Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-16

Buchanan Of AWapello--C Cities and
towns.
English Of Polk-Insurance.
Christensen of Hamilton--C Corpora
tions.
Pritchard Of Observation-Disclosures.
Wise of Observation-Disclosures.
Jepson of Woodbury. Schools.
Head of Greene-Banks.
Calderwood of Scott-Labor. &
( Flenniken of Clayton = Elections.
/. Leach of &c ar-Pu blic health.
Coburn, Of Cherokee sTelegrapas
and telephones. L
Representative Garden OF Henry
county is slated for the craftsmanship
of the house committee on the state
university.
Representative Koontz of johnson
county, a democrat. will be given the
house committee on public libraries.
Other house committees are said I'd
be slated as follows:
Claims, McNie of Benton, compen.
sation Of public officers, Bealer Of Linn
suppression of intemperance, Robinson
of Emmett; printing. Chassell Of Ply.
mouth; senatorial districts, Teter Of
Marion; pharmacy, Dashiel Of Warren;
constitutional amendments, Wright Of
Webster; pardohs, Cummings of Mar
shall; enrolled bills, Spaulding Of
Howard, manufactures, Powers Of
Floyd; school and text books, Jepson
of Woodbury.; roads and highways,
Baily of Ringgold; public lands and
buildings, Greeley of Story; judicial
districts, Martin Of Pottawattamie.
The Senate Committees.
There has been some talk of giving
Senator Molsberry cities and towns,
but it is understood that this commit
tee will go to Senator COPYRIGHT. Orig.
inally 1t was the intention to give
it to Senator Whipple, and to give SEN
ator COPYRIGHT or Senator Molsberry
the committee on insurance. But an
interesting situation arose in which the
people Of Waterloo and their perennial
scrap over the east and west side divi-
sion of honors had a part, and 1t was
understood today that Mr.. COPYRIGHT
would certainly get the committee on
cities and towns, which would give in
surance to Whipple, of Benton.
0 Where Is Molesbury7
If this arrangement is made It again
forces Senator Molsberry into pecu.
liar position. Early in the pre-conven
ton gossip he was excluded from any
of the first committee chairmanshipk
by the newspapers and their CORES.
pondents and has never been assigned
to any of these places by the newspa-
per writer's. Which is not saying that
he will not get fine Craftsmanship.
Judiciary having been given early to
Senator Dowell by the newspaper fell
lows, and ways and means being given
to Senator Hayward and appropria-
tions being assigned to Garst and cit
les and towns to Courtright and insur.
ance to Whipple and corporations to
Hogue and agriculture to Brooks, and
schools to Crossley, there didn't seem
| to be place to put Mr.. Molsberry
except to leave him at the head Of the
committee on elections, which will
have to report out a primary election
law if one is passed by this general
assembly.
That Primary Law.
And Mr.. Molsberry was against the
Crossley primary election law last seS
sion. 1t is thought he will again be OPP
! posed to such measure. And since
4 the governors message was read the
\ Importance of the elections committee
has begun,to be realized by the news
paper men and the politicians. The
chances are that the lime-light will
4 be on the senator if he retains this
committee more than il he was trying
to- divide the appropriation pie among
the petitioners for public aid.
j Representative Nichols, of Musca-
Etine, or Pritchard of Wright, is saidft to
be slated for agriculture in the house.
i A bossy man deserves to be married
to bossy woman.