The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-14
IOWA
STATE AUDITORS PATRONAGE
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Political Gossip Just Now centers on Its
Distribution. - .s
DIES MONIES, IOWA.-Political, gossip
just now Is much concerned with the
question of who will be the appOlntees OF
B. F. Carroll auditor Of state-elect. me
new auditors most important appoint
ments will be those for state bank ex-
aminers and for state insurance examln-
err. The present state bank examiners are
J. e. Whelan of Red Oak, Fred A. Bennett
of Sioux City and c.. E. Merriam OF Hop
kinton, uncle of the present auditor. MIR.
Whelan Is expected to retain his place.
Mr.. Bennett, whose time is fully occupied
with his banking business In Sioux CITY,
does not seek a reappointment, and sue
cessor will be named to Mr.. Merriam
There are number Of applicants for the
PAGES of Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Merriam.
| The present insurance examiner Is Max
Beehler Of Manchester. He will be re-
placed with new appointee. In the audi
! tors office there will be several changes,
it is expected. Captain Amos Brandt Of
Des Moines will probably be retained as
deputy auditor, and also w. M. Lewis OF
| Des Moines as insurance cerk, and Bert
Gunderson Of Ossian as revenue clerk.
Changes are expected in other positions. :
Confirmation has been received Of the
report that James G. Davis Of Keokuk has
accepted the position Of general solicitor
for the North Western. railroad, with
headquarters in Des Moines, after Jan.
| Not only Is the announcement an lmpor-
| tant one in railroad and legal circles. but
it is believed here to have much political
significance. 1t is said to reassure the re-
nomination of Congressman Hedge In the
first district two years from now.
| Mr.. Davis, who is a lawyer and polite
ian Of ability, has been regarded as the
probable successor to Mr.. Hedge. More
than this, it is rumored Mr.. Davis vii
succeed to the place filed formerly by tbs
eminent Judge N. M. Hubbard of Cedar
Rapids. and that not only in legal, bu1
in a political way, he will endeavor tt
occupy the judges, sphere Of influence
Further, the fact that Mr. Davis IS t.
make his headquarters in Des Mo1nes /:
but one Of several indications that the
railroads having important systems II
Iowa intend hereafter to make Des Nome:
their legal and political center of opera
lions.
The prominence hitherto occupied b.
Cedar Rapids, because Of the residence o
Judge Hubbard there, will be lost not onl.
because the business formerly done b!
Hubbard, Dawley & Wheeler will b.
shifted to Des Moines, but because Of tn
absorption of the B., G. R. & NJ by tn
Rock Island, the selection Of Carol
Wright of Des Moines to be solicitor 70
the Rock Island system for Iowa and tn
Dakotas, and the reported transfer of tn
solcitorship of the Milwaukee system
from Judge J. A. Cook Of Cedar Rapids t.
Judge G. H. Carr Of Desc Moines.
So far as known the Great Western an,
the Burlington will make no innovations
1t is believed the fact that the suprem
court under the new law will at no dis
tant date begin to hold practically con
tinuous sessions is in a measure respon
sible for the movement Of the railroa
attorneyships in this direction. Politica
reasons are also advanced to accoun
for It.