Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-10
WORRY AHEADFQR Hull.
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Outside Counties May Prod,s
Formidable Candidate IT,
Next Time. s
Hull Has a Cinch on Polk County
Forever, Because OF Unfin.
ished Business.
20" Railway Would Make Thirty.
foot Cut Thru Grounds at
GlenWOod.
,ecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. July 10.-With the hold
i ing of the district congressional con-
vention at Perry today and the renom-
| ination of Capt. Hull the way is cleared
I for gossip of the campaign of next time.
| Political interest never lags in this part
of the state. Capt. Hull is AN avowed
candidate for denomination again two
| years hence. He has demonstrated that
he has Polk county and can have it as
| long as he desires and as hard as it is
possible to have it. No Polk county
| candidate stands d particle of chance
against Hull as long as the latter wants
to so to congress. The situation as to
/ matters of local interest has been so
| left that Des MoineS will feel bound to
send Hull back for another term to
"complete the work he has in hand.
for the work has been left in Il delight
| full state of unfinishedness. Then, on
| the other hand, the newspaper Sltua-
ton as it has developed recently in Des
| Moines is such as to make 1t certain
| that there can be no organized opposl-
ton to Hull in Polk county, because
there is no way the matter can be got
before the people. But with regard to
| the rest of the district the situation is
not so good for Capt. Hull. The judi
cial convention at Earlham this week
made decided change in the situation
| Heretofore Capt. Hull has been able to
count on either Dallas or Madison
county in AN emergency, because nelth-
er county will stand for the candidate
of the other against him. Now Dallas
| county is in measure satisfied with
| judicial candidate. Madison county is
sullen. but Madison county would sup
port a Madison man for congress. The
way is open for just that kind of a cam
didacy Judge Wilkinson, who retired
from the bench, is easily the most pop
uar man in the district, or in that part
of the Fifth judicial district. He was
district attorney for eight years in the
old district and has been judge twelve
years. With Ed Nichols seated on the
bench Dallas county would be glad to
support Wilkinson for congress two
years hence. Marion and Warren would
either do the same or support their To-
cal candidates until the time came to
Story the only fighting ground for Hull.
Its attitude of this year in going on
record as against Hull, even after Hull
had secured his home county and was
sure of nomination, indicates that
Hull sentiment is not thick in Story.
The counties outside of Polk can nomi-
nate a congressman next time. 1t is
freely predicted here that this will be
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valuable man the district has ever had,
from the Des Moines standpoint, but
nothing has been done for the rest of
the district. This is the argument that
will be used against Hull in the cam
vass of the field against him.
peculiar and somewhat pathetic
case was reported to Governor Cum
minis yesterday from the Anamosa pen
itentiary. 1t was the death of a convict
who had carried two bullets firmly inn
bedded in the substance of his brain all
the time he has been made to do hard
labor for the state This was Carter
McComsey. of Dickinson county. who
was received at the Anamosa peniten-
tiary Oct. 10 last to serve five years for
assault to commit murder Nothing
more is known here as to his crime, but
he was supposed to be carrying Il bull
let in his head somewhere. About ten
days ago he was relieved from work
and sent to the hospital. The governor
gave permission that he could he taken
outside the prison walls to be examined
by an N-ray machine for location of
the bullet. On Monday night he was
taken suddenly ill. and he died Tues
day. The autopsy by DR.. Druet showed
that instead of having a bullet lodged
in his skull he had two bullets in his
brain. Both had become encysted and
a large quantity of pus had COM
menced to form. The wonder was.
however. that he lived at all after his
injury He was single and only % years
old.
The quarrel between the police force
and the police judge in the city of
Des Moines is becoming so bitter that
it is possible there will be some out
side interference to effect peace in the
family. Chief Bracket and Judge
are engaging in a hard fight |
chiefly in the newspapers, calling each |
other hard names and attempting t. |
prove that they are not fit to hold I
their respective positions. which proof /
seems to be almost conclusive. Each I
one charges the other with being in
with certain bad elements in
the city and engaged in thwarting jus
tice. Personal encounters are con- T
siGered possible if they ever get into !
Il corner where they cam not run away.
In the meantime the gamblers of the 7
city continue to smile and do busi
ness.
Nj. A. Raney. of Fairfield. represent
ing the association of independent tele-
phone managers, and +. Nj. Hubbell
of Des Moines. representing the Mutual
Of this city, have given notice to the
executive council of an intention to
appear before the council at the regu-
lar meeting next Monday and talk in
regard to telephone assessments In the
state The association of INDEPENDENT
telephone men had remarkable success
last winter in moulding legislation to
suit 1t had been regarded as pretty
certain that the legislature would pass
come measures to bring the telephone y