Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-14

UNUSUAL wAv ~ APPOINTMENT
II is Made by the Governor on the
Recommendation of the State
Board of Agriculture, and Part OF
Position is Under Civil Service of
the United States.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 14.-There Will be
no politics in the selection of the sue
cessor to Director Sage of the govern
ment and state crop service. The I'M
preston that Director Sage after nj
teen years in the position rs to retire
in June of this year is erroneous. ne
has decided to retire from the position
An lime of next year. But while the
appointment is made by the governor
it ia made on the recommendation or
the state board of agriculture and
part of the position is under the civil
service of the United States. No 9TH
err state in the union has the same ar
rangement that is adopted in this
state. In many of the states the state
department has privilege from the
government to use the postoffice frank
but in this state the government ana
state unite on all the officials. Direc-
tor Sage holds a position under the
government in the civil service ana
his successor will have to be person
who has qualified for the position thru
the civil service or else by special
training. The Iowa law was created
largely thru the efforts of Mr.. Sage,
and though he was not candidate
for the position and there were about
a dozen active candidates he was Sc
lected and has continued to hold the
position since He was placed under
the civil service by special order of
President Mckinley. 1t is presumed
that when he retires some state man,
possibly DR.. Chappell, the local wealth
Ter forecastep will be promoted to the
position by the government If that is
satisfactory to the state board OF ag-
riculture, which body, according to the
state law, must make the recommenda-
ton to the governor.
The state G. A. r. sncampment
seems likely now to be held this year
without very much political agita-
ton. Last year there was great
deal of agitation and some of the old
err members of the Grand Army are
still regretting that so much political
feeling was worked up over the cleo
tion of the principal officers. The en-
campment is now but about four weeks
away and there are but two candidates
for the position of department COM
mander and one for senior vice COM
mander. and none so far as known for
any of the other positions. There are
about seventeen delegates to the ma
tional convention to be selected and
these have scarcely been thought of in
have hpan some
little political moves in the Woman's
Relief Corps. Eleven of the delegates
at-large from the G. A. r. will be one
each from the eleven congressional
districts of the state. There is one at
large and the remaining six are given
in rotation to the congressional dls-
tricts. There are Il number OF cand1-
dates for appointment to the position
of adjutant, but it is generally conced-
ed that whoever is elected department
commander will reappoint AdJutant
George Newman.
The state board of control will not
make an appointment of a superlntend-
ent for the Knoxville institution for
the inebriates for perhaps two months
or more. The selection of the super
intendent will not be made till
il becomes necessary to
make a selection of some OF
the equipment which will be placed in
the institution. This will be done on
the recommendation with the advice
of the superintendent and hence will
make necessary his appointment. An
appointment will probably be made in
about two months.
In the decorative work at the state
house the scaffolding has now been
torn down to the level of the eight
lunettes or about on a level of the
ceilings of the senate and house and
the color scheme as planned can be
seen to better advantage. There are
now great many admirers of the
beauty of the decorations. The dec
orators will soon be at work in the
house chamber. The floor of the cor
ridor of the state house has been COW
cred with paper to protect it and the
decorators will at once begin the work
first in the corridor of the main en-
trance Of the building and later in
the other corridors. The capitol COM
mission was in session at the state
house yesterday and to day. Each mem
ber was we'll pleased with the work
so far as it has progressed. The pre-
liminary sketches for the Blassfield
painting have been submitted to the
commission. These sketches show
Blassfeld's idea of the great painting
to be an allegorical representation of
redeeming the virgin soil to civiliza-
ton. The sketches thus far shown are
but an outline. Frederick Deihlman
is working on his sketches and both
his and Blassfeld's will be shown to
the commission soon for approval.
The workmen on the historical
building began yesterday to lay the
stone for the outer walls of the first
story above the ba basement. The work
from this point will progress rapidly
at least In the showing.