Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-23
FACTIONS ALREADY FORMING
Members Of the Iowa Lever House Ranging
Themselves on Varying Lines
SPEAKER BYERS NAMES Ills COMMITTEES
That on Constitutional Amendments
EnNors Observation-Disclosures Cnu-
Gus Rntiaes the Senatorial Bni-
lot Taken Tuesday.

DES MONIES Jan. 22,-Specal)-Fa
tions are forming In the state house OF rep.
resentatives Van Houten of Taylor has
been opposing all expenditures of moneys
since the house was organized. lie sprung a
roll call on the members with relation to the
appointment of paper folders which he
claimed were not necessary, and followed
this up by the introduction Of resolution,
instructng the Iowa members of the senate
of the United States one of whom, Mr.. ALI
son, is an open candidate for the presidential
nomination, to work against the railway
pooling bill when II comes up for adoption in
congress Many OF the members opposed this
resolution as a direct slap at the gentle
men in congress. Lauder OF Union slys
that several of the members have made up
their minds to sit down hard on Van Houton,
when he comes up in the course of few
weeks with measure appropriating money
to the State Horticultural society. They
don't propose to give him smell, and from
this they intend to make life something of
burden to anybody who espouses dilatory
tactics or endeavors to block legislation by
springing the question of expense.
Both houses met In Joint convention at
noon as provided by law and compared the
journals of the two houses in relation to the
that William b. Allison had received ma
jority of all the votes cast, he was duly
declared elected United States senator for
the ensuing term
The joint convention then proceeded to
elect the following: Warden at Fort Mad!-
son penitentiary, N. N. Jones of Cass; war
den at Anamosa, p w. Madden of Clay;
state printer, F. r. Conaway of Poweshiek !;
state binder, Lafe Young of Polk. All were
the nominees of the republican caucus.
BYERS NAMES HIS COMMITTEES.
Speaker Byers today announced the full
list of house standing committees. The fol-
lowing are the most important:
Ways and Means-Funk, Allen, Brighton,
Brinton Chapman, Grow, Gurley, Haugen,
Hinman, Lauder, Morrison, Frink, Grote,
Mcdonald, Johnston of Franklin, Potter, Ed
wards Bell. Marti, Voelker.
Judiciary-Cornwall Allen, Dowell Weaver,
Finch, Temple. Brighton, Evans, Johnston of
Franklin, Lavender. Macarthur, McNulty,
Wayne, Power, Merrill, Byington, Porter.
Appropriations-Wood Nietert, st. John,
Allen, Dowell, Smith, Waters, Early, Martin,
Ray, Weaver Griswold. Whelan, Temple,
Gurley, Lauder. spaulding. Merriam, Van
Houten, Lambert.
Railroads-Lauder, Whelan Griswold,
EARLY, Hendershot, Perrott, Klemme, Brin-
ton, Nietert, Brady, St. John, Davis, Marti,
Voelker, Jay.
nsurance-Early, Bird. Good, Allen Wat
ters, Thompson, McClelland, Putnam, Cur
ley Lauder, Nietert, Frazee, Mananan
Suppression of mpsrance--Chapman,
Funk Nietert, Haugen, Hinman. Martin,
Lauder Morrison, Whittier, Grote, Hanger.
Macarthur, Putnam, Reed, Wheeler, Baker,
Voelker
Building and Loan Associations-Martn,
Netert, Mayne, Evans, Finch Funk, Laven-
der, Loomis, Morrison, Grote Johnston of
Franklin, Smith, Bell Early, Jackson,
Voelker, Wheeler.
Constitutional Amendments - Brighton
Doubleday. Finch. Putnam, Scott, Temple,
Whelan, Griswold, Gurley, Wells, Williams,
Lowry, Lambert.
Revision of the Code-First division. Tenn
Pile, Griswold, Reed, Brighton, Lauder, Nel-
tert, Merrell; second division, Allen, Corn
wall, Macarthur, ST. John, Whelan, Haugen,
Manahan; third division Finch, Morrison,
Gurley, Evans, McNulty, Wood, Tibbets; /;
fourth division, Brinton, Johnston, Dowel,
Funk, Ray Morrison. Porter; fifth division,
Weaver Mayne, Early, Bell, Lavender, Mar
tin, Potter
A majority of the committee on constitu-
tional amendments is favorable to resub-
mission.
WILL INCREASE ITS EFFICIENCY.
Senator Cheshire has introduced a bill
largely increasing the expenses of the office
and the powers of the commissioner of labor.
The reports of this office heretofore, being lit
tie more than the voluntary statements of en-
ployers and employed, have been both i'm
perfect and unsatisfactory. Cheshire pro-
poses to give the commissioner, by himself
or deputy, power to go into the mines and
factories, put both the operatives and owners
under oath and PROFOUND TO them a series of
questions touching the condition of the mine
or factory, compensation, hours of labor and
all other matters that may be necessary to
fully inform the commissioner as to the re-
lations between capital and labor.
The following bills were introduced in
the senate: BY Ericsson, requiring bodies Of
all swine dying with cholera or other in
fectious disease to be cremated by the own
ers. and prohibiting transportation of such