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' ‘jlEPrUJLICANd WlLli HOLii OffN.i‘j^dlctlOD of CshUtoMtf lb faIeIt*i iu to ' , Outcome lu Wiw.dnilDi lt;• 11. M. I^*FoHet^:ot MRd[son, WlS, tbpublS caii camUdale lor Governor In . that slate, arrived In the eliy yesterday.,and will rcVnaliiVuntll this evening, oc tornverbw, for. the purpose ,of eti 11Uns art oral .'argument In the- Dcvu-a •111 case'freKj* Croton,'Union county, . before the supreme co'titL Mr. La Fol-2UC Will submit . his ftrgiiinpht Ih\a morning and cantiude: it, if possible, although h© may he obliged to remain ►for fhla £urpa§d until Tmutxlay. •Mr.-lA FoHette ’ si6Dped from- tha preparation of hi8 argument In bU roorrs afc the Savpry. Isst night”long enough to say a few words bn'-Wlscor.sIn plt;jU-. ties. The situation. J:- Ch'nJc, to- very favorabte f$r the republicans, he caldlt;J 'The re y uliU c a n' an nj orlty four years ago was 102,000. • Whether tats ts but down, will depend on'the-vole of tbs gal d • de moc hi is to a gr o a t ex t en t. II ia tcue that whlla. many '%M democrats vill rank wlth:the republtaans, irwioy. may return ip the', party fold- B\i{ Z -believe' there tv 111 be: enou gh' acceaslomj on other* grounds»'Iff} -iCOUfttftrbaUpc* this^-It Is not possible to-predict what Llie _ ret r«urt I tVlH : but I do • notthink (he-'inkjorlly will- be great! y.'dlf-fcrtn't from thfct-of four yeora act*-.. “It, was ex peeled. by - the democrats of the slate there would be some losa to. the republicans bn accnunl bf the Usue .of Imperialism. This Issye has proved a-;dl»»ppoIrJ4»^»H to ila jiro^ • mOUrs .lD Wisconsin.: I-do not believ^* any republican, votes .will be'lost. oii account of. this Issue. Indeed, as tha oampalgrv progresses ! t la becoming tha subordinate, rather than Che'paramo uni Issue of the campaign. .. ^The state central com mitt be has iha work well in hand and Ihe campaSgf* ts Uklng on’ the ftsper.in ot-a r.atlotml.campaign in all rebels. Tti6 speaking campaign. I* (\ory ootlve,. . .K o, I do t.ol believe, ike Issiw* oflm-perlallsm will affect (ho German vote.I hope to return to-,tIiq statu jri * fey/ day3 and fake up. the work ot the cam-PQlgn. Prior 1o. coming to Dos ilolhc-a 3^nd been campaigning:, foe about lt;$,lt;1 wecha/’■ Mr. La. FolJelle Is a resident of Madison. ire born 'near (here, and later on entered the practice of Uw’iit .that c!fy.; Ho repre^§nfQlt;f hi« district in congress three Cerrcs. ‘ Ills aprcar-noce as attorney In the Devoe will casa is explained-by. the fact that William Devoe. appellee, H one Ume lived neku JlAdfsjOrr. ■ , 1 ’ * ' 'Thv caso. nllndcd. tq Jo enlltlcd l'lrt ' re estate of A- li, D£voer.deccasslt;|, Carrie E. Dc-voe, aprellairt; William De-vo*. appellse ve. Lu cretin. E. Atkinson# CarrJ* E. Dtvoe el al., Carrie EJ. Devoe-appeitant. .It U an appeal from'.(ha .dSfclrlcl court of Union, county, • Tha case was flret tried” in Cr^sion k lg?5.Is a contest who (her: Car n a E. Devoe-the. widow of A. B. Devue, shall revive, a widDn-'H shre.ln ihe estate under-Ike Iowa stqtutea. or whet her. she, shall bo bound by a contract ©he made wltti Levoe; prior, to their marriage. Th* widow's conation -W that. the con-irack was Evoked by Davo'^ In hla life-l.'cnc. The - other hcIr3;.’ot th? «slate, children of. Davoe by d former wlfe,-contend thq Cflhtra-M wa'a destroyed bjs having the Gig-cvUures lorn from” It atMrs. DtvWu Insiaiieet atler Dcvofc wa«ztrlcicen ■ vrltit par«tyaYo'th.re -or * foutlt; days‘prior to hl3 ‘death In Febnjary. 1893, . • , rMra.- Ievie. was . the ‘original peli-tloher In the probato coGrt at Crc-aton In I5SS. She elakherf'h-r onc«third of the estate under -tha Biatutes.^ The uther Mrs TMisieil, E^HJny forth tha contract.. The court'below held the contract , was reasonably that Devoe xtW-not revoke II and-therefore It waa binding and A'par lo-the fegal cUItte mado hy the to one~thIrrl of thaetll*. From ihis decision Mr#. Devoa appealed. : : -• . ... ’. • ’••. * -IMr. La Follette appears for th-e r^j* ppllee, Wiliam D.evoe: There ts a larg* of artorneys from «Crest on fltid that part of the stale interested In tho c*sc. They fire IX W. -Htgbee,. 3fas-well:. Wloltr, Copenherfer Allen, Sullivan SullivQU, It.' B. SmUh ahd G. B. Rowe. . '
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Des Moines Leader
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1900
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