Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-08
DEFERS FEDERAL OFFICES
Iowa Delegation in Congre. Waits Till
After Campaign,
GUARD OFFICERS ARE EXAMINED
tniNcrsit,'s Claim Against state
Buriinpton RaiIrond REPORT with
hcId-Dcs Moincs Wan Charged
with svindIing.
GUARD OFFICERS ARE EXAMINED

! hcId-Dcs Moincs Wan Charged
with svindIing.
! DEs MONIES, March -CspecialD The
! Iowa delegation in congress Will not dis
! pose of the federal appointments in the two
! collection and judicial districts Of the state
! until after the campaign of this year. NO
| recomme endations will be made TO the presi-
| dent until the convening of congress next
! winter unless it is with reference to the
United States marshals This decision was
reached at a secret caucus Of the thirteen
Iowa members Of the house and senate held
in Washington last night dispatch from
Washington to interested parties contains
| the information that at the caucus no oppo-
| sition was manifest TO the present two
marshals, Messrs. George NJ. Christian OF
| Grinnel and W. Il. Knott of Wayerly. But
| in regard to the other positions there are
| several candidates and IL was decided in
| view OF the fact that the members OF CON
| gress have had no opportunity to consult
with their friends since the contest has
come up that the caucus should adjourn
| until the first week in the next congress
sional session.
| The opposition in both districts is aimed
primarily at the present attorneys-McMil-
|
ern district But the postponement Of the
caucus until fan is taken here among the
best Informed persons to mean that both
| OF the present attorneys will be retained in
| their positions and that there will be a
| change in both colectorships. 1t is eX-
| pected that II. o. Weaver, present repub
| ilcan state committeeman. who is a cand-
date for attorney In the southern district,
| will be prevailed upon to accept the col
| lectorship to succeed Kemble and in the
| northern district 1t Is believed Patterson
will be turned down for collector and that
Sammis OF Lemars, or some other person
| from the northwestern corner of the state,
| will be named as collector in his place
| The only other matter disposed of at the
caucus. which was held in Senator Allison's
committee room and was presided over by
him as the senior member OF the delega-
tion. was that IN the case of the death of
| George A. Stone of this city Congressman
Smith Of the Ninth district should be per
mitted to name his successor Mr.. Stone
is national bank examiner for the southern
district and Is lying critically III at his
| home here.
| Examination of Guard Oaicers.
| In accordance with a new law of the
tate the first meeting of the examining
! BOARD, to examine members of the Iowa
| National guard who have been elected to
offices in the regiments or companies. met
at the state house today and examined the
!rst class summoned before the board.
Heretofore all persons elected to positions
have been commissioned without examina-
tion and this has been the means of per-
mittng a number to enter who were in,
competent TO attain to high positions in
the guard, much to its detriment. Here
after all will be examined in the manual
| OF arms. exc. before being commissioned
The examining board consisted of Colonel
j. A. Olmsted, Inspector general; General
j. II. Lincoln OF the Fifty-frst regimen; :;
| Major j. 7. Hume, assistant inspector gem
eral Major +. +. Lambert. Fiftieth regi-
ment, and DR.. W. S. Conkling. assistant
| surgeon, Those who appeared before the
board today for examination we're: j. 7.
Posten, captain, Company B, Fifty-f first
regiment Vfllisca, s. =. Boylan second
lieutenant Company 4. Fifty-Rrst. Des
Moines S. p. Webb, captain, Company |,
| Fiftyfrst Bedford; A. Evans, second leu-
tenant, same company; L. d, Middleton.
first Lieutenant, Company b. Fifteth,
Davenport; IL. G. McBurney, second lieu
tenant same company; J. w. Cowles. sec
ond lieutenant, Company H. Fitieth, Chari-
| ton; Eugene NJ Errett first lieutenant,
Company l., Fiftieth Newton; Albert NJ.
Kennedy, second lieutenant, same company.
j. y. Wickersham, who was elected second
lieutenant in the Nllisca company, was ex-
cused from examination at this time
The inspection OF the companies Of the
guard is proceeding slowly. The inspector
general and assistant have inspected the
companies OF the Fifty-frst regiment and
next week start out to visit the companies
OF the Fiftieth in the southeastern part Of
the state. The first company to be IN
spectcd is at Charlton and this viii be
Tuesday Next week the companies at OF
tumwa, Centervile Keoluk and Fairfield
will he inspected. The second week rhere
will be inspection al Burlington, Washing
ton, Muscatine, Davenport, Iowa City and
Grinnell and the Newton company will be
Inspected on Tuesday of the next week.
There is one vacancy in the F.ticth, but
1t will be filed by the Abba company at an
early date.
Vote to Consolidate schools.
Superintendent Barrett has decided n
hard fought appeal case from Plymouth
county, involving on effort 10 secure fur
ther subdivision OF school districts. He has
upheld the action OF the township board in
Marion township in refusing to build an
other schoOlhouse. He finds that IL another
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