Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-10
NOT ON THE BALLOT
Populist Party Seems to Be
Minus Quantity in Iowa
This Year.
So Far They Have Made No
Nominations for the
State Offices.
Official Ballot Will Be Small
Compared With Previous
Elections.
.ial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 1O.-If the officis
ballot in Iowa is to be of the usual siz
this year somebody will have to &C
out a search warrant and find the re
mains of the populist party. 1t is no
visible now. Four state tickets hav
been nominated. Iowa has usually lla
five or six. Three will get on the offic
ial ballots by filing certificates in tn
usual way, but the socialists will hav
to resort to the petition method of re
cefving official attention. The prohi
bitionists for the first time get on tn
ballot without a petition. But the pop
ulists. alas they are not to be fount
anywhere. Last year they had a yer.
respectable state convention, SOM
twenty or twenty-five persons being
present. Joe Parker, the mid-roader
from Cincinnati, was present ant
talked. l.. II. Weller was placed at tn,
head of the state ticket and had hi!
picture printed in little pamphle
which was ciculated to get votes. The
chairman of the state committee wa:
one ALI Reed, an erratic genius orig
inally from Jackson county. He hat
the distinction of having at one time
in his career run foot race with the
late Brann, editor of Brann's IcOnoc.
last, when that towering genius was
painting houses and barns for a living
in jackson county. Reed had a little
job printing Office in Des Moines
which belonged to his father and he
tried to run newspaper. He probably
lived on less than any other man in
Des Moines. Last winter he made a
trip to Kentucky to look after myth
ical fortune awaiting claimant, and
the writer lent him part of the money
for the journey. Reed tried to reor-
ganize the populists under the title of
the Direct Legislation" party. but this
was no go. The last heard of him he
was on his bicycle crossing the coun-
try to reach the range county of South
Dakota where he was going into stock
raising. The populist party disap-
peared with him and there has been
neither convention nor ticket nor petit
tion in sight this year.
.s
1t is regarded as possible that some
thing interesting may happen at the
of the board of trustees of the
Iowa State College at Ames tomorrow
Gov. Cummins is going to attend. Prac-
ttcally all the trustees will be there.
Mr. Boardman, who is still very i'll tho
some signs of recovery, will
be unable to attend. The matter that
will be most important for the board
to settle will be that of deciding on
the building for the college. The
architects in charge of the work have
prepared plans for one large general
college building. This is in accord
ance with the plan first considered.
But in addition and by request they
have prepared plans for two college
buildings. 1t is proposed that a build
ing for the agricultural department
shall be constructed separate from the
main building. If the plan of having
-wo buildings is adopted the adminis-
[ration or main building will be built,
or commenced. first. 1t will contain all
he offices and the main class rooms.
he legislature appropriated $4,000 for
commencing this building, which can
pc used now, and thus the college will
lot have to discount the coming pro-
leeds of the millage tax. The $4,000
would Just about lay the foundation for
hne college building and by the time
some of the tax is in the state treasury
'ther portions of the work could be
arried on. The millage tax will bring
q tho nnIiaoa I'm ;t-
east half million dollars to be used
Du'idinG. With this sum in sight the
rustees feel that they should plan for
omething very broad for their great
ollege
Whether the matter of the presidency
III be formally considered remains |
OF the trustees at the melting. I'm |
oubtedly there is expectation that |
will develop at this meeting.
here is strong sentiment on the part
some of the trustees in favor of the
election of Secretary Wilson for pres
lent. Others oppose him. There is a
lrong current running in favor of the
election of Professor Curtiss for the
lace tho he is little reluctant in
lie matter. But it is certain that
othing has actually been done as vet
the board as a whole, no mater
hat may have been done by indiyid
al members. AT the most nothing
lore will be done at the meeting than
appoint committee to look into
lie merits OF different candidates.
The state board OF control did a good
10 of removing the insane patients I,
ON one hospital to another recently. /,
he work was done without any SEN
lttonalism and without attracting un-
lie notoriety. The friends of the pa
ents We're not offended at anything
me and the patients We're well cared
II. AT the same time the transfer S
as made with comparatively little
'st. The legislature had appropri-
ed $4,000 with which to bear all ex- ]
,nses of the transfer. The board en- s
red into contracts with railroad COM
mics ard got the transportation for
'out half what the legislature had
This involved the NOV
g of over 500 persons. The change
tt number of the hospital atten-
.nts at the three old institutions out is
employment, about 20 at each one
the institutions. A few of these In
d been employed at Cherokee but not
ry many. IL