Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-01-17
IOWA LEGISLATURE.


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SENATE.
Dies MONIES, January 13.--Lieut. Gov
DUNCAN called senate to order. After prayer
temporary officers were chosen and com
mittee on credentials was appointed. Upon
receipt Of its report the oath Of office was
administered to the new members of the
senate. w. e. Bulland, secretary was dna,i
imously elected, as were all OF the repub-
lican caucus nominees and they all took
tho OATH Senator Funk offered resolu-
ton providing that standing committee
of nine members to be known as the build
ing aud loan committee be created and
added to the standing committees Of the
senate. Carried The committee on ar
rangements for Judge Wrights funeral
offered concurrent resolution recommend
ing that the assembly adjourn until Tues
day at 10 o'clock and attend Judge Wright's
funeral in a body COMMITTEES was ap.
pointed to inform the house and the gov
ernor of the organization OF the senate and
adjournment was then taken
Doubleday, of Polk called house to order
l. K Wilson, of Clinton, was made tenn
poary clerk and John Morrison, Of Keokul,
temporary speaker. A committee on Gre
dentials was appointed, and upon receipt OF
its report the oath was administered to the
members H w. Byers was elected speaker
by reclamation, the democrats making no
nominations. After a brief speech by
the speaker the permanent officers agreed
ION by the republican caucus we're elected.
Resolutions on the death of Judge Wright
were read and adopted; also on the death
IS a member of the family of Representative
Grote The governor and senate were
cotiGed that the house was organized and
ready to receive communications and
transact business. The house then ad-
journed to 10 O'Clock q. m. Tuesday.
SENATE.
Dies MONIES, January IA resolution
was adopted arranging for joint session
In the house at 2 o'clock to canvass the vote
for governor and lieutenant governor. The
chair appointed Senators Cheshire, Mitchell,
Waterman, Hurst and Ellis as members OF
a Joint committee on arrangements for the
Inauguration of Governor Drake. AT 1920
the senate received the governors message.
The matter of taking up the report OF the
code commission caused considerable
debate, but finally the matter went over
until tomorrow. the resolutions relative
thereto being referred to special commit
tee with instructions to report.
HOUSE.
Memorial resolutions to the following
persons were passed: Miller, of Lee; Nc
Gonigal, of Clayton, Burnquest of Webster
and Smith of Linn Martin, of Adair in
70. I'M
and loan committee. Motion by Gurley to
table was carried. Notice given of move to
reconsider Private Secretary Richards
delivered the governors message. 1t was
ordered filed and printed. House agreed to
resolution to canvass the vote. Committee
on Inauguration and memorial was appoint
ed
JOINT SESSION.
In the afternoon the senate and house
Governor and lieutenant governor Lieu
tenant Governor DUNCAN presided COM
nittec was appointed to perform the work
and when completed, the report as follows
MS adopted The total number Of votes
est for governor was 40l,345, Of which
GeA, Drake received 20S,714, Babb, demo-
crat, 149,42s, Crane, populist, 81, 42s, and
Bacon, prohibitionist, 11,014 For ieuten-
ant governor there were cast 398, 975, of
which Matt Parrot, republican, received
2l1 ,204 Bestow, democrat, 145, 7S9, Starrett
populist, 81 ,7GO, and Atwood, prohibitionist,
2222 Gen Drake and Matt PARROT were
declared elected and the joint convention
was dissolved.
SENATE.
Dies MONIES, January 15.-Praycr by
Rev. j. M. Croker, chaplain of Anamosa
penitentiary Senator Carney, of Marshall,
introduced a resolution to instruct the Iowa
members in congress to vote for measure
TO stop the Armenian outrages. Senator
Trewin introduced the report of the COM
fnittee to consider a plan for handling the
report of the code revision committee. It
was only partial report and provides for
senate committee of fifteen, which shall
have charge of the entire report and assign
the different sections of the code to the
proper standing committees of the senate.
1t provides that this shall not be a joint
committee, but suggests that joint confer
ences be held with a similar committee in
the house The report of the committee
was adopted by reclamation and the COM
mittee continued Communication was
received from Governor Jackson announc-
ing vacancy in the board of trustees Of
the Industrial school at Mitchellville,
caused by the death of Hon. Thomas
Mitchell, and vacancy in the board Of
trustees of the college for the blind, caused
by the resignation of Thomas Bell, Of
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to visit state institutions was referred to a
committee. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Prayer by Rev. W. A. Black, Of Des
Moines Resolution for appointment Of q
committee of seven to devise plans for pre-
cedure in handling the code, was adopted
and Weaver, Funk, Early, Cornwall Evans,
Porter and Temple were appointed. Reso-
luton that committee of three, two from
the house and one from the senate, be up
pointed by speaker to visit state institutions
was adopted Adjourned until tomorrow.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
At the joint republican caucus Senator
Allison was unanimously nominated FOR
fifth term of six years. The senator was
present and made a fitting address F. r.
Conaway was nominated for state printerj
Lafayette Young for binder; warden,
Anamosa, p w. Madden; Fort Madison, N.
n. Jones.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The democratic caucus nominated the
United States senator, W. l.
Babb; warden, Anamosa, Tom Hudson FIT.
Elmer E. Barton; state printer,
s. P. Evans; state binder, A. S. Hardie,