Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-18
.IHE G[N[RA[ASSEkB[Y
Lawyers Will Not Have Con-
troll as They Did Two
Years Ago
IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE
The Number Of Democrats Elected Ac-
cordine to the Returns is Eight Son.
ators and % Representatives-strons
Candidate for Department Com
mander Of Iowa.
Special to Times-Repub.ican.

Lies MOlneS. NOV. 1S.-IHeTe WiiA hot
be as many lawyers in the next gen.
eral assembly of Iowa as In the last
tually controlled This was especially
true in the house. where they could
count on half the membership on al
most any occasion. The number of
lawyers has been reduced In both
houses. The recommendations OF the
State Bar Association were we'll re-
ceived in the legislature and 1t was
we'll known that 1t was quite easy to
push thru the legislature anything de-
ture two years ago there were twenty
two lawyers in the senate and twenty
five in the house. This year there will
be fifteen lawyers in the senate and
sixteen in the house. The new lawyers
In the house will be Hart. Dows. De-
Lano. Jepson, Stanberry, Teter. Weeks
and Wright. The number OF merchants
or persons engaged in trade or manu-
featuring in some form In the last as
sembly was ten in the senate and
twenty-six in the house. The nex.
time there will be fourteen merchants
in the senate ana twenty or thir-
ty In the house. OF farmers there were
seven In the senate and seventeen in
the house: but in January there Will
be six in the senate and thirty-one in
the house. There were two doctors III
the senate the last time, and there will
be only one the next time, but six in
| the house. OF bankers there were five
I IN the senate and nineteen in the
house. Next time there will be nine
in the senate and twelve in the house.
There will be three newspaper men
In the house. There will be fourteen
soldiers OF the civit war In the hovse
Two members OF the house are retired
ministers.
| The number of democrats elected,
according TO the returns as finally re-
ported to the secretary OF state, Is
eight senators and twenty-five repre-
sentatives. The senator's are D. A.
Young. Lee county; L. l. Taylor, Ap-
ranoose: F. N. Smith. Des Moines; J..
L. Wilson. Clinton: Thomas Lambert,
jackson; r. c. Stirton, Jones; John F.
Wade. Butler; j. A. Lyons. Howard.
The representatives who are demo-
Gratis are: T. ]. Prevo. Davis coun-
ty: William McCreary, Appanoose: e.
]. Sankey, Decatur: f. M. Laird, FIRE.
mont; Henry Ritter, Des Moines: II. II.
.Keokuk: L. l.. DeLano, Cass: O. p.
q
Johnson; r. c. Langan, Clinton; r. NJ.
Peet, Jones; J. F. Lundt. Tama; C. c.
Colcho. Carroll: W. A. Davie. Craw-
ford; w. c. Whiting. Mononoa: L. F.
Springer, Buchanan; A. F. Frudden,
Dubuque; Montague Hakes. Pocahon-
tas: Phil Heles. Dubuque: G. r. Whit
mer, O'Brien; and T. c. Clrry, Chicka-
saw. There were eleven democrats in
the senate and sixteen in the house at
the last session.
Another strong candidacy for depart
ment commander OF Iowa has been an
nounced. Captain John A. Spielman.
of Fairfield. has entered the race. He
was in Des Moines and attended the
meeting OF the Loyal Legion last even
ing, he being member. Captain
Spielman Is presented by his local pos:
for the place. He organised and
drilled a company in Jefferson county.
enlisting in the Seventeenth Iowa, and
he has a fine record OF Service In hot
engagements. He was member of the
original Grand Army organization IN
.partment. He has long been active In
y a az
tendant at reunions and encampments
for many years. This candidacy indi-
Gates that r. T. St John, of Riceville,
is not to have walk-over for the cleo
ton as department commander There
has been talk that p. A. Smith. OF
Scranton. would again be candidate.
but this Is without authority. There
was at the close Of the encampment
last year some gossip In the lobbies
that deal had been made by which
ex-Lieutenant Governor Milliman. OF
Logan, was to succeed Colonel L. B.
Raymond This appears to have been
sheer moonshine. as Milliman has not
indicated any desire to enter the race
this year. However. II Is expected
there will be others In .he fight. The
next encampment will he held in Des
Moines next June.
The plan OF the state board Of con-
troll to secure a new location for the
state school for the deaf. is entirely
different from the suggestion which has
been made to have the school removed
to Knoxville. or some central point In
the state There has been an effort
,,,,5a ~ h,yo continent aroused for a
removal to the central part Of the state,
on the theory that the expenses of the
students in travelling to Council Bluffs
are greater than they should be. But In
fact the states undertakes to pay the
railroad fare of every student who is
Unable to afford the expense of the
Trip. This was one of the conditions
Imposed when the school was located
at the edge Of the state. The plan for
compulsory education of the deaf and
blind will certainly meet with favor