Speal<er 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 ''in 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 a federal office and so the
law would have to be amended to pro-
hibit the holding of it by a member Of
| the board.
The army post committee will com
mence soliciting funds at 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
! possj bic. and to this end the commit
| tee will hasten the work of soliciting.
! After the ground is donated to the
government, nothing can be done
! toward improving it for the purposes of
/ a post until Il 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.
Mrs. Eldora \. Kirscher has brought
| suit in the district court to break the
! Will OF her father, EhJah Jones, late of
| Polk county. which has been probated
| The estate of the deceased is valued at
about $22, 500 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 suit is
{ entitled Eldora a. Kirscher VS.. Mrs
Eliza Anna Jones, administrative, Mrs
,InnaS and Mrs (OvDRlia Todd The
/ will which has been probated as the
! last viii and testament of the deceased
! bequeaths all of the property of Elijah
| Jones to his widow 1t is claimed by
! the plaintiff in the suit which has been
commenced that the will is not the
! last will and testament, that it has not
| been properly signed nor witnessed
| and that it was secured through the
| Vaccinations OF the widow.
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