Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-16
t,OTES FROM THE CAPITAL
De. Moins.. November -. 1900.

Harry West, owner OF the packing
house properties, has received letters
from the eastern gentlemen who will
be associated with him in the f0rma-
ton Ut d new company to operate
the plants, saying they will be In Des
Moines in the next ten days. IL is
expected that soon after their arrival
arrangements will be completed for
the opening Of the house and keep.
s!Eg 1t in, operation continuously. Mr..
West said it would not take q week
from the completion of the details
preliminary to opening the house.
He says that It has been kept in first
class repair, and that 50 fur as the
machinery is concerned it could be
put in operation at it's full capacity
in twenty-four hours il the working
force was ready and there were hogs
on hand to make q run. He says it
will take some days to get 9 crew to-
gether and to commence to get hogs
coming to Des Moines. He expects
the house to be in full operation not
later than December /. .s
Attorney General Remley disagrees
with the people of Iowa on the bien-
NAL elections proposition. He says
if the biennial elections amendment
carries and the constitutional COM
vention fails, and latest returns in
dictate that is the way it will stand,
some sorry complications will result.
Biennial elections, the attorney gem
3eral says, demand that the term Of
state officers should be made four
years. Under the Titus amendment
it will be possible for complete
change Of officers to be made at the
state house and chaos would result.
The attorney general also thinks the
constitution of Iowa needs fixing.
1t was made forty-three years ago
and the state has Outyrown it. The
law on corporations, he says, Is very
bad. and in many respects change
is desirable. He holds convention.
would not be dangerous, as delegates
are elected by the people and what
they do must be ratified by them.
An attempt would be made by the
woman snffragists and prohibition
lists to have the constitution amended
to their liking, but it would be a
straight fight made in the same way
it has always been made before the
legislature. ..@%.
An action has been brought in the
district court, presumably in the in
terest of the Mutual Telephone COM
pany, to Gust the Iowa Telephone
company from the streets, alleys and
public places Of the city of Des
Moines. 1t is charged that the Iowa
Telephone company is now maintain
ing poles, wires, cables and conduits
through STREETS without color Of
right, that it has no franchise, and
that it is enjoying privileges to which
it has no right and is unlawfully car
rying on its business. The title OF
the case is the state Of Iowa, ex rel,
c. Z. Campbell and F. NJ. Hubbell VS.
the Iowa Telephone company. Attor-
ney McLennan, in whose name actions
Of this kind are generally brought
refused to bring the suit and this
placed the plaintiffs in position
they desired. They represented the
conditions to the court and an order
was made forthwith, authorizing tho
commencement of the suit by Messrs.
Hubbell and Campbell, both Of whom
are stockholders n the Mutual Tele.
phone company and vitality interested
in its success. The company will re-
sist on the ground that the city coull.
Gil has repeatedly recognized Its eN.
istence since the franchise expired,
and also on the ground of vested
rights, having more than 100000
invested in its plants.
Steps toward most important
changes in the National Guard or
CARNATIONS of the different states
will be taken December 10. at meet
ing of the Interstate National Guard
association at Washington. Adjutant
General Byers will attend this meet.
ing from Iowa and the adjutants
general Of nearly all the other states
will be present, these officers being
ex-officio members Of the Interstate
association. At this time the adult
ants general will confer with General
Miles, with Adjutant General Corbin,
with many leading officers of the
regular army and the navy and wit
members of congress for the purpose
of promoting national legislation
that promises to work sweeping
changes in the national guard Of the
country and convert it into nothing
less than reserve force for the reg.
ular army.
]; Secretary Van Houten OF the agri-
cultural department has been COM
missioned by the governor to attend
the national good roads and improve,
ment convention which meets in Chi
cago Nov. 10, and also the national
irrigation congress meeting in Chi
cago Nov. 81. Mr.. Van Houten will
attend both conventions. He will also
attend the meeting Of the American
Associations Of Fairs and Expositions.
which will be held in Chicago Dec. 6
and z. ~
Fight Over kc"atorshtp Begun.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 15.-The con-
test for the United States senator
ship. to succeed Hon. Lucien Baker,
whose term expires next March, was.
begun here III earnest today, when
the adherents of Baker opened head
quarters. Charles i. Burton is Ra-