The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-16
SEATS IN CONGRESS
How the Land Lies in Disputed
Districts in Iowa.
PRoUTY MEN ARE FULL OF FIGHT
Cornwall of Spencer in the Lead for
Nomination for Supreme
Court Reporter.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines. Iowa, April 16.-The
primaries in Madison county have been
set for June and the county convention
will be held on the following day. The
Warren county primaries will be held
June and the convention will come a
week later. Owing to the unexpected
strength displayed by Judge Prouty in the
contest against Bull in Story, the de-
velopments in Madison and Warren are
being watched closely throughout the dis
trict. The Hull men in both of these
counties are much aroused over the re-
ports of plot laid by the Prouty forces
to capture both Of them with the same
strategy that proved SO successful in
Story. County Chairman G. c. Stiles,
who was in Des EMoines to-day, said both
sides in his county were preparing for
a struggle if it was necessary. He did
not know, he said, whether the Prouty
forces would try to sweep the primaries,
but If they did, the Hull men would not
be caught mapping as they were in Story
county.
In the fourth congressional district
there is no longer any doubt that war will
be waged to the end between James E.
Blythe and Duncan Rule, both of Cerro
Gordo county. Aule has returned from
Texas and Blythe from Washington. A
conference was held between them but it
resulted in nothing. Rule has determined
| to remain in the race and his friends are
enthusiastic over him.
Politicians from the eleventh district
who have been in Des Moines this week
say that while Lot Thomas will have no
opposition to speak Of this year, they ex-
pect to see the eleventh the arena of a
fierce conflict two years from now. In
this campaign, Mr.. Thomas will have only
the nominal opposition of j. F. Glover of
Sibley. A politician close to Mr. Thomas
said to-day he was satisfied Thomas had
determined to end his congressional
career with the term for which he will be
elected next November. With him out Of
numerous and will include Senator Hub
bard Representative Carter of Sioux
! county, Senator Hobart of Cherokee
county, Isaac Struble of LeMars, A. B..
| A. B. Funk OF Spirit Lake, George
schee Of O'Brien and one or two others.
1t is conceded that Funk will make a
leading candidate. He will be assured
northern parts of the district. Efforts
We're made to get Thomas to agree not to
be candidate for denomination in 1904.
| He was pressed to come to such an IN
derstanding as the price Of the retire
ment of Hubbard from the field this year.
He refused to yield and is said to be in
no way bound not to be a candidate two
| years IfOlH now, LnouSu He VIII IoI NC
| if statements given out by Mrs. Thomas
! herself to friends are correct.
The congressional conventions thus far
called in Iowa are: First district, Wash
ington, May 6; third district, Waterloo,
May /; fifth district, Cedar Rapids, May
!; tenth district, Fort Dodge, May -;
eleventh district. Sheldon, May 81. No
contests will develop in either of these
| conventions.
Advices that reach Des Moines are that
the only contest over state Office in this
years campaign will concern the office OF
supreme court clerk. B. 2. Carroll OF
Davis county is now practically conceded
the nomination for auditor and W. w
Cornwall of Clay county will from pres
ent indications be on the slate for the
nomination for supreme court reporter to
succeed B. F. Salinger of Carroll county.