Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-24
PENSION AGENT At DIES MONIES
EXPECTS SUCCESSOR WILL BE
APPOINTED SOON.
HEDGE WILL De NOMINATED
NOW THAT BOYCOTT is LIFTED
Quarterly Payments From Office Will
Begin Within Few Days-Decreass
In Total Amount Now Being Paid to
Observation-Disclosures Defends Work
Being Done in Interest of Shippers.
Special to Times-Republican-

Special to Times Repu biican
Des Mo!nes. Sept. 24-W:thin few
days payment Will be commenced at
the local pension Office for giving The
soldiers and their widows their guar
terly allowance The requtst.oa Agent
pension rolls are decreasing now For
some time they were becoming larger
owing 10 the new law as 10 widows and
age law as to soldiers; but now the
tide is again turned the other way and
lists are decreasing Hardly Gay
passes thar Mr.. Wilcox does NOT re-
cieve one or more notices Of death Of
q pensioner or his rolls. u Is usual.
If a change is 10 be made in pension
office. to make & about the time OF q
quarterly payment In view of the fact
that the president meets his cabinet
next Monday. it is regarded as possible
the long delayed change in the Des
Motnes office Will be adjusted then #
no1, 1t Is anticipated tho change Will
be delayed until after congress mee.s
again.
Both Mr.. Wilcox and Colonel Hedge
are quite ready for the change. y have
everything all IN readiness for .
change" said Mr.. Wilcox The osfce
is IN fine shape and the change can BE-
made a any time I would not be az
all surprised"
last and The Iowa delegation had rec
commended his successor prior 10 tina,
time
II am just waiting, said Colonel
Hedge. Il am not giving the matter
any consideration. I am a. the COM
mand Of the presiden, of my party I
have had no personal Information re-
garding the matter az al. I presume
the president VIII Indicate soon whelh-
er he meant what he said. The dis
patches state that he has appointed
just one man recommended by pro-
gressive, that Of postmaster al Brs
tows home IL Kansas. I do not know
whether that means anything or noc."
There IS vacancy in the office Of
deputy pension agent just now. ". NJ
Robinson resigned .ha- place some
time ago and Mr. WILCOX recon- mend
ed a successor, but he has not been
appointed In view of the fact that
the successor Will have TO serve under
another agent practically all the time
it IS thought the interior department
Is holding the matter up for action af-
ter the new agent is appointed. The
place is under the civil service, but one
holding i. could be shifted 10 another
and less desirable position at any time.
Al the Topeka meeting called by
Governor Stubs 10 consider what
should be done IN defense Of the ~
terests of the people as 10 rail rates
Commissioner Eaton. Of Iowa, appear
ed and spoke briefly in report upon
what was actually being done at the
rate hearing in Chicago, He told the
meeting that Judge Clements was pre-
siding at the hearing and that Lane
and Clark We're sitting with him, Jnar
the interstate commerce commission,
was seeking TO get at the facts by an
independent investigation. that they
had urged upon all the state comm :
sions and the freight bureaus and all
ether bodies TO aid them in getting all
pertinent facts. that these commits
sfons had been asked TO present ali
statistics and information bearing on
the subject and that the Interstate
commerce commission had announced
that aside from the case now pending
it was preparing to start and conduc.
an entirely independent investigation
of the whole subject with view to ar
irving at a proper basis for rate max
ing. AS matter of fact M Eaton
spoke with authority and by request OF
the interstate commerce commission.
Mr.. Eaton also told the Topeka con-
vention that in MS opinion the case
was being presented well al the chi
cago hearing. He Went 70 Topeka II
com pany with Judge :. II Cowan, OF
Texas, who represents the southwest
ern livestock men and who n fact
wrote the Herburn- Dolliver bin, and
Eaton and Cowan agreed perfectly ii
regard TO the manner in which The
hearing is conducted al Chicago. The
fact that the commission is now Civ
ing It's personal attention 70 the case
rather than leaving it in the hands OF
an examiner went far 70 convince ti,-
Representatives OF large shipping in
terests a Topeka that their interests
are being looked after fully
The state pure food department un-
der Commissioner w 3 Barney Il
reaping fine harvest from the energy
and tenacity IF his predecessor, II. R
Wright. in the matter Of fighting thru
the courts the defense Of the law as
to stock foods 1t is recalled that TINS
law was due almost Soiely 20 the ;iard
work of Mr.. Wright and a committee
of the state department Of agriculture
and that it provided for a license fee
Of 5000 year for makers of condi-
mental stock foods. The makers OF
one large line went into court ~ prean
I'D the law and they ALL refused to IA :,
They were beaten in court and now
Mr.. Barney has collected t.e me OF
$500 from each OF over twenty firms or
manufacturers One Of the last to pay
up was a company of which Senator
Bruce is president, which recalls thai
Bruce while in the senate devotsd per.
haps more time to trying to have the
law fixed up to suit than to a>v other
one thing in his last term His com
pany does not, however, agree that tn,
law covers their case. but did pay the
fee rather than go into court again
Some of the makers of stock foods
however, are still fighting the matter
and are trying to evade the law b,
claiming their foods are in fact medi.
zines.
Fall Church Meeting.
Special to Times-Republican.