Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-20
A PROPOSED CHANGE.
Shall There Be Biennial Elections
in This State.
VOTERS. WILL SETTLE IT THIS FALL.
The Measure Has Passed TWO Gen.
eral ssembIies-Would Give a
Number of County Officers Another
Year In office-Text of Amendment.

The people of Ottumwa and Wa
pello county will be called upon this
fall in. common with other voters OF
the state of Iowa, to vote upon the
question as to whether or not l,ien-
NAL elections will be held instead of the
annual contests we now have. The in
tention is, as is generally understood,
to incorporate the change in a con-
stitutiopal amendment. 1t has already
passed, the twenty-seventh and twenty
eight general assemblies and is known
as the Titus amendment which If
carried at the general election will
have the effect in Wapello county of
giving Sheriff B. F. SHUTS, Treasurer
John Spry, Supervisor j. HI. r. Spill
man, County Superintendent Beniah
Dlmmitt and Corner c. C. Powell, one
year more in Office, and in the state
will give Gov. Shaw the reins of gov
eminent for the same length of time
/ together with those state officers elect
ed one year ago, state senator w. A.
Mclntire and Judges F. w. Eichelber-
ger and T. NJ. Fee.
The Proposed Amendment.
Following is the amendment which
majority of the people seem to
: ASANoA, WV lSoCOl USluS IuetL IL WOutu
/ save to the state and counties many
| cut the cost of election in half:
Be it resolved by the general assem-
| bly, of the state of Iowa. that the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution
of the state of Iowa be, and the same
is hereby proposed:
Add. as section is, to article IL of
4 ha Nr,c,4if t,fio he fo11~
Section 49, The first general election
after the adoption of this amendment
shall be held on Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November, in the
year one thousand, nine hundred and
two, and general elections shall be
held biennially thereafter. In the year
one thousand, nine hundred and two
there shall be elected a~governor, lieu
tenant. governor, secretary of state,
auditor of state, treasurer of state, at
torney general, two judges of the SUI
preme. court, the successors, of the
judges. of the district court whose
terms of Office expire December thirty
first, one thousand, nine hundred and
two, state senators who would other
wise be chosen in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and one, and men,
bers of. the house of representatives.
| The terms of Office of the judges of the
supreme court, which would otherwise
expire in odd numbered years, and all
other elective state, county and town
4 ship officers whose terms of Office
/ would otherwise expire in the year
one thousand, nine hundred and one,
are hereby extended one year until
| their successors are elected and quail
| fed. The terms of Office of senators
| whose successors would otherwise be
chosen in the year one thousand, nine
| hundred and three are hereby extend
ed one year and until their successors
| are elected and qualified. The general
assembly shall make such changes in
the law governing the time of election
and term Of office of all other elective
officers as shall be necessary to make
the time of their election and terms
Of Office conform to this amendment,
and shall provide which of the judges
1 of the supreme court shall serve as
chief justice. The general assembly
/ shall meet in regular session on the
second Monday in January, one thou.
sand, nine hundred and three,and BIZ
ennially thereafter.
Be it further resolved, That this res.
olution and the foregoing amendments
to the constitution of the state of Iowa
having been adopted by the Twenty.
seventh general assembly in manner
and form, and by the majority requir.
ed by the constitution of the state of
Iowa, and the statutes thereof, shall
be submitted for ratification or reject
ion by the electors of the state of Iowa
at the general election for state offic.
ers to be held in November, 1900.
/ ALASKA is NO GOOD.