Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-23
No GRANGE NEXT YEAR
Raise in the Salary OF Supreme
Court Judges Begins With the
Year 1904.
Two Vacancies in the Legis.
lature--Mrs. Hossack Given
Liberty on Bail.
Military Drill at State Educa.
tional Institutions-Bosquet
Solid in Seventh.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 23.-There has been
some misapprehension as to the law
Irelating to the supreme court. No part
of the law goes into effect until January
/, 1904 hence there will be no change
in the method of doing business in the
court next year unless it is on motion
of the judges themselves. There will
be no increase of salary for any of the
judges until after the first of January
| 1904, and then the increase will come to
the judges only as they enter upon new
terms after reelection. The first year
under the new law Judges Ladd and
Bishop, if the latter is elected this year
and next, will be the only ones getting
G,000 a year, while the other four will
be paid at the rate of $4,000 a year. 1t
was originally planned that the judges
whose terms have not yet expired
should be allowed $4,000 year each for
clerk hire. but this was declared by
members of the legislature to be only a
they did not desire that the legislature
should set precedent of breaking the
constitution in behalf of the supreme
judges. If Judge Bishop is nominated
and elected next fall he will become
chief justice at the beginning of next
year and will be renomnated and re-
elected in 1903. In this respect he will
follow the course of Judge Given whose
elevation to the supreme court gave
Bishop his first opportunity to go on the
district bench. 1t is understood that
the governor waited on formal an
rsouncement Of the appointment of
Judge Bishop until he could be assured
that the Polk county delegation TO the
state convention will Loyalty support
him for, the republican nomination.
This assurance has been given.
Should there be a special session of
the legislature to dispose of the half
million dollars on the way from the
national treasury to the state treasury,
there will be two vacancies, one in each
house Representative Langan. of
Crawford, is dead, and Senator Halle
ton, of Pottawattamie, is postmaster at
"
AS postmaster he cannot be member
of the legislature. 1t is probable that
the governor viii ask that the vacancies
be filled the fall elections in Crawford |
and Pottawattamie counties.
Judge Gamble. in the Fifth district, |
decided that Mrs. Hossack might be ad-
mitted to bail pending her second trial |
in Warren county, and fixed bail at
$4,000. 1t is understood that she has
not thus far been able to get bail in
such an amount but it will probably be
arranged for her soon. There are many
in Warren county who have confidence
in the innocence of Mrs. Hossack and as
there is valuable farm in the estate
it is believed the bail can be secured.
The county attorney resisted any ef-
fort to have bail fixed for her and
that under the statutes bail
for one convicted of murder cannot be
given. But the supreme court in grant
ing new trial changed the situation
and the judge decided that he had a
right to fix bail: Mrs. Hossack's health
is said to have declined rapidly since
ner incarceration.
Gen. Lincoln and Major Olmsted
were in the city the past week. Lincoln
the students at Ames and {
0lmsted at Cedar Falls. Both are We'll
pleased with the work done by the stu
tents at these two state colleges. THE
greatest trouble we have at the normal /,
school" said Major Olmsted, rs the fact
hat the boys remain such a short time.
They come and go. We have about $50
It the close of the term but in the Win
er the number runs up to 400 or over
Many of them remain but short
ime and in that case military drill is
seless to them The boys are generally :
rom the farms, big sturdy capable fell
ows who take readily to military drill {
md delight in it. Among them we find .
number of eX-volunteers who are y
made useful in drilling the others The
,oard has decided that we shall have :
n armory at the normal school and
When that is built the work will be
much more effective. r
The announcement of the candidacy G
f Charles w. Neal, of Davenport, for
lerk of the supreme court lis not re- ;,
arded as of great consequence in polit- ;,
cal circles The candidates for clerk :,
ave been covering the ground pretty =
thoroughly in the past few months and ,
is believed they have got nearly ev-
rything in sight The Seventh district
rst ballot. E