Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-01-16

1 5ioll VIII Ce lHdI Oh IOIIlOlION, SsAClt
Governor Shaw's annual message will
be delivered.
The only contest to develop in the
house was that Of Fields of Plymouth.
whose seat is claimed by Cottrell.
democrat. In the senate the seat Of
Emmert of Cass county is contested
| by Bruce, with the prospect of bitter
hght The hour of joint meeting, at
which the canvass of vote Of governor
will be made, is tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50.
Inauguration Occurs Thursday.
The house of representatives con-
vened exactly at 1916. The forenoon
business was merely that of organiza-
ton and this was performed with the
utmost harmony and good feeling
among the members. The communica-
that body was organized and ready for
| business was received at 1911.
| a caucus of the democratic NOM
| bers Of the house was held, at which
nominations We're made for appofntive
| positions. a committee was appointed
| to notify Speaker Eaton that no OPP
posing candidate would be nominated.
| 1t was decided that 1t would be cour-
| teous and judicial to also indorse the
republican nominee for chief clerk.
| Rush Benedict, and koontZ of Johnson
| county was appointed to second the
| nomination.
Following is the list of nominations:
| First Assistant Clerk. A. Bridge.
| Des Moines county.
Second Assistant Clerk-James Cam
| BILE, Clinton county.
| Engrossing Clerk-Miss Hattie Cal
| lagher, Clinton county.
| Enrolling Clerk-Miss Fannie Kim
| sell, Dubuque county.
| Journal Clerk-Stephen Til.son, Mo-
mona county.
Assistant Postmistress-Miss Ida
Welsing, Fort Madison
| File Clerk. j. Mcmahon, Tama
county.
Bill Clerk-Ralph Fuller, Shelby
county.
| Chief BoolSkeeper-Ed Kamer. j
| The House Chairmanships.
| Speaker Eaton has announced house
chairmanships as follows:
| WAYS and means-Temple of Clark.
Judiciary-Clarke of Dallas.
| Appropriations-Hugh of Iowa.
| Railroads and commemorative of
| Black Hawk.
Municipal corporations-Carter of
Sioux.
Congressional Districts-Furry of
| Hardin.
Legislation will be introduced in great
bundles from the start.
| A bill is to be introduced early in the
session to make it n1isdemeanor for
| anyone to wear or display the emblem
of secret society of which he is not q
member in good standing. The secret
societies have become so powerful and
have SO many members In the legisla-
ture that the friends of the bill believe
that when they present a bill backed
| by large number Of petitions and the
| resolutions of the lodges, 1t VIII De
| passed.
1t Is expected Miss Daisy leighton,
selected to be the chief lobbyist for the
| Iowa Equal Suffrage association, Will
be here this week and open headquar
| tiers to present to the legislators the
wishes Of this association in regard to
giving women the right 20 vote. She Is
said to be an exceptionally bright wo-
man and capable of presenting the sub
ject in an attractive way. During the
session she will be assisted, at least q
part of the time by Mrs. Ballard Of
| Hull, Ia. the president Of the state as
ISOLATION, and Mrs. I3elden of Sioux
\ City, who has done much of the organ
izing work for the association. A few
weeks ago Mrs. Brown Of Washington
| came here to oppose the movement and
| went away, promising to return by the
/ first of the session, but she has not
| been heard from as yet.
RedIstrlctlng Schemes.
There is more comment and discus
| sion in regard to redistricting the state
1 politically than on any other topic.
| The congressional districts We're ar
ranged some eighteen years ago and
are awkward in shape. Professediy the
| districting at that time was a gerry
mander for partisan ends. 1t was in
| tended that there should be one district
| given over to the democrats, and by
| grouping a number of strong demo-
cratic counties into that district make
| all the rest of the state republican. But
| conditions have changed and even the
one district has become strongly re-
| publican. A great many plans have
| been suggested for changing the dis
| tricts. Some of the present districts,
notably the Tenth and Eleventh, in
| northern and northwest Iowa, are too
| populous. The districts in southeast
| Iowa can be left substantially as at
| present. Nearly all the proposed plans
| leave the Eighth district alone. In the
| northern half of the state, if there Is
| any change at ALL the districts will be
| made to conform more to natural po-
| ltical affiliations. But the trouble is
| that those who oppose the redistricting
| accuse the others of trying to break
| down the present delegation in con-
| gress, and this makes the redistricters
| afraid to act 1t is the intention of the
| speaker to name two republicans from
each district on the congressional COM
IIlIIlee anu llluS sure lildl MIldl.
ever is done by the committee as
whole will have solid support in the
house. The sentiment in favor Of re-
districting congressionally is not SO
strong in the senate, but there is
great desire that the senatorial dis
tricts shall be rearranged. and it fol-
lows that if the senatorial districts are
to be disturbed the congressional lines
will be broken.
First leoIaIafIve lunkes
Arrangements have been completed
already to have the Legislature visit
the state normal school at Cedar Falls,
January go This will be the occa-
sion of the dedication Of the new $780,
900 building. at which time Governor
Cummins is to make the dedication adj
| dress. The members of the legislature
have all been invited to attend and 1t
is understood that a large number of
them will go on the trip. The friends
of the normal school are anxious to
have the legislators know what is be-
Ing done at Cedar Falls before they
vote on the proposals to have three or
four more normal schools in the state.
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