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V'JH HOLti OffN.i*J^dlct!0O of CSfttlttMtf Fjtftft* M ilt;«' , Outcome lu WIcr.dhilpi -1II. M. La'FbllcU^ioKMftdCson, VMS-, tbpublS vtn candidate for Governor in: . that slate, derived in the city yesterday..« n d iv LI I r cYri a 1 li Vu n t tl ill 15 evenln g, on tarnotrdw, for. the purpose .of GtifnliT tins art oral .'argument In the-Dcvua :iL-l3l case' iroixy C res ton, 'Union county, . before tJie supreme courtl Mr. La Foils ue Will iuburtt . bis argmnfthl Ihlfl morning find ri Delude: ft,. if possible, although h© may he obliged to remain ►for fhla vurpo'qtt until Yhujuday. ■Mr./Iyk FoUelte ’ si6Dped » from- tho preparation of hi8 argument In bU roorrs afc the Savery. last nlsht long enough to i*y a few words bn‘-Wisconsin puU-tics. The situation, J:-thtnJc, fo very favorabte fflr the republicans/' he caldlt;J ‘The re y ulil I c a n' an a j orlty four years ago was 102,000. • Whether IS is is cut dowri.wiU depend on'the'vote of (fca go J d* d e mot Hi (c lo a groat extent. 11 laRue that' while. many sold democrats wi 1J ran k w) tfc-ihe. repu bltaa nst inn oy. may return to* the. party told. Buj £ -believe‘ there w 111 be: enou gh' aeceaslomj on othfer’ trounds'1to; icountorbalioc« this^'-It is not possible to-predict what Ll:e _ net rwiitl I WIH : but I do • notthlnfc (h*i?jnnjorlty will*be great] y.'dlc-ferent .from thfct-of 'four yeora acd-.. “Il .was ex peeled, .by.. the democrats of the slate there would be pome loss to. the republicans-ba accnunt of (ha Issue,of Imperialism. -Tiih fesue has proved a ;di»'*ppoJn!«£•»i ta ita pro* • mot era. Id Wisconsin.: I-do not belie v* any republican, votes will be' lost'on 'account of. ih I s. Is sue. Indeed, as tha oampalgui-proRTesses It is becoming tha subordinate-, raihzr than the rsrafnountr Ixsiie of-the campaign. .4 The state central com mitt be has tha work welt in hand and Ihe cam paler* ts taking on-the aspqr.iji ot-a-national campaign lt;n all resets. Hie speaking campaign . ta (\cry active.. ... 7K o, 1 do t.ol believe. J he haw of Imperialism will affect the German vote.I hope to retiim tovthq statu jri a fev/ day3 and fake up. the work of the cam- . imign. Prior 1o. coming to Dcs UoShc-a J.hnd been campaigning1, for about two weeks/1 .. ■• Mr. La. FblJelie Is h resident of M*d~ bon. He xynfl born 'near (here, r.d later on entered the practice of law‘in .that cJly. / He repre-s§nfQlt;f hi« district in congress three terms. ' His apj^ar-nnce as attorney in the Devoe *•!)] casa is explained..-by .the fact lhat William Devoe, appellee, M one time'lived nekn JlAuIorr. • - .The caso. alluded, tq (q enlltlcd Ir* ■ re estate of A- D, Devoer.decea5£lt;J, Car-*-ru E. Devoe, aprellactt; William De-voe, Qppellse ve. Lis cretin E. Atkinson# Carrie E. Dtvoe el al.„ Carrie B. Devoe-appellant. It U an appeal from‘.tha district court of lfn-lon-; county, * Tha case was fire I tried' in Cr\’mtm ki lg?5. Ills a contest whether: Car ri a E, 3evoe. the. widow of A. B. Devoe, shall revive, a T.-idDn-'H shre. In the estate under the Iowa ftalulea.-or wJtefher.she, shall no bound by a contract ©he made wltS UevcH*; prior, to tholr marriage. Th* widow's contention-14'lhat'. the con-* iract was invoked hy Dev09 In his life-lime. The’other heirs :.’of. t h? «si a t e, children dt. Bevoe by d former wlfe,-contend thq Cflhtran wa'a destroyed bj* having the Gigcwlures lorn from' It at 7-1 rs, DivWa Instance, atkr Dcvao wa«si-rtrk-vn vrltto paratysfo'threa -or * fcun prior to hl3 'death In Februaryr 1893. . , rMrs. r^vne. was.'the:'orl8lnil pdl-tloher In the probata court fit Crc-Mon ‘n I5SS. She elakh’eiLb-r onc«third af the CBtftte under- th* Biitutes. The ulher hrirs TMfcieiJ, zMNny forth'tha conlract.. Th* court’below heli (ha contract, was 1%aeonablf*, that Devoe xtfd-HDt revoke II and-therefore It waa binding find A' par (0‘the f^gal marTo hy (be »rr?o»v to onedhlcd of tha etlal^. From ibin decision Mr*. Devo* appealed. : :: .•Mr. La Follette appears for th-? n^i-P£llee, Wiliam D.evo^: There is larg* *r,r*r of attorneys from -Creston ana that part of (he slate Interested In the case. They fire B. W. Jllgbee,. 3fas-wetl:. Wlnltr, Copenberfer Allen, Sullivan Sullivan, It; 8. SmUh abd G. K. Rowe.. V r
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Des Moines Leader
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1900
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