The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-27
IowA's LEGISLATURES.
The Republicans Make Proposition
to the Democrats.


DEs MONIES. IA, Jan. 25.-The House
met this morning at 1880 o'clock and ad-
journed till this afternoon to give the con-
ference committees time to work. This
afternoon the House was called to order at
O'Clock, and at once took a recess till 4
o'clock to consider the republican PROPOSE
ton of conference committees and caucuses
A proposition had been made this morning
as follows:
1. The democrats agree that at no time from
the acceptance of this proposition to the final
adjournment of the House of the twenty third
general assembly, and at no time during the
session of said House Will said democrats pre-
vent from voting, unseat or offer any PROPOSE
tion to unSeat any one whose name appears on
the list prepared by the secretary of state of
Iowa and now in use in the roll calls of this
body on account of objection to the appOr q
t1onment act of the twenty-secOnd general as
sembly, creating districts from which the
members were elected
2. Henry S. Wilcox shall be elected temporary
clerk, and L. D. Hotchkiss temporary speaker;
the republicans to have the temporary and
speaker pro tempore, and also the door keeper,
sergeant alarms and assistant postmaster; the
democrats to have two assistant door keepers,
and the necessary pages to be equally divided
between the two parties, said officers TO hold
until permanent organization is reached.
8. Said temporary clerk shall be instructed to
receive the certificates of election of each of
the persons claiming to be members of the
Twenty third general assembly, and make a roll
OF the members by placing on said list the
names on the list prepared by the Secretary of
State and now in use in the roll call of the
body.
l. A committee of five on credentials. consisting
of Messrs. Dobson, Hobbs and Coyle from the
the republicans, and Messrs. Hamilton and Estes
from the democrats, shall be appointed and the
committee be instructed to report as members
the names of the persons entered on the roll by
said clerk as contemplated in the previous sec
ton as members of the Twenty-third general
assembly, each one of whom shall
be entitled to act and vote on
all questions until the permanent
organization shall be reached, and the perma-
nent speaker be elected, and that such persons
whose names appear on these lists shall be
sworn in as members Of the twenty-third gen
eral assembly, and shall be members, of the
House thereof, until final adjournment, unless
unseated by the House in a regular contest for
cause, other than objection to the apportiOn-
ment act of the twenty-second general assem-
bly,, creating the districts from which the mem
bers were elected.
5. No objection or protest shall be made by
either party TO any one whose name appears on
said list of members voting on any question
until after said House is permanently organized
and permanent speaker is elected.
9. All cases of contested seats now pending, or
that may hereafter arise shall hereafter DO re-
| ferred TO the proper committee, and none of
said contests shall be taken up and acted upon
by the House until reported by said commit ttee.
z. After the temporary organization as here
inbefore provided has been reached no other
business shall be in order except the election of
permanent speaker and business properly in
cldent thereto, and at the proper time the cleo
tion Of United States senator, but not until a
permanent speaker shall be elected.
WORKED TILL THE LAST MINUTE.
The conference committee we're at work
up to 1926 o'clock, when party Saucuses were
called. The democrats wanted TO strike out
section l, and substitute the following.
'It Is hereby stipulated and agreed by and
between the republican members of the
House and the opposition members thereto
that neither under the temporary organi-
zation, or during the effecting Of a
permanent organization of the House
shall any question be raised to the Fright of
any person whose name appears upon the
list of members as prepared by the Sacre-
tary of State, and now in use in roll calls of
| this body, TO his seat and vote, and that i'm
mediately upon the perfecting of the per-
manent organization of the House the
| committee on elections shall be appointed,
| of republicans and of the opposition
| thereto and that no case of the contested
election of a member shall be taken up
| excepting upon the recommendation of the
| members of said committee. 1t is further
| stipu ated and agreed that the republicans
| and the opposition thereto shall be repre-
| sented upon said committee by members
selected by themselves respectively They
| also insisted that section 2 of the repub-
licans' propoition be stricken out.
At o'clock the House was called to order
again, and half an hours recess was taken
to let the conference committees work.
Nothing was done, however, in the time
| specified, so the House adjourned till 1886
| O'Clock Monday morning.