The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-06
They Are Nearly Ripe, According to
Story That Comes From Des
Mones-some Interest
ing Dope.
MANY FOR DIST. ATTY
a Number Of Lawyers Are in the
Field-Present Incumbent Does
Not Look for His Re-
appointment.

here is growing interest among
politicians in the disposition of the
FEDERAL appointments for Iowa relative
70 which the delegation in Washing
j ton will confer after the election OF
Monday discloses whether Judge w.
r. Green will have a voice in the dis
tr1oution of the plums," says story
mat comes from Des Moines.
Candidates multiply as the DAYS
go by. Des Moines is now reputed to
have four candidates for United
1 States district attorney for the south
ern district. There are three others
IN the field and the incumbent Is said
not 70 be adverse to accepting sec
ond term. In northern Iowa there
are three candidates for attorney and
many names mentioned for the other
places.
Politicians are interested in the
attitude of the delegation with re-
sIect to the manner of selecting the
ohcers. Hitherto they have been Us
tributed among the districts, which
rather gave the congressman the priv
ilege of selecting the officers allotted
to his district. The senators, of course.
who really have the power, after all,
nave been satisfied, naturally, before
any selections have been announced.
There Is talk now of changing the
plan and permitting all of the dele.
gation-the republican members of it,
rather. to have a voice in the selec.
ton OF every officer
Des MoInes Ambitious.
The four lawyers who are reported
in political circles to be ambitious to
serve the government as district at
torney are: H H. Stipp, c. c. Dowell,
F. S. Shankland and ]. A. Dyer.
A. |. Smith of Mount Ayr has author
lied the announcement of his candi-
dacy for district attorney and will
visit Washington this week in his own
interests.
James w. Wilson of Centerville has
been indorsed by the Appanoose coun-
ty bar for the appointment as district
attorney
Thomas ]. Bray of Grinnell is an
active candidate.
Col. M. l.. Temple would accept a
second term, but it is said by his
friends that he really does not antici-
pate that he will be reappointed.
Messrs Smith, Wilson and Temple
live in the Eighth district, which has
had the attorneyship for many years.
Mr.. Bray lives in the Sixth district.
The other four candidates reside in
the Seventh district. The outside
candidates have called to the
attention of the delegation the fact
that the Seventh district already has
the pension agent in the person of H.
B. Hedge and that If the revenue Of
fee is removed to Des Moines from
Burlington in effect it will have the
collector whoever may be appointed.
The MarshaIshlp.
Frank Clark of ottumwa is can
didate for reappointment to second
term as United States marshal for
the southern district and is said to
have only the opposition of H. w. Ter
reH of Mount Ayr, whose candidacy
is overshadowed. of course, bv that
of Mr.. Smith for attorney Marshal /
Clark's administration has been OF a
character to make his candidacy for +
reappointment formidable. Incidental I
ly, it has the effect of overshadowing
the candidacy of Mr.. Bray of Grin
nell, which is in the Sixth district, for
the attorneyship.
The only candidate for revenue col I
lector in the southern district whose
name has been prominently mention
ed is Arthur Springer of Wapello. /
Collector H. o. Weaver. who has held
the place for three terms, is said not
to expect reappointment.
In the southern district in recent
years the collectorship has gone to the
First district, the marshalship to the
Sixth. the district attorney to the
Eighth. while the Ninth district has a
federal judgeship. Indeed, the Ninth
now has two federal judgeships. the
state printer, the state binder, the at.
torney general, and member of the
court, and recently almost ac-
CURED one of the United States SEN
atorships.
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