Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-10-17
STATE OF IOWA
BY THE GOVERNOR
A PROCLAMATION
For the General Election, Nov. 6, 1000

Pursuant to law. L, LESLIE NJ. SHAW,
Governor of the state OF Iowa, do hereby pro-
claim and give notice that at the general
election to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday In November, A ID. 1900, the
officers hereinafter named are to be filled by
the vote of all the electors of the state,
and of those of the several districts desi-
grated, to-wit:
BY vote of all the electors in the state: The
Office of elector of president and vice presi-
president of the United States to be filled by
the choice of Thrice n persons, one from each
congressional district and two from the state
at large;
The Office of secretary of state, auditor of
state. treasurer OF state and attorney general;
The office of judge of the supreme court to
| succeed Charles r. Granger;
The office of railroad commissioner to sue
coed David j. Palmer.
| And at said general election the electors of
| the state will be called upon to vote on the
| following questions:
|. Shall there b. q convention to revise the
constitution aud amend the same?
2 Shall the following amendment to the
| constitution be adopted?
Add as section 10, to article IL of the consti-
tuition the following:
| SECTION l6. 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 general elections shall
be held biennially thereafter. In the year
one thousand nire hundred and two there
| shall lie elected q governor, lieutenant COVER
nor, secretary of state, auditor of state,
| treasurer of state, attorney. general, two
judges of the supreme court the successors of
the judges of the district court whose terms of
Office expire December thirty-first one thous-
and nine hundred and two, state senators
who would otherwise be chosen in the year
one thousand nine hundred and one, and
members of the house of representatives.
The terms of once of the judges of the su.
| preme court which would Otherwise expire in
odd numbered years, and all other elective
state. county, and township officers whose
| terms of Office would otherwise expire in the
nd nj an Hrpd md nnn
and members of the general assembly whose
successors would otherwise be chosen at the
general election in the year one thousand
nine hundred and one, are hereby extended
one year and until their successors ire elected
| and qualified. The terms of Office of senators
| whose successors would otherwise be chosen
in the year one thousand nine hundred and
three are hereby extended one year and until
| their successors are elected and qualified.
The general assembly shall make such
changes in the law governing the time Of elec-
ton and terms of office of all other elective
officers as shall be necessary to make the
time of their election and terms of office con-
form TO this amendment, and shall provide
| which of the judges of the supreme court shall
! serve as CHI eff justice. The general assembly
shall meet in regular session on the second
| Monday in January, one thousand nine hun
dred and three, and biennially thereafter
| BY vote of the electors of the several dis
\ tricts hereinafter designated:
The Office of representatives in congress
| from each OF the several congressional dis
| tricts;
| The office of representative in congress from
| the tenth congressional district 10 fill q
| vacancy occasioned by the resignation of
Smith McPherson;
The office of representative in congress FROM
the tenth congressional district to fill a
vacancy Occasioned by the resignation of
Jonathan p. Dolliver;
The Office of judge of the district court in
and for the twelfth judicial district to succeed
Jefferson II. Clyde;
The Office OF judge of the district court in
J and for the fourteenth judicial district to sue
d no ma xUhn ho hA oil cd at n
| election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Frank II. Helsell;
The Office ofjudge of the district court in
| coed Nathan w. Macy;
The Office of Judge of the district court in
and for the twentieth judicial district to sue
| coed Winfield 3. WithrOw;
| The off1ce of judge of the district court in
and for the eleventh judicial district to ill q
vacancy occasioned by the resignation OF
temporarily filled under appointment by
William 8. Kenyon;
The office Of Judge Of the district court in
vacancy occasoned by the resignation of
John G. Sherwin, which office is now tenn
Porarily filled under appointment by Clifford
The Office of Judge of the district court in
and for the fourteenth judicial district to fill
vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of
Frank h. Helsell, which Office is now tenn
porarily filled under appointment by Arthur
Bailie;
| Inc once OF Judge OF the district court In
and for the fifteenth judicial district TO I'LL n
vacancy occasiOned by the resignation Of
Walter i. Smith, which office is now temper
arily filled under appointment by Orville ID.
| Wheeler;
The office of senator in the general assem-
| bly, from the ninth senatorial district, COM
prlsing the county of Des Moines to I'LL a
vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of
| William G. Nc Arthur;
The Office of senator in the general assembly
from the thirty-eight senatorial district, COM
| prising the counties of Black Hawk and
Grunoy, to fili a vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Charles w. Mullen;
The office of representative in the general
assembly from the county of Scott, being the
forty-third representative district, to succeed
| Henry Thuene, Jr., resigned.
Whereof all electors throughout the state
and the districts specially designated will
| take due notice, and the sheriffs of the several
| counties will take official notice, and be
governed accordingly. Polls open at seven
O'Clock a. M, in city where registration Is
| required, and at eight O'Clock IN. elsewhere,
and all close at seven in the evening.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused to be affixed the great seal
| of the state. Done at Des Moines this fourth
| day of October, A. ID. 1900.
| BY the Governor LESLIE NJ. SHAW.
GEO. l.. DOBSON Secretary of State.