Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-15
Had Legislature Redisttic.. g
Iowa Congressman VIZ -.
Have AllBeen Repr. IAN
LAUGHS IN HIS eLEE
His Scheme Which Was Made Sport of
Would Have Saved the Second Dis
trict to RepubIcans-Davis Will Be
Northwestern's Attorney With Head
quarters at Des Moines.
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Des Moines, Nov. 15.-It is regarded
as pretty certain that If the members
of the legislature who met here last
the political situation in Iowa as they
do now they would have at least made a
start in the direction of redistricting the
state for members of congress. w. O..
Payne, who took an active part in urg-
ing the legislature to redistrict the state
says he feels little. like applauding
himself for the redistricting plan which
he devised. He made for the First dis
trict the counties of the present district
save that he Topped off Louisa and add
ed to the district Wapello and Davis.
II this had been done the republican
majority in the district this year would
have been 2.0S5 on the head of the
Topped off Johnson ard Iowa and had
added Cedar. Jones and Louisa, and in
this district the republican majority on
the head of the ticket would have been
2,057. Thus both these districts would
have been safely republican. The Third
bad nearly 1000 majority and other dis
tricts larger. Judge Wade would have
had to make the race against Lacey and
Judge Birdsall would have been in the
Fifth district
The speakership controversy has at
tracted but little attention here in Des
Moines. where we have a postoffice fight
on hand and a murder trial in progress.
Hull is out for Babcock and all the news
papers of the city are for Babcock and
the feeling is that hatitdoesn'tmatterm much
what the rest of the state does. But it
Is evident there is to be some division
among the Iowa congressman on the
subject Smith and Hedge and some
others favor Cannon for the place. I'm
less the Iowa delegation gets itself to-
gether there will he little influence ex-
ercised from this source.
Thirty-four separate and distinct
railroad companies made report this
year to the state railroad commission
ers on business done during the year
ended on June so last. This includes
all the well known trunk lines crossing
the state in all directions. and the fol-
lowing smaller systems: Colfax North
ern; Crooked Creek; Davenport, Rock
Island & Northwestern: Des Moines
Union; Abba & Centerville; Marshall
town & Dakota: Mason City & Fort
Dodge; Tabor & Northern; Winona &
Western. The Sioux City & Pacific ap-
pears in the list for a report for the
last time up to Aug. of last year. The
Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern ap-
pears for the first time, but the report
is only of the beginning of work. The
Staceyville road Is reported separate
from the Illinois Central. The Man
chester & Oneida is reported for the
eleven months of its operation. The
Omaha & st. Louis appears in that
name, but since Nov. 2, 1901, has been
operated as the Wabash. The Winona
& Western is reported by the Great
Western. There are also two narrow
guage lines reported, the Burlington &
Northwestern and the Burlington &
Western, but both have become broad
guage since the close of the year for
which reports are made, and there is
not now any narrow guage road oper-
ated in Iowa
The first report on the Manchester &
Oneida Is interesting. This is the line
which the executive council overlooked
until after the assessment work was
we'll in hand, when the manager was
asked to send a brief report by tele-
graph, and on this the assessment was
made The Manchester & Oneida illus
trates how useful stub road may be
under some circumstances. 1t is eight
miles long and reports the average
number of freight cars in train as
four There was nobody killed or in
jured on the road for the eleven months
The number of passengers
carried was 16,4S2. The passenger earn
ings were $4,772.29 and the freight
earnings s7,S92.SS. The operating ex-
penses were $S,611.42, and the net earn
fngs $4,053.75. or a little over $500 a
mile, The company has stock issued
to the amount of s33.S7S to 253 stock
holders, all but four beng residents OF
Iowa.
Professor John w. Heston, president {
of the South Dakota State Agricultural I
SsolleSt dt DIOohiIlSS, WAS III lIle Slty /
yesterday and called on the governor /
and others. He is being considered III +
with the presidency of the
Iowa State College at Ames, and he has
a record in regard to college work that 4
is highly pleasing to the members of the
board on whom devolves the duty OF
making selection. Nothing has been
done in regard to this matter for some
time, but it is probable meeting will
be called some time before the close of
the year to see what progress has been
made. Professor Heston has with him
in the South Dakota college two young
Iowa men-ProfessorN N. E. Hansen, who
used to live in Des Moines, and Pro-
fessor Wilson, son of Secretary Will
son.
There are those who are still shak-
ing their heads about the story In re-
gard to the coming of James G. Davis
from Keokuk to Des Moines to be the &