Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-14
Senator Dunham's Successor on
Insurance Commission, Not
Yet Appointed
SENATOR JACKSON SUGGESTED
1t is Considered Safe to Say That MoIs-
berry, Warren or Saunders Will
Neither One Receive the Appoint
ment-criticism Made on the Subject
of George D. Perkins War Record.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, April 14.-It is pretty
safe to say that neither Molsberry,
Warren or Saunders will be appointed
to the insurance investigation COM
mission to take the place of Senator
Durham who resigned the first of this
week, and whose resignation was first
made public Thursday. The four MEM
bers who came to the city Thursday
according to agreement, to organize
for the work, have gone to their homes
and will await the appointment of an
other member, which it is supposed
Herriott will make in few DAYS. 1t
was decided that even if the four had
the authority to proceed to organize
it would probably be better to await
the appointment Of the fifth member
of the commission. Jim Wilson of the
document department of the secretary
of states office, and, during the ses-
sion Of the legislature private secretary
of Lieutenant Governor Herriott, left
yesterday for Stuart to consult Her
riott concerning the appointment of
the other member of the commission
from the senate. 1t is believed here
that Governor Herriott knew on Tues
day or at the latest on Wednesday,
that Durham had resigned, and the
wonder is that he did not then notify
the other four members by wire as he
knew the meeting for organizing was
to take place here Thursday. None
of the members arrived here till We'd
nesday afternoon. After Warren,
Molsberry and Saunders are eliminat-
ed it is rather difficult to know whom
Herriott could select; possibly he may
Perkins. The appointments of Her
riott during the session of the legisla-
ture have all been such as to Indicate
that, knowing there was no favors to
be had from the Cummins crowd in any
event, Herriott and his private secre-
tary Mr.. Wilson considered the best
politics was to put the railroad crowd
under as deep obligations to Herriott
as possible in the hope that something
might be had from that side. In the
light of the other appointments 1t is
reasonable to suppose that the ap-
pointment will go to standpatter
who is in close touch with the rail-
road movement to defeat Cummlns. 1t
is not enough that he should be
standpatter. He must be one of those
close to the Blythe and standpat in
terests. Gilliland might do, but for
the fact that he is only local politi-
clan down in the southeastern corner
of the state, who attracted some little
attention during the session of the leg
islature by some grand-stand plays AS
Whipple won't have the appointment
there is no one left who exactly an
swers the wishes of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Herriott and his secretary, Mr..
Wilson. Jackson comes the nearest to
it, but he is in reality not one of the
politicians that is taken into the inner
circle of the Blythe conferences. The
only advantage to be had from his ap-
pointment would be that the Perkins
people might be made to feel good to-
wards Herriott.
The Eagle Grove Eagle, an issue or
two ago, on its front page, gave con-
siderable prominence to Hon. George
D. Perkins war record, or rather to
the fact that he had served in the civil
war. Other newspapers supporting the
Perkins candidacy have done the same
thing. Under date of March 81, 1906.
from Sioux City, on the stationery of
Attorney Madison B. Davis the only
democrat who ever served as DEPART
ment commander of the Iowa G. A. r..
there was sent a letter signed by
Mr.. Davis urging comrades of the G.
A. r. to support Mr.. Perkins. The let
ter was a circular letter and probably
sent out by Perkins headquarters. 1t
is hardly to be supposed that one in
dividual out of the generosity OF his
heart would voluntarily SEND out let
tiers to all the G. A. r. members Of
the state, asking them to support Per-
kins. especially when that one lnd1-
vidual is a democrat AS matter OF
fact Perkins war record contains alb
solutely nothing to brag about. He
was taken into active service oct. II,
1000 worked a little as colonels clerk,
- a;e.antarv and was discharged JAM
70 1853. having seen just three
,,,on+bs, service as coloneps clerk, and
never having smelled the smoke OF bat
t1e The records are an open book.
They are to be found on page At OF the
re s for the Thirty-first Iowa reg
went in the office of the ad1utant
l nnnara1 a. the state house. These rec
ords show as follows:
"George D. Perkins, member OF
ronony p s1st Regiment Iowa vol
,,u ot, enrolled at age of % at Ced-
1,,us R,ack Hawk county, native
az az r Now York Mustered into service
- nr,vata october -, ordered into
a. - an August 10, 1852. Dis
charged for disability on January ~
1868"