Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
JOY At GEARS ARRIVA
They Said He Wouldn't Come But He Did and
Is Looking Well.

&c 49,
Stone. n. S. Ketcilum and J. @. Saint,
lgot their chance first. 1t is generally
understood here that Mr.. Kimball is for
lCummins and Eaton and that Senator
Classen is for Gear, though neither one
| has made an authorized statement. MIR.
Kerr of Grundy is also counted for
Eaton and Cummins, while all other
and Bowen.
/ 1t is earnestly hoped by those who
know what they are going to do that
1.-THE caucus for speaker will not be de-
llayed beyond Saturday night, so that
| a Sunday of quiet may be enjoyed by
Ian and the necessity of the old double
Ivoting for United States senator may be
Iavoidetl. Owing to dispute about
whether the date for electing senator,
s'the second Tuesday after organiza-
Ition'' of the legislature, means after
permanent or temporary organization,
the precaution has always been taken
| of voting twice. once the second Tues
day after temporary organization and
once the second Tuesday after perma-
ilnent organization. Four years ago Ed
4 IChassell OF LeMars got a law passed
changing the hour of meeting of the
1 Legislature, so that the house could Or
ganize temporarily in the morning and
/ permanently in the afternoon, and do
i away with this extra voting business.
Int will not be possible to hold the cau-
Gus on Monday without adjourning over
4 till Tuesday for permanent organiza-
ltion. The members will surely all be
there, or can be here, III time to have the
4 caucus Saturday night Nearly every
/ member of the house is on hand now.
i
Il Fred w Meyers of Denison is receiv-
ling the congratulations of his friends
5lupon the birth of a son, which occurred
4 at his house on the first day of the new
4 year.
No one has been having more fun out
! of the situation than ex-senator a. B.
Funk of Spirit Lake. He is here stand
4 ing by his convictions. and living, too,
4 somewhat in the past. He does not
!. feel under any particular obligations to
4 the friends of Senator Gear. Once upon
Il a time he was Il candidate for the re-
4 publican nomination for governor, and
lhe did not find many Gear men IN his
Icolumn. But that is not the point. The
4 fun he has been having is with his old
,lfriends, who do not recognize him
lDuring his senatorial career of twelve
''iyears Senator Funk has worn ful
II black beard and now it is all Sone-no1
Il hair left on his face, The writer saw
him not long ago for the first time since
land though having known him eveI
Il since he came to the legislature, did moi
5 recognize him at all. So it IS with many
J Iothers, often to their embarrassment,
). and his amusement.
. Tnasmuch as the local paper in Wa
= pello has announced that ii does MOI
) Iwart a state normal school i'll that tom
{ the town OF Columbus Junction, in the
same county is taking the matter up
so that Chairman Weaver's efforts to q,
: something for his county in the event
of a normal school being a possibility
for that section of the state, Will moi
come TO naught.
! Governor Shaw and family have re-
moved from the Potter house. ll3s
Pleasant street. which they have occu-
! pied during their residence in l)es
Moinss. to the ". j. Pratt home, 2l5'
: Invest Grant avenue. which they VIII oc-
Icupy during the winter. They are ex-
Etremely furtunate in securing this iarsf
elegantly furnished house for tht
Legislative season. while the owner ant
{ lilis family are absent. The Shaws art
{ good entertainers. the best of any Iowi
! governor. They enjoy it and can af
= ford Ii.
Harold Lounsbury of Marshalltown il
one of the most deserving young men
land will be elected one of the journa
: tclerks of the senate. At present no othe)
G candidate is announced. He has beer
? two terms in the legislative work. be
4 sides the extra session, and two Years ag,
:. was journal clerk for the house, posi-
n ton that he filled with marked abilit,
Y and faitlfulness. He became Very pop
: ular with the members on account o
his Willingness to assist them IN ever
way. Since then he has graduated from
: III law school and opened law Office IL
y MarshalltoWn.
e The first republican caucus of eacl
/ house selects u committee of three from
d each house to act through the session a
S calls to subsequent caucuses, Including
: the senatorial caucus. This, at least
$ has been the usual custom in the past
: though of course the members of botl
e houses are the judges of the method I
II be pursued at this time. The interest
:. of the republican party will be bes
e served by having these caucuses a
early as possible. so as to relieve tn
strain felt at present. When the i'm
e Iportance and Intensity of this contes
g are considered it has been remarkably
q good natlred. 1t is less bitter than
g was six years ago. But every day
= bringing it nearer the danger line of ba
! feeling, dividing towns and counties an
It even separating firms and families i
l. :some instances. Some parts of the state
e especially in the northwest, have no
IS been at all disturbed, and 1t Will max
# no difference to them who is elected sen
n ,ator, but the feeling will grow from no,
Jon.
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