Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-14
PERSONNEL or II LEGrsLArunr.
Something OF the Iowa makers
snnn TO Assemble ut Des MOiMCs.

soon to Assemble at DeS MOtncs.
DIES MONIES, Dec. 1S.-CSpecial)-The n "
general assembly Of Iowa, which will con
vene early in January, will be composed very
largely Of new members, without leg slatiVS
expert nee. Il is said, however, by those who
have been acquainted with the personnel OF
legislatures for several sessions, that the'av'
erage character Of the members Is higher
than usual. Secretary of State Mcfarland
Is in receipt of responses from most of The
members, whom he had asked for brief bio
graphical sketches of themselves, for use In
the official register OF the state. 1t is found
from these returns that the number of law
yers is larger than in any previous l. glslature
In the state. Nearly half the members Of the
house and 20 per cent of the members of tn
senate are lawyers. II is thought this is par
ticUlarly fortunate, for the reason that the
legal knowledge of these memb RS VIII greatly
help In the work on the code revision,
Iowa is the native state Of only seventeen
Of the 15o memb RS of the two houses. Those
from outside the state have generally lived IN
lew a long term OF years. Next TO Iowa,
Ohio, as usual in Office holding, comes in with
the highest number of members, having
twelve. Other nativities are: Illinois. 10;
New York, 8; Wisconsin. I; Pennsylvania, {;
Indiana, z; Vermont, 4; New Hampshire, 4;
Ireland, 3; Michigan, 2; Tennessee, Maryland.
Scotland, Swift rland, Sweden, England,
Canada, Maine. Kentucky, Connecticut, w ST
NIEiHid anu MdsStCHusellS, L edCl. MSiH-
hers Of the house: Lawyers, %; farmers, 30;
real estate, loans and abstracts. .: physicians,
2; farmer and banker, 2; merchants, Z; ed
TORS, 6; druggists, 2; teachers, 2; lumb r
~dealsrs, 2; civil engineer, 1; retired manufac-
tcrer, l; hardware dealer, / brickmaker, |;
agricultural implement dealer, /; county
treasurer, j; bank r and real estate agent, /;
grain dealer, l; mechanic, 1; lecturer l.
The youngest member of the senate is Rob-
ert Benson of Dubuque. He is 20 years old,
ham | ~ AZ = nn,nt Md nlnnta1 20 Rl
the vacancy caused by the death Of Senator
Baldwin. He is a graduate of the public
schools of Dubuque and Of the State uni
versity. He is one of the best speakers who
will sit on the democratic side. The oldest
senator is Henry Hospers of Sioux county,
aged 65, a native of Holland, founder of the
rich settlement of Hollanders in Sioux county
and very wealthy. He is the richest man in
the legislature. He is a banker.
The youngest member of the house is
Claude r. Porter Of Appanoose. He was
elected in this county which is the home of
General Drake, thu republican candidate for
governor, by a fusion Of democrats and popu-
lists. He Is 33 years old. The Oldest member
Of the house is David Hamilton Scott of
Abba, aged 10, a native of Kentucky and for
forty-hve years n resident of Iowa. He has
ben a republican since the founding of the
party, and he and his wife have recently
celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
He is n farmer. In the senate there are for
ly-lhI'e iepupicdhs anu seven ueiioclats' aN-
erags age, 43i2; average residence in Iowa,
thirty-two years; served in the army, eigh-
teen; In navy, one. There are nineteen hold
over senators, twelve promoted from the
house, five reelected and fourteen who have
had no previous experience in legislation.
Twenty-Five are lawyers.
In the house there arr seventy-nine repub-
leans and twenty-one democrats. Average
age. Al; average residence in Iowa, thirty-ons
years; reelected, thirty-three.
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Boy Charged with Burglary.
CRESTON, Ia, Dec. 13.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Frank Kris, a Creston youth, who