Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-02
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house caucus will be held to nominate.
a speaker and other officers. On Mon
dag. January 5. al 10 O'Clock a. M, the
house viii be called To order by Repre-
sentative Charles Stewart. of Polk
county. in accordance with the time
honored custom that this duty shall be
performed by tho senior member from
the capital county The caucus Will
have named candidate for temporary
speaker. who will then be elected and
will take the gayel. Then a committee
on credentials will be named, and Will
report the names of persons entitled To
seats. This report Will be made simply
of those having certificates. no ae-
count Will be taken of contests PEND
ing of which there are three. Iris re-
port being adopted. The house VIII pro-
ceed to elect a speaker by roll call
Then will come a roll call on chief
clerk. after which the chairman Will
present and move adoption of a reso-
luton for the election of all the other
nominees of the republican caucus. Tbs
house will then be organized and the
senate will have completed its formaii-
ties at the same time Committees
will be named TO arrange for the gov
sernor's inauguration. which will prob
ably take place on Thursday. January
III.
The senatorial caucus will probably
be held on Wednesday. January 10. On
Monday. January 10. The speaker and
lieutenant governor viii announce the
committees of house and senate re-
spectivey, and the next day the joint
convention will formally ballot for a
United States senator ratifSing the Sc
lection of the republican caucus.
The attitude of the Des Moines News
in the senatorial contest has occasioned
much comment and inquiry. The News
is the only Des Mones newspaper
which has not supported Mr. Cummins,
q Dies MoIles man. A good many ex-
plantations have been offered OF its
course. of which the most reasonable
seems 10 be about as follows:
Twelve years ago when the great
fight was made in the legislature for
railroad control the News was the only
Des Moines paper which opposed the
railroads and their demands Efforts
We're made to influence and change its
policy but without avail In that legis-
the house. elected as an anti- prohibi-
Zionist. John j. Hamilton, then, as now,
the head of the News company, was &
prohibitionist and an antimonopolist.
Mr.. Cummins was against prohibition
and opposed 10 the legislation cham
pioned by the News. Mr.. Hamilton for
these and some other reasons of more
personal character conceived a dislike
for Mr.. Cummins and has never
changed his view. When Mr. Cuminins
became can 5idate for the senate the
News management concluded to be
! strictly non-partisan and 10 print thu
news without fear, favor or bias. But
| this course is easier planned than exc
cuted and as the fight developed tins
News came to be regarded by the Gear
| managers as their special Des Moines
organ. They could get whatever they
wanted into its columns and the Cum
| Minis people concluded that they diGn',
need TO furnish their matter to it. Con-
sequently the News soon became recog
nized as Gear sheet and its position
1 has become more and more pronounced
till 1t is now as thoroughly lined up for
Gear as the Burlington Hawkeye.