Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-16
POLN|CS VERY QUIT
Republicans Doing Little Toward
Campaign Work Since Nomin.
ations We're Made.
Second District Convention Will
Witness Contest, But Har.
mony is Promised.
Ex-Attorney General Williams,
an Iowan, Elected Mayor OF
Portland.
Special to Times Republican.

Especial to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug 16.--Not for many
years has there been so little interest
taken in politics as this year in Iowa.
4 The republicans have manifested no
Interest at all since the convention.
platform. and the political committees
have not done anything. The COM
ling Week will witness the end of the
congressional nominations for the re-
publicans and also add some demo-
cratic and prohibitionist candidates tie
slhe list The second district conven-
tion of the republicans will occur on
/ Wednesday,. Ii has been stated by
tsonie of the most astute of the Second
district politicians that an effort would
jbe made TO have the delegates prac-
ltically agree on d nomination in add
vance of the convention. This is out
iof the question. There are four can
jdidates to come before the Clinton
lconvention and reports from that part
of the state indicate that they will all
! have strong following in the conven-
Ition The Muscatine people are going
TO make a great display for their man
/ The Scott county people are i'll earnest
| in urging Wilson and jackson is go
ling for the candidate. But this much
/ is agreed by all the Second district poll
iticians who have recently visited Des
Moincs. that they will make a nonin
lation that will be satisfactory and all
twill heartily support him no matter
what the result may be. on the day
of the Second district republican con-
yen,ion the prohibi,ionists hold their
state convention at Waterloo. A this
lconvention there will also be held a
Seventh district congressional canven
tion Whether the nominee viii be
picked from outside the Seventh dis
;rict matters little. Last year the pro-
hibitionsts in this county ran (, man
for supervisor who did not live in the
district where he was a candidate. ON
day of ret<t week the democrats
meet at creston To nominate a can
didate against HEPBURN. Senator
Claude Porter it is now understood. |
has consented to make the race and
he will he nominated. The national
congressional committee will give him
assistance.
George II. Williams. formerly an
Iowa man, then attorney general OF
the United States, now a resident OF
Portland. Ore, in a letter TO a friend |
in Iowa explains why he got back a |
little way into politics again after be-
ing out so many years. He WAS re-
Gently elected mayor of Portland. Il
have for many years." he says, re
fused to be a candidate for any office
but the last election here was made
a candidate for mayor of the city con-
trary to my wishes and have been
elected. A combination of disgruntle5
republicans with the democrats seemed
to make it necessary that / should
be a candidate to secure the sweep of
the republican ticket"
Jacob Sims, of Council Bluffs. has
been nominated for county attorney
of Pottawattamie county. He sought
the nomination for attorney general OF
the state a few years ago and had
strong following in the republican
state convention. This time he is nom
mated on the prohibition ticket and
if he finds it out is likely to decline
The officers of a fraternal insurance
company, the northwestern Fraternal
Reserve, recently organized in Des
Moines. are now out seeking a loca-
tion and soliciting offers from various
cities of the state. Des Moines has
50
Moines has nothing TO offer for any
additional ones and il is settled tnat
will not remain here
When Des Mones had the smallpox
pretty badly the business men here
We're much incensed because Chicago
health officers threatened a boycott on
The city. Now that Chicago has the
typhoid fever in epidemic form there
is talk of retaliation by warning Iowa
where the fever is raging and tnous
ands have the ailmcnt. The typhoid
fever is far more dangerous than the
as everyone knows.
Pasted on the inside cover page OF. an
old record book in the office OF the state
= e'oNi.Ni ~ q NilpiluS lIOiil lllc Iowa +,
State Journal, Des Mones. giving a
complete list of the county officers in I.
Iowa in the Year 1879. 1t was I.
complied from official documents by :
Will Tomlnson There were only 90
counties then, the missing ones being
Lyon. osccola. Q'I'rien and Sioux The =
ISL is Interesting as disclosing the '
names of some county seats that are
lsarGN familiar to this generation. For
instance, there the Following: q
..d;.ir, Fontamelle Adams. Quincy: Al
Waukon: Audubon, t.Nir5t;
Hoonc. I5oonesboro Butler, C'larks-
Vile; Ruena Vista. Fort Dodge T. O.; =
Calhoun. Lake City: Carroll, CARROLL
ton: Cass. Lewis; Chickasaw. Brad :
iorfi: CLAYTON, Giarnavilo: Clinton, De-
Witt: Delaware. Delhi: Dickinson $
spirit Lake City; Emmett. Spirit Lake
= o.; Floyd ST. Charles; Guthrie 7
Panora: Hamilton. Upper Grove: Har- ;
:son. Magnola Howard. New oregon: {
humboldt. Dacotah City. Ida. Ida I
s'ity: jackson. Bellevue; Marshall I
Marietta: Mitchell. Ashton; Montgom- Y
ny. lsranliforG Plymouth. Sioux City l.
2. o.; Pocahontas, Fort Dodge p. o.; la