Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-15
EXTRA SESSION TALK
Many Think Legislature Must
PrOvide for Rebuilding at
Council Bluffs.
American Trotting Association
in Control of a Self Seeking
Cabal.
Surname Court Rnfhered With a
Supreme Court Bothered With a
Petty Case-Clayton Taken
Care OF.
Special to Times-Republican

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Des Moines. May 15.-Talk of pos
sible special session Of the legislature
continues, but thus far it is only talk,
as most of those who have considered
wise to take hasty action in providing
II for the session. Representative
IClarll eand Representative Head were
in the city yesterday, but neither one
saw Gov. A. b. Cummins because the
Halter had gone to Cedar Rapids to
meet with the labor organizations of
the state. Mr.. Head expressed himself
freely as in favor Of a special session
Eof the legislature to appropriate for
Epermanent buildings at Council Bluffs
flor the deaf school. ut seems to me
that it would be a part of wisdom for
1.-THE state to do just as little in the
Iline of erecting temporary structures
las possible" said Mr.. Head. Suppose
1.-THE state puts $4,000 to $4,000 into
temporary buildings at Council Bluffs.
But little Of the material can be used
lin the permanent buildings. 1t will be
Enearly all loss. This is unwise. The
state can we'll afford to build at once
Eand build for permanency, and the
lonly question is how to get at 1t best.
If we could have a special session say
Immediately after the state conyen-
Etion, most of the members would be
there for that and do the work of the
convention before returning home. 1t
Iwould be a very short session. In case
1.-The state gets any part of the war
Iclaims back again we certainly should
Ihave special session to provide for
the deaf school. The situation there Is
a little different from what 1t would
be at other institutions. These deaf
people have homes they could go to and
a little delay would not hurt at all.
1t seems to me we ought to begin
building permanently and not wait for
| two or three years.
The judicial contest In the district
south and west of Des Moines is be-
/, coming decidedly interesting. Two of
| the judges-Gamble and Applegate-
are candidates for denomination, and
will be renominated without question.
Judge Wilkinson chooses to retire and
again enter the practice Of law. There
| is contest in Madison county as to
who shall have the support of that
county for his successor, but Mr.. r..
H. Guiher will probably be the choice.
Dallas county has a candidate in the
person Of Edmund E. Nichols, of
Perry a popular attorney who will
have his own county back of him
heartily. He will also have Guthrie
county, because the two counties have
been closely allied in politics. Adair
1 Warren and Marion counties are
fighting ground. Adair Is also bound
to Dallas by strong ties. but mas
I much as Adair and Madison are in
the same senatorial district, strong
effort will be made to carry Adair for
Guiher The situation in Marion and
| Warren is a little peculiar. Those
counties are very strong for Judge
Prouty for congress. They were with
i Story in making a demand on the
Judge that he keep up the fight against
Hull to the end. But Dallas county
politicians believed this would be very
bad politics and refused to go into the
deal in any way. They declared that
to thus strike down Polk county would
be a source of endless trouble in the
district Hence there may be some
feeling of resentment against Nichols
lin Warren and Marion counties be-
cause of the congressional fight which
| has been made. Otherwise Nichols
will be selected as the third candidate
/ for Judge. The convention has not
been called, but the preliminary work
is being done. The congressional con-
yention goes to Perry for July 10.
Horsemen on the Iowa tracks are be-
coming interested in the quarrel In the
!. American Trotting Association, which
forebodes breaking up of that body.
One of the members yesterday received
a circular from the secretary-treasurer
OF the association giving financial
statement showing that the association
| has plenty of money. AT the same time
asking for votes of the members on the
question Of allowing proxies at the an
rual meetings of the association. 1t
seems that small coterie have secured
control of the association and the only
one who is really interested directly in
racing is Mr. Ijams, of Terre Haute.
These officers and directors send out
and get the proxies of absent members
in large numbers each year and are
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control every year. 1t is not charged
that they have been corrupt, but they
have not lost any money by being thus
in control of good thing. Some time
ago d. j. Campau, who is at the head
OF the Detroit association in the all
powerful grand circuit, set out to break
the close corporation which has so long
existed and secured a number OF prox-
les which he voted at the meeting as in
favor of doing entirely away with the
proxy system. Now the association has
been compelled to submit to the MEM
hers thereof the question Of abolishlng
proxies. Most of the Iowa members
are voting to do away with the proxies
and make the association representa-
tive of racing interests. They say that
if this is not done it is plain the grand
circuit will break away and many otner
good racing associations Will follow
suit This would mean another of those
disastrous racing quarrels which is not
wanted.
The supreme court should be COM
posed of men with an infinite amount OF
patience as illustrated in case par
tally argued yesterday and concluded
! this morning-one of those petty cases