Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-16
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Herriott Says He Has Made No
Pledges.-Junkin Will
Fight.
Banks Paying Eight Per Cent
Dividcnds..Seven Have Too
Much Money.
Davis County Likely to Get TIPS
pecanoe Banner For Small.
lest Loss.
,cial to Times Republlcah.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. i6.-There has been
more or less of speculation recently as
to the makeup of committees III the
next legislature. The field is free and
open for everyone to make up the COM
miitees now as may please him. but
later on they Will be made UP in accord
ance with the wishes of John Hairiott
and Willard l.. Eaton. Thus far, neith-
er one has signfied what he will do in
any case. Both have been making in
vestisations and inquiries and becoming
familiar. as far as possible, with the
qualifications of the members. bat be-
yond this neither has gone, at least that
is what they say.
Il have read in some of the newspap-
ers,'' said Mr. Herriott yesterday, more
or less about those committees that is
all news to me- / can say this, shat
have made no pledge of any kind. and
am perfectly free to act and make up
the senate committees to accomplish
the most good without interference
from any place. l have not designated
who Will vet this or that place and shall
have nothing to say on that subject for
some time
There are a large number of former
members of the senate in the next one,
so that the qualifications of the mem
bers may be known in advance. Mr.
Herriott enjoys the personal acduaint-
ance of a great majority of the mem
bers. But he has made UP no commit
tees nor has he distributed any chair
manships as yet.
1t is regarded morally certain that
Senator Junkin, of Montgomery county
viii take the lead in the fight on the
floor of the senate for change IN the
law relating to assessment of corpora
tlon property. These who have com-
munieated with him believe that he is
primed and ready for a fight along that
line In regard TO the SO called Cheshire
plan of assessing property, 1t is asserted
that the credit for the same really be-
longs to Senator Garst and that he sug-
gested q bill to that effect and was real
~ the pioneer in it, but Senator Ches-
ire of this country took the lead and
gos'sn MS bill first.
The information has been received
here with regret that A. b. F. Hildreth
one of the older prominent men OF
hire of this county took the lead and
City and with his wife take up a res
idence in Boston. He had been So long
identified with Iowa that his loss will
be felt outside of Charles City and thru
out the state.
Warren county republicans lay claim
to the honor of being the only county in
the state in which every precinct went
for Cummins this year. That is hardly
true. for there are many counties in
which that state of aila1rs is found;
but Warren is probably the only strong
nti-Cummins county in which 1t is
true And in Warren county they deny
that there is any such thing as an an
ti-Cummins county. Major Conger got
one vote in Cass county
The state of affairs reported by the
condition of affairs in many parts of the
state The bank reports having too much
money and too great a capital. 1t is in
!, condition to pay per cent dividends
on the stock, but the officials wrote tc
The secretary OF state asking for lnfor-
nation as to how to proceed to reduce
the capital stock from $60,100 to $4,000
This is easy. But the strange part OF il
is that the reduction of capital stock Is
desired because there is so much money
In the bank and consequent liabifty to
keep it all out at profitable interest In
c.dentally it may be stated that there
ere seven banks in Iowa-state or saw
ings INSTRUMENTATION have on hanc
more money in the surplus fund thar
the amount of their capital stock. These
are Monticello State Bank: State Ex-
change Parkersburg; Benton Count.
Savings Bank. Norway; Maple Valley
Savings Bank, Battle Creek: Iowa State
Savings Bank, Fairfield; Holstein say
ings Bank; and Boone Savings Bank
These seven banks have on hand as sur
p,us $4,000 more than their combined
capital stock.
A strong petition for rehea,ing has
been presented to the supreme court II
the case of II. r. Buser VS.. Cedar Rap
IDS from Linn county. 1t is case
growing out OF a claim for damages or
account of change of grade of Il street
and the supreme court decided for tht
ulaintiff The claim for rehearins is thai
the cour. misapprehended the testimony
IL the case and held that the point or
which the city of Cedar Rapids relied
had not been before the lower court The
attorneys for the city deny this and at
tempt to point out to the supreme court
that the evidence was not fully under
stood.
Davis county is likely to get the Tip
pecanoe banner. Major Fleming has
been watching the returns. Dubuque
county shows a loss of 81 per cent in tho
republican vote on the head of the tick
ct from last year, but Davis beats il
with a less of only 81 per cent. Other
counties are yet to hear from, but this is
probably the smallest loss in the state
-Four years ago Decatur county man
aged to sustain a loss OF only per cen,
from the presidential Vote of the previ-
Gus year; and four years before that
time there were three counties that act
ually showed a gain from the previous
presidential vote. But this Year every
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