Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-25
YOUNG HDS A FIGHT ON
Even the Hull Delegates Are Of
Several Minds About the
Platform.
Ex-senator Berry Will Get Some
Polk Delegates and Is Popu.
lar Outside.
Many OF the Big River Fish Have
Gone Up the Flooded
Streams.

Des Moines. July 25-The little furry
lin district politics over the member
ship of the committees on resolutions
has given the politicians hereabouts
Il The only amusement they have had tol
/ announced that there was a hsht OF
/ than the shrewd ones began to count
moses to see how it would come out
4 In the first place it WAS recognized tha'
inasmuch as the Polk county delesatlol
i,yas selected at a convention Which
was dominated by the friends of Capt
| Hull it was highly probable that the
delegation would not be very favorable
! to anything that Gov. Cummlns mlgh'
desire. NOW ii is we'll known that Gov
ECummins desires substantial reafilrm
Iaticn OF the tariff plank of last year
He is willing to be called mugwumI
or a traitor or anything else II the
Irepublican party can only be Kept
marching forward. Many of his friends
believe that the one thing which, more
than any other, which gave him such
/ a great victory last year was his llber-
al attitude in regard to the tariff Bll'
las to the Polk county delegation i;
was not selected with Il view to decid-
ling this question of the wording OF the
tariff plank, nor WAS it selected to dc
! the bidding OF any man. This was
| ,l,.o of ~ l.
dacy of Judge Bishop for the supreme
bench came up. The delegation Was
pledged and instructed for Amos
Brandt for state auditor. 1t has long
been evident that Carroll has a sure
thing on the nomination, and yet the
delegation will be loyal to the home
candidate But before Gov. Cummins
iwould appoint his friend Bishop to the
supreme bench, however appropriate
that was, he desired to know what
would be the attitude of the POLK dele
CATION toward the candidacy of Judge
Bishop. A petition was circulated and
nearly all the delegates from this coun
~ signed it asking the governor to ap-
point Bishop. This was tantamount
10 a pledge they would be for him
in the convention. So in this case it is
regarded as uncertain what the Polk
dele CATION will do. 1t will not be unln
imuusly for Berry nor for Acurs for
member OF the committee on resolu-
tions The matter must be settled ~
outside counties. Editor Payne re-
ports that only five of the Story coun-
ty delegation will be for Young for
member of the committee. A Marion
Jin
tion that a majority OF the Marion dele
cation will be for Berry, but he is not
sure about it, Madison will not be for
Berry. Dallas will be almost unani-
mously for Berry, for both Berry and
Cuinmins are strong i'll the county. But
Whatever the outcome everybody is
glad that something has come up to
make little stir i'll politics. The cam
dictates have failed to interest very
many persons in their contests.
Hon. Charles A!drch, curator of the
state historical department has just
received the first copies of the printed
journal of the Council and House of
Representatives of the second legis-
lutive assembly of the territory of Iowa,
ut the special session which convened
at the city of Burlington, July IL, 1910
In explanation OF this MIR. Aldrich SAYS
that it has been an unbroken custom,
in Iowa, state and territory, to pub
lish legislative journals, With the ex-
ception OF this special session OF 1S4O.
Why this was not published at the time
is not known now. The manuscript
lay in the office of the secretary of
t,ta
Aldrich secured it at the suggestion
of the late L. s. Parvin, and he i'm
duced the historical board to order the
printing of the journal. The .journa,
OF both houses is included in one vol
une. There is but one Survivor of this
legislative assembly, Gideon S. Bailey
nov living at Pennington. Edward
Johnstone Shepherd Letter, Stephen
Hampstead, Jesse B. Browne, Clinton
Hastings and others afterwards prom
inent in state affairs We're of this ter
ritori;il legislature 1t was the session
which first looked forward to state
hood and provided for this step for
the territory. Gov. Lucas reported i'm
his message that the basement story
OF the new capitol building in Iowa
City was nearly completed and that
the commissioners had changed the
plan somewhat because of inability to
secure cut stone. The territory had
doubled population in two years. The
published journal now for the first
time made available is filled with his
torical references and will form a wall
liable addition to the list of publice-
tons of the department.. Only LOCO
copies We're printed and they will nearly
all 20 to the libraries of the state and
to those interested in historical mat
ter.
When the school census enumerators
come around in September many resi-
dents of Iowa will learn for a first time
that there is Il law in this state requir-
ing attendance at school of children
between the ages of 4 and IA. The law
makes 1t the duty of the school enum-
orators to specially report all children
of these ages and to turn the lists in to
the district school officers. This is the
basis for the enforcement of the COM
pulSory education law. The lists Will be
kept for reference and If children who
are on these lists do not attend school
at least a part of the year they viii be
required to give an excuse Tor their
failure. 1t is anticipated that the full