Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-01-24
THE LEGISLATURE.

\ THE LEGISLATURES.
Des Moines, san. 21.- Senate ~
i Shortly after the senate was called to
/ order Mr.. Herriott announced the
4 standing committees of the senate
! The senate then proceeded to election
of two United States senator's. Sen
| ator Blanchard nominated Senator
| Allison for lie long term and Senator
Lambert nominated Judge p n. Thay-
i er OF clinton for the democrats
Senator Allison received So votes and
| Thayer TO- wnile four were absent
senator Allison was declared duly
elected on the part o. the senate.
4 Senator Hubbard tnen nominated
j Senator Dolliver for the short term
and Senator Lambart nominated Jonn
/ r. Seerley Of Burlington. Dolliver re-
/ ceived So votes and Seerley 10, four
being absent or not voting. Mr.. Her
/ riott then declared senator Dolliver
/ elected to the United States senate
on the part of the senate.
After the introduction OF bills and
concurrence in house messages, the
senate adjourned until 10 o'clock Wed
nesday.
House The house proceeded at
once to the election of United States
senators. Durham, of Delaware,
nominated Senator Allison for the
long term and the nomination was
seconded by Hamann of Davenport.
/ Langan, of Clinton, nominated Judge
/ Ihayer, of Clinton, and Dodds. OF Des
Moines. seconded the nomination ina me ms
! vote resulted: Allison, 81; mayer,
] 16; absent, 2. The speaker pro tenn
| then declared William B. Allison
| elected on the part of the house to
! the United States senate for the term
| beginning March 4, 1908. Temple, OF
/ Clarke, nominated Jonathan Prentiss
Dolliver for the term ending March
4, 1907, in brief eulogistlc address.
1 Kerr, Of Grundy, seconded 1t. Jaeger,
of Des Moines, seconded by Walters,
! of Tama, nominated John . SECRECY
for the short term: The vote STOOD:
| Dolliyer, SO; Seerley, 16; absent, i.
| Senator Dolliver was thereupon de-
| clared duly elected to the United
States senate for the term named on
! the part of the house. Jones. OF Ma
/ haska, announced concurrent reso-
| luton, which was adopted, providing
| for meeting with the senate IN joint
J convention at noon Wednesday,, jan
uary %, for the election OF United
States senators. Later the senate
| concurred in the resolution. At p.
| II. the speaker duuOuHCSu LIE 4soSesAA0
| ing committees of the house.
| Des Moines, Jan. 22.-Senate-
Aside from the introduction of bills.
no important business was transacted.
Bills were introduced to fix the county
superintendent salary at $l,5Oo; 70
| create commission to fix the boun-
darles OF western Iowa; to repeal the
| law requiring lists of building and
| loan stockholders to be furnished as
SCISSORS; to reduce the interest on
county warrants from to per cent;
] to make the PARK commission laws
| applicable to cities OF 22,0vU in order
| to take in Burlington. The approprla-
| ton bills for the state educational
institutions we're introduced in both
! houses as follows: State normal,
| s35 900 additional annual support;
agricultural college, $340,00O and
| $4,000 annual additional support.
House-The house voted to permit
the introduction of petitions only
| when the subject Of them is being con-
| sidered Bills were introduced in the
! house as follows: To substitute cleo
| trocution for hanging; to elect super
visors by counties instead Of super
visor districts; to enact a primary
law; to require the state treasurer
to deposit state money at not less
than / per cent; to establish a nor
NAL school at Knoxville; to establish
reformatories at Anamosa. Kendall
introduced several very important
mining bills.
Joint Session.-William B. Allison,
Of Dubuque, and Jonathan p. Dolliver,
/ Of Fort Dodge, were at joint session
| Of the senate and the house OF the
Twenty-ninth General Assembly held
at noon today in the hall Of the house
of Representatives, elected over E. H.
Thayer and John ]. Seerley to the
| United States senate, the former for
full term of. six years beginning
! March a, 1903, and the latter to fill
out the unexpired term caused by the
death of the late John H. Gear, which
began March 4, 1901. The vote was
the strict party vote. Five members
/ were absent, leaving but 145 votes in
the two houses, of which Allison and
Dolliver received 119 and Thayer and
Seerley 26. At the joint session, John
| r. Carter, of Sioux City, was elected
editor of the Code supplement; Ber-
| nard Murphy, of Vinton, state printer,
and Howard Tedford, of Mt. Ayr, state
!, binder. The vote on these officers was
practically the same as that on United
| States senator.
| TAFT WANTS SMALL TARIFF.
Wants Barely Enough Revenue 60
Meet Expenses.
San Francisco, Jan. 24.-Referring
to tue Philippine tariff IN a speech be-