Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-22
A SOLID SOUTH
Southern Districts Of Iowa Lack
Unity in Gubernatorial
Preference.
Auditor Merriam Predicts Harri.
mans Nomination. .Hoyt's
Death a Surprise.
History Of Governor shaw's
Ranch Case Now Before
Supreme Court.


Special to T;mes-Republican.
Des Moines May 32.-An interesting
bit of political gossip comes from the
southeastern part of the state, given out
by a politician who, on account of his
position does not dare to dabble in poll
that no marter what the bosses may
promise or threaten it is going TO be an
utter impossibility to get the .'reserva
ton" counties together for united action
at the slate convention. 1t is true the
counties in the Eighth district will hang
together pretty well for Judge Towner's
nomination for the supreme court, but
the support given him will not be as
hearty as he could wish. But in the
matter of selecting a governor and other
officers the southern counties can not
be held together. There is Union coun-
", for instance, bitterly opposed to
Cummins chiefly because his friends
Were the Cnes who are credited with de-
feating Morrow for state treasurer. But
that feeling does not prevail every
where. The Eighth district will be much
divided on governor and other officers.
and practically ii Will be each county
for itself when the time comes. This
! augurs we'll for the leading candidate
for governor before the convention. I'm
less the reservatlon' stands together
! in it's likes and dislikesit will not have
much influence.
State Auditor Merriam says that SEN
ator Hartman will be nominated for
\ governor He says that Hartman is
surpri Sc the boys in the finish Inciden-
tally ex-Treasurer Herriott's county,
convention Will be held tomorrow, and
treasurer.
The suggestion of Herriott recalls the
4 fact that when the executive council
comes TO making equalization this yea
4 it will De up against some knotty prob-
lens. For instance. the assessment o:
the railroad property in Polk county
! this year shows a net decrease of S14.-
/ so over two Years ago. while the as
/ ses'sment of real estate and personality
4 in Polk county outside of Des Moines
shows total increase of $290.2 OF
/ this increase on farm property sl62239
lis on personal property, and s13t 900 s
/ on real estate. But the sole excuse for
making such slight increase in the to-
4 tai ilroad assessment OF the state this
I year was that there has been no in
1 crease in the valuation of other proper
I ty which pays taxes The Polk county.
/ figures may be used for an illustration
The news of the death of Frank C.
Hoyt. superintendent Of the Iowa in
sane hospital a MI. Pleasant, came as a
! surprise TO those Interested in the state
I institutions. alfho ii was isnown that his,
/ illness had been critical. DIR. Hoyt was
one OF the most competent men ever
given authority over Iowa unfortunates
4 Originally he was from Missouri. having
spent his early life at ST. Joseph He
/ was a physician there and connected
with an institution. and was deputy
| coroner of Buchanan county. While oc-
scupying the last named position he was
called to view the body of the late la
/ mented tin MissourD Jesse James i'm
media.ely after he had been killed by
Bob Ford. DIR. Hoyt was a resident of
st. Joe when he WAS elected superin-
| tendent of the hospital at Clarinda to
succeed DR.. Lewelling Dec. q, 1892. He
remained at the head of the Clarinda
hospital until he was transferred Oct
"a. 1898, to Mt. Pleasant to succeed DR.
1 Gilman, who had died. Last fall he
! found himself in Door health, bur con-
\ tinued at work longer than he should
I have done. April 4 he started for Den
| Yer. believing he had consumption. In
| Denver he was told he was not affected
4 with tuberculosis ard was advised to
4 go south He went to Fort Worth,
| where he was afflicted with rheuma-
/ tism. He had recovered sufficiently so
that he attempted to return home. He
/ had got as far as Kansas City, where.
a brother-n-iaw lives. and he there
died The affairs of the hospital have
been in charge of Frank T. Stevens. a
Very competent assistant during the
| illness of DIR. Hoyt.
The famous ranch case involving the
title to 2.o40 acres of land near Hornick.
Iowa, in which Governor Shaw and his
partners are more interested than any
body else, was heard by the supreme
court Yesterday afternoon and submit
| ted. The only oral argument was by At
j tplboS NSil ttA, VI NiouA My. ioI lltS II
| pellanta in the case, ali other arguments $
being presented in printing. Mr.. Car
| ter's plea was brief, arguing for sus-
| tanning the Judgment of Judge Hutch
ins, which was partly in favor of Shaw
and others and partly against hem
| The case is that of j. G. Shumaker, ap-
pellant, VS.. w. N. Davidson ct all, Day-
| Id Bradley & Co.. and P. A. Sawyer,
trustee; with which s consolidated the
case of II. E. Teachout VS.. D. h Skin
ner ct al. The land in controversy was
| part of what was known as the old
Skinner ranch in Woodbury. county.
Skinner got the land from his father.
| decided 1t to the Interstate Investment
and Land Company, in which he was in
terested, then 1t was transferred to w.
d. Turner who sold II to j. G. Shu-
| maker, Leslie NJ. Shaw and Carl
Kuehnle. Shumaker Shaw and
Kuehnle paid $4,000 for the land. as
suming mortgage of $4,000. Thisiwas
in January, 1899. They paid part at that
| time and were to pay the rest March I.
Before that time they were served
with notice that Teachout claimed iudg-
ment against Skinner and that the SUBJ
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