Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24
LBy Ora williams.i

| Special 10 lLHGS.tSGIiUilCt1JAs
| Des Moines, Feb. 24.-The first TIME
| the house will get chance at the Gill;
land resolution will be today. The
house may not get the chance then.
There is manifest disposition on the
part of the Blythe men to put the
| whole matter aside. 1t was stated on
the floor yesterday that as matter of
| fact the Blythe men were desirous
of sending the resolution to a commit
tee in the house, where it could be
held for some time, then be amended
and be sent back to the senate, where
/ the senate might make the excuse OF
! 1non-cOncurrence and thus finally dis
fpose of the measure as noiselessly as
| possible. The Cummins men are jub-
liant over the situation. They are now
ready to push it 1nru the house if the
others do not act. Several have de-
clared that unless the sponsors Of the
Lresolution call it upain the house they
twill do so and insist on vote That
the effect of4the Eaton letter was dis
astrous to the cause of the opponents
of the primary is now practically ad-
SSNaistad on aIl..si .sSf,I ~ sess,. Il
| ~ Politics in Senate. s,tT
The senate had another afternoon of
politics yesterday. The cause was the
Lewis resolution looking to a conven-
tion of the states to further the cause
of popular election Of United States
senator's. This resolution was finally
passed, but only after the effort had
been longs and earnestly made to compel
a strictly factional division on the sub
| ject. The leader in this effort was
Senator Durham, who is suspected of
having aspirations for congress in the
Third district and Courtright also did
some talking along the same line. Dun
ham almost became excited in his
fierce denunciation of the measure, and
referred to it as petty peanut politics
of the worst kind. Gilliland talked a
number Of times on the bill, opposing
it in every way, after having pledged
himself to vote for it. Crawford tried
to force an amendment which would
prevent the possibility Of any expense
attaching to it, but that was regarded
as hostile. The merits of the plan were
ably presented by Lewis, who urged
| that it could most appropriately come
! from Iowa since Iowa had always been
so fortunate in the selection OF sena-
| tors. He resented the tmputatlon OF
others that this was only move on
the part of those who want to get into
the senate from Iowa.
/ The bill passed with twenty-eight
for and only nine opposing, the nine
being Brooks, Courtright, Crawford,
Durham, Hasselquist, Jamison,
Spaulding, Stookey, and Stuckslager.
Lively Time Next Week.
The coming week is likely to be more
interesting in the house than some Of
I the pas. weeks of the legislative ses-
sion. The fact is that this session,
more than usual, the house has been
the less interesting body The senate
| has had a monopoly of the politics and
the pyrotechnics. The house has been
plodding along, doing vast amount OF
work in committees and generally dls-
| posing of matters on the hoor WIN
very little debate. The pure food Dill
and the child labor bill were disposed
of readily, as also the woman suHfage
proposal. There remains to be acted
on, at any time, the bill looking 10
| change in the matter of exemption OF
wages, the bill which is desired by the
retail dealers of the state and is op-
posed by the wage earners. The house
next week will also have before it the
Lewis resolution on the election OF
senators and the Gilliland resolution,
unless the latter is disposed of today
Then the state certificates bill VIII
come up, and this may occupy much
time. 1t is believed the bill will go
through, with very little Of a fight
While the house has as yet declined
to agree to a recess on account Of local
elections next week, the resolution will
probably be taken up and be passed.