Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-22

Les FMolneS, Jan. 22.-Ine Two houses
net in joint convention promptly at
noon and canvassed the vote cast on the
day previous for senator. Previous to
the rehding of the record p M. Casady,
of pes Moines, member of the second
state legislature, was introduced. The
records showed that Allison and Dolliver
were elected In both houses and their
election was declared. Dolliver was sent
for and delivered brief address OF
thanks. The code editor and printer
and binder were then elected.
Senator Dolliver in his address said In
part:
syhsThere never has been a time,
there never will be a time, when
American industry, making an un-
equaled and even precarious fight
With foreign competitors, Will not
find among our people the spirit of
encouragement and helpfulness ex-
pressed in the laws of the United
States. And yet nobody Is any long
er blind to the fact that with many
Industries of the United States the
rates of duty which In 1897 We're re-
garded as reasonable and were in
fact reasonable. have since that
time. owing to the curious develop
ment of our industrial and CONNER
cial life, becoming unnecessary ana
in many cases absurd. They stand
on our statute books today, no long
err a shield for American labor. but
theyihaye In many cases been turned
as a weapon of offense against
American markets themselves. be-
lieve that I speak for the average
Judgment and good sense of the
whole community of Iowa when
say there are defects in our laws
that ought to be corrected, and l
express the confidence that the con-
gress OF the United States will be
able, in spirit friendly to the
principles upon which the protec-
tive tariff rest. to correct these de-
fecx-sirl a, business-like way, unless
we are compelled TO admit that con- Z
gress has become helpless in the
presence of questions like these
$50
In the house a motion was passed cut
ting off the flood of petitions and remon-
strations. Thirty-one bills We're intro
duced, among them appropriation bills
for the State University, State College
and Normal Schools. A bill for the elec>
trocution of criminals, bill that re-
quires automobiles to be registered with
the secretary of state, a bill for the ex-
animation of stationary engineers, pro-
hibiting sales of cocaine, changes in the
laws relating to mines, the Des Moines
army post bill, establishing a normal
school at Knoxville, taxation of tele-
graph and telephone lines, primary cleo
tion law and a bill providing for de-
pository for state funds.
In the senate bills were introduced fix
ing t ehsalary of county superin-
tendents at $1,000, providing for park
providing for commits
sion to fix boundary line between Iowa
and Nebraska, amending the law of
farmers mutual insurance companies,
making it crime to have burglar tools
or receive stolen goods, giving library
boards power to condemn ground and
bills.
All who are interested in the contest
cases in the senate are satisfied with
the committees, or say they are, and
the work OF making an investigation OF
the contests will begin at once. A Curl
Gus situation presents itself in regard To
these contests. The same defense will
LIE relied on largely in both cases and as
one of the contestees is republican and
the other democratic the men who de-
eide win be in predicament. Nolan is
coming from Dubuque with a bushel oe
evidence and will demand recount all
the way throu. Crawford will fall back
on the plea that inasmuch as the ball
lots have not been kept so that there is
ro possibility of tampering with the
same they can not be regarded as .evi-
dence The ballots have probably been
kept much as ballots usually are kept
thrown into vault where they could be
kicked about by many persons. OF
course unless it can be shown that the
ballots counted are actually the ones
cast they can not be counted. 1t will be
easy for the committee to accept this
position and end the contest quickly.
But the trouble is that II the Dubuque
case is decided that way DR.. Emmert
will make the same plea in Cass and
Shelby and thus block the contest by
Bruce. But the committee will get to
work at once and settle the matter as
soon as possible.
One who did not gain much by the
new shuttle of senate committees was
Senator Craig. He had insurance the
last session and gets constitutional
this time. The committee
is higher up in the list, but not so i'm
portant or desirable. In fact there are
senator's who declare they would not
care to be bothered with the question of
suffrage as it will be presented
to the committee by the women.
Quite a batch of committee clerks
we're sworn in for the senator's yester-
day, as follows: Suppression of intem-
yerance, Leon Brown; federal relations,
Del C. Huntoon; senatorial districts, w.
P. McCulla: appropriations. A. l.. Mo
;ier: public buildings Gertrude Preston;
,.ties and towns, Frank p. Tripp; banks,
Mary A. Alexander; printing, Angie M.
Allyn: libraries, Katheryn Davis; build
ng and loan, Grace f. Griswold; agri-
-ulture, Florence r. Corbin; compensa-
lion Of public officials, b. j. Clark; hor-