Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-24
TWO WILL Be LEFT
A PAIR OF REPUBLICANS IN IOWA
SENATE WILL LOSE CHAIR
hrANsHlPs.
Not Enough Honors to Go Around
This List This Year - Republicans
in Higher Body of Legislature More
Numerous Than for Years.

Des Moines. December %. = For
the first time in years, it is i'm
possible to accommodate every mem
Der of the Iowa senate with chairman.
ships. Hitherto there have been suf-
fcient plums of this kind to go around
among republicans and to leave one
or two for the democrats. The sweep
ing victory of the last election has
however, confronted Lieutenant Gov
ernor Herriott with disappointing
someone.
While Mr.. Herriott has been very
careful to give out no intimation as
to his preferences for chairmanships
he has not hesitated to state that there
are but forty chairmanships at his dis
posal, and as there were forty-two re
publicans in the senate who aspired
to chairmanships. two must be disap
pointed. He did not commit himself
further but it is understood that the
old members will be well cared for
and that it will be two OF the new
members who will be disappointed
The senators-elect who have visited
Des Moines this week are discussing
this phase of the situation with con.
siderable interest and it is probable
that the last of the month will find all
of them in the city looking after their
interests in this regard. Each chair
man is given the privilege of naming
the committee clerk The latter earns
So day and the average senator has
number of applicants for this clerk
ship.
Fate Will be Known In Two Weeks.
Mr.. Herriott has let it be known
that he will announce his selections for
chairman in just about two weeks. In
terest in the principal chairmanshipa
is accordingly at white heat. Without
any inside information, with nothing
but history upon which to base guess
there appears to be consensus Of opin
ion among the best advised that Sen
ator Warren Garst will not be promot
ed to the ways and means committee
although Mr.. Herriott holds him in the
highest possible esteem, but will be
retained at the head of the committee
on appropriations. There appears to
be growing impression that Senator
Hayward of Davenport will head the
ways and means committee, the rank
ing committee of the senate. being adj
vanced over the head of Senator Lew,
is. For the craftsmanship of the jul
dietary committee it is known that
Senator F. NJ Molsberry of Columbus
Junction is an active applicant, but
here again the previously formed opin.
ion that Senator G. C. Dowell of Des
Moines would be honored with this
Craftsmanship still prevails.
Much Attention to Appropriations.
Measured by the actual Importance
of the work to be performed, 1t APP
pears that the appropriations commit
tee should be the ranking committee
this year anyway. There is heavy
demand for appropriations by the va
rious state departments and especially
by the state board of control. Since
the latter not only obtained everything
1t asked two years ago but was ac-
tually awarded more, the heads of the
various other departments at the state
house have determined to press their
| requests more aggressively and to see
that ii the usual amount of cutting
down prevails in their respective de-
partment. the state board of control
shall share a similar fate to at least
a limited extent An especial effort
appears to be forming to fight for more
liberal appropriations for other de-
partments as against the request OF
the board of control for an appropria-