Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-11
N MILAN Will RETIRE
Announces He Will Not Ask For
disappointment as United
States Attorney
GOING INTO STOCK RAISING
Has Held the Office Nine Years and
Will Not Be Candidate for Another
Term-Expects to Continue to Re-
side at Cedar Rapds-other News
of the State.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican
Sioux CITY. Nov. I'LL. G. Mcmillan.
who for twenty-five years has been ac-
! tive in political life in Iowa yesterday
announced here THAT he would not ask
to be reappointed to the position OF
United STATES district attorney for the
northern district of Iowa under the new
administrator after nine years in the
office. Mr.. Mcmillan lives at Cedar
Rapids and desires to devote his at
tention ITO fancy stock raising on his
magnificent stock farm of 1,020 acres
| in Lyon county.
+! Mr.. McMillan's announcement will be
complete surprise to the politicians
at large. He was originally appointed
from the Eleventh district. later NOV
ing to Cedar Rapids, and securing his
second appointment as a resident of
the Fifth. He is still regarded as a
northwest Iowa man, having been for
many years member and chairman of
the republican state committee. He
was appointed to his present office in
recognition of his services, especially
during the great campaign of 1896,
when he was at the head of the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Mcmillan has his hands very full
Of large affairs. He has big stock
farm in Lyon county, his old home. of
1920 acres, which is one of the model
establishments of it's kind. He has
5000 acres of farms in other places and
is half owner in the Cedar Rapids
Republican and Times in partnership
with Cyrenus Cole. The Republican
has been their property about six
years. and within the last two they
have established the Times. Their
newspaper business has been highly
successful, and has come to require
more and more of Mr.. McMillans at
tention, hence his determination that
he must drop something. The federal
attorneyship Is easiest to quit
The announcement that Mr.. McMil-
Ian will drop out of office will cause
something like a. sensation. 1t will del
cidedly complicate the already puzzling
situation in north Iowa district. 1t is
generally understood that j. U. Sammis
of LeMars. revenue collector. is to be
dropped from the service, but probably
not till the end of his four years term,
which will be in July, 1906. 1t has
also been commonly understood that
Congressman elect Hubbard would
name l. S. Struble, of LeMars, to sue
coed Sammis.
strubIe May Want Place.
But Struble is a lawyer, and would
prefer the attorneyship on account both
of it's better emolument and also it's
professional advantages. So he may
turn UP an applicant for the Mcmillan
place. In this case he would have some
opposition, for the Fifth district would
not be disposed to lose the office. Tt
is said that there are several gentlemen
of professional and political standing
in the Fifth who would like the place.
Among these are named Frank f. Daw-
ley of Cedar Rapids, Fred o. Ellison Of
Anamosa. M. j. Tfbi, of Vinton and q.
r. Struble, of Toledo, brother by the
way of Uncle Isaac Of LeMars.
With such field of Fifth district
possibilities for the attorneyship there
would be difficulties in the way Of Con-
gresham Cousins. 1t has been known
for some time that Colonel Fl. Fl. Rood
of Mt. Vernon would ask Fifth district
support for the revenue collectorship
in case situation should arise where
he would have fair chance at it. This
could possibly be brought to pass by