Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-14
! fS|[R|NG GUNM|N(
fountains Of Mail About Ap.
pointments and Callers
All Day.
spirited Chase After Adjutant
Generalship...Byers, Prime
and Thrift Candidates.
S. F. Douglass Candidate Fo,
Member OF Pharmacy Conn
mission..More Wards.
Special to Times-Republican.

| almost every evening the busiest man of
the state. His letters have accumulated
in great numbers. The mail bag that
goes to his Office is one OF the largest in
town, and it is filled. And when he is
not attending to his correspondence he
is receiving visitors.
II have received bushels of letters"
said Mr.. Cummins last evening. Some
OF them have not had time to read.
have not yet sorted them out and CLASH
I fled them. Hundreds of these letters
are Of congratulations and they come
from all sources. The first few days af-
We're those of congratulation: but the
laet few days they have been letters of
recommendation. 1t ls surprising how
many frst-class recommended an
industrious applicant for office can Sc
cure"
When asked il he had decided upon
anything in the way of appointments
Mr.. Cummins said he had not.
The most difficult thing 1 will have
to do" he continued, will be to choose
between a great many worthy. and in
many cases needy, applicants for posi-
tiona."
No announcement of appointments
will be made for some time. Such would
be premature: and besides Mr.. Cum
Minis desires to take plenty of time to
consider all questions and to dispose OF
them in accordance with the best inter-
esto of the party.
One position which is as much sought
after as any in the gift of the governor
is that of adjutant general. or head of
the Iowa National Guard. The appli-
cants for that position are losing no
time in reaching the ears Of the COVER,
nor-elect. The leading candidates are
M II. Byers, the present incumbent:
Capt. Thrift, of Dubuque. and Col. John
s. Prime, Of De. Moines. Several others
have been mentioned. but those who are
in position to judge of the situation
believe that the appointment lies be-
tween these three men. Gen. Byers will
ask appointment on his record as adj
jutant general. He took no active part
in the preliminary contest for the NOM
ination of governor. Aside from this he
has good backing from the Ninth dis.
trict Capt. Thrift is making his run on
his record at the head of the Dubuque
company In the state militia. The can
didacy of Col. Prime is based, apparent
ly, on the fact that his appointment
would be highly pleasing to many in
Polk county who were formerly oppon-
ents of Mr.. Cummins. They will urge
that his appointment would heal bad
breach in the party here and smooth the
way for future harmony in favor of
Cummins and his friends. Col. Prime
also made a record as adjutant general
under Jackson. One thing which will be
urged in favor of continuing Gen. Byers
in the Office is that he has record in
the war of the rebellion, and 1T will be
urged that it is not yet time TO put a
young man at the head of the guard in
Iowa.
The candidacy Of S. f. Douglass, of
Dallas county, for member of the phar-
macy commission, is announced. Mr..
Douglass was delegate to the last
democratic state convention and his
democratic inclinations are unques-
toned. He will have strong support in
this part OF the state for the position,
a republican.
Capt. j. A. T. Hull has been Ill for
some time at his home in this city But
little has been said about it lately, but
his friends realize that the congressman
is seriously ILL., He was able to get out
one day, but had to go back to the
house and remain, and II is believed it
will be some time before he is free from
the fever which came back with him
from the Philippines.
Col William T. Shaw, of Anamosa,
who was visiting with his daughter with
relatives in Des Moines, has returned to-
his home. While here he suffered sud-
den illness which threatened his life.
but to all appearances he recovered
from It, The colonel is now quite feeble
and has suffered much from the loss of
one eye and almost blindness of the 9TH
en- His faithful daughter attends him
at all times.
The firemen at the state capitol have
been placed on an eight-hour shift. and
the state now has no employees at the
state house who are worked over time.
They have been working twelve hours a
day for many years, but Joe McGar-
raugh. the custodian, placed them on
eight-hour days this week, much to
their joy. The clerks and officials in the
state house an have short work hours.
The delinquent lists published this
year are noticeahly smaller than usual,
showing that the people are not permit
ting property to be sold for taxes. In
Polk county the tax list is as large as
usual, and this will probably always be
true owing to the large number Of sep
arate descriptions on small lots which
go to make up the list.
According to the reports in the office
of the state board of control there was
a net increase in the number of inmates
ut the various state institutions during
the month of october of 3l1, but the
greater part of this increase was due to
the reopening of the school for the deaf
at Council Bluffs The total number Of