Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-10
Riceville Man Selected to Fill
G. A. Il. Post, After EXcit-
ing Contest
NEWMAN HAD TO ENTER FIGHT
Movement to Elect spieIman Was In
tended Also to Gust Dr.. G. A. New
man, of Cedar Falls, From His Po-
sition of Assistant Adjutant General
Of the Department.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, June 10.--The selection
department commander of the G.. A. r.,
gives great satisfaction in Des Moines
despite that most of the delegates from
the two big posts of this city had
gone into the movement to elect j. A.
Spielman, of Fairfield. In fact the
movement to elect Spielnan. SO far is
it had any force among the grand
army men here, was something worked
up solely in the interest of persons
G. a. Newman, of Cedar Falls from
the position of assistant adjltant gen.
eral of the department. DR.. Newman
is the genial secretary of the state
senate as we'll as secretary for the
grand army department. He keeps the
books admirably. has managed the
finances we'll, and in his position Of
secretary of the state senate he has
been of immense value to the depart
ment in the way of watching leg1sla-
ton of interest to the old soldiers. But,
Of course. he had offended some of the
veterans, and there We're others en-
vious of him. and the fight was started
to get him out. He had set out to
keep hands off the fight for command
err, as In the past but when Mr.. Spiel
appoint another for adjutant, this fore
ed Newman's friends to line UP for ST.
John, and the result was seen at Mason
.>t. Sc. ~, .pax,
quite we'll known among the veterans
here. His connection with the state
fairs has been such that he is well
known to a large number or the peo-
pie of the state. Outside of a very
small number there will be no heart
aches because of the election OF r.
T. st. John.
In the distrlc. court here the past
two weeks there has been a hearing
in what is promised to be positively
the last contention in the old Home-
stead litigation. and there is a phase
of the matter that is decidedly i'm
teresting to newspaper publishers n
connection with the application OF the
libel laws. The Homestead Company,
in which j. NJ. Pierce and s. f. Stew
art were equal stockholders--not part
ners--was mulcted for uttering a libel
against Henry Wallace. formerly
partner and editor of the paper Now,
after a number of years, when all other
matters OF litigation between Stewart
and Pierce and Wallace have been
cleared up, Stewart has sued Pierce
to recover from him one
half Of the costs of the libel actions.
on the ground that Pierce alone was
responsible for having the publications
made, Mr.. Stewart being away at the
time. There is matter of four or
five thousand dollars involved in this
way and in it is involved personal
liability for libelous matter placed in
a newspaper. No matter how it goes
there viii be an appeal.
Brigade encampments are to be the |
order this year for the national guard |
IF the state In the past, at least for |
/ number of years, each of the four |
regiments encamped separately. This |
rear it was decided there should be
return to the brigade system. The
Tfty-th third regiment, commanded by
Colonel w. G. Dows. and the Fifty
fifth, commanded by Colonel j. r. Lin
,oln will camp together August IL to
s. The F!fty-fourth. commanded by
colonel F.. w. Bishop. and the Fifty
ixth, commanded by Colonel W. B.
will camp together July Il.
0 81. The places for those two en-
have not been selected. 1t
) expected they will be selected very
DON: but the movement to secure a
tate camp ground has not progressed