The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-08

WEEK OF MANY MEETINGS
Some Politics. Too, Mixed Up In These to
BE Held IN Des Moines. AS:

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BE Held in Des Moines. :sS
DIES MONIES. IOwA-This week the
annual state farmers institute. the state
agricultural convention, the state, horti-
cultural convention and the, meeting of
the State Park and Forestry association
will be held here Chief interest attaches
to the annual agricultural convention, as
this gathering is always marked by more
or less politics, and this years meeting
will be no exception, w. W. Morrow Of
Alton will be elected president to succeed
j. c. Frasier without opposition, but there
will be a warm contest over the vice pres
idency. The active candidates are C.. E.
Cameron of Alta and j. p. Manatrey CT
Fairfield. There Is also another interest
ing contest on between G.: D. Ellyson and
III. T. Blackburn, both prominent bankers
of Des MOines, for the treasurership Of
the department Of agriculture. Directors
are to be elected from the even-numbered
districts of the state. The present direct
ors will probably be reelected, though
opposition may develop in several cases
| J. w. Wadsworth of Algona has sbeen
mentioned as a candidate for the vice
presidency. In case Mr.. Cameron is elect
| ed vice president, a new director for the
eleventh district will have to be elected.
| Harold Pike of Monona county, George
Ward of Sioux City and DR.. w. N. Ousler
| of Odebolt are mentioned as probabilities
in this event. g w F,
| One of the greatest corn exhibits ever
held in the state will be shown in the
office of. Secretary Simpson Professor P.
c. Holden of the Iowa State college will
be in charge of the exhibit and will do
the judging. He. will also endeavor to
make the event an educational one for
the corn breeders and the students Of
Ames. -
department Of agriculture will meet
Thursday. Secretary Simpson will be re-
elected and several questions as to the
coming state fair will be settled. One of
these will be the adjustment Of entry
fees. This step is likely to be taken, and
will dougtless give an impetus to fair ex-
hibts. New improvements on the fair
grounds will be settled upon. Judging
pavilions for the swine and the. sheep de-
partments are contemplated. Much new
walk will be built.
| Aside from the program Of papers, the
horticultural convention promises to de-
velop little of interest. One of the papers
Alaska, who has sent a treatise on Alaska,
fruits adaptable to Iowa. 49,:
Ciarkson Wins a Libel Suit.
In the libel suit of John c. Tate, clerk
of courts of Polk county, VS.. r. P. Clark
son, former editor and owner of the Iowa
State Register, a jury returned a verdict
for the defendant. The case attracted
much attention, as it was an outgrOWth
of the rancorous -Prouty congress
sional contest of last spring, in which Tate
was Proutys manager. Following: the
Polk county primaries at that time, +. A.
Gray Of Valley Junction, with another,
went to the Prouty headquarters and took
affidavit that he and Others had voted
ballots marked for the Hull delegates and
received 81 apiece. Later Gray was ar
rested and in police court made a second
affidavit repudiating the first one, saying
he swore to the first when drunk; that
Tate and others got him drunk and that
Tate gave him 500 to make the affidavit.
Following the publication Of both affda-
Wits, Mr. Garrison caused an editorial TO
be published arraigning Mr.. Tate and his
coworkers,~in scathing terms. Tate sued
for $25, 900 damages In the course of the
trial it developed that Gray was an ex-
convict. The whole proceeding is a strik-
! ing comm entary on the nature Of the
methods employed in the congressional
struggle in this district. 1t is expected
Tate win appeal. .|>& = :. :. -.
! = ~ Spanish War Claims. sEt.,l 80 ~.
Adjutant Genera. Byers will make a trip
to Washington next month for the pur-
|pose Of obtaining a settlement with the
war department Of the claims still due
the state of Iowa for money expended IN
|equipping troops as the time Of the Span
ish-American war; The bulk Of these
claims have been paid, but there, is stu
due the state about $4,000. The adju-
tant general expects also to do, what ne
can to aid the Dick bill, reorganizing the
! militia and making the national guard
= virtual reserve for the regular army. =, II
is possible, however, at the rate OF prog
ress now being made by this measure
which has already passed the house ano
| has been favorably reported by a senate
committee that it>will be passed before
the holidays and will need no intervention