The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-05
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IOWA
GlvEN BACK ON THE BENCH !

GIVEN BACK ON THE BENCH
An Appointment Which Gives Governor
Essr cumnrins Much Trouble. - ~.
DIES MONIES, IOWA. Governor Cum
Minis has appointed Ex-Chief Justice
Josiah Given of the Iowa, supreme court
to the position on the Polk countYadistrict
bench left vacant by the death of Judge.
c. IN. Holmes in Decenber. So. far rs
experience is concerned, Judge Given: has
had ample service, having been for years
on the district bench and for thirteen
sNears a justice of the supreme court. The
fappointment, however. does not give gem
eral satisfaction and is, the subject Of
much criticism. ~. :. as-sf :,s,2 4 =
:, The governor was placed in the pc
culiarly. embarrassing situation J of being
compelled to pick Judge out of, a half
|: dozen of the members Of the Polk County
Bar association, with all of whom he was
on terms of close personal friendship, and
whose hackers numbered his warmest sup
porters and personal friends The chief
candidates Were. James G. Hume. Hugh
Brennan: A. "A. Mclaughlin, C. A. Dudley,
| and w. H. Baily, all Well-known and able
lsatt9rneys,. and the contest over the APP
apnii1tment became bitter in the extreme.
Had the selection been made inn edidate-
lily following Judge Holmes death, there
would probably have been little soreness.
AS it is. the difficulty has left many traces
ardent adherents of several of the leading
candidates are vowing vengeance on the
governor. ..".....
:. Three New State Officials.
The terms Of office of the secretary of
state treasurer, auditor, attorney gen
eral, clerk Of the supreme court, supreme
|. court. reporter and railroad commission
er began to-day. The only changes were
| IN the offices of auditor of state, supreme
| COURT Hclerk, and supreme court reporter.
| Auditor of State Merriam stepped down
and B. F. Carroll of Bloomfield succeeded
him.. Clerk c. T. Jones of the supreme
| court was succeeded by John c. Crockett
of Eldora, and B. F. Salinger of Carroll
by w. w. Cornwall of Spencer as supreme
court reporter. The bonds of all the diff
| ferent officers and their deputies were
filed with the governor Saturday.
| The largest bond is that of State
Treasurer Gilbertson. amounting to half
"a million. 1t is a personal bond and the
! suretles qualify for million. One of the
interesting phases of the shifting about in
office that takes place to day, Isl that the
| three men who are retiring. Merriam,
Jones and Salinger, are identified with
the old machine and anti Cummins ele-
ment. THE three neW4t1nen are identified
with the Cummins faction to a. greater
or less EXTENT: In fact, outside,.o the
railroad commissioners: office; there are
! scarcely any of the old machine forces
left about the capitoh'; 81 81. ~
cummins- 8Iythe Fight. t.
The Cumlnlins and Blythe forces have
! come to a. Collision III fife Decatur Ring
gold Union senatorial district. where a
>senator to succeed George S. Allyn of Mt.
t Avis TO be elected this year. The policy
T. the Blythe men are pursuing there indi-
/ Gates without question that it is the pur-
Ioseyto get control of the senate of the
next general ASSEMBLE and; if necessary
te let the house go by"default,+ as the next
house will probably never Shsf called on to
Choose, United States Senator while
4senators elected this: syear..Wi hold over
i until the senatorial election comes up.
= BIZ E. Il EiKer of Deeatus City is the
Cun11ains Candidate forta-senator Three
candida tesG have arisen against him in
Decatur county, all Of them Blythe men,
marion StookeX of Leon. Bert <Teale OF
Lamont, and Captain Brown of :. Leon
| The Eiker: men do. not resent this, how
I ever. but are stirred up over the threats
l Of. the Blythe leaders in ,aRinggold s and
Union counties to breal%a: compact made
u 1nis1S99, whereby Decatur was to be al
+ l1entenants say this compact will lie OBJ.
T served but the candidate from Decatur
must be-. satisfactory,:SEth that is to say
anti-Cunlmins. There is mo forecastine
+, Of the outcome but Eiker.s friends declare
4 if the compact Isl not adhered to- they
will not consider themselves bound. t
support: q Ringgold2 Or; a Union county
man at the polls. ~. :, -
Eli sDotson of Co1fax*is being DOOMED
by his sfriends in the sixth district fo
, member of the State central committee tt
. succeed R. W. Clayton of Oskaloosa.
= ~, sS1.s alIng,Off ofSDeposits.
II A falling off of nearly IS. 500, goo in tn
t deposits III the state and savings bank
Of Iowa is shown by the statement ius
r issued from the; auditors office. :Thi
shows the condition of the bank at tn
=! close of business Dec s. 81 The. last pre-
.ceding call. was for*sept. Is The actua
, decrease in deposits in the interval i
$5,495 .s4S 81 ). In spite of this situation
Eseyeral new banks have recently beef
: :chartered by the state auditor. For sew
eral months no new banks were obtainin,
| charters.