ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OCTOBER 5, 1898 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. IX, p. 602—in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Pursuant to law, I, Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby proclaim and make known that at the general election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November next, to-wit: Tuesday, November 8, A. D., 1898, By vote of all the electors of the state: The following offices are to be filled: The office of Secretary of State; The office of Treasurer of State; The office of Judge of the Supreme Court, in the place of Horace E. Deemer; The office of Attorney-General; The office of Clerk of the Supreme Court; The office of Reporter of the Supreme Court; The office of Railroad Commissioner, in the place of George W. Perkins. By vote of the electors in the several Congressional Districts, the office of Representative in Congress from each of said districts. By vote of the electors of the following Judicial Districts, the office of Judge of the District Court, as follows: The First Judicial District, one Judge; The Second Judicial District, four Judges; The Third Judicial District, two Judges; The Fourth Judicial District, four Judges; The Tenth Judicial District, two Judges; The Eleventh Judicial District, three Judges; The Twelfth Judicial District, two Judges in the place of John C. Sherwin and Chas. H. Kelley; The Thirteenth Judicial District, two Judges; The Fourteenth Judicial District, one Judge, in the place of William B. Quarton; The Fifteenth Judicial District, three Judges, in the place of A. B. Thornell, Walter I. Smith, and W. R. Green. The Sixteenth Judicial District, two Judges; The Seventeenth Judicial District, two Judges; The Eighteenth Judicial District, three Judges; The Eighteenth Judicial District, one Judge, for term expiring the 31st day of December, 1898; The Nineteenth Judicial District, two Judges; The Twentieth Judicial District, one Judge, in the place of James D. Smyth. And I do further proclaim and give notice that at said general election, the following offices having become vacant are to be filled, to-wit: By vote of all the electors of the state, the office of Railroad Commissioner, in the place of Charles L. Davidson, deceased, said office being now filled under executive appointment by David J. Palmer. By vote of the electors of the following Judicial Districts, to-wit: The Seventh Judicial District, a Judge in the place of Charles M. Waterman, resigned, said office being now filled under executive appointment by James M. Bollinger; The Ninth Judicial District, a Judge in the place of William A. Spurrier, resigned, said office being now filled by Charles A. Bishop; The Tenth Judicial District, a Judge in the place of John J. Tolerton, resigned, said office being now filled under executive appointment by Franklin W. Platt; The Fourteenth Judicial District, a Judge in the place of Lot Thomas, resigned, said office being now filled under executive appointment by Frank H. Helsell. By vote of the electors of the following Senatorial Districts: The Third Senatorial District, the office of Senator in the General Assembly, in the place of Benjamin F. Carroll, resigned; The Tenth Senatorial District, the office of Senator in the General Assembly, in the place of David J. Palmer, resigned. By vote of the electors of the following Counties and Representative Districts: The County of Marion being the Twenty-sixth Representative District, the office of Representative in the General Assembly, in the place of H. M. McCully, deceased; The County of Johnson, being the forty-first Representative District, the office of Representative in the General Assembly in the place of Joe A. Edwards, deceased; The County of Delaware, being the Sixty-eighth Repre sentative District, the office of Representative in the General Assembly, in the place of Frank F. Merriam, resigned; The Eighty-first Representative District, composed of the Counties of Dickinson, Emmet, and Osceola, the office of Representative in the General Assembly, in the place of M. K. Whelan, resigned. And I do further proclaim and give notice that at said general election the following amendment, proposed by the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, and agreed to by the Twenty-seventh General Assembly, in the manner required by the Constitution, will be submitted to a vote of the electors throughout the state, to-wit: "That sections 34, 35, and 36 of article three (3) of the constitution of the state of Iowa be repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: "Number of Senators. Section 34. The senate shall consist of fifty (50) members, to be elected from the several senatorial districts established by law, and at the next session of the general assembly following the taking of each state and national census they shall be apportioned among the several counties of the state, according to population as shown by the last preceding census. "Number of Representatives-Districts. Section 35. The house of Representatives shall consist of not more than one hundred and fifteen members. The ratio of representation shall be determined by dividing the whole number of the population of the state, as shown by the last preceding state or national census, by the whole number of counties then existing or organized, and each county shall constitute a representative district and be entitled to one representative, but each county having a population in excess of the ratio number, found as herein prescribed, of three-fifths or more of such ratio number shall be entitled to one additional representative. "Ratio and apportionment. Section 36. The general assembly shall, at the first regular session following the adoption of this amendment, and at each succeeding session following the taking of such census, fix the ratio of representation, and apportion the additional representatives as herein before required.'” Of all of which the electors throughout the state will take due notice, and the sheriffs of the several counties will take official notice, and be governed accordingly. (SEAL) In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State of Iowa. Done at Des Moines, this fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third, and of the State of Iowa the fiftysecond. L. M. SHAW. By the Governor: G. L. DOBSON, Secretary of State. ON THANKSGIVING NOVEMBER 10, 1898 From Copy Deposited with Secretary of State-in the Office of the Secretary of State, Des Moines A much favored land has again been signally favored of the Lord: The year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight has brought to the people of Iowa, as well as to all our beloved republic, much in every way of good. We have enjoyed a |