Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-02
THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY
That Will Be Cost Of Service for Successor
to Congressman Rumpls.
EFFORT TO AVOID SPECIAL ELECTION
Man who H. Chosen Cannot Possibly
Serve More Than Fifteen Days
PeIIa TO Build a Railroad
of IT'S own.
From a Star Correspondent.)

Rrom a stan Correspondent.)
DIES MONIES, Feb. L-(Special.)CGov-'
ernor A. B. Cummins has not yet decided
fully in his own mind whether or not 1t is
necessary that he should call a special
election in the Second congressional dis
trict to fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of Captain ]. NJ. w. Rumple. The law in
Iowa appears to be mandatory and requires
that the governor shall Immediately call a
special election on the death Of a congress-
man and give ten days notice thereof. The
purpose Of making 1t mandatory is so that
no governor could interfere with the ma
jority in congress- by refusing to call an
election in districts where the vote might
not suit him. 1t is not recalled that any
Iowa congressman ever died in ONCE, so
that the provision Of the constitution and
the law requiring the calling Of a special
election have never been put into use. 1t
is estimated that an election in the Second
district would cost between $12, 900 and $15,-
900 and the successful candidate could not
possibly serve more than fifteen days In
congress. This would be securing repre-
sentation in congress at a greater expense
than II would be worth. There are six
counties in the district and all are popu-
lous. Captain Rumple had about 1000 re-
publican majority, but Judge Wade, at the
last election, had over 1900 democratic
majority. The district is regarded as norm
ally democratic. TIL" democrats would un-
doubtedly put up Judge Wade, but 1t is
not certain who would be named by the
republicans. If there is any possible way
the governor can avoid the calling Of a
special election he will do 30, as he re-
CARDS 1t as not worth while to go to the
trouble this near the end Of the session.
He will decide IL on Monday, and IL the
special election is ordered 1t will be for
the 18th or 18th Of February. Politicians
! Of the Second district say they do not rel
ish the idea Of a campaign being thrust on
them at this time.
PeIIa to Have Railroad.
Another railroad is to be built into the
town Of Pella, In Marion county. A local
| company has been formed for the purpose
of constructing a line Of railroad about
eight or ten miles from Pella to the town
OF Harvey, where connection will be made
with the Burlington and Wabash railroads,
The only railroad Pella has had is a
branch of the Rock Island and the service
has been poor. The people have resolved
upon building their own outlet.
Complaints continue to come to the
state railroad commissioners In regard to
the taking off Of a train on tho Waukon
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eral protests have come from leading citi-
zens and the railroad commissioners are
urged to take action to have the train
service restored. The company claims that
the business on the line does not warrant
1t, especially in view of the difficulty of
| securing coal.
May Ask for R~esurvey.
Governor Cummins has been urged to
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at Washington to send surveyors to Iowa
to resurvey Goose lake, In Greene county.
This was meandered as a lake by the sur
veyors when the original survey was made
in 1852, and was so treated for many years.
Recently it has been drained and used for
a field. The owners Of the lake now de-
sire to secure title to the same by hav-
ing 1t declared swamp land, so that the
title could come through the state and
county in proper form. II the state has
no pecuniary interest in the lake bed at
this time the governor will ask a resurvey
Of the lake to clear its title. This is like
many other lake bed cases which have been
troubling Iowa courts for a number of
years.
Refuses TO send Insane Back.
= For over a year efforts have been made
by the oficials OF Polk county to have
sent back here a large number Of the in
sane in The state hospitals. Polk county
has a very fine insane asylum for the in
curabIes near Des Moines, where there are
now over 100 persons kept. 1t is much
cheaper to keep them there than to send
them to the state hospitals. Last year an
order was procured from state board Of
control directing the superintendent Of the
hospital at Mt. Pleasant to send back to
Des Moines twenty-eight Of the incurable
insane from Polk county. For some rea-
son 1t was never presented. Recently the
county oficials have applied to the SUPER
intendent at Clarinda, where they are con-
fined now. and have received a letter from
Superintendent Witte. informing them that
none Of the Polk county insane at the
state hospital are incurably insane, and he
therefore refuses to allow them to be sent
to an asylum.
stopped Boxing Bouts.
Governor Cummins took prompt action
when he heard that there was being ad-
vertised in Davenport a series of prize
fights and boxing matches, and gave no.
tice to the sheriff Of the county not to al
low the fights. Accordingly, the sherin
took action to stop them. One Harris. who
was In charge Of a theater where the car
nival Of sports was advertised to take place,
dehed the sheriff. and sold tickets to the
carnival. The sheriff arrested him under
the vagrancy act. and kept the theater
closed until after the time for the box
ing matches. For several days the past
week he has kept the theater closed in
this manner. and the governor today
learned that his efforts to Stop prize tight
ing had been successful.
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