Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-31
MEN WANT BYERS' PLACE
Senator Casson and Speaker Feeley
Will Try for Attorney General.
BYERs TO TAKE STUMP AT ONCE
Governor Carroll Asks Recommends
tiOn ON Parole of w. A.
General james D.. weaver I'm
New Role.
(From a sad Corresnondent.l

DIES MONIES, Dec. @-(special Tele-
~gram)-The announcement that Attorney
General Byers will not be a candidate for
denomination, but will run for congress
in the Ninth district started the candidates
for attorney general today. Senator George
Cosson Of Audubon county announced him
self first. He has been special counsel in
the office of the attorney general and
conspicuous In the law enforcement program.
He made a remarkable record I'm the state
senate in his first session, getting through
the most important bills OF the session.
Speaker Guy Feeley Of Waterloo also an
nounced his candidacy for the place. 1t is
believed the situation means that several
others will com out and that there will
also be candidates for governor.
Attorney General II. w. Byers says he
will resign as attorney general at once and
debate the issues Of the day with with
Judge Smith on the same platform il the
latter will meet him.
Parole Likely for Richards.
Governor Carroll today asked the State
Board Of Parole to consider and recon-
mend to him in the matter of the parole Of
William A. Richards, under sentence Of
eighteen years for completely in a robbery
In Marion county five years ago. Richards
aSNOlliplAGb was IGledSBu TWO years ago
Richards had been for years a deputy
United States marshal.
Weaver on Divine Healing.
General James b. Weaver, twice candi-
date for president on the populist ticket,
has been made chairman of a general COM
mittee to arrange a program for a state
meeting in the interest of divine or faith
healing to be held in Des Nome at an
On rlu AoU IIa hoe. bao, a,14,v1,g,- ..-l..
Of lectures in a local church upon the sub
ject and has become enthusiastic.
Board of Health.
The governor has appointed DR.. L. w.
Richardson Of Webster City to be member
of the State Board Of Health in the north
ern lowe district. DR.. Mckinney Of Bel
mond and DIR. Coffman of Lake City were
candidates. The appointee is a homoepath
W. sician and succeeds DR.. Sans in the
northern Iowa district. The president of
the board, DR.. Linn. retired the last of
January. DR.. Thomas. the secretary, retires
this week and will be succeeded by DR..
Summers of Waterloo.
POstpOnes Classification Hearing.
The Iowa Railroad commission was to
have had a general hearing in regard to
reclassification of freight under the Iowa
1920 SN'1NA - meat OA lI0 e
quest of the Iowa Manufacturers assocl-
alton it has been postponed until March 8
on account of conflict with a similar hear
ing in San Antonio, Tex.
Corporation Blanks Received.
Iowa corporations today received from
IL. .. Weaver, collector Of the southern
Iowa district, the blanks for making cor
poration reports under the new federal
taxation laws. The reports we're delayed
because the federal authorities were not
sooner Informed of the names of Iowa cor
porations.
Temporary Injunction Granted.
Judge Ladd of the supreme court has
issued a temporary restraining order to
prevent the Fort Dodge Interurban railroad
from effectins a crossing over the Illinois
Central near Fort Dodge until the matter
OF damage could be adjusted. The in
terurban plans to make some extensions.