Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-04
LEGISLATORS ARR|V| !
No Evidence as Yet. of AM 8
tempt to Revive Factio :
Matters
IS TO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Those Who Have This Business In
Charge Declare There Will Be No
Consideration of fractional Align
ments-state Superintendent Riggs
Takes Possession of His Office.
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Special to Times Republican,.
Des Moines, Jan. 4.-Members of the
legislator are coming to the city in
great numbers and taking rooms for
the session. and a great many of them
will be settled before the middle of the
week The early comers generally go
to the hotels and will wait until after
the first rush is over before they retire
to rented houses or rooms in the SUBJ
urbs. Both of the presiding officers
will have houses and both will be out
in the vicinity of Drake University.
Thirty five of the members of the
legislature have taken rooms at the
Savery ard as many more al the Kirk
wood, the Elliott, the Victoria. the
Wellington and other hotels. Des
Moines is much better prepared for
caring for the crowds than ever be-
fore. The Elliott. which Is the old
State Insurance building on Fourth
street remodeled and enlarged. Is A
handsome place and number of the
members ara to stay there. The Well
ington has been enlarged until 1t has
capacity almost as great as that of
the Kirkwood, and 1t Is in the same
block with the Savery. The new Cham
berlain. which Is under construction.
and will! be managed by w. l.. Brown.
long time manager OF the Saveiy, VIII
not be ready for opening for some
months yet. Along with the early COM
ers to the legislature there is ohc US
ual small army of applicants for places
in the legislature. This army Is some
what reduced from the fact that there
will be no contests for number oil
the best places, such as clerk and sec
retary and sergeant at arms. Ihere
viii be no senatorial fight nor contest
for printer and binder and this SIM
mines matters materially. There is
only the usual scramble for small.
places There are many VINO want TO
be pages in the Legislature II rs NOT
known yet whether or not MI Clarke,
as sneaker, will adopt the policy OF
Mr.. atom, as speaker. and put his toot
down on the selection of girls as pages.
Eaton did this and there were no Ie
male pages in the house at the last
session. Members generally oe!leVea IL
was a. good thing, and there is niuch
opposttion to making girls do the WORK
of errand carriers for the members.
IT is stated that Ex-Secretary OF
state Dobson, is authority for 1t that
a careful canvass has been made OF the
,aynbers of the present legislature
With yiew to determining their
alignment on factional matters, and
ths, 1t was found that there is ma
jority of nine against Governor Sui',-
MINIS as a general proposition. ms
mere guess work, as 1t is certain thae
many members would hardly aiiow
their preferences to be hawked ABOUT.
There is no evidence of any attempt 70
revive factional matters among the
Legislators first on the ground Ihey
al, saw that there Is no occasion LOT
revival OF factionalism in the lesisia-
TORS. and they do not care a rap 1or
SCnmmins KS. anti-Cummins talk.
such a canvass has been made OF tne
legislators it Is all mystery as 10
whv II has been made or what is IN
3.ha sir. In the matter OF making the
committee assignments both oil the
men who do this business declare that
there will he no consideration Oh lac-
tional alignments.
Des Moines will not ask LOT lae
state teachers association another
wear. Superintendent Sheakiey. OF tns
west district, who was instrumental
in getting the association meeting
here. states that Des Moines VIII nave
nothing to offer next year. AT the sug-
pastion of the Commercial! exchange
Mr. Sheakley and others went after the
,,.,a,inp for the present season and they
.pot Il. They pledged 500 from this
county on the enrolment and got S2...
This means that the Commercial ex-
change will have to put up about S2oo
for the deficit and pay for some other
expenses. The attendance was not
large, only few more than a thous-
and. and it is felt that the benefit to the
city in a general way is not great. IL -
expected therefore that other cities VIII
be after the convention next year ana
two years hence the convention VIII
come this way without the asking.
The record of the present state AL
ministrat!on in the matter of suspen-
sions of sentences will stand close
scrutiny. Gov. Cummins has issuei
suspensions in 1852 cases. while his
predecessor had 259 to his record III
similar time. Gov. Cummins is ap-
posed to a liberal policy with suspen-
sions of sentence, or paroles. and 1t ha
been difficult for. convicted persons 'c
secure anything from him save on
The strongest kind of showing.
State Superintendent Riggs took pos
session of his Office today and Profes
sor Barrett Is again a private citizsf
after six years IN the office. An anus
ing thing happened when Professo
Knoeptier succeeded Superintendent
Sabin in the office ten years ago. Su-
perir.tendent Sabin's term did not en-
until four or five days after the first
the year. as the law provides for n
change to be made on the first Mond3s
of the year. A warrant was drawn
his favor including the portion of
month which he served. 1t passed scrn-