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

Shortly after the senate was calied 70
order Mr.. Herriott announced the
standing committees Of the senate.
The senate then proceeded to election
of two United States senators. Sen
ator Blanchard nominated senator
Allison for .le long term and senator
Lambert nominated Judge r. n. may
er OF IAnton for the democrats;
Senator Allison received SO votes and
Thayer 10, while four were absent.
senator Allison was declared duly
elected on the part o. the senate.
Senator Hubbard tnen nominated
Senator Dolliver for the short term
and Senator Lambart nominated Jonn
j. Seerley Of Burlington. Dolliver re-
ceived SO votes and Seerley ~, four
being absent or not voting. MT. aeT-
riott then declared senator Dolllver
elected to the United States senate
on the part Of the senate.
After the introduction Of bills ana
concurrence in house messages, the
senate adjourned until 10 o'clock We'd
nesday.
House-The house proceeded at
once to the election of United States
senator's Durham, of Delaware,
nominated Senator Allison for the
long term and the nomination was
seconded by Hamann OF Davenport.
| Langan, of Clinton, nominated Judge
Thayer, of Clinton, and Dodds. OF Des
Moines, seconded the nomination. The
vote resulted: Allison, 80; mayer,
IS; 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
~ star ny16
4, 1907, in brief eulogistlc address,.
Kerr, of Grundy seconded it. Jaeger,
of Des Moines. seconded by Walters,
of Tama, nominated John SECRECY
for the short term. The vote stood:
Dolliver, SO; Seerley, 16; absent, J..
Senator Deliver 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 feso-
luton, which was adopted, providing
for meeting with the senate IN joint
convention at noon Wednesday, jan
uary %, for the election o. United
States senator's Later the senate
concurred in the resolution. At p.
m. the speaker announced the stand
ing committees of the house.
Des Moines, Jan. 22.-Senate.-7
Aside from the Introduction of bills,
no important business was transacted.
Bills were introduced to fix the county
superintendent's salary at $1,000; to
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 6 to 5 per cent;
to make the park commission laws
applicable to cities of 22,OUU in order
to take in Burlington. The appropria-
ton bills for the state educational
institutions were introduced in both
houses as follows: State normal,
SITS, 800; state university, 100000 and
$4,000 additional annual support;
agricultural college, $4,000 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 1 per cent; to establish nor
NAL school at Knoxville; to establish
l3c6lOrmdLOF1GS dI AldAlOSc.9s 1ACAASAHAA
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 p. II.
Thayer and John J. Seerley to the
United States senate, the former for.
a 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
Deliver 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.
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