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TITE OMAITA DAILY BEfi: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1004. 8 NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA COUNCIL BLUFF, MISOR MEJITIOJ, Leffert' Klasaea fit. BtookTt soils carpet. Dr. Woodbury, d-ntlsta, 30 Pearl at. Night school at Western Iowa college. Duncan sella tha best school shoe. ' Duncan doe the best repairing, 23 Main at For rent, modern hous "23 Sixth Avenue. New I'lrture mouldings. C. E. Alexander, S3t li roadway. Born, to Deputy ShcrllT and Mrs. Clar ence Woolman, a daughter. Look for Cap. Lucas on the democratic ticket for Justice of the peace. Mrs. O. W. I-ong left yesterday on a Visit to relatives in Charlton, la. ileaslng designs In wall paper work guaranteed. Uorwlck, 211 8. Main. Mrs. K. P. Orancy ha been called to Marshalltown by the death or tier lamer. MIbhoihI o;ik dry cordwood $6 cord, deliv ered. Win. Welch, I N. Main St. Tel. 128. Tii business minting of Fidelity council, Koyal Arrnnum, will be called promptly this cvenlas ut 7:30 o'clock. There will be & special meotlnp; this even ing of the Dramatic Order Knights of KhnriLBHan In Bt. Alban's hall. Mrs. J. P. Filbert, who has ben visiting her niece, Mr. Themart Maloney. naa re turned to hor home in Los Angeles, Cal. The iMAlon' Aid society of Bt. Paul'a Episcopal church will mwt this afternoon ut tho residence of Mrs. Dalrymple, lol Fifth avenue. Cnp of sm.illnox In the families of A. Oundnim, 214 LoKan street, and Mrs. Nick- rant, izt Kldgn street, were rcportea to me Board of Health yesterday. Miss MJrgarct Maloney, daughter of Al derman Tlionuui Maloney, entertained a numler Of lier young trlenils saturaay aii ' cnioon at her home on Avenue K. The' hie department was called at a little after 6 o clock yeBterday morning to tne Bchoedpack dye works on North Twenty sixth Htreet,' whefe a bluzo had started In the coal sheds, caused by combustion of slack coal. The Are waa extinguished with but Utile damage. Km met Murphy, 927 Avenue II, was re ported to the Hoard of Health yesterday bh III with diphtheria, y County Attorney KllliMok, who .was quarantined for , diph theria, la, convalescent and was at his of lice Saturday. A case of smallpox waa re ported at 214 Logan street.'. A mission continuing; two weeks opened yesterday at St. Francis Xavier's church with solemn high rriass at 10:3(1 o'clock, with Hev. Father Smyth an celebrant, assisted by Father Nugent ae deamm. The opening sermon of the niLsslon was. preached last evening by Kov. Father Donoher, 8. J. Daughters f American Revolution. . The fifth, annual .state conference of the Daughters of the Amerlon Revolution will bo held In this city Thursday and Fri day of this week. The sessions will be held In the First Baptist church and the member of the local chapter have made elaborate preparations , to entertain the visiting delegates. There are thirty-three chapter In Iowa and.lt Is expected that the conference will be attended by thirty or more of the leading women of the state. Tho opening session will be Thursday afternoon and the conference will close with the morning session on Friday, when officer for the ensuing year will be elected. Thursday evening the viHltlng delegates will be tendered a reception at the home of Mrs. Horace Everett on Sec .ond avenue, from 8 to 11 o'clock. Mrs. Maria I'urdy Peck of Davenport, state regent, will preside at. the sessions of the conference and other officers expected to atUnd are Mrs. Carrie M. Ogllvle of Des Molnesv vice regent; Mrs. Dnthne Pea body of Dubuque, secretary; Mrs. Mablo Gordon . Millard of Burlington, treasurer, and Mrs. Julian Richards of Waterloo, vice . president general ' for Iowa. Mrs. Drayton V. Bushnell of this city Is state historian." , Mr,. J.rrl."jioinvcr 'Ife Of: Senator Dol Hvcr.'of Fort Dodge, who Is historian gen eral of the organization, will - be another prominent, visiter." 4t-r the conference and she wnV.preS4nfc.tfxe matter of the Conti nental hall project, toward tho building of which the national' orgunlxation la bending every' effort..;. ';: . . i v. .'. Ajitl-Treattna; League. (A. K. Drupel 'of 'Chicago,' western man afcer of tho Bankers' , Publishing company, Spent Sunduy In Council Bluffs. Mr. Draper J president of the Antl-Treutlng League of imerlcn, which has iieon recently organ ized - with--headquarters at 189 La Salle street, Chicago, The. object of the league la to combat the drink evil as well as to tpachj'-mvn rommnn sense In -their dally so cial relations with one another. :' Wbtla the league, has its headquarters In Chioagp, ,.Ui had. Its first .Inception about two months ago In St.' Louis, when twenty five traveling men got together and formed the nucleus of the organisation. Since then the organization' has had a rapid growth, Until today, Mr. Draper states. It haa a membership of nearly , 1,000, composed chiefly of traveling men from all part of IJie country. ( Speaking, of the league at the Orand ho. tel last evening, Mr. Draper said: ' There. Is no doubt but that the drink habit Is to a. great extent acquired chiefly through the very prevalent treating lipbit and that the men who acquire It are very often anions the moxt social and kindly, men who love to mix and mingle In friendly 'Intercourse with their fellow. It Is this rlass of men who usually fall victims when one round comes fast upon the heels of another, and each man Insists upon being Km good as another when a group large or mall meets at the saloon bur. Thus when a man occasionally goes In with a friend ho tlnda lilmnelf In u crowd of acquaint ances and Instead of one ill Ink there are many. What ts the probable result? A mibgequent penance of gastric affliction In the cold, gray dawn of the morn following and a likely lmpuired ability for business. '. Mr. Draper yesterday secured several ap plications for membership in the league. For Beat. ' Desk room for rant Be office, 10 Pearl atreet. Ararament Knd In a Fight. ' W. T. Heddlestpn waa arrested at 6 o'clock Sunday morning on a warrant Is sued from Justice Carson's court.' He is charged with assaulting A. Horton, a farmer living on the outskirts of the city. The assault la alleged to have been com mitted Saturday evening and, according to Horton'a story, he essayed the role of peacemaker between Heddleston and a frlond who were fighting, when Heddleston turned on him and gave him a sound drubblug. This Heddleston denies and he ' claims that he and a friend were engaged In an argument, when Horton Interfered and started to pull off his coat, offering to do Whatever fighting , waa needed. When Horton started to take off his coat Hed dleston said he thought it was time for Mm to show Horton that he was somewhat of a fighter himself and Horton'a appear ance when he called at police headquarter demonstrated that Heddleston had made good his assertion. When Heddleston waa taken Into cus tedy, this little son accompanied ' hlnv to tha city Jail and cried bitterly when he waa not irmltted to be kicked up with his father. The .little fellow, however, hustled out and In a short while had se cured a bondsman for his father and had the aatisf action of accompanying him home. Judge Heott will arbitrate the case In police court this morning. Plumbing and Heating. Bixby A Son. LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN 28 PEARL ST.'' I-ady Attendant If Desired. OUTLOOK IN POTTAWATTAMIE Ckgirman Wright Baji Eoo.eTelt'i Plu rality Will Be About 1,500. ALSO CLAIMS ALL COUNTY OFFICES Democrat Think They Will Elect Clerk of the Court, Conntr Re corder and Oae Membe Board of Supervisor. After a careful and thorough canvass of the county 1 see no reason why P''"B wattSml" county should not Roosevelt a plurality of from 1 500 to 1,. Candidates on the county ticket fWlll nil be elected by pluralities ranging from WO 5 i -M While the campaign ha been a quiet one, good strong work has been done by the republican candidates and nothing now remains but to count the votes and estimate the Plg'-aB g WRIGHT. Chairman Republican County Central Com- With the close of bne of the quietest campaign In the history of Pottawattamie county there eems no doubt but that the entire republican county ticket will bo elected by good safe majorities. Indica tions are that Roosevelt will have anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 plurality In the county, although Chairman Wright Is optimistic enough to place It at possibly 1,800. Na tional Committeeman Ernest E. Hart, who haa made a careful canvass of the situa tion In thi county, places Roosevelt's plu rality at well over 1,000 and Is confident of the election of the entire republican county and township ticket. Chairman Miller of the democratic county central committee Is pinning his faith on the election of three county candidates, namely, Al Lenocker for clerk of the dis trict court, P. J. McBrlde for county re corder nnd Charles Huber for member of the Board of Supervisors. Assistant County Attorney J. J. Hess, the republican candidate for county at torney, la conceded to' practically have a walkaway and it Is believed that he will undoubtedly head the county ticket. While serving as assistant county attorney most of the criminal work of the county has devolved on him and although a young man has made for himself a name and reputation of which many nn older lawyer might be proud. The democrats, a a last resort, are en deavoring to convey the Impression among the voter that If either of the republican candidates. H. V. Battey, W. C. Cheyne r.r n n RnlAv Is elected Freeman L. Reed, at present clerk of tha district court, will be retained In oince as deputy, mis win nnt Ha tho enuA n when Mr. Reed retires from the office at the close of the year ho will enter the employ of a large ranroaa, th nntattlon hnvlnir been assured htm and It only awaits his being able to assume it. fnnntv nhnirmiin Wrleht wishes to Im press upon all republicans the advantage of voting. early Tuesday morning, tie asas that everv reDubllcan as far as possible go to tho polls as early as possible In the morning before going to worn ana cam ms taunt "If the renubllcans . will do this." he said yesterday, "we will have the demo crats beaten to a standstill by noon." Mat of rolling; Places. The bolls will 'be open from 7 a..m. to 7 p. rn. and in 'the city precincts will be lo cated at the following place: First ward First precinct, Wheeler & Heald building. 184 East Broadway; Hecond precinct, Merriata building, 2U7 East Broadway,- . Ward First nreclnct. 23 Bryant street;'. Second precinct,, Servis' store. Til West Broadway; Third WarO-First . precinct, 221 South Main street. Second precinct, 723 South Main street. , . Fourth Ward First precinct. Farmers hall, county courthouse; Second precinct. i;i2 Twelfth avenue. Fifth Wnrd First precinct, county build ing, corner of Fifth avenue and Twelfth street; Second precinct, county building, 1513 South Thirteenth street. Sixth Ward First precinct, county build ing, corner of Twenty-fourth street and Avenue B; Second precinct, John Olson's building, Fifth and Locust streets. These are the Judge and clerk of elec tion who will serve tomorrow: First Ward: Second Precinct Judges, O. Younkerman. A. Q. Gilbert. C. W. Atwood; clerks. John Haile. C. M. Maynard. First Ward: Second Precinct Judge, S. B. Snvder. W. S. Bnird. William Green; clerks. S. II. Conner, J. C. Pryor. Second Ward: First Precinct Judires, Thomas Maloney, Spencer Smith. C. A. Tib bltts: clerks. W. F. Sapp, Gus Covalt. Second Ward: , Second Precinct Judges, John Olson, A. F. Hollls. L. P. Servlss; clerks. Ovldn Vlen. Harry Luchow. Third Ward: First Precinct Judges, J. H. Moyne, Ohio Knox. Adolph Goldstein; clerk, C. 8. Haverstock, Oscar Baumeis ter. Thlrrt Ward: S'cond Precinct Judges, M. H. Tlnlev, W. S. nnln. M. P. Schmidt; clerks. L. E. Brldensteln, . George F. Hughes. Fourth Ward: F!rt Precinct Judges. V. P. Wrlirht. C. W. McTlonald. B. H. Terwllll eer: clerks, H. J. Chamber. Charles F. paschel. ' Fourth Ward: ' Second Precinct Judge, 3. P. Weaver. Ed Ford, floren Wilson; clerks. J. A. Gorham, J. T. Muloueen. Firth Ward: First Precinct-Judge. A. W. Dennis Jnmea jfoon. C A. Dobbins; clerks O. M. Hobtis. Charles ITammel. Fifth Wnrd: Pteeond Precinct Judge. .Tnmes McMIllen. Ferd Snar T. A. Brewlck; clerks I ."wrence Hansen, J. A. Knnx. Sixth Ward: First Precinct Judges. C. M. rvinnen. T. T.ovett J. W. Kirk; clerks, F J. Bnheock, Tiuls Boekhnff. Sixth Ward: Second T'Keelnct Judges. O. C. Hamilton, E. W. Wnrd. N. B. Shon qolt: ole-ks. E. Beanclalr. John Hnnsen. Fine (rtiilKitl-.Tiidre. William Hewitt. .T. R Gretzer W W. Duncan; clerks, H. J. SnMth, Fred Duncan. This Is the nroeram for the conference; THt'RSDAT. NOV. 10. 2 P. M. Music. "America. " by the audience. The Lord's prayer.i. Address of welcome, Mrs. Victor E. Ben der. Response, Mr George W. Ogllvle. Music, vocal solo. Mr. H. C. Deetkln. Renort of otTleers. Rrort of chapter. Reports of sending committees: Wndi'e. Mrs Victor E. Render Council Blufs; Contlnenetal hall. Mrs. W. D. Skinner. Des Moines; magazine, H. J. Howe, Marshall town. . Music, Instrumental solo, Mr. Ida Wles Sevhert. Artdress "Continents! Hall." Mrs. J. P. D"l'iver. historian general. Pntrlotlo address. H..n Charles M. Hnrl. M isle voel nolo Ml Pnrterfleld FRIDAY. NOV. 11. H 30 A. M. Mule. "The Star Spangled Banner," Mr. W. F. Sherman. Report of committee on stpndlng m's: Mr. T. O. Swlnev. Davenpor': Mr Wil liam J McCoy, Clinton; Mr. W. F. Bailey De Mnlne. Mimic, vocal mno Mr. I,. R. Hype Election of officer. Music, "Auld Imvik Syne," audience. N. T. Plumbing Co. T. Night, rut Rooms and cafe, flgden noteL several short addresses by prominent cltl ens aa well as other feature. Opealoa of J School Hnese. The Avenue B school house, which haa been transformed Into an up-to-date mod ern building, will be occupied by the puplla today and thin evening will be formally opened with appropriate exercise. The Board of Education I anxious that the people of the city generally attend the opening thia evening and avail themselves of the opportunity of inspecting the build ing, which now ranks aa one of the very best school houses in the city. This Is the program of the exercise thia evening: Music, "Our Country, Great and Glori ous," Schumann; chorus of Avenue B chil dren under direction of Miss Porterfleid, aupervinor of music. Prayer. Rev. Lewis Ripley. "The School Board," J. I. Hess, president of the board. Presentation of the new building. George W. Gorman and W. J. Davenport, mem bers of the building committee. Response by committee representing West End citizens. W. C. Boyer, speaker; I. Lvoett. W. M. Hendrix. O. W. Skinner. "The Outlook." W. N. Clifford, superin tendent of schools. Music, vocal solo, selected; Miss Porter field. "Council Bluffs, Past and Present," C. G. Saunders. "Our Schools," Emmet Tlnley, member of the board. Music, "Daffodils," E. Hermes; chorua of Avenue B children. Benediction. Rev. II. W. Starr. PROFESSOR ACCTSED OF MIRDER Dccorah Church Worker Charged with Kllllnar Srla-hbor with a Hoc. DES MOINES. Ia., Nov. 6. A special from Decornh, Ia snys: Prof. T. I. Glfford, a prominent resi dent and church worker of Decornh, is under arrest and a charge of murder in the first degree aa a result of the death of II. A. Blgelow, from a blow on the head from a hoo In the hand of Glfford. Blge low's skull was crushed. The men were engaged In a dispute over their right to a certain piece of property, when Glfford struck Blgelow down, pulled his body onto hi own lot and left him. Blgelow died a few hour afterwards, without recovering consciousness. He was a pioneer of Winneshiek county. Note from Creston. CRESTON, la., Nov. 6. (Special.) A. M. Bentley, candidate for Justice of the peace at Clearfield on the democratic ticket, died very suddenly Saturday morning. The general merchandise store of H. M. Brown at Cromwell was entered by burg lars Friday night and tho cash drawer robbed of all the change in it. Entrance to the building was gained by prying the front door open. The burglary is laid to three tramps who got off No. 13 Friday evening. Alton W. Packard, the cartoonist, lec tured In the Temple Grand Friday evening to an audience of about 1,200 people. Mr. Packard's lecture was the second number of the high school course. For the closing rally of Union county the republicans have arranged to have James F. Bryan deliver an address In the court house tomorrow evening. Mr. Bryan's ad dress will be on the main political Issues and his eloquence as a speaker will draw a crowd of Union county republican. Frank P. O'Hare of Kansas City lectured at the courthouse Friday evening on the subject of "Socialism" to an audience of several hundred people. POLITICAL DRIFT IN IOWA Chairman of Republican Oommittee 8aji BaoMTlta Plurality Will Bo 115,000. DEMOCRATS CLAIM TWO CONGRESSMEN Republican Committee Say Delcga tloa Will Re Solidly Republican Hard Fight la the Second District. Dedleatloa of Kew Mlsaloa Hall. The new mission hall and Industrial school tarted by Rev. Henry DeLong on Avenue F, between Tenth and Eleventh street, will be formally dedicated next Sunday ufternoon with fitting exercise, commencing at 8 o'clock. The building will be completed and reudy for occupancy at that time. .The. member of the Abe Lincoln, Grand Army' of "the Republic and Women Re lief corps will attend In 'a body, headed by Major Wallace McFadden'a flfe and drum corps, which will furnish muslo for the oc casion: Rev. James . O'May, ? poator of Broadway . Methodist .church, will act a nuuter of ceremoulta and there will It WILD RIDE IN MOUNTAINS Mining; Engineer Alone with an In toxicated Stage Coach Driver In Idaho. Fitr firenolne wild west MnrlanMi Inhn T. Breckon, the well known mining engi neer, is prepared to recommend to the ten- aeriooi a tr"p over ine stage line wnicn roilM from Ketehiim to Rfnnlpv. nn tho middle fork of the Salmon river in Idaho. Mr. , Breckon, . having Just returned from that country and having made the trip one way alone with a drunken stage driver and the other way with plenty of company aa drunk aa the driver. Is peculiarly qualified to Bpeak on the subject. The mining engi neer make many trips to wild parts of the country, but he declares that he has never encountered anything quite so wild as that particular stage ride. "In the first place, you must know," said Mr. Breckon, "that there Isn't a rougher stretch of country anywhere In the Rocky mountains than the sixty or seventy mile traversed by that stage route. It la simply a succession of precipitous mountains with deep canyons between,, and the road Is con tinually describing almost Impossible angles. Austin Tlernan, John H. McChry stal and Otto Bossert had Just come out of tho country as I waa going' In, and they gave the atage driver a tip to give me the ride of my life over those mountain. "I Imagined, however, that they had rather overdone the matter of preparing the driver for his stunt, for we had no sooner started than he lnslted that I should do the driving while he took a nap. I handled the lines all right until we reached Oulcna, which Is at the aummlt of tho divide, and when I looked over and saw the almost hecr descent of five or six miles ahead of us I balked and awoke the driver. He felt a little grouchy over being awakened from a sound slumber, and when I gave him the line he swung hi whip over those four horsea In a way that Bent ua fairly rolling down that rocky alope that Is, we were rolling when we weren't sliding. "I never will know how we reached the bottom without going over aome of the perpendicular cliff, but we did, and it took u less than fifteen minute to travel five miles. For hair-raising ride It certainly beat anything I had ever experienced up to that time. "But on the return trip we had one even more thrilling. There were seven on tho stage and all were drunk except another man and myself. The keeper of a saloon at one of the statlona started out after u In a light rig and succeeded In passing the stage. Thia feat hurt the professional pride of our driver and he watched for a chance to get ahead again. "He saw It when we came to a place where the road had been built around a deep canyon. The saloon keeper kept on the road and the atage driver cut across the canyon at breakneck speed. When the aaloon keeper law what waa going on he whipped hia own horse In a run. It was plain that when at the point of the moun tain either the tage must go fto tho river or the saloon mans rig must go up the mountainside. "A the etage had the better of the ar gument In weight and strength the other team took to the mountainside. The aaloon keeper' buggy waa smashed to pieces and he and his companion were thrown out on the Jagged rocks. They were too drunk to bo seriously hurt, but the aaloon keeper' under lip wai badly cut, fully an Inch quare of It hanging by a slender piece of flesh and skin. Some one took a Jack knife and cut off the lip and threw it Into the road. "After this we proceeded to our destina tion without apeclal Incident, the experi ence having served to ober the crowd omewhat."-8alt Lake Tribune. Ordea for Steel Hallway Tie. . C,,K 'A,Kll- Nov- -le Bhore rail road otfirlrtls have placed an order for T.IMJ uteel ties to be used a an experiment probably nehr the eastern terminus of the road at Buffalo. BHrt of the order will be flv1a to .,he !; York Central for use on that road, and If the result are atlsfao tory It U said that a more ganeral uae of the steel tie will be made along tha en tire loiu of the Vauderbllt ruadat (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Nov. . (Special.) Th chairmen of the republican state campaign commltteea differ materially as to the po litical situation in Iowa nnd fail to agree as to the reoubllcan majority or plurality. Both agree, however, that a big republican plurality Is assured In Iowa. Four years ago after an Interesting nnd aggressive campnign on both side. the total vote ran up to 620,000. In the Inter campaigns It ha dropped down to tvurly 4"0,W. It is now estimated there are about KO.000 votere In the state, but Judging by the lack of In terest of the rural districts and the regis tration in the cities the total vote will not exceed 550,000 and It may not be larger than the vote of four years ago. The fact of pretty lively fights In three congressional districts and about twenty counties outside of those districts will have a tendency to help out. But the committees' have com plained all along that the voters are In different and show no disposition to make any extraordinary effort In Iowa this year. Estimate of Chnlrmnn Spencc. Chairman R. H. Spence of..the republican Btnte committee estimates tho republican plurality in Iowa this year at not less than 115,000. He said: t I believe we will have a substantial in crease In the republican majority, and that the result will be entirely satisfactory to us. I am absolutely certain that we will elect a complete republican congressional .delegation this year. I do not say this Tor publication, dui l nt-ueve it, ana 1 nave received reports from all over the. state sufficient to- show that this will be the re sult. I would not undertake to estimate tho pluralities of tho Flr.st, Second and Sixth districts, where the opposition hag put up a fight, but we will have a plurality In every one of the districts of tho state. Manager McNeeley of the speakers' bu reau states that he has made dates for 541 speakers In the campaign, that they have given good satisfaction and that, consid ering all things. It has been a good cam paign In Iowa. The work haa been largely massed In the Second district, where sen ators and congressmen have been sent to the crossroads and governor are quite common. , . Democratic View of Iowa. Chairman S. B. Morrissey, in charge ol the campaign for the democrat of Iowa, had really nothing with which to make a campaign and was much disappointed when, at the outset of the campaign, the national committee Informed hiin that they would do nothing In the way of helping In this state. He snld: i But I believe that we will reduce the re publican plurality in Iowa this year, and that it will not exceed 50,000. I have re ports from all overl the Btate which Indi cate that the democrats are well organized and are prepared to make a good showing at the polls. We expect to make gains of many county officer and In many of tho counties the democrats will show surpris ing strength. As for the members of con gress, we are claiming two from Iowa and poesibly three. The First and Second dis trict are sure for onr candidates. Con sidering all things we feel that we have done very well in making a campaign. We have liad to make it) ail alone and that, after the nnrtvln this state had become disorganized and Waa hopeless. We have received no outside help nnd have hod but few speakers out in the field. Prohibitionist1 and Socialist. The, prohibitionist have ' been naking some atir lately, but their campaign has not been as vigorous, despite that their candidate for president ha been in the state, as they had promised early In the campaign. -Jhelr vote haa been dwindling for several years nnd It Is believed will not be as large this year aa four year ago. The socialists expect to make some gains in ( the state and they have , cpnductcd a vigorous campaign, but they give out no estimates. The populist will gain some because of the defection of the followers of Bryan who were originally populists and have refused to go for Parker. There are but these five state tickets In the field this year In Iowa. ' Congressional Contest. The only contests in Iowa In congres sional districts ar In the . First, Second and Sixth district's. . The republican have confined their work almost entirely to the Second congressional district, where Albert F, Dawson 1 pitted against Judge Martin J. Wade, tho one democratic congressman from Iowa. Judge Wade two years ago won against a weak candidate and he I an ideal political campaigner. He haa suc ceeded In making a splendid fight for re election and the democrats are harmonious In the district. But, on the other hand, Mr. Dawson has proved popular, and he haa had much assistance. Every speaker of prominence who has been in the state haa gone into his district to speak for Dawbon. Governors and cabinet officers and congressmen gulore have spoken in the district. The campaign was organized by ex-Congressmen Lane and Curtis and the personality of Governor Cummins haa been thrown Into the campaign, for the Second district is peculiarly a district loyal to Governor Cummins and devoted to his style of republicanism. It la acknowledged by all that if the district Is redeemed It will be by the friends of the governor In the district. While republican are very confident the d-mocrat alue are confident. It 1 believed here the district will be close. Two Other Contest. The fact ia thnt the republicans In the First congressional district have become greatly alarmed the last ten day and fear that Congressman Thomas Hedge will be beaten by Joffii E. Craig of Keokuk. In the Sixth S. A. Brewster of Ottumwa Is running Major John F. Lacey a close con test, but it ia hardly believed here, even by the democrats, he can win. There will be much scratching in the district. Two Amendment. There are two amendments to the con stitution to be voted on at the election on Tuesday. One provides for elections every two years, Instead of each year. Thia waa approved by the people four year ago by over 30,000 majority. It will be carried again, though there la a- hard fight being made against It by some In terests that have not before openly op posed It. The democrat are generally op posing it." Thu other Is the amendment providing that the house of representative Bhall be increased to It member, so that there shall be one for every county of the atate and nine countie may have two each. Thia Is desired by the smaller coun tlea of the atate. A similar amendment waa defeated once and la likely to be again. atate Ticket. Iowa this year eloct secretary of atate, auditor of. atate, attorney general, treas urer of state, member of the Bupreme court and member of te railroad com mlaalon. 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