Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-07
MANY N[N MEMBERS
Problem of Making Up Commit
tees In House and Senate
Is Simplified
THE sPEAkERsHlP OUTCOME
Selection of Cummings Would Be No
surprise-Important Candidate for
chairmanshIp of the Judiciary Com
mittee-state Farmers institute at
Des Moinee.
HE sPEAkERsHlP OUTCOME
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 7.--Now that the
roll call of the next house and senate
may easily be made up the new mem
bers are beginning to look about for
| committee places. The problem OF
making up the committees is simplif1ed
| in both houses by the fact that such a
larg number OF the prominent old
members have dropped out. From the
senate this dropping out Is especially
noticeable. Lieutenant Governor John
Herriott will find 1t comparativelyseasy
| to make up his committees. The in
portant judiciary committee has been
completely emasculated. Beginning at
| the top the following will be missed
from this one committee: Messrs.
Healy, Blanchard, Trewin. Hobart,
Eazleton, Hubbard. Lister, Moffitt.
Ball, Townsend and Porter. All that
remains of this committee Is Dcwell,
Crawford, Whipple. Courtright and
Molesberry 1t Is more than probable
that one of these will be chairman of
the committee, with the chances fav-
oring DoweH. He Is the senator from
Polk county and is on his first term,
but there Is not a second termer who
is on that committee. The number OF
lawyers who will be in the senate is
not as great as in the past. Among
the new strong men among lawyers
who will get into the senate are Dun
liam. Warren. Saunders, and Turner.
The important ways and means COM
mittee of the senate has also been left
where it will have to be rebuilt from
The bottom. Junkin was chairman In
the last senate. and Lewis. Hayward,
C'rossley and Hogue are left. Either
one of the four would make good
hartman of the committee. Senator
eiafsI, who Is chairman OF the appro-.
-riatlorfs committee, will be chairman
sgain.4 He desires the place and will
be given it. OF the senators who had
chairmanships in the last senate, the
following remain. Smith, of Mitchell,
en- insurance; Crossley. on schools;
Hayward, on teiegraphs and tele-
phones; C'ourtright, on educational In
stitutions; Hopkins, on pharmacy;
/ Whipple. on pardons; Molsberry. on
elections: Crawford, on federal rela-
tions; Harper, on commerce; Maytag.
on manufacturers; Brooks ,on public
buildings; and Lewis on rules. Sena-
tor Lambert, democrat, will be here
| again. and as chairman OF the commits
/ tee on fish and game he will see to 1t
| this time that there is an appropria-
! ton for the game warden. There are
number of strong new men in the
senate. The senate drafted from the
house the following: Dunham. Has
selquist, Jones, Hughes, Stuckslager.
| and Warren. Mr.. Durham, as chair
man of the committee on schools In the
house. secured the passage of the COM
pulsory education law, and other meas
lures relating to education. 1t was the
common remark that he was more sue
/ cessful than any other member In all
that he undertook. Warren was less
| fortunate, as he had troublesome nor
NAL school proposition on his hands.
but he was chairman of the committee
on insurance. Hasselquist was chair
man on representative districts. and
| served on other good committees. Jones
was on good committees. Hughes was
chairman of the house committee or
appropriations and demonstrated that
! he was an ideal legislator.
| The house problem of committees de-
pends entirely on the speakership out
come. Temple was chairman of the
ways and means committee, and Clarke
of the judiciary. If Temple cannot be
speaker he would like to have the ju-
dietary committee, but Kendall also
would like that place. and 1t would not
4 mi In 1eyQ
be elected. Both Cummings and Ken
dali are in line for the craftsmanship,
and as Temple had ways and means, 1t
is possible that with Clarke as speaker,
that Craftsmanship would be all he
would get. But Head, English. Bu-
chanan, Garden and some others, are
in line for the ways and means chair
manship. AS Hughes has dropped out
of the house new man will go TO the
head Of appropriations. Wise, Teach
out and Mates are the only members
left of that committee Wise was
chairman of the committee on railroads
and was quite influential in the last
house. He may retain this committee.
but it Is more than likely that Clarke
would choose some other. Kendall had
the committee on mining last time but
ne Will certainty Sel d peltel SoiiIAt-
tee, no matter who is speaker. Warren
had Insurance, and as that is a very
important committee, care will be ex-
ercised in selecting a successor. Co.
burn was chairman of the committee on
roads and as he handled the matter we'll
he may be retained there. Calderwood
served on good committees last session
and is sure to land good chairman
ship. The same may be said of Emory
English C. j. Flenniken, w. NJ. Greeley,
Mahlon Head, B. F. Robinson. j. l.
Nichols, II. T.. Teachout. and some 9TH
ers Some of the new men like Chas-
sell, Manning, Mott, Stanberry, and
Weeks are also likely to get good po-
sitions on committees. But it all de-
| pends on who Is elected speaker.
The annual state farmers institute
to be held in Des Moines this year
commencing Dec. Z. promises to be .