Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-25
DUBUQUE 70 Try PLAN
Movement Already Started to
Have Adopted Commission
Plan of City Government
OTHER CITIES WILL WAIT
OTHER CITIES WILL WAIT
Seven Municipalities Coming Under
Law viii Watch Experiment. of Des
Moines-People of Capital City Serve
Notice That No Politicians Need APP
ply,
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. June 25.--Information
from Dubuque is to the effect that
that city will start a campaign short
ly for transferring to the commission
plan of government and that 1t prob
ably will not wait for Des MONIES to
try the plan first to see whether or
not 1t works. The law applies only TO
cities having population of $4,000
or more. Under this provision Bur
lington with 25,S1s, Cedar Rapids with
2S,759, Council Bluffs with 25,2$1,
Davenport with 39,797, Dubuque with
41,941, Sioux City with 1882, are.
the only cities in the state that can
legally adopt the commission form TN
der the present law other than Des
Moines. II is anticipated by Des
Moines business men that there will
be considerable interest here from now
till the time of the primary and cleo
ton next March on the question OF WAC
will be selected for the commissions
ers. 1t is anticipated that tho the
politicians argued that the commits
sion plan would make it easy to run
the city by a ring they will now make
every effort to get men of their own
kind in. 1t is believed that the first
tives1nen selected, wilbg9however, be
men of conspicuous integrity They
will be men that can be seen clear
across the city il not clear across the
state. There is very well defined
sentiment in favor Of John Cownie of
tae state board of control for one of
:he positions because of his success
- member of the board Of control.
MIR. Cownie is not candidate for the
aasition and probably will frown upon.
any suggestion of his candidacy. . 1t is
more than likely that the public will
:t!sist on electng no one who Is an
avowed candidate for hssposition. The
business men are very united on the
proposition and the people seem to
be with them that no politician need
apply and that no one will be selected
for any of the five, positions who has
not made q success of his own bust
ness. No one will be given one of he
positions because he needs the
money" The worst fears OF The
friends of the movement is that in
years TO come the public may he less
insistent on having good men than 1t
is in selecting the first five men.
Capt. J. u. Brown. of Leon, Iowa
will be candidate for election to the
state senate from the Fifth senatorial
district comprising Decatur Ringgold
and Union counties. This is the dis
.siet represented for some sessions by
Senator Stookey also of Leon. Senator
S.ookey has served one term, having
been in the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and
Tilitty-second general assemblies, get
ting an extra session on account of
the biennial election law. AS he has
had but one term it is presumed he
will be a candidate for reelection.
ssS
Governor Cummins has offered the
Tenth district place on the board of
regents of the state university to
Thomas D. Healy, of Fort Dodge.
E. K. Whine has resigned on ac-
count Of business reasons, and the Of
fer to Mr. Healy was made by wire
yesterday afternoon. AT the time that
the goVernor left the stateshouse Sen
ator Healy had not wiredsshis accep-
lance or declination.
Senator Whine was elected by the
legislature last winter. Az the time he
did not know that his private business
interests would take him out of the
state. He expects to spend most of
the next year in the west and south
He succeed Joseph H. Allen of P,o-
cahontas. county, who was elected to
succeed him as senator from the Hum
boldt Pocahontas- Buena Vista district.
Under the law member of the legis-
lature can not also be a regent or
trustee OF the state Institutions.
Senator Healy's long experience in
the legislature and his familiarity with
the state institutions make his serv-
ices on the board of regents of the
state university especially valuable to
the institution at this time.
Thirteen oil inspectors were APP
pointed by Governor Cummins yester
day. The fourteenth, who will be To-
Gated in the Waterloo district, was not
reached, but the appointment will be
settled within short time.
The list follows:
c. T. Griggs, Burlington.
John P. Risley Davenport.
Leroy Burch, Cedar Rapids.
r. H. Robbins, Waukon
n. V. speers. Marshalltown.
Francis NJ. Gregory. Mason City.
Thomas Chantland, Badger.
George B. Hardell, Council Bluffs.
A. T.. Holland. Creston.
w. C. Jacobs, Knoxville
L. C. Bangs, Carroll
G.. w. Kent Sioux City.
Hugh Pickell, Des Moines
OF these thirteen, twelve are veterans
of the civil war. Governor Cummins
seems to be paying strict attention to
the soldiers preference law. In all his
appointments he is following the rule
of selecting old soldiers. in accordance
with and obedience to the spirit as we'll
as the letter of the law.
Mr.. Bufch is the only inspector who
is not an old soldier No war vet
eran was candidate for the appoint
ment, for Mr. Rurch's chief assistant
or deputy is an old soldier.
In the First district a veteran sue
ceeds Charles Rogers Of Mt. Pleasant.
c. T. Griggs is a long time resident of