Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-14
THREE MEN Will
Be CANDIDATES
Present Deputy Hites Decides
Definitely to Run For secre- :
tary Of State
WILL J. G. SMITH BE HANGED
Tho Impression is That Governor
cummins Will Delay Fixing the
Date and Let the Matter Go BY De-
fauIt-Death Sentence Was Affirm.
ed by Supreme Court.
to es-Republican.

Des Moines June 14.-There will be
three candidates in the field for secre-
| tary of state. 1t is understood now that
| Deputy Secretary of State Daniel A.
Hites has definitely decided to be
candidate. AS yet MIR. Hites has given
out nothing for the reason that it is
early and the campaign will not be
opened for at least six months yet.
| The candidacy of Senator Hayward, OF
Davenport, and the candidacy of JUL
| ian Richards Of Waterloo and Cali
| fornia have been known for some
months. Mr. Hites has been talked OF
since early in the year. Mr.. Hites has
been deputy under Mr.. Martin ever
since Mr. Martins term began and was
in the office before that.
There is an impression that Joseph
e. Smith, of Abba, whose death sem
tence was affirmed by the supreme
court last week, will not be hanged
| because of the task of fixing the date
|: being an unpleasant one for the gov
| ernor he will delay the fixing OF the
date and let the matter go by default.
It is claimed that wherever the ORR
einal date for a hanging has gone
by through the appea. of the defend
ant to the supreme court and it has
become necessary for the governor to
| fix a date the matter has gone by and
no date was ever fixed. 1t is argued
4 <Sx.o
| tory of the state.
] The claim advanced is i'll advised.
The records do not show that any gov
srnor ever shirked the duty and all
4 lowed the matter to go by default.
I No snch situation was ever presented
| to Governor shaw. During the two
wears of Governor brakes term two
murderers from Polk county, John
Hamil and George Weems, were SEN
fenced in the district court and their
! date fixed. Governor Drake commuted
| the sentence to life imprisonment and
they are now in the penitentiary. The
last time that parallel to the Smith
case was presented was during the
term of Governor Jackson. Governor
/ Jackson fixed the date for both James
| q. Dooley. a sixteen year old boy from
1 "A
| from Shelby county. In each Instance
they We're sentenced to be hanged ana
the date fixed by the judge of the dis
| trict court. In each instance an ap-
peal to the supreme court earned the
matter past the date originally hxed
and when the supreme court afhrmed
the lower courts decision Governor
| jackson fixed q new date as required
by law. Dooley was hanged OCT. ~,
1894, the first date being June 10, ls9a'
Cumberland was hanged Feb. 8, 1888.
According to the statutes the supreme
court shall, after affirming case IN
which the death penalty has been HSeu
upon, notify the governor thru the
| clerk Of the supreme court ana the
governor shall then fix a date on Whlch
| the hanging shall then take place. In
accordance with this statute Clerk
Crockett Tuesday notified the COVER
nor's office of the action of the SUI
preme court in affirming the Smith
case. Governor Cummins is in Iowa
City and it is presumed will take the
matter up in the ordinary course OF
business. Smith has by law thirty
days in which to file an appeal to the
| supreme court.
| Iowa Libraries do not pay enough
money to attract men to the position
| of librarian and as a consequence
| there are very few men in the Hbrar-
| les of the state. There are but i've
libraries that pay as much as $1,000
wear. and these are such that man
competent to fill the position woud
demand considerably larger salary. AT
the same time it is argued that the
positions are many of them such that
men should be employed instead of
women. For at least two months the
/ librarian of the st. Louis library ad-
vertised in the library journals for a
young man for first assistant, and 1t
was stated that it was not necessary
for him to be a trained librarian
if he were we'll versed in books and
was a college man. There is in Iowa
| only one man in library OF Importance
as librarian and that is at Grinnell
and he is considered worth a great
deal more than he is paid. but remains
in the work because of his fondness
| for it.
The scaffolding above the grand
| stair case in the state house VIII not
be removed by tomorrow when the
commissioners and Artist Garnsey are
| here. The new glass has not yet been
put in where the colored glass was re-
moved. Immediately after the close
of the period of the supreme court
| yesterday the work of removing the
chairs and getting the room ready for
| the scaffolding was commenced. IL is
believed that the work in the supreme
court and the house chamber will have
to be rushed little to get it complet-
ed in the time specified, Dec. 81. Il
was the desire of the capitol commits
sion to complete the work well within