Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-28
SPECULATION RIFE AS TO NEXT
PRESIDING OFFICER OF
IOWA HOUSE.
sTILLMAN AND MOORE
AND HARDING MAY RETURN
Each Was Once Candidate for the
Honor-some Strong Candidates Out
for Seats in LesisI ature-AsricuI-
turaI Interests to Be Represented
Says Fruit May Make Half Crop.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 2S.-Who will be
next speaker of the Iowa house? The
good guessers ought to be able to figure
it now that the nominations have been
made. About forty OF the present re-
, PIT olican members of the house will be
reelected This will include three who
were candidates for speaker the last
/ time-W. L. Harding. of Woodbury.,
Ernest Moore, of Linn, and Paul Still
man, of Greene. 1t is understood that
Stzllman is candidate for state print
err but there are many of the old mem
/ bers who still hope that he may be-
come the speaker of the house. Moore
and Harding each have strength.
Proba bly, both will come back, tho
there is a three cornered fight in
Woodbury. which may result in Hard
ing remaining at home However, all
three OF the men were active and ag-
gressive legislators White and Sulli-
van, both of whom were candidates
before. will be out of it. White is
studying law in Yale and Sullivan is
headed for the senate. Among other
second term members who might be
available for speaker are Eli C. Perk-
ins. of Delaware, J. W. Jacobs, of CAL
houn, B. F. Felt, of Clay. William
L.arrabee, Jr of Fayette, and A. c.
Ripley. of Hancock
/ There will be in the house a number
of new members not wholly unfamiliar
with public affairs. Among the cam
IdIdates, w. ]. Dixon, Of Sac, was long
on the board managing the college at
Ames. w. c. Brown, who is to repre-
sent Wright county is vice president
of the state board of agriculture. John
/ Sunberg. of Monona county, knows
how to raise the best corn in the state
and he boosted the Corn Growers
| Association and corn exposition. Dr.
Is. Bailey, of Mount Ayr is a great
friend of the apostle of all true pro-
gressives; U. G. Whitney, who aspres
to come from Sioux City, has long
been county attorney.
/ Agricultural interests will be well
looked after. In addition to having
w c. Brown as candidate, there are
two members of the board of agricul-
ture who are in the race. They are
Charles Fischer Jr., of Shelby. and R.
s. Pohnston, of Columbus Junction.
The latter will go TO the senate. A. L..
\
with the Corn Belt Meat Producers
Association will be in the senate also.
AS to how the legislature is likely to
size up on factional lines nobody prob
ably could give any intelligent idea.
Certain it is that the progressives have
paid no attention whatever to this
feature and know nothing of the align
ment of candidates.
A surprisingly small number OF
former house members are seekin g
translation to the senate, the principal
ones being John Sullivan, of Polk,
Loran Inman, of Floyd, and A. L. Bal
huff. of Scott.
The secretary of the senate and the
clerk of the house both expect to
turn up at the next session wearing
senatorial togas. Wake Neal has no
opposition in Washington and Rush
Benedict is an almost sure winner in
Shelby.
Wesley Greene. secretary of the state
Horticultural society, who has just re-
turned from Chicago, states that in his
estimate the fruit crop is not entirely
Z gone and it may be there will be from
25 TO 30 per cent of normal crop.
There will be apples and raspberries
and ought 10 De q lar cfop VI sua"
berries He is now engaged in secur-
ling reports on which to base an esti-
mate for the state.
In the opinion of John Wade of the
board Of control. Mr.. Blodgett the Polk
county prisoner at Fort Madison who
raised a slight disturbance recently,
ought to be sent to the insane ward at
Anamosa. He appears to be mildly In
| sane and subject to highty speels. He
was sent UP from this county Tor
forgery for a short term. He had be-
come greatly enbittered against the
courts, largely on account Of reading
sensational attacks on the courts in MS
favorite newspapers and he had become
convicted that the Iowa courts are
terribly corrupt. Prior to going to Fort