Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-28
Superior Court Recently Es-
tablished at Oelwein to Be
Abolished
DISAGREEMENT Amonel EyERs
oeIwen Attorneys Could Not gree on
Who Should Be the cour epub-
ican Political Speakers su! <ted as
Campaieners in Hardin Sinty-
Warning From Jacob Funk
special to Times-Republlcan.

Des Moines Oct. 2S.-A rema ckable
case of systematic boycott Of a court
and determination to have the court
abolished as a source of local factional
There is now little doubt that the su-
perior court which was established at
the last session of the legislature will
be abolished at the next session. This
result is due to the fact that the law
| yers of Oelwein disagreed on who
should be the court. A conspicuous
| lawyer named Ingersoll was most in
strumental in having the the court es-
! trumental in having the court es-
| tab.shed. When it came to the ap-
| pointment of a judge to the court Gov
ernor Cummins turned Ingersoll down
and appointed ]. L. Elliott. a young
attorney. This enraged Ingersol and
other lawyers and they set out to de-
prive the court of business by re
fusing to bring suits there: but the
| boycott was not very successful, for
one by one the lawyers were forced into
the court. However, they succeeded III
making such a record that they now
claim 1t will be easy to convince the
! Legislature that the court was not
needed. In September last a convention
| was held to nominate a. candidate for
superior judge. Elliott was candi
date again. but his opponent called
| snap caucus when he was attending
grand lodge X. of P. and succeeded in
| forcing divided convention. The
county authorities decided that F. L.
| Gillian was the nominee and Elliott
!, is left off. II is understood that both
factions We're circulating petitions to
| the legislature to have the court abol-
| ished, and it was foregone that no mat
/ ter who is elected. the defeated ones
| will ask to end the existence Of the
court. In fact the court was not need
ed in the first place, and there was
much opposition to 1t in the legisla
ture. Elliott went on the ticket by
| petition and the democrats have
candidate, and 1t is a little uncertain
will win, but the one who wins will
ling his bench taken from under him
III TIE lHluulC vi his lex III.
1t is learned that every republican
political speaker who has been suggest
ed as campaigner for the republican
state ticket in Hardin county has re-
ceived a personal letter and appeal
from Jacob Funk, of Iowa Fails, warn
ing him to keep out of the county.
Governor Cunllnins is said to have re-
ceived such a letter, but he was never
billed to go into the county, and had
no intention OF doing so, though he
is earnestly for the entire ticket there.
Ole Roe, former member of the house,
who served with Representative Furry.
was invited to go into the county and
speak, and he forthwith received
warning from the mighty Funk. OF
Iowa Falls. who is running the Hardin
county bolt. He paid no attention to
it. however. and will not reply, save
that he will go right into the county
and make republican speeches. NJ. l.
Temples letter was prepared after
consultation with the state commit
tee. He is not the man to be fright
ened out of any position he takes. A
number of other good republican
spekers are to be in the county this
week.
Another of the insurance companies
Of Des Moines is in trouble over Its
policy. This is the Central Life.
whose president. Mr.. Peak, has gone
to South Dakota to convince the in
surance commissioner that the policy
written is all right. This is not gold
bond investment scheme, but an an
nuity policy, and the objection made is
not to the condition of the policy but to
the manner of printing which it is
claimed makes deception possible.
However, the policy is in line with
others issued by eastern companies.
The Iowa department has not pro-
tested against the policy. 1t is be-
lieved that the South Dakota depart-
ment has acted on misinformation.
1t will hardly be claimed that the
campaign in Iowa this year is ever and
always on a high plane and above the
psttiness of an off year. For instance,
down in the senatorial district COM
rosed OF Union Decatur and Ringgold
counties, where NJ. F. Stookey, one of
the owners of the Journal, which has
always fought Governor Cummins, Is
the republican candidate, and the bat
tie is quite fierce. The democrats are
going about with soiVg which runs
like this:
IAN hail the power of Stookey's name:
Let voters promptly cali;
And by the touch Of glittering gold,
He'll fix them one and all.
Let every henchman great and small,
In all the counties three.
Be given mileage on the @
And he will vote for thee.
The message came from Burlington,
And bore the stamp of Blythe,
Who'll be a senate candidate
In eighteen ninety-five."
This is a style of campaigning preva-
lent in the south part Of the state at